Thank You to our Business Members!

A Better Latch
Contact: Melanie Headley, Certified Lactation Counselor
Address: 1522 W Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: 804-874-4442
Email: melanie@abetterlatch.com
Web Address: www.abetterlatch.com

Hospital visits, home visits, and over the phone support by an experienced Mama and caring Professional.

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.

Ahava Doula Services
Contact: Kate McKinney
Address: 1565 Gordon Ave, Roanoke, VA 24014
Phone: (804) 363-7422
Email: heartofadoula@gmail.com
Web Address: www.heartofadoula.webs.com

Birth and Postpartum Doula serving Roanoke and Surrounding counties. 3 years experience and over 160 healthy babies!

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.

Amara's Birth & Postpartum Doula Services
Contact: Amara Minnis, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA)
Address: 4869 Wyandotte Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone: (757) 375-0939
Email: amaradoula@gmail.com
Web Address: www.amaradoula.com

I am a DONA-certified birth and postpartum doula, serving the Hampton Roads area of Virginia since 2004. 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 confidence in the woman and her partner, empowering them to grow to trust their unique birthing and parenting abilities, insuring the best start for everyone at home.



Anahata Yoga Center of Williamsburg
Contact: Jennifer Daly, Ph.D., RYT500
Address: 104 Bypass Road, Suite 201, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: (757) 253-0080
Email: jennifer@williamsburgyoga.com
Web: www.williamsburgyoga.com

We offer prenatal yoga classes that focus on helping women to discover and validate their own wisdom about meeting the challenge of labor and delivery. Fathers and other labor partners are invited to give and receive support.  Prenatal belly dance classes are also available.  Birth Matters Williamsburg meets in our studio on the third Monday of every month.

Ariya Family Chiropractic Center, P.C.
Nisha Saggar, D.C., C.C.P

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: 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!



Augusta Health Care for Women
Address: 39 Beam Lane, Fishersville, VA 22535
Phone: (540) 213-7750 or (540) 942-7750
Web Address: www.ahcfw.com

Augusta Health Care for Women is a physician-owned practice offering full spectrum women's health care. Their compassionate staff consists of 3 OB-GYN's, 3 CNM's, 1 NP, and 1 sonographer. Gynecologic and prenatal care is offered at the office, and births are attended at Augusta Health Hospital. Centering Pregnancy will be available soon! We strive to partner with women to promote health in a safe and comfortable environment.

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.



Because We Are Sisters
Contact: Theresa Sirles
Address: PO Box 1473, West Point, VA, 23181
Phone: 804-310-0516
Chapters: Richmond/Williamsburg
Email: tsirles@bwas.org
Web: www.bwas.org

Because We Are Sisters works with poor and low income families in the Richmond, Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula regions of Virginia. Through our Fresh Start for Baby, MOMS (Maternity Outreach Mentoring Services) and VACDI (Virginia Community-Based Doula Initiative) programs, we work to help families in need THRIVE, not just survive.



Beltway Babies
Contact: Crescent Doan
Address: 2935 Cashel Lane, Vienna, VA, 22181
Phone: (703) 927-6445
Email: cgbdoan@gmail.com
Web Address: www.beltway-babies.com

As doulas It is our goal to provide a nurturing and supportive, non-judgmental, safe environment for all women.  We provide encouragement and support to enable moms to have the birth experience they desire.

Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts
Kate White
Address: 658 Tyree Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Phone: (434) 996-2002
Email: katercst@gmail.com
Web Address: 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.

bend Yoga
Contact: Kelly Cox, Merrill Woodriff
Address: 420 B East Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434) 296-bend
Web Address: www.bendcville.com

bend serves the needs of expectant and new mothers and their children, engaging them in  playful and exciting exercises in a non-competitive and stress-free atmosphere. The yoga practice incorporates aspects of overall physical health, encourages body awareness, and promotes a focus on breathing. We offer prenatal yoga classes as well as two mommy and me classes, one for moms with newborns, the other for moms with children who have started to crawl.

