Nurturing Doula Services by Sarah Kessler

She is experienced and truly has a passion for empowering women to get educated and have the best birth experince for her and her family. Down to earth, humble and approachable. She definately has a mothering spirit, without being «overpowering»

I highly recommend Sarah to any woman considering hiring a doula. She was professional, kind, and incredibly informative. I was very anxious about delivering my first child, but through the meetings leading up to labor, Sarah was able to instill confidence in me. We reviewed my birth plan in great detail until I felt prepared. I would have felt terrified without the knowledge and reassurance she provided. Although I was not able to have the birth experienced I wanted, due to medical complications, her calming presence was still appreciated on the day my daughter was born.

Sarah was a blessing for both myself and my husband. She has a wealth of knowledge in the field and answered all of our questions. Her consultations are never rushed and filled with important information. She made herself available to us at all hours of the day answering questions that would randomly pop in our head. Leading up to the delivery she provides a great «to do» list which truly helped.
On the day of delivery she came over to coach my husband and keep us all calm. we felt incredibly prepared and comfortable being in our own home. By the time we got to the hospital I was fully dilated and baby was out a little over an hour later. No drugs needed!
Sarah continue to provide great support after the delivery and we took advantage of her placenta encapsulation services.
I would recommend Sarah to every expecting mother. Even my doctor asked me for her business card!

I used Sarah twice for placenta encapsulation and she was wonderful. She came to the hospital both times to pick up my placenta. It was so easy and convenient and she brought my pills to my house a few days later. The whole process working with her is really easy. The pills were very helpful for me and prevented any baby blues. I highly recommend using Sarah.

This review is long overdue. Sarah was our doula for the birth of our son in October 2013. As soon as we interviewed her, we knew she was the right fit for our birth plan and our personalities. We wanted a natural unmedicated childbirth at LB Memorial, and took Bradley classes. Sarah was very helpful in formulating our birth plan, and she was available ²⁴⁄₇ in the weeks leading up to the due date. I sent her a text message very early one morning and she responded right away.
When the big day arrived, Sarah was in constant contact with us as my labor progressed at home, and then met us at the hospital. She was instrumental in getting me through the contractions, and she was amazing at keeping me motivated through 4 long hours of pushing. In the end, we had the birth we wanted, and Sarah was a big part of that.
Even over a year after the birth, we still keep in touch, and we will definitely hire her again if/​when we have another baby.

Sarah was an amazing help during the birth of my son. Her presence is calming, reassuring and positive. We contacted her pretty last minute, just 2 or 3 weeks before my due date. But she fit us in and I’m so glad she did. She also took fantastic pictures that I’m now so glad we have of the birth. We moved out of the state shortly after my son’s birth, but if we were still in the area I would absolutely use her again!

Sarah is incredible. My husband and I were referred to her by another doula friend of mine. We had interviewed several other doulas but Sarah seemed to fit in with our needs best.
To say I had a difficult pregnancy would be an understatement… We still wanted to have the most natural birth we could and Sarah patiently walked us through all of our questions and concerns. Any time we had a question come up she was right there to walk us through it and if she didn’t have an immediate answer she would point us in the right direction.
We had an emergency induction and were incredibly scared. Sarah was right there with us every step of the way… This sweet woman slept in her car so she could be there the moment it was go time. There’s no doubt in our minds we would have ended up in a C-​Section had she not been there in my face keeping me going. She was an amazing support to my husband as well as we were not prepared mentally for what we were going through.
After 33 hours of induced labor we still had the natural birth we had so desperately wanted. This woman is a god send. Why doulas arent covered by insurance is beyond me, but our investment in Sarah was worth every penny.
Do yourself a favor and hire Sarah, I promise you that you won’t regret it.

I can’t even begin to explain what a blessing this woman is!
I had many ups and downs and changes to my birth plan during pregnancy & Sarah was there through it all. After I was unable to go through with my original plan of natural childbirth because of complications, I was quite upset. Sarah managed to keep a freaking out momma calm & as relaxed as I possibly could be. I would hire her again in a heartbeat & will do so if I decide to have a second child.

