Emily is so great! I was so thankful for her flexibility in helping me achieve my dream to encapsulate my placenta. The prints she did were amazing and was even able to spell my daughter’s name with her umbilical cord! Would highly recommend this service or any service. The level of communication was outstanding!

I can’t say enough wonderful things about my experience with Carolina Birth & Wellness. From the very beginning Emily was wonderful to work with. We hired a birth doula team and couldn’t be more thankful! Maris & Ashley are EXCEPTIONAL at what they do. Their care, support, ideas, words of encouragement and just hard work during my labor was outstanding. My husband and I are truly grateful we invested in this service, we know our labor & birth experience would’ve been far different and not something I can proudly look back on and love if it wasn’t for both of these incredible women. They are gifted at what they do and and I’m deeply thankful I found Carolina Birth & Wellness. ♥️

Emily was fantastic! We had a home birth, so having the convenience of her coming to our house to do the placenta encapsulation was wonderful. The capsules she created for me have been so helpful in my postpartum recovery. I have not experienced any rollercoasters of emotions, as I have heard can be common. She was so friendly, professional, and communicative. I have already been recommending her services to those I know and will continue to do so in the future!

Emily was amazing. Her work was perfect. She was caring, answered questions and was extremely efficient with making my capsules. I had a fantastic recovery and felt like myself again by week 3.

Emily was great! She was very friendly and gave me some great advise since I am a new mama. The placenta capsules are great and love what they do for me. Highly recommend!

We loved our experience with CB&W and most likely would have had a much different birth experience without our Doula. Carly and Raya were both fantastic guiding my wife and me through the process leading into our delivery - making our birth plan. Once my wife went into labor, Carly was quick to meet us at the hospital and comfort us through delivery. Additionally, Emily provides loads of useful information and is very quick with communication. We can’t recommend them enough!!

I CANNOT say enough good things about this group of amazingly talented and knowledgable women. The range of services that they offer is spectacular and they have teams of experts for each service. I love that they use a team approach for their birth doula services because that means you have two experts helping coach you along the journey. The doulas with whom we worked were so incredibly knowledgable and helped us make informed decisions both before and during our birth process. The physical and emotional support that they provided during our long labor truly helped my husband and I make it through with such a positive outlook on the process. Finally, the follow up that they provide during the postpartum phase makes you feel continually heard and supported. I feel like I could call them for anything. I, hands down, recommend CBW to anyone thinking about working with doulas.

The placenta encapsulation process was super easy and well worth the money! Emily not only provided the service we paid for which was the placenta encapsulation, but she went above and beyond sharing all sorts of helpful pregnancy and postpartum information/advice. I would highly recommend Carolina Birth and Wellness to any and everyone!

My husband and I had such a great experience with CBW and our doulas. We chose to hire a doula Pre-COVID and became worried about how our experience would change after COVID but we could not have been more pleased. Emily did such a great job at hosting virtual prenatal classes and I dont feel like we really lost much of the experience despite all the changes that were happening. She and our doulas provided tons of resources for all of our questions. Our two doulas, Maris and Morgan, were AMAZING at our initial meet and greet and our two prenatal appointments. I wanted to go into labor and delivery feeling like I knew all of my options, knew what I wanted and why and to feel comfortable with my choices. They both explained ALL of our options and we never once felt pressured one way or the other or sensed if they were bias towards different comfort measures/labor and delivery. My biggest fear with hiring a doula was that it could lead to a combative environment with my OB in the hospital or that they would push us to do something they felt was the right way. This was not the case AT ALL. When I went into labor, Maris was on call and she helped my husband and I through everything. She stayed calm and the three of us worked as a team. She didnt overstep and leave my husband on the side lines, which was another fear we had. I honestly think that because my husband and I felt so prepared, had a birth plan from A-Z, and had an extra set of hands in the delivery room made my labor and delivery experience truly amazing. While I think we deserve some credit in all of this, we really think that it would not have gone quite the way it did without the hep of CBW and Maris and Morgan. Not to mention- weve even heard from our doulas since our daughter was born, checking in on us and her. I feel like we have a whole new family with CBW. If/when we have baby #2, we will definitely be reaching back out to them. If youre a mama whose struggling with if this is worth the money (like I was) then I say 100% yes! You wont be disappointed!

