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Active Health Chiropractic
Address: 201 Centre Drive, Suite 102 Stephens City,VA 22655
Phone: (540) 868-9969
Email: activehealthchiro@gmail.com
Web Address:www.activehealth-chiropractic.com
Contact Person: Dr. Gretchen Reschke, DC and Dr. Darrell Voll, DC
Active Health Chiropractic strives to promote optimal whole body health naturally. Dr. Gretchen and Dr. Darrell have extensive training in pre- and post-natal care, as well as pediatrics. Both are certified in the Webster Technique.
Aloha Birth Services
Contact: Jennifer Riddick
Address: 11549 Laurel Lake Sq, Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: (703)273-1464
Web Address: www.AlohaBirthServices.com
Email: jenn@alohabirthservices.com
Offering Hypnobabies \"eyes open childbirth hypnosis\" classes. Hypnobabies is a complete childbirth education course. Also offering prenatal hula classes to help moms bond with their babies in utero.
Ariya Family Chiropractic Center, P.C.
Nisha Saggar, D.C., C.C.P
Address: 3660 Boulevard, Suite G, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
Phone: (804) 526-7125
Email: ariyachiropractic@yahoo.com
Web Address: www.ariyafamilychiropractic.com
Dr. Saggar holds a certificate in Chiropractic Pediatrics and Obstetrics and is proficient in the Webster's Turning Technique for breech positioning. She offers a broad range of techniques to alleviate common discomforts during pregnancy, as well as create a state of balance for the pelvis and uterus to prepare women for easier, quicker, and safer deliveries.
Arlington Women’s Center
Karen King, CNM
Address: 1625 N. George Mason Drive, Suite 325, Arlington, VA 20165
Phone: (703) 717-4600
Email: kingkb@earthlink.net
Web Address:www.arlingtonwomenscenter.com
We are a group of physicians and a certified nurse midwife dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women in the Northern Virginia and Metropolitan Washington area. We strive to provide you with the finest state-of-the-art individualized care in the area of comprehensive obstetrics and gynecology. We offer hospital birth to clients interested in having a midwife in a hospital setting.
Jennifer L. Atkinson, LCSW
Address: 5412B Glenside Drive, Richmond, VA 23228
Phone: (804) 467-8243
Email: jennatkinon@hotmail.com
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice. My specialty areas are preconception and pregnancy counseling, perinatal mood disorders and postpartum depression. I also work with women who have experienced traumatic births or complication in pregnancy and birth. I am an advocate for unmedicated births. I hope to empower women to have the birth they want through education and support.
Atlee Chiropractic Center
Dr. Anna Madland
Address: 9173 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Phone: (804)730-7010
WebAddress: http://www.atleechiropractic.com/
Email: dr.anna@atleechiropractic.com
Description: We provide chiropractic care and massage therapy services with a focus on prenatal, postnatal and pediatric patients. Our mission is to increase the quality of life for people of all ages everywhere!
Babe-Ease Birth Doula Services
Celeste Youngblood
Phone: (540) 533-8692
Email: discodoula@comcast.net
Web Address:www.discodoula.com
Babe-Ease birth doula services is designed to give you the support you desire before, during, and after your birth.
BelovedYoga
Maryam Ovissi
Address: 11872 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20191
Phone: (703) 860-9642
Email: belovedyoga@yahoo.com
WebAddress: http://www.belovedyoga.com/
Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts
Kate White
Address: 658 Tyree Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Phone: (434) 996-2002
Email: katercst@gmail.com
Web Address: http://www.belvederearts.com/
Massage and craniosacral therapy with maternal and infant specialties, including prenatal massage, postpartum massage, recovery from difficult births, craniosacral therapy for babies, attachment therapy and family play sessions. Also helpful for supporting the nursing relationship. Home visits are an option post partum.
Birth By Design
Peggy Franklin, CPM
Phone: 1-888-770-0243
Email: peggy@birthbydesign.org
Web Address:www.birthbydesign.org
Peggy Franklin RN,ND,CPM has many years of experience in natural health and birth. Peggy provides complete maternity care including all the prenatal care, labor, birth, newborn exams and postpartum care through 6 weeks. Free homebirth information classes are also held monthly.
Birth From The Heart
Heather Edwards
Address: 5 Two Oaks Court, Portsmouth, VA 23703
Phone: 757-484-5717
Email: HeatherN3Boys@aol.com
Web Address: http://www.birthfromtheheart.com/
As a mother of three, aspiring midwife, and passionate birth advocate, I will do everything I can to ensure you have a satisfying, fulfilling, and empowering birth experience. The more we believe our bodies work, the better our births will be. The better our birth experiences, the better we feel, the better parents we become, and we raise happier, healthier children. Birth works! When women are supported in their births, everyone benefits!
Birth Talk Birth Circle
Jennifer Kyzer
Address: 1911 Rawlings Street, Richmond, VA, 23231
Phone: (804) 440-2498
Email: safe-n-happy@iglide.net
Web Address: www. health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BirthtalkRichmond/
A circle of trust and support for pregnant and postpartum women by:
SHARING stories of pregnancy and birth, as well as options for local providers, birth locations and birth educators;
INSPIRING power and confidence throughout the experience of pregnancy, birth and parenthood;
DISCOVERING how to become your own birth advocate in order to experience the birth you desire; and
CELEBRATING the life-changing experiences of pregnancy, birth and parenting.