My husband and I weren’t sure if we needed a doula since, my husband was going to be there with me to provide me with encouragement and support. We then decided to do the hypnobabies classes and there we learned more about doulas and their role in our amazing journey. We then decided to contact some doulas and interview a few of them and see what they were all about. After many phone calls, emails and messages, no doulas were getting back to us and when we were about to give up, we came across Sarah. We called her and she returned our call that same day :) We ended up meeting that same week and after our first meeting, we knew she had to be the one.
She was very respectful to my husband, myself, our beliefs and supported our hypnobabies training. Once she knew that we were taking those classes, her terminology and the way she approached things completely changed to be consistent with what we were learning and practicing. Since this was our first child, we were nervous about the entire process but there was something about Sarah that just made us calm and helped us focus and enjoy every minute of it. During our birthing time, she was of great help, not only to me but also to my wonderful husband. He was so grateful that we decided to have her with us and once we got home, he said to me «she has to be with us every time we do this!!»
When I look back at our birthing time, all I can think is how blessed we were to have such a wonderful doula, specially towards the end of it when complications began to arise. She was supportive, calm, informative but most important she believed in me and my ability to birth my beautiful daughter. While all of the hospital staff were offering me medicine and the epidural, she instead was telling me «You can do this» «You are amazing and are doing a wonderful job» she kept remind me to picture what my baby will look like and think that in a little bit i will be holding her and that made all the difference in the world.
Sarah helped me and my husband prepare for birth, give birth and recover from it. She provided us with physical, emotional and spiritual support. She also helped us with the family transition into a new life with our baby. I highly recommend her, without a doubt, she enriched our birthing experience.

After reading her reviews I was intrigued. I visited her website and sent her an email and her response was quick and very helpful. Although I am looking for a different type of service I will most definitely keep her in mind after I receive a positive!!!

3 words: I LOVE Sarah. My husband and I were unsure about this whole doula thing until our Midwife pretty much forced us (in a loving way). She insisted that a Doula would help remove stress from our birthing experience and that she highly recommend it. We met Sarah and were immediately connected to her. I could go on and on, about how great Sarah is, but I will make it simple. I had an all natural water birth, 18 ½ hours of labor, no drugs, 8 ½ pound healthy baby girl. Sarah was there for both my husband and I every step of the way. She kept me confident in my body and my baby. Sarah helped make our daughter’s birth magical.

Sarah is the BEST!!! Pregnant with my first child and unsure about the labor and delivery process, Sarah did a wonderful job providing unbiased information about birth options and various medical procedures in our prenatal meetings. During my first seven months of pregnancy, I focused primarily on learning about how to keep my growing baby healthy inside of me. In talking with other moms, no one spends nearly as much time preparing for the labor and delivery process. Sarah was such a great resource and with her help, I managed to cram in as much information as I could in my last two months of pregnancy.
I had hoped for a natural, drug-​free birth but was not sure if I could handle the unknown pain of birthing my first child. With Sarah’s tremendous support and expertise, I succeeded in achieving my goal. She helped me labor with my husband in the comfort of our home until I decided it was time to head to the hospital. Sarah complemented the care that I received from my OB/​GYN and L&D Nurse and worked with them as a team. There were many times during the laboring process in which I wanted to give up, but Sarah helped me regain my focus and reassured me that my body could do this.
My cousin referred me to Sarah and I have referred Sarah to all of my preggy friends. I will definitely have Sarah help me again with my next child.

Are you kidding me???
Sarah was in the top three of the best things that happened to us during the birth of our daughter!!!
I’ve told her time and time again she under charges for her services, since she comes to your house more than once, she is there for the birth and does a follow up.
She is the reason my wife was able to go through labor drug free and almost pain free (ask my wife she actually says its not that painful) plus she helped our cousin with a natural birth in a hospital too. Sarah is a certified Hypnobirthing doula, I should add which worked really well for us.
So if your flavor is a home birth, birth center or hospital birth she is the one to call since she can work in all scenarios and without getting in the way of the Doctors, Nurses or Midwife. She is respectful of your wishes and your birth plan.
Everyone should know she works all over the southland so if you are in Pasadena, OC, Westside, you name it she will likely do it.
I’ll happily call her for the next baby… if the wife lets us have one ;-)

Sarah was so great and helpful! I had designed a birth plan and had gone over it carefully with Sarah who helped prep me for all the fun things to come. When the time came things didn’t exactly go according to plan. I’d started to go into labor and had really painful back labor that didn’t seem to help me progress at all. Sarah was with us for the 2 days of labor helping relieve the pain I was going through and helping my husband stay calm.
The labor seemed to go on and on and I just wanted it to be over with. I decided to abandon my birth plan and go into the hospital. I was afraid that Sarah was going to try to stop me (which is exactly what I had told her to do). But after we had explained to her I really had changed my mind she was supportive to our wishes.
Going into the hospital with Sarah was wonderful. All the things I was afraid of dealing with (mean nurses, doctors that didn’t answer my questions) didn’t matter because Sarah was there to be my advocate. She’d explain anything that I had questions about and watch out that I wasn’t pushed into anything I didn’t want to do.
And as we played the waiting game throughout we would just talk. Making me feel calm and comfortable. Thank you Sarah for making our experience so great!
Sarah is the way to go!