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: 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 Madre Doula Services
Contact: Amelia Avila
Address: Hampton Roads, VA 23608
Phone: (757) 874-1571
Email: amelia@birthmadre.com
Web Address: http://www.birthmadre.com

DONA certified, mother to 8, grandmother to 3, OSD volunteer. I truly enjoy the miracle and wonder of new life coming into the world. It is my passion to help women have better births and succeed at breast-feeding. Additionally, I love to help teen moms who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy.



BirthSami
Contact: Jessica Lacks
Address: Richmond, VA 23238
Phone: 804 385-8004
Email: jessica.lacks@gmail.com
Web: www.birthsami.com

I provide birth doula services that promote unwavering support for the mother (and her partner), birth options that coincide with evidence-based care, and cultural awareness and sensitivity. I have a B.S. in Anthropology and speak Spanish at an intermediate level as well.



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.

Birth to Baby Classes
Contact: Michelle Stille
Email: michelle.stille@gmail.com

Birth to Baby classes will take you from pregnancy all the way through early parenthood. Birthing, breastfeeding, and becoming parents are part of the same continuum. Understanding and building trust in all three naturally lays a foundation for happy family relationships.

Birth Traditions, LLC
Contact: Parveen Kelly, CPM, LM, CEIM
Address: 12300 Tanalian Falls Lane, Bristow, VA, 20136
Phone: (703) 505-5499
Email: parveen@birthtraditions.org
Web Address: www.birthtraditions.org

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
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 Hands of DC
Contact: Claudia Booker , CPM, LM
Address: 6010 2nd Street NW, Washington DC 20011
Phone: 202-236-1764
Email: DCBirthingHandsDC@aol.com
Web: www.BirthingHandsDC.com

Home birth CPM midwifery practice and other birthing services, such as:  birth and post partum doula services, private childbirth preparation classes, breastfeeding support, workshops for parents-to-be and birth community, AquaDoula tub rental, placenta encapsulation, insurance billing.

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: www.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 Home Birth Care
Doran Richards, CPM
Address:460 Orchard Street, Strasburg, VA 22657
Phone: 888-218-2453 or 540-295-2186
Web Address: www.blessingGodsway.com
E-mail: bgway@shentel.net

BGW Home Birth Care serves women an hour and half radius from Strasburg, VA. Located downtown Strasburg, one block off of Rt. 11. Doran Richards has attended mostly home & some hospital births for over 10 years. Her ministry has been up and running since the year 2000. Serving women in home birth is an extension of her ministry. The BGW Home Birth Care team perceive birth as a normal life function and for low-risk, healthy women, it is a safe option for pregnancy and childbirth. BGW Home Birth Care also offers, study groups, birth circles, information nights and Red Tent events. Consultation if free - call to set up an appointment.

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.



Bradley Birth of Richmond
Contact: Heather A. Hannon RN, MSN
Address: 5808 Gates Mill Court, Midlothian, VA 23112
Phone: (804) 639-5902
Email: naturalmommy72@yahoo.com
Web: www.bradleybirthofrichmond.com

The Bradley Method embraces the idea that childbirth is a safe and natural process, and that with the right preparation most women can give birth without medication and routine intevention.  Classes teach a variety of effective coping strategies in order to give you and your partner as many tools as possible to handle the challenges of labor. Special focus is given to helping couples come together and support one another during labor.

BreastfeedingOnLine.com/ PinkCocoon
Contact: Cindy Curtis RNC IBCLC CCE CD
Phone: (540) 229 2154
Web Address: www.breastfeedingonline.com & www.pinkcocoon.com

Birthing, Breastfeeding and Parenting Support

Brighter Birth Childbirth Class
Kirsten A. Olsen
Address: 7333 Strath Road, Richmond, VA 23231
Phone: (804) 795-2743
Email: olsen8@verizon.net
Web Address: 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




Susan J. Buniva, MSW, LCSW
Address: 3212 Skipwith Road, Suite 104, Richmond VA 23294
Phone: (804) 270-4111
Email: susan.buniva@gmail.com
Web Address: www.susanbuniva.com

I am a therapist in private practice and have been working with women and couples struggling with postpartum depression and other family adjustment issues for over 20 years.  More information can be found on my website www.susanbuniva.com

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: 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.