Birthcare & Women's Health
Phone: (703) 549-5070
Address: 1501 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
BirthCare is a practice of five Certified Nurse-Midwives specializing in personalized gynecologic care and out-of-hospital births. Founded as a home birth service in 1987, BirthCare offers our clients a choice: Home Birth or birth at our Accredited Birth Center.
Birthing From Within Educator/Facilitator
Christine Murray
Address: 3785 Graemont Drive, Earlysville, VA 22936
Phone: (434)984-1353
Email: MotherJourneys@gmail.com
Birthing From Within is a unique, holistic approach to childbirth preparation. Our classes will include time spent learning pain coping practices, discussing the physiology and other information about pregnancy, birth, and post-partum, and time devoted to "birth art" as a means to help parents access their own inner wisdom as they prepare for birth and parenthood.
Birthing From Within Educator/Facilitator
Kristin Cummings, L.C.S.W. & Melissa Wilson, ODL.Ed.
Phone: 804-261-0585 or 804-231-1812
Email: kcummings7@verizon.net or melissa.c.wilson@verizon.net
Birthing From Within is a unique, holistic approach to childbirth preparation. Our classes are experiential and emphasize pain coping practices; basics of labor & birth; the postpartum year; making informed choices; working with the right brain through birth art; building community and honoring birth as a rite of passage. “If you are looking for something different and meaningful as you prepare for birth and parenting, you are in the right place!”
Birthing Tree
Sara Rountrey Toombs
Address: 8728 W. Huguenot Rd., Richmond, VA 23235
Phone: (804) 878-6249
Email: bodhisara@gmail.com
Web Address: www.birthingtree.biz
Birth and postpartum doula services, sales of Mobywraps and other unique baby carriers promoting parent-infant contact as well as Motherlove herbs supporting breastfeeding.
Birthways
Cassandra Perez, R.N., BS.N.
Address: P.O. Box 156, Fairfield, VA 24435
Phone: (540) 462-7958
E-mail: cassandra@birthways.com
Web Address:www.birthways.com
Birthways provides wise woman doula care, monitrice services, birth assistance, Blessingway ceremonies, and childbirth education. I am a Birth Arts International trained Doula and Registered Nurse. I specialize in helping women to find their own unique way to give birth, connecting to and unlocking their own inner birth wisdom. I believe that every woman holds the wisdom of how to give birth within herself. Serving Rockbridge County and the surrounding areas.
Birthways Labor Support
Shona Stack, RD, RN
Address: 6324 Bergen Drive, Richmond, VA 23225
Phone: 804-233-2357
Web Address: http://birthwaysrichmond.googlepages.com/
E-mail: birthwaysdoula@gmail.com
Shona is an ALACE-trained Doula, Registered Nurse, Registered Dietitian, Breastfeeding Counselor, and the mother of two. Her labor support services include prenatal education, patient advocacy, emotional and physical support throughout labor, and one postpartum visit. Shona's unique knowledge and skills will help you achieve the birth you desire.
Blessing God's Way
Doran Richards
Address: P.O. Box 59, Front Royal, Virginia 22630
Phone: 888-218-2453
Web Address: www.blessingGodsway.com
E-mail: dandora@shentel.net
I have a ministry that teaches women and young ladies that they are created Fearfully & Wonderfully - and teach them a bout their bodies. Their bodies functions through maidenhood, maternity and menopause are NORMAL LIFE FUNCTIONS and not diseases or illnesses, etc. I am a doula, childbirth educator and student midwife as well.
Bodywork for Birth
Dawn Ann Woodring, NCTMB
Address: 871 Cedar Meadow Drive, Nellysford, VA 22958
Phone: (434) 361-9151
Web Address: www.bodyworkforbirth.massagetherapy.com
Dawn Ann Woodring is a VA and nationally certified massage therapist with special training in preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum massage. She incorporates hot stone work into the preconception and postpartum massages. All treatment sessions are 90 minutes.
BreastfeedingOnLine.com
Contact: Cindy Curtis RNC IBCLC CCE CD
Address: 21478 Countryside Lane, Lignum, VA 22726
Phone: (540) 829-5775
Web Address: www.breastfeedingonline.com
Breastfeeding is an important women's, human rights, health and feminist issue. Breastfeeding empowers women. Women who wish to breastfeed their babies but do not, because of inadequate support from family or health workers, constraints in the workplace, or misinformation, often feel guilty because of this failure at something they wanted to do.
Breastfeedingonline.com hopes to help empower women to choose to breastfeed and to educate society at large about the importance and benefits of breastfeeding.
