2026-09-21T21:07:23.999Z

We cannot recommend Embrace and its owner, Krystal, highly enough. From the moment we signed on with Embrace, we felt an immediate sense of relief knowing we had knowledgeable, compassionate support throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.Krystal has created something special and much needed in the South Lake Tahoe community. The education, care, and resources she provides to families are incredible, and we cannot imagine our experience without her support. Her insight, recommendations, and expertise are invaluable. She has a depth of knowledge and sense of intuition that is exceptional, and she approaches every client interaction with such mindfulness, grace, and kindness. She is incredibly responsive and consistently takes the time to provide thoughtful, detailed guidance and resources.The doula Krystal matched us with was wonderful and provided meaningful support throughout our pregnancy and birth experience. It is clear that Krystal has built a team of passionate, caring professionals who love what they do and are committed to supporting mothers and families in the community.Krystal is also a lactation specialist, and after our baby was born, she provided invaluable lactation support. She was able to recognize complications and challenges we were experiencing with breastfeeding and our newborn's health and helped us navigate a course of action. Having someone with her expertise available during these early days has made such a difference.Bringing home a newborn comes with so much newness and uncertainty, and Krystal has helped us navigate this season with a sense of confidence and a positive mindset. We feel very fortunate to have found Krystal and her team and are so grateful for the care they have provided our family.We HIGHLY recommend Embrace and Krystal to any family looking for exceptional doula, birth, postpartum, and lactation support.

2026-08-09T00:11:47.449Z

We had a wonderful experience with both the online and in person birth classes. Would highly recommend!

2025-10-09T16:52:23.246Z

Krystal is wonderful to work with. She was great with our baby, so patient and helpful. I’m so grateful for her support getting us through a tough breastfeeding period while our baby relearned how to use his tongue after a tongue tie procedure. Being able to reach out whenever we had questions or concerns was invaluable.

2025-07-11T18:41:04.046Z

So grateful for Krystal and team! Had just moved to the area and was looking to establish doula care for my fourth baby. As soon as I talked to Krystal, I knew I’d found my vibe. Embrace is awesome. Safe, informed, supportive, no judgment, but instead empowering wisdom! Had my 3VBAC and easiest recovery yet! Thank you for supporting my birth journey and all that you and your doulas do!

2025-06-17T07:56:19.322Z

I took Krystal’s pregnancy and birthing class while I was pregnant with my identical twin boys. I found the information to be extremely helpful, thorough and informative. It included a lot of information that wasn’t provided in other pregnancy/birthing classes and I felt so much better prepared because of it. I was very grateful that she had a detailed c-section portion since that’s the route I ended up with. I really liked that the course was pre recorded so that I could watch it on my own time since a consistent schedule didn’t always work for me.Krystal was always available to answer my questions, especially after I gave birth and needed some guidance about breastfeeding. I wasn’t making enough to support both babies and she reached out to her network of moms and was able to find me a consistent source for donor milk and that has been huge for my family.Whether you’re seeking doula services, birthing education, or lactation consultation, Krystal should be your go to resource!

2025-06-08T23:21:37.059Z

Krystal has been an amazing resource during pregnancy and postpartum. She is professional, knowledgeable, and personable. I could not recommend her more!

2025-06-05T16:38:37.029Z

Krystal is your go to for all things childbirth and lactation. I was feeling nervous and overwhelmed by an online due date group, the information I was getting did not feel right. Me and my husband took Krystal s class and we felt so much more empowered to have the natural home birth we wanted. She was also there for me when I was struggling in the first few weeks of postpartum with a colicky baby and some feeding troubles. I couldn’t recommend anyone more!!!

2024-11-18T04:15:34.401Z

Krystal is extremely passionate and knowledgable about all things childbirth and breastfeeding. Highly recommend!!!

2024-08-30T20:08:30.834Z

Krystal was a total godsend. She was super comforting and reassuring. Answering all of my questions and evaluating my son professionally. She gave me all the tools and resources I needed to have a successful breast-feeding journey. Not to mention, she’s checked up on us multiple times since her visit! Would recommend Her to anybody looking for some guidance!

2024-08-27T00:46:20.346Z

There are not enough words for how grateful our little family is to have been able to work with Krystal. She came to our home and stayed until we had a solid plan to get our baby girl back to her birth weight. She was so helpful, knowledgeable and supportive through the entire process. She checked in regularly with us to see how we all were doing and provided extra help when needed. Thank you so so much for your help and guidance!

2024-06-07T18:45:44.007Z

Krystal, the instructor, is so knowledgeable blending her decade plus of experience along with the latest research. I was feeling intimidated by birth and creating a birth plan, and this class eased my mind. Plus, Krystal taught it while managing her 3-month old solo, which she did so gracefully that it really showed all of us new parents that you can nurture your baby and accomplish other things (like leading a 5 hour class).Thank you, Krystal!

2024-06-02T09:24:00.074Z

Krystal was so helpful in the early days of breastfeeding - I don’t know where I’d be without her! When our baby girl lost 10% of birth weight in the early days and struggled with a shallow latch, Krystal was incredibly responsive, making time to see us and putting together a proactive plan to ensure that our breastfeeding journey was on the right track. In addition to the first consultation, Krystal followed up via text to ensure things were going smoothly and was incredibly responsive to any questions that I had. I’m happy to say that her help got us back on track and breastfeeding/weight gain has been going more smoothly since week one 2. Having Krystal as a resource has been such a help in these overwhelming first weeks of motherhood. Highly recommend!

2024-06-01T01:27:12.945Z

So much good information!!! Great class for any type of birth whether that be hospital or home birth. Krystal went out of her way to make sure all of our questions and concerns were answered, and is very thorough and detail oriented.