Child Development Labs at the University of Virginia
Address: PO Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434) 243-5234
Email: info@childdevelopmentlabs.org

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
Email: info@CommunityChiroPLC.com
Web Address: www.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.



Compassionate Care Birth Center
Contact: Holly Shearman
Address: 1842 Jefferson Hwy., Fishersville, VA, 22939
Phone: (540) 816-8414
Email: holly.shearman@gmail.com
Web Address: www.midwifeva.com

We provide care for families wanting a natural childbirth in a birth center with a luxurious home-like setting. We are located in the Shenandoah valley only a mile from Augusta Health Hospital in Fishersville. We are a full service facility providing prenatal care, labor, birth, waterbirth, and six weeks postpartum care for mom and baby. Many additional services are available such as childbirth classes, breastfeeding classes, baby wearing classes and doula labor support.  Check out our calendar on our website at www.midwifeva.com



Dallas Bossola
Address: 316 Colington Drive, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
Phone: (804) 986-6262
Email: douladallas@gmail.com

Doula located on the Outer Banks.



Dog Talk Training and Behavior, LLC
Contact: Jennifer Kyzer
Address: 1911 Rawlings Street, Richmond, VA, 23231
Phone: (804) 440-2498
Email: jennifer@dogtalkrichmond.com
Web Address : www.dogtalkrichmond.com

Babies and Dogs: Fostering a Happy Pack Seminars and Workshops Private Lessons Group Obedience Classes Agility and Walking Workshops.



Doula on the Peninsula
Contact: Peggy Caister
Address: 120 Woodland Drive, Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: (757) 528-8041
Email: peggydoula@gmail.com
Web: www.peggydoula.com

I provide labor support services to women of Hampton Roads, before, during, and after your birth. I work with small numbers of women to insure accountability, relationship building, and my full support. I work to keep fathers as involved in the birthing process as they choose, while helping mothers remain calm, centered, and informed.

Earth Love Doula Services 
Christine Williams
Address: 3609  Van Buren Dr., Virginia Beach, VA, 23452
Tel: 757-340-1964
Email: earthlovedoula@verizon.net
Web Address: 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.




EarthBorn Mothers, Inc.
Contact: Katie Coleman/ Erin Hill
Address: P.O. Box 7047, Richmond, VA, 23221
Phone: (804) 310-1054
Email: myirisoils@gmail.com
Web Address: www.irisoils.com

Iris Oils: Aromatherapy and Massage for Motherhood Iris Oils uses the natural properties found in essential oils to create aromatherapy products that promote a holistic and healthy lifestyle that begins during pregnancy and birth and continues into motherhood.  All oils are 100% pure and natural with no added chemicals and our lotions are both paraben free and without the use of unnecessary preservatives.



Eden's Garden
Amy Blake Rollogas
Address: 8026 Davis Ave, Mechanicsville, VA, 23111
Phone: (804) 869-1225
Email: myedensgarden@gmail.com
Web Address: www.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: 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: 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.

Amber Fischer
Address: Richmond, VA
Phone: (804)874.2180
Email: amber.e.fischer@gmail.com
Web Address: www.amberfischer.yolasite.com

Amber is a toLabor trained doula supporting women during pregnancy, birth and motherhood.



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.

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.

Happy Family
Contact: Catherine Jones
Address: 139 Fulton St, suite 907, NY 10038
Phone: (804) 673-0501
Email: Catherine@happyfamilybrands.com
Web Address: www.happyfamilybrands.com

Launched on Mother's Day 2006, HAPPYFAMILY is a leading premium organic food brand delivering optimum nutrition for the entire family.  HAPPYFAMILY features a complete line of infant nourishment for babies' growing bodies, including organic infant cereals, meals and snack foods.  We use the best organic ingredients and incorporate the best nature has to offer when it comes to added nutrition, like our sustainable source of DHA, pre and probiotics, and supergrains like Salba and Quinoa.

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: 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: 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.