Brighter Birth Childbirth Class
Kirsten A. Olsen
Address: 7333 Strath Road, Richmond, VA 23231
Phone: (804) 795-2743
Email: olsen8@verizon.net
Web Address: http://www.abrighterbirth.com/
A Brighter Birth offers a series preparing couples to have a joyful, natural birth with a in-depth understanding of the birth process and the knowledge to make informed decisions throughout the birth experience. This method focuses on relaxation and the role of the partner during pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Brookhaven Women's Health and Natural Birth Center
Misty Ward
Address: 8729 Chesterfield Lane, Bridgewater, VA, 22812
Phone: (540) 830-4462
Email: midwife@brookhavenbirth.com
Web: www.BrookhavenBirth.com
At Brookhaven Women's Health + Natural Birth Center we strive to provide every birthing family with the support, education, and guidance they need to make informed decisions in the childbearing year. From intimate, nourishing prenatal care to the empowering, joyful birth-day, we are here to ensure that each family gets off to the best possible start.
Offering: Midwifery Care, Waterbirth, Birth Center Birth, Homebirth, Insurance billing, Childbirth Education, Lactation Consultations, Belly Casting, Placenta Medicine and Free Consultations
Capitol Rehab of Ashburn, LLC
Michelle Pietrantone, DC
Address: 20099 Ashbrook Place, Unit 195, Ashburn, VA 20147
Tel: 703-726-9866
Email: peitrantone@comcast.net
Web Address: http://www.ashburncapitolrehab.com/
Chiropractic care can relieve and even prevent common discomforts experienced during pregnancy. A properly aligned pelvis allows the uterus to expand and the baby to grow without constraint. Optimal positioning of the baby during pregnancy will decrease interventions frequently used during labor and allow the natural birth process to unfold. Dr. Michelle is also certified in the Webster Technique.
Commonwealth Midwives Alliance
Address: P.O. Box 80, Sperryville, VA 22740
Phone: (877) 833-6656
Web Address: www.commonwealthmidwives.org
CMA Statement of Purpose
- To create an organization that can unite all midwives in Virginia.
- To facilitate communication among all midwives in Virginia.
- To further the education of midwives.
- To educate the public regarding midwifery and childbirth.
- To respond to the legal needs of midwives in Virginia.
- To further the alliance between midwives and other health care professionals.
- To maintain affiliation with local and national organizations who share our interests, as well as midwifery organizations from other states.
Community Birth Services
Contact: Adrianna Ross
Address: 3608 Vawter Ave, Richmond, Va, 23222
Phone: (804) 754-5596
Email: communitybirthservices@yahoo.com
Web: www.communitybirthservices.com
Adrianna is dedicated to supporting women in the emotional and physical aspects of birth. She believes women have the ability to empower their bodies, thus encouraging a positive, peaceful and natural birth experience. Supporting families since 2003, she also facilitates holistic childbirth education classes which focus on nurturing pregnancy and birth through education, nutrition, herbs, birthing in awareness and community support.
Community Chiropractic PLC
Contact: Diane Schrier
Address: 800 Buffalo Street, PO Box 371, Farmville, VA 23901
Phone: (434) 315-5868
or
Address: 176 King Street, PO Box 136 Keysville, VA 23947
Phone: (434) 736-9895
Web: www.communitychiroplc.com
Email: info@communitychiroplc.com
Community Chiropractic PLC is dedicated to promoting health through gentle chiropractic and massage therapies. Our philosophy is based on encouraging the body's natural ability to heal. Our goal is to restore and maintain your body's balance and function by correcting the underlying cause of your symptoms. Our doctors are skilled in low force chiropractic techniques, including certification in Impulse IQ instrument adjusting. We encourage and support women through their physical, emotional and spiritual transformation.
Cypress Counseling
McKenzie Casad, LCSW
Address: 2117 W. Main St., Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (757)553-2780
Web Address: http://www.cypresscounseling.com/
Email: mcasadcypress@aol.com
Earth Love Doula Services
Christine Williams
Address: 3609 Van Buren Dr., Virginia Beach, VA, 23452
Tel: 757-340-1964
Email: earthlovedoula@verizon.net
Web: http://www.earthlovedoulaservices.com/
Hi, I am new to the Tidewater area, but I am eager to begin offering my services!
I love to accompany women in labor to help ensure a safe and satisfying birth experience. I will draw on my knowledge and experience to provide emotional support, physical comfort and the information you need to make informed decisions as they arise in labor. I can provide reassurance and perspective to you and your partner, make suggestions for labor progress, and help with relaxation, massage, positioning and other techniques for comfort.
Eden's Garden
Amy Blake Rollogas
Address: 8026 Davis Ave, Mechanicsville, VA, 23111
Phone: (804) 869-1225
Email: myedensgarden@gmail.com
Web Address: http://myedensgarden.blogspot.com/
Eden's Garden Embraces a holistic approach to childbirth. We increase parents' confidence in the normal birth process by giving them tools to work with birth-related pain and discomfort and to prevent unnecessary intervention. Labor and birth are intense, hard work; each is unique. It is important that parents acquire the tools to work with and trust the body and the process of giving birth. Parents will leave class with the knowledge to make their own best choices at each point along the way.
Emporia/Greensville Birthing Center
Birthing Center Coordinator: Kathleen McClelland, CNM
Address: 10014 Rogues Road, Midland, VA 22728
Phone: (540) 788-3145
Email: mcnellis@rcn.com
Emporia/Greensville Birthing Center is a free-standing birth center in Emporia, VA, opening in 2009 as a division of Southern Dominion Health System, a nonprofit federally qualified health center. We will be staffed by 2 CNMs and will serve all women, regardless of ability to pay. We are approximately a half hour from Petersburg and Roanoke Rapids, NC and we will serve Greensville, Brunswick, Sussex, and Southhampton Counties.
