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EDUCATION/ SUPPORT

Community Childbirth classes

• Birthing from Within with Shannon Padlog

• Holistic Childbirth Prep with Kelly Gray 

• Natural Resources 6 week series or 3 day intensive

• Mindful Birthing: https://www.mindfulbirthing.org/classes

BIPOC-centered childbirth education:

• Whole Body Pregnancy

• Sistersong

  Hypnobirthing: Katheryn Marie // Rachel Yellin: Yes to Birth 
  

Prenatal Yoga:  SF Prenatal Yoga // Brit Fohrman 

Postpartum Prep and Newborn Care:

• Momumental SF // PP prep, Newborn care & Infant CPR

• Natural Resources // infant cpr

Books:

• Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Strength, and Resilience for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood,  Britta Bushnell, PhD

• Nurture, Erica Chidi Cohen  

• The Birth Partner, 5th edition,  Penny Simkin

• Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds: Cynthia Gabriel

• Birth Matters, Ina May Gaskin            

• Birthing From Within, Pam England

Postpartum Preparation

• The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson

• The First Forty Days :The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother - Heng Ou 

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding , La Leche League 

• Natural Health After Birth, Aviva Romm

Birth Movies and Videos

• The Business of Being Born

• More Business of Being Born

• The Milky Way

• Why Not Home?

IG . Instagram accounts: @restoremidwifery, @parteramidwifery @badassmotherbirther

Podcasts:

Birthful  // Evidence Based Birth podcast // The Birth Hour  

PERINATAL WELLNESS

Acupuncture: Can be beneficial throughout pregnancy and very impactful once a week starting at 35 weeks

•  Linda Gruber

• Mama Lounge

• Blue ova

Chiropractic:  Recommended starting at 32 weeks, to encourage alignment for birthing/ engagement.

• Eric Rubin

• Kristin Hicks (Webster Breech Turning)

• Christine Cantwell

• Jenny Proenza

OPTIMAL FETAL POSITIONING:  Explore how the things that you do in your everyday life can affect your baby's position in the womb and therefore affect their position during birth.

The Miles Circuit // Spinning Babies

Orna’s Spinning Babies Parent Class

Breech Consult/Belly Mapping:  Ilka Fanni  // Orna Konig

Homebirth Midwives (bay area):

Aliya Caler // Kelly Murphy // Sue Baelen // Kara Engelbrecht // Michelle Welborn // Cynthia Banks // Laura Perez // Andrea Ruizquez // Marea Goodman

• Bay Area Homebirth Collective

Therapy Recommendations:

Nurturing Therapy for the New Parent

Psychotherapy and Supportive Counseling for Moms & Moms-to-Be

Prenatal and Postpartum Psychologist, Juli Fraga

Kathryn Hatch

Couples Therapy:  Julian Redwood  // Jami Grich, PhD

POSTPARTUM

Postpartum Doulas:

• Nicky Pariser

• Kristen Junghans

• Lisa Nowell // My Sunset Doula

Newborn/Postpartum/CPR Prep Class:

Momumental SF taught by Serena Saeed-Winn

Natural Resources: Newborn Care &Parenting // Infant/ Child CPR and safety

Lactation Support:

Farrell Topham // Sarah Quigley

La Leche League - Free Mother to Mother Phone and Meeting support.

KellyMom: online BF support and resources

New Parent Groups:

Postpartum Community Circle

Monday Muffins

Yeshi’s Mothers Group

Dads Group

Postpartum anxiety book resource: Awake at 3AM,  Suzannah Neufeldt MFT

Sleep Support:

Rosewood Birth Consulting // Angelique Millette // Jen Kiatta

Pelvic Floor Specialists:

Charisse Balance  // Amy Selinger  //  Liz McBride, PT

LGBTQ+

Born Collective: LGBTQIA+ New Parent Support Group

LGBTQ perinatal wellness center

Queer Family Group - Sliding Scale ($0-15) 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, 10-11am.       This group is for all parents both expecting and who have welcomed a baby into their family in the past year and identify anywhere on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Our aim is to build queer community and support for folks as they navigate the transitions into and through parenting for the first (or maybe second or third time).

• LGBTQ perinatal wellness center

Books:

• QUEER Nursing

• Shoulders: a support group for the caregivers of queer and trans kids 

Fucking with gender: fucking with gender is a 8-week gathering for people who are figuring out or are recently claiming their gender (and also those who simply just love to play with theirs!)

GRIEF & LOSS support:

Community:

• Pregnancy After Loss Support Group: Monthly drop-in group for individuals or couples who are pregnant after loss. CPMC campus. (415) 600-2229

• Oakland LGBTQ Grief & Loss Support Group

• SAND (Support After Neonatal Death): Twice a month drop-in support group for anyone who has experienced a perinatal loss from early miscarriage to soon after delivery. Berkeley (510) 204-1571

• “Beyond Choice”: Twice a month support group for those who have had a termination due to prenatal diagnosis North Oakland (510) 845-465

Books:

• Facets of grief: a workbook for grieving mothers

• Our Stories of Miscarriage: Healing With Words

• A cry from the womb

ONLINE:

http://www.glowinthewoods.com/

Abortion:

https://exhaleprovoice.org

https://womenhelp.org