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).




Kathy Doula
Contact: Kathy Gillman, CD(DONA)
Address: PO Box 1081, Suffolk, VA 23439
Phone: (757) 338-1494
Email: Kathy@KathyDoula.com
Web: www.KathyDoula.com

I am a DONA Certified birth doula; my goal is to support women and their wishes for childbirth. I serve in the cities of Hampton Roads; Suffolk, Norfolk, Franklin, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach. As a doula and mother of two, I would like to share with you the wonderful resources available. Let's get connected!




Kimberlin Gray Photography
Contact: Amanda McGhee
Address: 4708 Pickle Barn Ct, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone: (757) 354-2010
Web: www.hrbirthphotographer.com and www.kimberlingrayphotography.com
Email: amanda@kimberlingrayphotography.com

Amanda specializes in photojournalistic Birth Photography as well as maternity, newborn, and baby portraiture.

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.



Laurie's Loving Hands
Contact: Laurie Aronovici
Address: 11165 Hames Lane, Glen Allen, VA 23059
Phone: (804) 360-2246
Email: raronovici@aol.com



Abigail Lewis- Doula Services
Contact: Abigail Lewis
Address: 181 S. Thompson St suite 181, Richmond, VA 23221
Phone: (804) 761-6265
Email: abigaillewisdoula@gmail.com

Birth and Postpartum Doula services for the Greater Richmond area. I am a social worker as well and am passionate about supporting mothers who may have a history of depression, anxiety, or trauma. I am DONA trained.

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
Contact: Wendy Dotson,CNM
Address: 19465 Deerfield Ave. Suite 205, Lansdowne, VA, 20176
Phone: 703-726-1300
Email: wendyadotson@gmail.com
Web Address: www.loudouncommunitymidwives.com

- Pregnancy, Birth and Well-Woman Gynecology
- Births at Loudoun Hospital with Certified Nurse-Midwives
- Committed Labor Support and 24-hour physician availability




Maimonides Chiropractic
Contact: Erica Statman, B.A., D.C., D.I.C.C.P
Adddress: 10807 Main Street, Suite 800 Fairfax, VA 22030 
Phone: (703) 383-1630
Website: www.maimonideschiropractic.com
Email: dr.erica@maimonideschiropractic.com

Raising generations of healthy families. We take care of everyone from the newly born infant to the elderly. Our office is a warm, inviting environment that promotes healing and self-expression. Our mission is to listen, teach and render the highest quality care to all our practice members.




MamaMoon Midwifery
Contact: Cindy Dobos
Address: 1612 Second Street, Radford, VA 24141
Phone: (540) 629- 6889
Email: cindydobos@gmail.com

Student Midwife Offering Doula and Childbirth Education to Women in Blacksburg Va and surrounding areas.



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.

Meant to Birth Doula Services
Contact: Stephanie Rochefort
Address: 200 Kelly Drive, Portsmouth, VA 23702
Phone: (757) 503-0545
Email: meanttobedoulaservices@gmail.com

Offering birth doula services to assist and empower women to
make the right birth choices for them. Educating women so that they know



Megan Boyles Photography
Contact: Megan Boyles
Address: 38 Woodfin Rd, Newport News, VA, 23601
Phone: 757-696-0132
Email: meganboylesphotography@yahoo.com
Web: www.meganboylesphotography.com &
www.facebook.com/meganboylesphotography

Megan provides photography for birth, maternity, & families.



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.

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: 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: 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: 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.



New Life Family Chiropractic & Wellness
Contact: Dr. Patrick Stull
Address: 1045 Thomas Jefferson Rd. Ste. 1D, Forest, VA 24551
Phone: (434) 534-9426
Email: dcpstull@gmail.com
Web: www.newlifefamilychiro.net

Mothers, pregnancy can have its ups and downs, including low back pain, breech positions, and stress.  Dr. Patrick Stull is certified in the Webster technique, and has over 200 hours of post-graduate education with pregnancy and pediatrics.  Let us help you have a more comfortable pregnancy and birth through safe, gentle and specific chiropractic adjustments.