Family Chiropractic of Fairfax: A Creating Wellness Center
Lisa Przybysz, DC
Address: 10831 Main St., Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: (703) 273-7733
Email: drlprzybysz@creatingwellnesscenters.com
Web Address: http://www.familychiropracticoffairfax.com/
Family Chiropractic of Fairfax strives to empower and educate women, children, and families to make informed decisions about their health and wellness. We provide quality chiropractic care to ensure that the spine and nervous system are functioning optimally, thereby allowing the body to heal, restore, and rejuvenate. Dr Lisa and Dr. Dennis both have extensive experience working with children and pregnant women. Both doctors are certified in the Webster technique.
Family Maternity Center of the Northern Neck
Contact: Jessica Jordan, CNM
Address: P. O. Box 1866, Kilmarnock, VA, 22482-9997
Phone: (804) 677-5442
Email: jordancnm@gmail.com
Web Address: http://www.fmcnn.org/
Now offering prenatal care and women's health care using the Midwifery Model of Care. Beginning in April 2010, will offer births in an accredited birth center for low-risk women. Currently have affiliations with hospitals in the region for hospital deliveries by physicians. Also offering wholistic care, education, and support using Centering Pregnancy.
Flower of Life Therapies
Leah Fairbanks
Address: 1922 Thomson DR, Lynchburg, VA 24503
Phone: (434) 660-8969
Email: leahfrb@aim.com
Web Address: http://floweroflifetherapies.com/
Pre and post natal massage therapies. I received training through Kate Jordan seminars. My focus is on supporting women and their babies through the gentle application of therapeutic touch during the childbearing year.
Forest Women's Center
Contact: Mary Kwiecinski
Address: 2007 Graves Mill Road, Forest, VA 24551
Phone: (434) 385-8948
Email: mary@forestwomenscenter.com
Web Address: www.forestwomenscenter.com
Forest Women's Center offers a range of OB/ GYN services, including a full scope Midwifery practice. There are three Certified Nurse Midwives; Nancy Prothero, Tamra Thompson and Mary Kwiecinski. Each CNM has their Masters of Science in Nursing degree and is a Licensed Nurse Practitioner . We feature Centering Pregnancy, which is group prenatal care that provides 20 hours of prenatal education, a hospital tour, and a 2 hour introduction to breastfeeding class. Our Midwifery practice also offers traditional pre-natal visits. Our babies are birthed at Virginia Baptist Hospital, a family-centered facility which supports each woman's individual needs.
Home Birth Midwifery Service
Kim Mosny, CPM, LM
Address: 13541 E. Boundary Rd. suite 101, Midlothian, VA, 23112
Phone: (804) 651-0608 office (901) 292-4876 cell
Email: kmosny@yahoo.com
Web Address: http://www.richmondmidwife.com/
Delivering MORE birth options to the women & families of Richmond and surrounding communities!! Midwife-attended Home & Water Birth. Comprehensive Midwifery Model Care. We do VBACS. We Bring the Birth Center to You!
Hope Resources
Contact: Rebecca Hope
Address: 1502 Bayflower Court, Herndon, VA 20170
Phone: (571) 216-8766
Email: becca@hoperesources.org
Web Address: http://www.hoperesources.org/
Certified Bradley Method® Birth Educator Offering Bradley Method® natural childbirth classes in Herndon, VA. Teaching couples to work together to prepare for a natural birth.
Hypnosis for Birthing
Stacy Sheer
Address: 5919 Cabell Road, Howardsville, VA 24562
Phone: (434) 263-6476
Email: stacy.sheer@gmail.com
Stacy Sheer, Mht., traditional midwife, facilitates childbirth preparation sessions incorporating common sense birthing and hypnosis techniques.
ICAN of Southwest VA
Dawn Kubik
Phone: (540) 890-5502
Email: dawnkubik@yahoo.com
Web Address:www.icanofswva.org
The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. ("ICAN") is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). ICAN of SW VA meets the 2nd Thurs of every month from 7-9PM at Roanoke County HQ Library (419 BRANCH).
In Due Thyme Midwifery Care - Modern Midwifery in the Ancient Tradition
Vickie Liguori, CPM
Phone: (540) 460-1140
Email: vickie@induethyme.com
Doran Richards, Advanced Student Midwife
Phone: (540) 295-2186
Email: bgway@shentel.net
Web Address: www.induethyme.com
In Due Thyme is a traditional midwifery practice of two partner midwives that assist women to give birth in their own home. Both women have been interested and active in birth since their teens. Vickie is currently credentialed by NARM as a CPM. Doran is an advanced student midwife accumulating experience to also receive her credential. She currently serves women under Vickie's supervision. They serve in the Valley from Staunton to Winchester. When you have come into care with us we offer you a trusting relationship that will enable us to work together on an intimate level. One of the hallmarks of Midwifery Care is the work towards trust, with the goal of intimacy, in order to facilitate an optimal environment during your birth.
