A Simple Journey

San Jose, United States

5

3 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 408-674-1502
Website:
www.asimplejourneybirth.com
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Serving San Jose and surrounding area
Cambrian Park
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
2.4 miTresidder
2.6 mi#199 - 3145 Porter Drive
3 miMarguerite - Y Route To Tresidder Union Arrillaga Alumni Center
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Local time (San Jose) 15:51 Friday, 30 May 2025

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DONA Certified Birth Doula, Certified Hypnotherapist and Childbirth Educator in the South Bay and Peninsula. Provided doula services for more than two hundred births over the past 6 years. Teaching HypnoBirthing at Blossom Birth, Harmony Birth & Family and Casa Natal Birth Center in Morgan Hill. Also offering Childbirth and VBAC Preparation classes at Blossom Birth in Palo Alto. I am happy to teach privately or visit with my doula clients at my office located within the South Bay Homebirth Collective in the Rose Garden area. In addition offering Placenta Encapsulation and TENS unit rentals.

Included in my Doula Services package:

— Initial Consultation

–2 prenatal visits

–Availability via phone and email throughout your pregnancy and immediate postpartum

–On-​call 24⁄7 two weeks before and after your due date

–Continuous labor support at home and birth location

–1 postpartum visit

(process your birth experience/​provide resources for lactation or postpartum support)

*I am happy to offer Hypnotherapy sessions to my clients for a discounted rate

Meet the Business Owner

Tracie L.

Business Owner

I am a Bay Area native and mother to my four wonderful children with my husband of 18 years. The world of fertility, pregnancy and motherhood has fascinated me for many years. My experience as a Birth Doula and my own varied birth experiences allow me to offer a deep understanding of how the birthing mother is feeling and what she might want in many different situations. I enjoy meeting birthing couples, hearing their stories and working closely with both partners to achieve their ideal birth. I feel strongly that every family deserves to be supported in their own way for their best birth.

I live in San Jose and primarily attend births in the South Bay Area and Peninsula. I enjoy supporting families in offering Doula Services, Childbirth Preparation classes, Hypnotherapy and Placenta Encapsulation.

My wish as your Doula is to help make your journey through pregnancy and birth simple.

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3 reviews of A Simple Journey

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Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
I am so thankful to have had Tracie as my Doula. She was very prompt in replying to my original email and setting up a time to meet in person was easy. After our first meeting, I knew she was the right choice for us to help welcome our little girl into the world. I felt like she really listened to what my husband and I wanted for our experience and helped us make decisions that made sense to us. During our pre-​birth meetings, I was happy because she has a lot of information to share in person as well as written, since it’s a lot to take in all at once.
While my actual birth experience ended up being quite short, my husband and I were both happy she was there to guide us through the process. It was very comforting to hear her voice during labor, and her advice on breathing helped a lot.
Our daughter is 7 weeks old now and during those first few confusing weeks, I felt like I was still getting a lot of support from Tracie, both in person and through texts. The best thing I can say about her is I always felt like she was really listening to me. She’s a special part of our daughter’s story and I’m grateful to have met her.
Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
I searched out Tracie because she was a doula in the area that taught HypnoBirthing and that was the method my husband and I had chosen for our 2nd daughter’s birth. She was so sweet and easy going right from the start! She always had tons of information and resources for any questions I had and some I didn’t know I had. ;)
During the labor and birth, she was a calming presence that gave my husband and I the strength to accomplish exactly what we had been hoping and planning for, a natural birth in the comfort of our own home! It was truly magical and I feel Tracie played a big part in helping us plan, prepare, and achieve the perfect birth for our family.
Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
My wife, Katie, and I thought passively that a doula might be something nice to have. We decided that with no family, or birth-​experienced friends it might be a good idea. We were absolutely right.
We decided to get both Tracie and Michelle Ogden-​Stout — and they were fantastic at every step. Before the birth they gave us a crash course on birth, talked to us about fears, anxieties. Helped us with researching our options.
When we were informed that Katie needed to be induced they sprung to action and helped us through a very difficult labor which ultimately ended up being heavily drug-​induced. Since Katie’s pitocin levels were cranked on her, she needed an epidural and due to some complications the baby was delivered via C-​section.
I’m sure I would have lost it without them, and I know Katie would have had a difficult time coping with the labor difficulties.
It’s been a week, and we’re ever so slowly adjusting to life with a newborn. Tracie and Michelle keep tabs on us and are at the ready to find people to help us with any issues we might have.
If you’re thinking about delivering a child, definitely seek out the help of a doula if you can, and I think Tracie and Michelle would be a very good support team for you and your partner.