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, PLLC
Contact: Tammi L. McKinley, LM, CPM
Address: 6136 Ninth Road North, Arlington, VA, 22205
Phone: (571) 318-6136
Email: tammi@novamidwife.org
Web: www.novamidwife.org

I think of myself as an instrument; as a gift I have to share with women and their babies.  That when my knowledge and skills are needed, they are there for women and their babies to use them and benefit from them. I am a very traditionally-minded home birth midwife.

I also am a HypnoBirthing Professional Labor Companion.

NOVA Doulas, LLC
Contact: Jennifer Monaghan
Address: 42963 Astell Street, Chantilly, VA 20152
Phone: 703-957-0382
Email: NOVADoulas@gmail.com
Web Address: www.NOVADoulas.com

Our mission is to equip and empower women to achieve the pregnancy, birth experience and postpartum recovery of each client's dream.




Nurtured Beginnings, LLC
Michelle Small RN, CBC, CCE & Mellisa Exstrom RN, CCE
Address: 17249 Grand Valley Court, Round Hill, VA 20141
Phone: 703-424-8145
Email: support@NurturedBeginningsOnline.com
Web Address: www.NurturedBeginningsOnline.com

Nurtured Beginnings, LLC offers group and private in-home childbirth education classes, infant care classes and in-home Postpartum support to assist moms with everything from infant care to breastfeeding in the comfort of their own home. Nurtured Beginnings serves Loudoun County and the surrounding areas.




Olde Towne Family Chiropractic
Contact: Dr. Ashley Parmarter
Address: 355 Crawford St., Suite 506, Portsmouth, VA  23704
Phone: (757) 399-4700
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: 3421 Hawthorne Ave, 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.

Visit our Facebook Page and become a fan for updates, promotions and more!

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 - toLabor (ALACE) trained
Address: 12894 Holly Lane, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103
Phone: (804) 784-9849
Email: Nancy@pathwaysforyou.net
Web Address: 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 toLabor (ALACE) trained birth doula.  I provide care and support through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum.



PlacentaBenefits.info
Contact: Nicole Link-Troen
Address: 814 West 44th Street, Richmond, VA 23225
Phone: (804) 938-7474
Email: Nicole@PlacentaBenefits.info
Web: www.placentabenefits.info/NicoleLink-Troen.asp

Have you ever wondered what to do with your placenta? I can help you utilize the potential benefits that it offers to aid in your postpartum recovery. Women who take placenta pills report having more energy for mothering their newborn, a stable milk supply, and a sense of emotional well-being following birth. Please contact me for more information about how to use your placenta to help avoid the baby blues!




Prax Chiropractic and Holistic Pediatrics
Contact: Dr. Jennifer Prax
Address: 313 Second Street SE, Suite 107, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434) 977-5433
Email: drjennifer@chiroprax.com or praxchiro@gmail.com
Web Address: www.chiroprax.com

"Dr. Jennifer" holds a 3-year Diplomate in Chiropractic Pediatrics with extensive training and experience exclusively for infant, children and the pregnant woman pre- and post-partum utilizing cranio-sacral therapy and gentle alignment techniques. She is certified in the Webster's (In-Utero Constraint)Technique experiencing a 95% success rate over 15 years in practice for breech and malpostioned babies. Dr. Jennifer and her husband Dr.Brian Prax specialize in the care of the whole family.  Dr. Jennifer is available for in-labor visits and for newborns with nursing or thriving difficulties. Ask us about Business Member offers for birthing community educational and care providers in the Charlottesville area.

Red Tent Birth Support Services
Kristine Burneko, BSIN, LCCE
Address: 509 Cindy Court Sterling VA 20164
Phone:703-915-4415
Email:  info@redtentbirthsupport.com
Web Address: www.redtentbirthsupport.com

Our Lamaze courses are offered through the Washington, DC chapter of Lamaze International.  Red Tent Lamaze courses offer excellent guided and supervised training in our techniques to ensure that you and your partner are completely prepared for your unique labor and birth - however it may unfold! 