Lactation Services of Loudoun
Maureen Carey-Back IBCLC
Address: Leesburg Pharmacy, 36-c Catoctin Circle, Leesburg VA 20176
Phone: 703-777-5333 x1204 & 703-309-4444
Email: careyback@aol.com
Web Address: www.lactationservicesofloudoun.com
Lactation Services of Loudoun in located in the Wellness Center of Leesburg Pharmacy. Maureen Carey-Back IBCLC provides both office and home Lactation Consultations , breastfeeding classes, nursing bra fittings , breastfeeding support group and FREE BREASTFEEDING DROP IN on Monday and Thursday's from 12noon - 1pm. In addition, Leesburg Pharmacy provides a full service nursing mother boutique.
Light Chiropractic
Ariel Troxel
Address:2811 Linkhorn Dr. Ste. C, Lynchburg, VA 23503
Phone: 434-384-8285
Email: lightchiropractic@comcast.net
Web Address: light-chiropractic.com
Whether it's a small pain or a chronic problem, a simple ear ache or a constant illness, the Doctors of Light Chiropractic provide gentle chiropractic care for all ages.
Loudoun Community Midwives
- Pregnancy, Birth and Well-Woman Gynecology
- Births at Loudoun Hospital with Certified Nurse-Midwives
- Committed Labor Support and 24-hour physician availability
Address: 19465 Deerfield Ave. Suite 205, Leesburg, VA 20176
Phone: (703) 726-1300
Fax: (703) 726-9612
Web Address:http://www.lcmidwives.com/
Manassas Midwifery and Women's Health Center
Sheila Mathis, CNM
Address: 8424 Dorsey Circle Suite 101, Manassas, Virginia, 20110
Phone: (703) 330-3285
Email: manassasmidwifery@comcast.net
Web: www.manassasmidwifery.com
We provide affordable, high quality care for uninsured and
underinsured women in Manassas and the surrounding areas.Our mission is to
provide care that improves not only the health of the woman, but also that
of her family and community.
Melody A. Yazdani Photography
Melody Yazdani
Address: 1004 Jeff Ryan Dr., Herndon, VA, 20170
Phone: (703) 489-8934
Email: myazdani@melodyyazdani.com
Web Address: www.MelodyYazdani.com
Melody Yazdani captures the unique emotion of birth with her award-winning photography.
Amara Minnis, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA)
Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula
Address: 4869 Wyandotte Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone: (h): 757-467-3294 (c): 757-375-0939
Email: mailto:amaradoula@gmail.com
Web Address: http://www.amaradoula.com/
As a mother of four, my own births have taught me that a positive birth experience can be life-changing in a wonderful way, revealing to a woman her great inner strength and the wonder of her body’s ability to birth and nurture her child. As a doula, I endeavor to instill trust and confidence in the woman and her partner, allowing them to grow to trust their unique birthing and parenting abilities, insuring the best start for everyone at home.
Mother Baby Doula Services
Sara Fariss Krivanec
Address: 5207 Blue Ridge Ave., Richmond, VA 23231
Phone: (804) 236-8660
Email: doulabelly@yahoo.com
Web Address: www.freewebs.com/motherbabydoula
Sara has been a birth and postpartum doula since 2001. She enjoys educating new mothers about their options in childbirth, evidence-based care, and the amazing ability their bodies have to give birth. Sara has extensive knowledge on cesarean prevention, VBAC, current maternity research and breastfeeding.
Full of Grace Midwifery
Contact: Bettie Sheets
Address: PO BOX 181, Dutton, VA 23050
Phone: (804) 832-1439
Email: midwifebetts@gmail.com
Web Address: www.fullofgracemidwifery.com
Full of Grace Midwifery is a homebirth midwifery practice
serving women of the Hampton Roads, Williamsburg, Middle Peninsula, and
Northern Neck areas of Virginia.
Also offering labor doula service, placenta encapsulation, and childbirth
education. Please visit our website for more information.
Mountain View Midwives
Brynne Potter, CPM and Deren Bader, CPM, DrPH
Address: 1208 Bland Circle, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Phone: (434) 962-0148
Email: info@mountainviewmidwives.com
Web Address: http://www.mountainviewmidwives.com/
Home birth midwifery services by two Certfied Professional Midwives serving the greater Charlottesville area.
Nature's Child
Kristen Gallagher
Address: 3440 Seminole Trail, Suite 105, Charlottesville, VA, 22911
Phone: (434) 973-6930
Web Address: http://www.thenatureschild.com/
Email: kristen@thenatureschild.com
Nature's Child specializes in unique and natural items to take you and your baby from pregnancy through toddlerhood. We offer products for natural parenting, unique gifts for mother & baby, and toys that are far from run-of-the-mill.
Our goal is to help you find the tools and information you need to make healthy, enriching and environmentally friendly choices for your family.
New Life Birth Center
Karen Winstead
Address: PO Box 21461, Roanoke, VA
Phone: (540) 798-4064
Email: karenwinstead@newlifebirthcenter.net
Web Address: http://www.newlifebirthcenter.net/
As a member of the American Association of Birth Centers, we are establishing a non-profit, faith-based physician/midwife collaborative practice that will provide both birth center and hospital birth services by nurse-midwives in Roanoke, VA. We will serve the women and families of the Roanoke Valley and surrounding communities. For more information visit our website:www.newlifebirthcenter.net or contact Karen Winstead at 540-798-4064.