Emily is great! I unexpectedly delivered at 34wks and they were still able to accommodate me with my placenta encapsulation. The whole process was smooth and the customer service is exceptional I was pleasantly surprised to hear from her on my son 1month birthday 🎂 but i loved the follow up n continued support.

I just would like to sing Maris’ praises for helping us out as our Postpartum Doula after our son was born!She was very kind and conscientious about his care and learning his afternoon/evening routine, allowing me to spend one-on-one time with our two-year-old! It just made the new sibling transition so smooth for us!I always looked forward the days she’d be with us and seeing our son give her a big sweet smile!Thank you for having a wonderful team of Doulas, but I’m partial to Maris!

We had CB&W with us for the birth of our first child and it was a great experience. Overall the staff is very knowledgeable and is quick to respond to any questions or concerns. The support you receive before, during, and after delivery is amazing. We worked mostly with Morgan and Erin leading up to the birth- they were both great. For the birth we were with Morgan and I feel like we truly couldn’t have done it without her. Thank you Carolina Birth & Wellness!

We loved our experience with CB&W! This was my first pregnancy, and I was planning for an all natural birth. The monthly group sessions were a great way to meet other expecting parents and prepare for postpartum, with meeting topics such as feeding options, recovery, preparing the rest of the family, etc. Emily and Morgan were great to work with on the one-on-one sessions as well. For the big day, Morgan joined for the birth and we were so thankful for her mental, emotional, and physical support - she was literally holding my leg up while I pushed It was nice to have another person on-hand (in addition to my husband) for the whole process and have someone who knew what to expect, could keep us calm, and help me find my voice and stay aligned with my birth plan. I was able to have a natural birth and I feel very happy about the labor and delivery. I have CB&W to thank for such a positive experience!

The doulas at Carolina Birth and Wellness came highly recommended to me for the birth of our 2nd daughter. Despite this being our second experience, we were so grateful to have Morgan and Maris guide us through preparation and labor/delivery. They brought a comfortable presence to every part of the process and my experience was so much better in thanks to their support and preparation. I am forever grateful!!

We had a wonderful experience with Carolina Birth & Wellness! From pre/postnatal massage, to childbirth education classes, to birth and postpartum doulas, Emily and her team truly provide a full suite of services to meet all the needs of expecting and new parents. They are responsive, dependable, and supportive in such a vulnerable time. I can’t imagine our journey to parenthood without them!

Emily and Morgan are wonderful! Our in-home meetings leading up to labor were great and my husband and I really enjoyed getting to know them both as we approached the end of my pregnancy. They helped me work through my fears from my previous birth and give me the tools to have a better experience with my second birth. Having a doula was a game changer -- I was able to cope through contractions, I felt more confident in myself, I felt extremely supported and was able to have the calmer birth I was hoping for. I seriously cannot recommend Emily and Morgan enough!

I worked with Carolina Birth and Wellness for my Doulas, placenta encapsulation, belly binding and post-natal massage. All of the team members and services were amazing! Everyone there is so knowledgeable and kind and you feel very comfortable discussing all of your concerns and questions - even the paranoid first-time Mom silly ones! They truly helped make a potentially overwhelming event and transition into motherhood much easier and enjoyable for my husband and me.

I highly recommend Carolina Birth and Wellness. I ordered placenta encapsulation and Emily was a pleasure to work with and very helpful. The encapsulation was done in my own home and I got to watch the process in a comfortable environment and ask questions to learn. I really enjoyed the service and hope the pills help me work through any postpartum issues. :) Thanks again!

