Taproot Midwifery

It’s hard to imaging a more caring/​understanding/​patient/​and informative midwife exist. And her name is Krystel!
Krystel guided us through my pregnancy and helped us with becoming prepared for the big day. Through her we connected with our local natural birth community we didn’t know existed. We have since moved from long beach to the Sacramento region and have missed the sense of community we established with Krystel.
Krystel was so informative and understanding of our choices. The individual attention we received was one of the main reasons we chose to have a home birth. We loving look back at our home birth story and am grateful we had Krysel by our side through the most magical and emotional moment of our lives.

Krystel helped me with my home birth and I was very comfortable with her from the moment I met her for the first time. She is very knowledgable, caring, understanding and such a warm-​hearted midwife. She spent a lot of time on each appointment and answered all of my questions. She explained risks and benefits for everything we asked about and respected all the choices we made. I feel very fortunate to have had her as my midwife. Right after I delivered my daughter I thought I would like to hire her again for my next baby!
I highly recommend Taproot Midwifery!

A wonderful experience, I will be back. Gentle, very caring to my needs, great atmosphere and great results. Highly recommended.

Normally I don’t like to tell strangers about places I love. I’m pretty selfish that way. I don’t want to share what is hugely personal and turn it into something that feels commercial. But Taproot Midwifery… I’m gonna review you. Taproot Midwifery is just a name. Taproot Midwifery is Krystel.
My husband and I talked about having our first baby at home– I was excited about the idea. My husband– not so much. So, baby #1 was born in a hospital. The birth went very smoothly. The value in that– my husband saw that a healthy pregnancy can end in an uncomplicated birth with the right care.
So, with pregnancy #2, we agreed we were BOTH 80% comfortable with a homebirth. But we needed to talk with a real midwife about it. There was only one person I was interested in talking to– a charismatic, friendly young midwife I met a year earlier. I remember when I met her thinking to myself, «she’s the one.»
We found Krystel and made an appointment to discuss the possibility of homebirth. First of all, having your health provider come to your home is AMAZING! Krystel visited with us, sweetly engaged with our attention-​seeking toddler, and answered every question and every concern. She didn’t sugar-​coat anything. She allayed our 20% worth of doubt. We felt we were in good hands. We hired her.
What a good decision that was! Every appointment was in our home. She never rushed through a visit. She addressed every question. And for my weirdest questions, she either surprised me with her incredible depth of knowledge, or acquired an accurate answer for me. She never left my questions or concerns unanswered.
She treated me gently and respectfully, always with great care and consideration. Our birth story was short and sweet. We were in great hands. She allowed me to do what I needed to do. And intervened only when necessary as minimally as possible, with the same care and calmness we had seen all along.
Being able to birth under my terms, in my home, at my speed, allowing my body to do what I knew it could do, was an incredibly empowering experience. Krystel brought the expertise. I highly recommend her. And I feel incredibly lucky to have her be part of my birth story.