Nicole Simon Photography
Address: 1309 Leicester Road, Richmond, VA, 23225
Phone: (804) 387-8947
Email: nicolesimon@me.com
Web Address: www.nicolesimonphotography.com
Lifestyle photographer capturing 'real life' moments between Mamas and her babies/children, families, maternity and much more. I am also toLabor trained and working on obtaining my doula certification. I use the blog attached to my photography web-site to help educate women of their options and plan to combine the photography and doula business in the near future.
Northern Virginia Midwifery
Contact: Tammi L. McKinley, LM, CPM
Address: 6136 Ninth Road North, Arlington, VA, 22205
Phone: (703) 237-6136
Email: tammi@novamidwife.org
Web: http://www.novamidwife.org/
Providing evidence-based midwifery care to women throughout Northern Virginia. Tammi's goal is the empowerment of the family in making choices in their care. Services include well woman care, homebirth (with an emphasis on prenatal and perinatal psychology), waterbirth, natural fertility planning, and prenatal and perinatal loss support. Tammi also serves Medicaid mommas.
Olde Towne Family Chiropractic
Contact: Dr. Ashley Parmarter
Address: 355 Crawford St., Suite 506, Portsmouth, VA 23704
Phone: (757) 399-4700 or (607) 725-9366 personal cell
Email: Dr.AshleyDC@gmail.com
Web Address: www.otfc.info
Olde Towne Family Chiropractic offers a family friendly environment to welcome patients of all ages. We focus on optimal health by helping our patients to reach their individual goals through the natural means of chiropractic care. Dr. Ashley is certified in Webster Technique through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. We also offer a variety of chiropractic techniques to meet the needs of each patient. It's never too soon to reach better health through chiropractic!
OmMama, LLC
Yoga For the Childbearing Years
Contact Person: Leslie Lytle
Address: 2203 West Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804) 612-6366
Web Address:www.ommama.com
Email: info@ommama.com
OmMama, LLC offers a comprehensive program of yoga and related classes for women and families in their childbearing years in Richmond, Virginia, and in-depth teacher training for the yoga teachers who serve this population natlonally. Our highly acclaimed classes include Prenatal, Baby and Me, Itsy Bitsy® Yoga, labor prep classes for couples, and periodic workshops geared toward expecting and new families. We also offer a newsletter and mailing list.
Liz O'Shea CPM, LM
Address: 6416 Burkittsville Road, Middletown, MD 21769
Phone: (301) 788-0113
Email: lizjoshea@yahoo.com
I am a home birth midwife offering my services to women who are seeking an alternative to hospital birth. My services include full prenatal care, labor and delivery and postpartum care. I believe that all know intuitively how to give birth and I am here to provide education, care and support throughout their journey to motherhood.
Pathways Doula Service
Contact: Nancy Johns - ALACE trained
Address: 12894 Holly Lane, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103
Phone: (804) 784-9849
Email: Nancy@pathwaysforyou.net
Web Address: http://www.pathwaysforyou.net/
Birth is a sacred, transcendent event - and it is an honor to be present for women as they journey through childbirth. I am a mother of two and an ALACE trained birth doula. I provide care and support through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum.
Richmond Birth Services, Inc.
Nancy W. Giglio, CNM
Address: 220 Roslyn Hills Dr. Richmond, VA, 23229-7439
Phone: (804) 282-8471
Email: ngmidwife@aol.com
Rockbridge Midwifery Care
Emily Friar CPM, LM
Address: 2141 Sycamore Avenue., Suite B, Buena Vista, VA 24416
Phone: 540.261.1410
Email: info@rockbridgemidwifery.com
Web Address: RockbridgeMidwifery.com
Rockbridge Midwifery Care offers full prenatal, birth and postpartum care for those planning to give birth in the comfort of their own home. Our office is located in Buena Vista and we serve Rockbridge County and surrounding communities.
Sacred Mountain Midwifery School
Ruth Ann Colby Martin
Address: HC 75 Box 20, Circleville, WV 26804
Phone: 304-567-3149
Email: ruthann@smmidwfery.com
Web Address: www.smmidwifery.com
Sacred Mountain Midwifery School strives to teach the science and art of midwifery by offering a traditional approach that emphasizes apprenticeship-style training and experiential learning through lecture and hands-on experience. Our curriculum is applicable to a wide student range from inspired to seasoned - and requires no prerequisites. Our approach is to midwife the student into midwifery. Our student body is small so we can provide intensive small group learning and individualized training as well as growth toward individual goals. Our curriculum is based on NARM's PEP-process and the Practical Skills Guide.
