Fertile Moon Midwifery

Ryan Hurley

UK

5

2 days ago

Christian Toscano was our midwife for our first baby. She exudes confidence through her knowledge of pregnancy and birth! We began our care with an OB and decided after extensive reading and research that we wanted to be with someone who understood physiologic birth and only used interventions when necessary. She provided all the lab work in the comfort of our home while still being extremely professional and aware of sterility. She is an incredibly warm individual which made us both feel relaxed and in good hands. She did a great job at involving me in the preparation and process of my wife's birth so that I felt included in the process. My wife's labor was no easy task. She had very bad nausea and vomiting throughout to the point that Christian was giving her IV's and homemade hydration solution. This allowed my wife the strength to continue her labor. She was incredibly attentive to my wife's needs and believed in her when she really needed it. When our baby was crowing, Christian offered gentle guidance for my wife so that she could breathe our baby down and out without tearing. Her and the assistant midwife both stayed for 4 hours after the birth, checking on my wife and baby's transition. Afterwards the assistant midwife cooked eggs for all of us, which we ate while we got to know our daughter! The following days were also incredible. Christian came to our home the following day after the birth to give incredible breastfeeding support and check our baby. She also checked in with my wife and me and gave us tips on how to ease the transition of new parenthood, especially normalizing what we could expect in the upcoming weeks, which was extremely helpful to us as first time parents! She gave me and my wife unlimited phone support and visited us again on the third day after the birth, at one week and two weeks and then our final visit at around 6 weeks. We did ask to see her once between the scheduled visits to calm some concerns we had, which she did without hesitation. Her availability and support to answer our questions was far superior than anything we would have received in the hospital system. It was such a joyous birth of our daughter! We couldn't have done it without you and anyone is lucky to have you as their midwife. We will definitely be calling you for our second (;

Nicole Pegher

UK

5

2 days ago

I don't have enough words to describe the care given to me and my family by Christian Toscano. She is a gifted midwife. Truly. She's compassionate, intelligent, professional, caring and down-to-earth. Her knowledge of herbal medicine was the perfect compliment to her midwifery care. Do yourself a favor and hire her. It is the best, first-parenting decision we made!

Victoria Elman

UK

5

2 days ago

Christian has been a wonderful resource throughout all three of my pregnancies. I have turned to her with my questions regarding vaccinations, birthing techniques and positions, post-birth care, etc. and she has always provided very thoughtful responses, guidance and reading materials. Christian is incredibly responsive and knowledgeable about all areas of pregnancy and I completely trust and respect her. If we didn't live on opposite coasts, she would be delivering my next child!

June Okada

UK

5

2 days ago

We would not have opted to have a home birth without knowing that Christian could be a part of it. She is not only compassionate and genuine, she is also reliable and extremely capable. Christian is informative, knowledgeable and quick to respond to any questions or concerns. She's also a talented herbalist and has all sorts of amazing prenatal and postnatal products to offer that she makes herself. She always came to visit with a smile and you can tell she truly loves what she does. She is a true gem of the Los Angeles midwifery community and soon she'll be so booked you won't be able to hire her. We completely trusted her with the delivery of our baby, and she has been an irreplaceable support throughout.