Testimonial for Melissa Reyes
If you work with Melissa, you can expect a superb, tailored-to-you blend of evidence-based practice and deep, experiential wisdom. She is both organized and flexible, both able to move quickly but also help slow everything down. I found leaning into the wisdom she brings was extremely liberating for a mind usually consumed with very statistics-driven, literalist worries.
Upon first contact with Melissa, I felt listened to, safe, and intellectually engaged. She grounded us with patience and knowledge through the antsy anticipatory months, helping us map out a birth plan while also practicing acceptance around our ultimate lack of control. When actual labor arrived, Melissa rolled up her sleeves and got so physical with me/us, in a way that felt necessary for making it through an unmedicated, no-intervention birth in a hospital setting. She advocated for my wishes with the Kaiser staff, while maintaining excellent working rapport with them. I have flash-bulb memories of her anchoring me to this world with her hands while I was also going a portal to the place between life and death- I know it sounds dramatic but I don't know any other way to describe it. (I was never in danger or anything, but the act of creating life naturally brings you to that place, I think, and it's a place Melissa is intimately familiar with.)
And post-partum, Melissa was asbolutely instrumental to helping me turn things around after two weeks of intense postpartum anxiety. I wasn't fully prepared for the physical, animal terror of estrogen crash (and suffering from insomnia). I could barely form coherent sentences, just hit by waves of irrational panic. We asked Melissa to come earlier than the scheduled postpartum meetings, and the wordless, body-to-body techniques she used to help me soothe my nervous system felt literally life-saving.
Melissa will help you through the portal to parenthood with kindness and expertise. 10/10 would do again
-Erica P
June 02, 2025
Melissa Reyes
Remedios Birth and Healing Services
Postpartum Rate: $50 to $100