Seven Cities Midwifery Care
Jenny Derugen, LM, CPM & Terri Hewitt, LM, CPM
Address: 4936 Farrington Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone: (757) 622-2761 or (757) 460-4318
Email: terrih@sevencitiesmidwifery.com
Web Address: http://www.sevencitiesmidwifery.com/
We are pleased to offer midwifery care to homebirth families in the greater Hampton Roads area. We offer gentle support and experienced guidance to enhance your confidence to birth your baby with dignity, in the safety and sanctity of home. Our mission is to empower you as you journey forward through pregnancy, labor and experience birth as the natural “rite of passage” that it was designed to be. We wholly support The Midwives Model of Care.
Sonak Family Chiropractic
William M. Sonak, DC
Address: 46859 Harry Byrd Hwy Suite 102, Sterling, Virginia 20164
Phone: (703) 406-0200
Email: drwill@vafamilychiropractic.com
Web Address: www.drwill.net
Sonak Family Chiropractic is a family oriented chiropractic office with an emphasis on pregnancy and children. Dr. Will is a fellow of the International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association and is certified in the Webster Technique. Sonak Family Chiropractic offers patients a holistic approach to their health and wellness needs, including a diatition on staff.
Still Spirit Midwifery
Sam Steffens
Address: 2841 Black Ridge Road, Floyd, VA, 24091
Phone: (540) 593-2099
Email: samsteffens@yahoo.com
Offering Community based maternity services. Helping families connect with local resources and educational opportunities.
Ten Moons Midwifery
Web Address: www.ten-moons.com
Contact: Aimee Fairman, CPM, LM
Phone: (540)660-2459
Email: aimee@ten-moons.com
Contact: Desiree Cripps
Phone: (703)930-3581
Email: desiree@ten-moons.com
Tidewater Lactation Group, Inc.
Liz Flight, RN, CCE, CLE, IBCLC
Address: 6387 Center Drive Suite 15, Norfolk, VA 23502
Phone: (757) 642-4568
Email: twlg@cox.net
WebAddress: http://www.tidewaterlactationgroup.com/
The Bradley® Method of Natural Childbirth
Jennifer Green, MS Ed., AAHCC
Address: 2253 Calvert Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Phone: (757) 339-4315
Email: tbmclasses@verizon.net
Web Address: http://www.bradleybirth.com/ndweb.asp?ID=G326
My goal is to empower women with the knowledge to birth instinctively and with trust in their bodies.” Classes are designed for the approved twelve-week series. Topics covered are exercise, nutrition, breastfeeding, pregnancy, the stages of labor, effective labor strategies, postpartum care, newborn care and procedures, medical interventions, and informed consent.
The Chiropractic Health & Wellness Center
Dr. Carmen Johanning & Dr. Teresa Green
Address: 3506 West Cary St. , Richmond, VA 23221
Phone: (804) 359-6999
The Midwifery Center at DePaul
Nell Dowell, CNM, Blair Conger, CNM, Erin Smith, CNM
Address: 150 Kinglsey Lane, Norfolk, VA 23505
Phone: (757) 889-3443
Web Address: www.bonsecourshamptonroads.com/women/midwifery_depaul.html
The Midwifery Center at DePaul is proud to be the region's first and only hospital-based, accredited Midwifery Birth Center - designed to offer a high-touch experience in a home-like environment but within the safety of a hospital. Our philosophy is to treat birth like a natural process, not an illness. Visit us during our open house, which is held every month; please call for the next date and time.
toLabor toLabor: The Organization of Labor Assistants for
Birth Options & Resources
Thérèse Hak-Kuhn
Address: 2119 Esquire Rd, Richmond, VA, 23235
Phone: (804) 320-0607
Email: tolabor@gmail.com
Web Address: http://www.tolabor.org/
toLabor is an international organization that trains and certifies birth doulas based in the midwifery model of care.
Our goal is to help women reclaim trust in the ability to safely and dependably give birth. To that goal, we encourage active participation throughout pregnancy and birth based on evidence based practices and informed decision making. We are dedicated to supporting women's choices in childbirth.
*previously known as ALACE Same excellent program New Name!
Traditional Midwifery of Lynchburg
Leslie Payne, CPM
Address: 1525 Linden Avenue, Lynchburg, VA, 23503
Phone: (434) 384-9602
Email: mailto:info@lynchburgmidwifery.com
Web Address: http://www.lynchburgmidwifery.com/
We are licensed Certified Professional Midwives offering midwifery care and home birth services in Lynchburg, VA and the surrounding communities.
Traditional Midwifery of Northern Virginia, PLLC
Lori Orme LM, CPM and Tammi McKinley LM, CPM
Phone: (703) 593-4278
Email: midwives@traditionalmidwiferyofnova.com
We Address: www.traditionalmidwiferyofnova.com
Homebirth midwifery and well-woman care
Transitions Birth Doulas
Lori Cooper
Phone: (703) 444-3093
Email: lori@transitionsbirthdoulas.com
Web Address:www.TransitionsBirthDoulas.com
Birth doula (and birth assistant with Birth Care) working with families in the Northern Virginia area both prenatally and during their labor and birth in helping them achieve the birth of their desire.
Vbdoula
Contact: Suzanne Bruehl
Address: 705 Simpkins Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Phone: (757) 580-5942
Email: vbdoula@cox.net
Web Address: http://www.vbdoula.com/
My purpose is to inspire, inform, and empower parents to consciously participate in the miracle of birth. I am committed to assisting families in achieving the birthing experience they want. I am here to support informed consent for my clients during preparation, their birth experience and directly postpartum.