I loved having Emily com to our home for prenatal and postpartum massage. She was able to work with our schedule and space. It just felt very comfortable to have her here. She also taught me how to do postpartum belly wrapping which has been great so far. She is obviously very competent and passionate about supporting families through pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery.

Wonderful to work with for my prenatal and delivery needs. I’ve worked with other doulas who were great for delivery but Emily and Morgan were great throughout. Providing lots of support and checkins. Theyd even proactively check in at milestone weeks and provide resources. On top of that they were professional, friendly, and overall great support for my third child. Highly recommend!

Carolina Birth and Wellness was the best decision my husband and I made throughout our pregnancy. We hired a birth doula and I had my placenta encapsulated as well as a postpartum massage. The amount of support we felt from the moment we made this decision has been truly amazing. We had such a lovely (long and natural :p) birth experience because of our wonderful doula. Being a first time mom is not easy. So grateful to have found CB&W and their passionate, kind, knowledgeable and experienced staff! They have so much to offer, check them out!

We were really happy with our experience with CB&W. We had a personalized refresher birth class which was excellent, and they also encapsulated our placenta. They were both professional and really kind people, and they came to us, which was awesome. We highly recommend CB&W!

My husband and I had a grandparents preparation session with Emily in February, it was a very enjoyable experience. Emily was very resourceful, professional, most important, she is very nice. I will recommend her to my friends.

Recently took the Comfort Measures class with Emily. She was very friendly and I felt that my husband and I both learned a lot in the class. She was very open to a variety of discussions, while still incorporating the things we needed to know. Would highly recommend the classes!

We worked with Carolina Birth and Wellness for doula services which helped us immensely to deliver our first child! Cannot recommend enough, they are fantastic! Prenatally, during our birth and postnatally, we felt incredibly supported and empowered as first time parents!

My wife and I had a fantastic experience with CB&W. We were fortunate enough to have Abbi during labor and delivery and could not have been happier with how things went. Highly recommend this group for first time parents-to-be!

We used them as our birth doulas. The pre-natal meeting was helpful to think about various options and things that could happen during birth.Erin was the doulas who was on call during my labor. I ended up having a long labor and Erin stayed the whole time. She was helpful to me and my husband throughout the process. I know my nurse also commented how helpful it was having her. I truly think without having a doula there would have been a real possibility I could have ended up in a c-section, but instead I was able to have a vaginal delivery

Emily is a very skilled and knowledgeable massage therapist. She was attentive; listening and caring about my specific massage needs. Her warm and friendly personality made me feel very comfortable. Highly recommended.

I enlisted the help of Emily and Megan when I was struggling with my newborns colic and acid reflux and needed some time for myself during the week to maintain my sanity. Their postpartum care was exquisite! I knew my daughter was in great hands with two warm, knowledgeable, and reliable doulas, so I could really enjoy my time away and engage in the self-care that I needed (from workouts to showering to grocery shopping alone -- the little things that meant so much!). I am tremendously grateful for the support that they provided to my family and would highly recommend their services to other moms. Ask for the help that you need! It is worth every penny!

I found CBW online when researching placenta encapsulation. Emily was extremely professional and they come out to your place of residence, which is super convenient. This was my first experience with encapsulation, which I would highly recommend. The process was not only extremely sterile, but my energy post-partum was exceptionally high, mood was stable and I healed rather quickly after my cesarean. Highly recommended trying it out and using CBW!!

Love these ladies!!! Emily and Morgan are wonderful. They were reliable, prompt and responsible. It was a pleasure working with them!

Emily has been my massage therapist for a few years now. She is a knowledgeable professional who approaches massage from a truly therapeutic perspective. She understands the body and how massage can enable well-being. My profession involves a lot of computer-time and she always know how to work the knots out!