Riverside Midwifery
Contact: Nannette Jenkins, CNM
Email: nannettejenkins@gmail.com
Web Address: www.riversidemidwifery.com

I am a Certified Nurse Midwife promoting the mother's choice and the Midwifery Model of Care by offering homebirth services in the MD, VA, & WV area within 90 minutes of Shepherdstown, WV.  Free consultation visits are provided to give you information on homebirth and my services.

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: 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.



Shenandoah University Graduate Nurse-Midwifery Program
Contact: Dr. Juliana van Olphen Fehr, Program Coordinator
Address: 1775 North Sector Court, Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 678-4382
Email: midwifery@su.edu
Web Site: www.shenandoahgraduatenursing.com

We believe that if we increase access to nurse-midwifery education, we increase access to nurse-midwifery care in Virginia.  The Midwifery Initiative allows students to access our program through four universities in Virginia:  Radford, ODU, JMU, and Shenandoah University.  Our program is flexible and accredited by the American College of Nurse-Midwives Accreditation Commission of Midwifery Education.  Follow the path of your heart - let us show you how to begin your journey as a midwife.






Shiphrah Midwifery
Contact: Hannah Mann, CNM
Address: 3142 Brambleton Ave., Roanoke VA 24018
Phone: (540) 537-1131
Email: hgmann@aol.com

Shiphrah Midwifery is a home birth service staffed by 1 CNM, 1 doula, and 1 RN. We provide maternity services as well as well-woman care, nutrition counseling, and natural family planning. Our goal is to empower women to be pro-active about their health and experience the joy of gentle birth. Counties we serve include: Roanoke, Floyd, Franklin, Botetourt, and Montgomery.

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.




Spinal Correction Center of Richmond
Contact: Dr. Michael C. Mulvaney, D.C.
Address: 8536 Patterson Avenue Richmond, VA 23229
Phone: (804) 740-9300
Email: spinalcorrectioncenter@yahoo.com
Web Address: www.lovethatspine.com

Care offered by our clinic during pregnancy can contribute to shorter, less painful labor and help promote recovery and healing. Improves mother and infant well-being. Dr. Mulvaney uses the "Webster Technique" which is used to help the baby into the correct position for birth, optimizing health benefits for both mother and baby. Care is gentle.

With Dr. Mulvaney's own family in mind, he specialized in techniques for pregnancy to promote smooth and safe deliveries through his post-graduate coursework, as well as treatment of children from infancy. Dr. Mulvaney has individually-focussed techniques and care for pregnancy, birth and infancy.

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.




Judith Sullivan
Address: 1110 Rose Hill Driv, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (434) 984-0707 or (434) 466-2292
Email: Judith@chijude.com
Web Address: www.chijude.con

I work with infants to remove the stress from birth or any birth trauma.  I also assist women who are having difficulty getting pregnant, or who are stressed from a difficult pregnancy.  I work with families to assist them in a positive experience of birth, child-rearing and attachment.




Support the Mama~Professional Doula Services
Contact: Ashley Larsen
Address: 9210 Emmett Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Phone: 804-908-3271
Email: supportthemama@gmail.com
Web Address: www.supportthemama.com

I provide education, support and advocacy to childbearing families in the Richmond, VA area. I offer both birth and postpartum support as well as birth education/preparation classes. I believe that natural birth is the safest possible choice for MOST mothers and babies. I believe in supporting any/all families that seek it; birth should be a positive experience for everyone!

Ten Moons Midwifery
Contact: Aimee Fairman, CPM
Phone: (540)660-2459
Email: aimee@ten-moons.com

Contact: Desiree Cripps, CPM
Phone: (703)930-3581
Email: desiree@ten-moons.com

Web Address: www.ten-moons.com

Ten Moons midwives, Desiree and Aimee, provide homebirth midwifery care to growing families throughout Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.  Desiree and Aimee approach pregnancy and birth from an evidence-based perspective, while remaining deeply rooted in the art of traditional midwifery. 

