Maia Midwifery & Perconception Services

I had Stephanie Brill as a midwife for the birth of my second child, years ago. While I was in active labor, she came to my house and pulled out at termination of services contract, which she wanted to enact AT THAT MOMENT. Since I was in labor, she decided that, instead of doing the ethical thing of taking me to the hospital, she would renegotiate our contract and force me to give her my rent money. Then she berated me, blamed me for my lack of finances, forced me to tell her that she was the best midwife in the world and that I «loved» her. Once her abusive tirade was over, she told me that she «really cared» for me. I was completely vulnerable, physically and mentally, and I feel that she tortured me and sexually abused me. She is a sick, sick individual and should be nowhere near laboring women.

Maia is now in Rockridge (a boon to city commuters).
Excellent would-​be group for single moms (some pregnant, some not). Kristin is a pretty good facilitator, and the group is supportive.
I’ve heard good reviews from her clients about 3 months of monitoring cycles trying to troubleshoot conception issues.

My husband and I went to Maia Midwifery for the birth of our first child. At the time it was run by Stephanie Brill and Kim Toevs. Kim was my midwife. In my pregnancy, I had morning sickness ²⁴⁄₇. They didn’t diagnose my condition as Hyperemesis Gravidarum, nor tell me that it was a high risk pregnancy. Which I find out now, severely endangered my health and the life of our child. Kim went on vacation, and left Stephanie and another woman, Chloe in charge. During that time, things changed dramatically for the worst. First, Chloe left a voicemail for me at my job saying that my child had a 200% chance of dying in utero — 200%??? They then told us that our child had intro uterine growth retardation, that we had to sign papers saying that they weren’t responsible and it was our fault for not «listening» to them. Bottom line, they dropped us, told us to go to Kaiser. We went to Kaiser, and Kaiser said there was no problem other than my baby was small. Apparently, with Hyperemesis, the mother doesn’t gain much weight when she’s throwing up all the time. We went back to Maia Midwifery to say that Kaiser said everything was fine, and were told «well, we don’t trust doctors.» We didn’t sign the paper saying our child had IUG, we had the baby at Kaiser, delivered without any problems. When Kim came back from vacation, she agreed with Stephanie’s decision. They kept our money and told us that they provided us with «excellent prenatal care.» I guess at the time, their definition of excellent medical care involved not diagnosing a high risk pregnancy, scaring pregnant women, and covering their backsides.
Today, my child who overcame a 200% chance of being dead and apparently retarded is doing fine.
I hope with new ownership, they have actually started taking care of their patients, and Chloe et al, have enrolled in math camp.