We used Carolina Birth and Wellness for the birth of our first child. Our doula team was absolutely amazing. Abbi and Meagan were the literal best. My wife and I were so thankful for their investment in our birthing process. I cant possibly imagine having another child without our doulas there. We can only speak to our experience with Megan and Abbi, but there arent many things that we would recommend more highly than the doula experience that we had. They were knowledgeable, accessible, and communicated with with an extremely high level of professionalism. If our doulas are representative of the type of folks that Carolina Birth and Wellness hires, you wont be disappointed!

My husband and I were interested in a doula to assist in the birth of our first baby. We wanted a birth with no or low intervention if possible. We consulted with Abbi and Megan and decided Carolina Birth and Wellness was a good fit for our needs and wants along with the Midwifery Program at UNC-CH. The two prenatal visits helped us develop a birth plan and discover what Id want in terms of support during the birth. Abbi and Megan were awesome at providing general birthing information along with additional resources and contacts, as well as communicating with us throughout the pregnancy. Megan attended our sons birth, and she was a critical part of our team! It was comforting knowing I had an additional person there advocating my needs and wants. She provided emotional support for both me and my husband, and I know my husband appreciated the ability to alternate the administering of comfort measures with someone since I basically wanted someone rubbing my back for 6 hours straight! :) Megans knowledge, support, and calming presence was integral to our birthing experience. We couldnt have asked for a better doula! In addition, we appreciated the ease of registering for the doula service, continued support via Facebook groups and meet-up invites, and Emilys impeccable communication throughout these past few months.

Emily was fantastic to work with! I couldn’t have made it as far as I did attempting a natural labor and delivery without her.

Emily and Morgan are great! They have a wealth of information not only about pregnancy, labor and delivery, but also local resources! Being new to the Triangle while pregnant with our second had its challenges, but their services helped dramatically with the acclimation. I am super excited about the expanding group prenatals and social meetups as ways to build social supports! #CWTribe

CB&W helped me tremendously in preparing for birth. I started with their Birth Options in the Triangle class which was super helpful in determining which place would be the best fit for us. Then, we decided to retain their doula services and really enjoyed getting to know both Emily and Morgan. They provided two preparation meetings - the first one guided us in creating a birth and postpartum plan, and the second allowed my husband and I to practice labor positions. It was so great having knowledgeable doulas on call for our random questions and even well into our postpartum experience, were enjoying the benefit of having their expertise on everything from local meetings to connect with other moms to cloth diapering how-tos. Highly recommend their services!

I took Emilys infant massage class, and Im glad I did. She created a relaxed, accepting atmosphere, was professional and experienced, and had useful handouts, since its hard to remember everything.

Morgan was so helpful during my delivery. She was very calm and kept her composure even when I was struggling. I highly recommend her!

I cannot recommend Emily, Morgan and the rest of the CBW team enough! I contacted a couple of other local doula agencies before finding CBW and within just a few minutes of meeting with Emily and Morgan, I knew that we would be a great fit. This was my first pregnancy and I was unsure of so many things, but was mostly looking for extra support during labor and delivery. They went above and beyond to provide resources and check in throughout my entire pregnancy (including postpartum) making me feel much more at ease. One of the things I found most helpful was a meeting we had with Morgan where we discussed late pregnancy (35+ weeks) and birth preferences. This process was great because we reviewed decisions we may have needed to make towards the end of pregnancy and during labor and delivery. Morgan gave an unbiased description of different options, answered questions and allowed my husband and I to prepare and record our preferences. As first timers, this made us feel way more prepared and informed than we would have been otherwise. I really appreciate their organization, professionalism and everything else they did to help me bring my healthy baby boy into the world. If you are a first time mom, dont think twice about choosing CBW!

I would highly recommend working with Carolina BIrth and Wellness! I knew I wanted a doula to support our birth. I love that we were assigned two different doulas that we got to know ahead of the birth. It was comforting to know that one of them would be there when I was in labor. Abbi was the one on call during my labor and she was fantastic! She was such a calm and comforting presence and helped me reach my goal of having an unmedicated birth. Regardless of your birth goals, I would highly recommend working with one of the doulas at Carolina Birth and Wellness!