Tidewater Lactation Group, Inc.
Liz Flight, RN, CCE, CLE, IBCLC
Address: 205 Business Park Dr, Ste 104, Virginia Beach, VA  23462
Phone: (757) 642-4568
Email: twlg@cox.net
WebAddress: www.tidewaterlactationgroup.com



The Birthing Place
Contact: Janna Grapperhaus, CPM
Address: S. Pantops Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22906
Phone: (434) 471 0419
Email: info@birthingplace.com
Website: www.birthingplace.com

"The Birthing Place" is a full-service, free standing birth center offering personalized evidence- based midwifery care (preconception, prenatal, and postpartum)in a family friendly environment to healthy, *low-risk childbearing women.  We offer a wide array of holistic services to expectant families such as early pregnancy classes, breastfeeding classes, Hypnobirthing Childbirth Education classes, prenatal massage and Doula services.



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: www.bradleybirth.com

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 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.




The Pregnancy Massage Center at Rejuvenations Massage Therapy
Contact: Deanna Staniszewski
Address: 150 Elden Street, Suite 150, Herndon, VA  20170
Phone: (703) 314-8797
Email: deanna-stan@cox.net

Massage Therapy tailored especially for the childbearing year. For clients who do not have previous massage experience you are encouraged to wait until your second trimester.  Many pregnancy issues can be alleviated or relieved with massage.  A relaxing and rejuvenating massage can do wonders for the relief of stress from pregnancy or everyday life.  If the client so desires she may lie face down using the Body Support System which supports the bony structures of the body to alleviate pressure on the soft tissues.

The Weston A. Price Foundation
For Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and The Healing Arts
PMB 106-380
Address: 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016
Email:  info@westonaprice.org
Website:  www.westonaprice.org

The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. We are your source for accurate information on healthy diets. Check out our Nourishing Traditions Cookbook and our Healthy Baby


newsletter.



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: 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 their 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.
Empowering Families ~ Honoring Birth ~ Changing Lives
*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: 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.




Tree of Life Yoga and Doula Services
Contact: Melissa Calkins, RYT
Phone: (804) 432-0134
Email: melissa@treeoflifeonline.com
Web: www.treeoflifeonline.com

Melissa is a toLabor-trained doula with a passion for helping families experience the wonder of birth.  She considers it a privilege to be invited into such a sacred event. Melissa also teaches prenatal yoga and uses her knowledge of anatomy, body awareness, breathing techniques, and mindfulness in her work as a doula.




Vbdoula
Contact: Suzanne Bruehl
Address: 705 Simpkins Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Phone: (757) 580-5942
Email: vbdoula@cox.net
Web Address: 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: 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
Web Address: www.vamidwife.org

The professional association of nurse-midwives in Virginia.  We support women's options for maternity care.



Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women's Health
-- part of the VCU Medical Center
www.womenshealth.vcu.edu
www.vcuhealth.org

The VCU Medical Center, which comprises more than 200 specialty clinics and 600 physicians, is the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center. It has the only hospital in Virginia devoted solely to critical care, which features a state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The VCU Medical Center at Stony Point is home to Women’s Health Center, a one-stop model for delivering and advancing health care specific to women.

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.



Whole Beginnings Doula Services
Contact: Sandra Fraser
Address: 609 Dinwiddie Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704
Phone: (609) 605-3584
Email: sandrajean3213@gmail.com
Web Address: www.wholebeginnings.com

Sandra is a labor doula, trained and in the process of completing certification. She aims to empower, support and love mothers through pregnancy and labor. She is also a certified yoga instructor and offer private prenatal yoga classes.




Women's Health Physical Therapy
Contact: Brittani Lewis
Address: 1919 W. Huguenot Rd Ste 202, Richmond, VA 23235
Phone: (804)379-3002
Email: whptrichmond@gmail.com
Web Address: www.obgyn-physicaltherapy.com

Physical Therapy office that specializes in Women's Health Issues; Pre and Post Natal care for women.



4025 Yoga and Wellness
Contact: Helen
Address: 4025 MacArthur Ave, Richmond, VA, 23227
Phone: (804) 787-4242
Email: Helen@4025yoga.com
Web Address: 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: 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: 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: 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.