DBA: Wendy Vigdor-Hess, RD, RMT,
Wellcoach and Integrative Nutritional Counselor
Address: 5994 Taylor Creek Road, Afton, VA, 22920
Phone: (434) 996-6768
Email: wendy@vigdorhess.com
Web Address: http://www.vigdorhess.com/
As a mother, Registered Dietitian, Integrative Nutritional Counselor and Wellcoach, I feel passionate about creating support for women. Nutrition, self-care and wellness play strong roles in our lives whether contemplating conception, pregnancy, nursing, post-partum or living as both woman and mother. My website (www.vigdorhess.com) details a variety of services to support your nutrition and health needs including classes, individual and family sessions, handouts on important and pertinent topics we face and more.
Virginia Chapter of ACNM
Contact: Karen Winstead
Address: PO Box 21461, Roanoke, VA 24018
Phone: (540) 489-4064 or (540) 798-4064
Email: kawinstead@me.com
Website: www.vamidwife.org
The professional association of nurse-midwives in Virginia. We support women's options for maternity care.
Virginia Homebirth Midwifery
Jennifer L. Rector, LM, CPM
Address: 419 Adwood Court, Hampton, VA 23605
Phone: (757)472-2936
Email: jeni@virginiahomebirth.com
Web Address: http://www.virginiahomebirth.com/
I serve the homebirth families of SE VA. I view my midwifery practice as a ministry and I strive to follow Matthew 25:40 as I reach out to families and moms. To me, midwifery and homebirth is much more than greeting a new baby - it also involves healing wounds and bonding families together. It is my privilege and honor to be witness to each miracle. I am a Virginia Medicaid provider.
Virginia HypnoBirthing
Gina Kochany
Address: 1430 Sandbag Terrace, Midlothian, VA, 23113
Phone: (804) 513-1969
Email: info@virginiahypnobirthing.com
Web Address: www.virginiahypnobirthing.com
Gina Kochany is a Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner/Educator, Hypnotist and ALACE trained Doula. Gina was taught and certified by Marie Mongon, (creator of HypnoBirthing), and trained by Theresa Hak-kun as a certified doula. She offers prenatal, labor, and postpartum support with hypnosis, childbirth education and doula services. She passionately aims to supply the tools needed to create families and educate parents to prepare them to be the best parents possible before, during, and after giving birth.
Wonderfully Made Births
Jennifer Monroe
Address: 110 Easton Ave., Lynchburg, VA, 24503
Phone: (434) 841-4645
Email: jennifer@wonderfullymadebirths.com
Web Address: http://wonderfullymadebirths.com/
I am a labor support doula and private childbirth educator, as well as a founding member of BMV. I believe birth is a non-medical event that does best when women are encouraged to listen to their bodies with few, if any, interventions.
4025 Yoga and Wellness
Contact: Helen
Address: 4025 MacArthur Ave, Richmond, VA, 23227
Phone: (804) 787-4242
Email: Helen@4025yoga.com
Web Address: http://www.4025yoga.com/
"Pitter Patter" - The Pregnancy Program at 4025 Yoga and Wellness. Specializing in Yoga for Fertility, Power Yoga for Pregnancy, Pre-Natal Yoga, Pilates, Mom/Baby Yoga as well as Massage and Reflexology for pregnancy.
Cary York
…Art…Illustration…Inspiration
Address: 4801 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA, 23226
Phone: (804) 355-2318
Email: caryyork@mac.com
Web Address: http://www.caryyork.com/
My work as an artist is an exploration and interpretation of the experience of pregnancy, birth, motherhood, family, and spirituality. My paintings, books, and altar kits are intended to bring hope, celebration, inspiration, and reverence to women and their families during this special time. I hope to change the culture of negative birth imagery by capturing its beauty and letting it shine. I am a mother of two, a home birth mama, a former labor and delivery nurse- currently a pediatric RN, I have been a working artist for 20 years. I live in Richmond with my husband and girls. Visit me on the web at caryyork.com.
Stasi York
ALACE-Certified Birth Doula
Address: 119 Blincoe Lane, Charlottesville, VA, 22902
Phone: (434) 295-6858
Email: stasiyork@mac.com
Web Address: http://www.stasiyork.com/
Growing babies and giving birth are the greatest miracles a woman can perform. I feel honored to be present at miracles. I am a mother of two, and an ALACE-Certified Birth Doula. I serve as Education Coordinator for Birth Matters Charlottesville, and am pursuing certification as a childbirth educator. I provide information and sisterly support during pregnancy, throughout labor and birth, and postpartum.
Your Body-Your Birth
Tara Voigt
Address: 910 Meadow Ln SW, Vienna, VA, 22180
Phone: 703-615-4571 -Tara
Email: tara@yourbody-yourbirth.com
Web: http://www.yourbody-yourbirth.com/
I’m a Certified Birth Doula (toLabor) serving women in Northern Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland. I believe that all women deserve knowledgeable, compassionate support with their birth. As a doula, my role is to provide continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth. No matter what your ideal birth involves, I will help you make truly informed decisions about your birth preferences.
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