Tldr; Carolina Birth and Wellness helped me create the birth I didn’t even know I wanted. I can not recommend them highly enough. The entire team is amazing.People often look at me funny when I describe my labor and delivery as one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Of course, it was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done and there definitely was pain - that goes without saying. But, it was different than anything I expected and it was so utterly empowering to bring my daughter into this world.A large part of the reason my experience was so positive is because of my team from Carolina Birth and Wellness.I didn’t know in the beginning if I even wanted to hire a doula. But when I thought about who would be attending my birth, I realized a doula would be invaluable. My husband was as clueless as I was about how labor would actually happen and my mom had only ever given birth - not supported someone else in labor.Emily and Morgan were both present during the last few weeks of my pregnancy - checking of me and offering advice when they could. They helped me create a birth plan and took lots of notes about what I expected would be helpful in a high stress situation and what I thought I’d like to avoid. For instance, I asked them to not offer me pain medication - I decided I would ask for it if I needed it, but if they offered I would feel like they didn’t think I could handle what was happening.It was very nice, with all the underlying anxiety leading up to labor, to have talked through those things since it definitely helped Emily and Morgan feel less like strangers and much more comforting.Morgan actually attended my birth and while I anticipated her to be helpful, she exceeded all of my expectations. She took care of little things like changing the music and filling my water bottle. But also big things - physically supporting me while I completed the Miles Circuit and emotionally supporting me when, during a particularly painful period, I thought I couldn’t handle any more and had closed my eyes and was holding my breath. Morgan basically coached me to open my eyes/look at her and remember to breath. It kept me grounded and moving through the pain.I can not speak highly enough of her compassion and kindness, but also her sternness when I was stubborn and her steadfast confidence in my ability to succeed. She literally “mothered the mother”.Another benefit was how helpful she was for my support team. She able to give my husband and mom ideas on how best to support me and she kept up with my husbands water bottle too so he could stay focused on me. It was also very calming and comforting for him to have someone who could say “yes, this is normal” or “yes, this is progress”. It’s distressing to see your partner going through something as difficult/painful as birth and from the outside it can appear that something is wrong. But he was able to settle into the idea that things where going well because of Morgan’s reassurance.If we choose to have another baby I have absolutely no doubt that we will hire Carolina Birth and Wellness again. And I definitely recommend them to anyone who is unsure about hiring a doula. A doula is worth it generally. But CBW is worth it specifically.P.s. splurg on the postnatal massage! Your body worked hard!

Working with Morgan and Emily was amazing. It was my second birth but my first experience having a doula for labor, and it was incredible to see how helpful it was. Before the birth, I met with both of them, and it was so great to get to know both my primary AND the doula who would be my backup, just in case. They interviewed me on all the points of labor, finding out my wishes, what I would need, and what would be most helpful to me throughout the birth. They texted me with encouragement and support throughout the rest of my pregnancy and were always available for my concerns and questions.When I went into labor at midnight, Morgan was ready and met me at the birthing center right away. My labor ended up being seven and a half hours long, and she was so helpful throughout. Before active labor began, she helped me to relax, massaging my hands and keeping the environment calming. During active labor she worked tirelessly, applying pressure to my lower back where my contractions were the most painful, and she was SO HELPFUL reminding me to keep my body relaxed throughout each contraction. I am convinced that is what helped my labor progress so quickly. Through the pushing stage, I only needed the physical presence of my husband, but she stayed near giving encouraging words and assistance—reminding me to relax and helping me to calm down. She also captured some of the first photos after birth on my camera, which I am so happy to have! Her assistance was invaluable all the way through. I am so thrilled and happy with the way my labor went. There is not one thing I would change.Morgan also checked on me postpartum at an in-home visit, which was convenient and helpful. It was so nice to have someone checking in, and someone to reminisce about the birth with!