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Birth Options Alliance
Information and resources for birthing options in the Washington, DC metro area
Breastfeeding Center For Greater Washington
Free and reduced price breastfeeding classes and support; breastfeeding supplies; lactation consultants
DC Developing Families Center
midwifery services, prenatal care, labor and birth services, birth center and hospital births, well woman care, breastfeeding support, children’s services
International Cesearean Awareness Network (ICAN) of DC
Birth empowerment advocates and educators
resources for natural childbirth, doulas, and childbirth educators
Birth Blessings
doula, childbirth education, breastfeeding support and lactation consultant
Birth You Desire
Ursula Sabia Sukinik, Bradley Method childbirth educator, doula
Child Birth Solutions
advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that pregnant women are educated about their options so that they may make informed choices for the most empowering birth experience that is possible
Conscious Empowered Birth
birth coaching, birth plans, child birth education, doula services, yoga
Susan Messina, Birthworks ( susanmessina.com)
Lakshmi Landa
HypnoBirthing Instructor, Bethesda
shantiyoga@schooloflife.org
301.654,4899 x4
Momease
childbirth education, baby care, breastfeeding support, massage, exercise and parenting classes for couples and single parents
Northern Virginia Midwifery
midwifery services, including homebirths, waterbirths, consulting, well woman care, natural fertility planning, gentle birth pool rental, prenatal and perinatal loss support, and placenta workshops
Transitions Birth Doulas
doula services
Trusting Our Bodies
Jessica Groves, Bradley Method Childbirth educator, doula
Wisdom Women’s Health Collective (WWHC)
a group of parents, parents-to-be, midwives, doulas, doctors, and other advocates working together to celebrate and support the experience of healthy pregnancy, natural birth, and conscious parenting in Washington, DC.
midwives and birth centers
Alternative Birth Choices
Evelyn Muhlhan, CNM, well woman care, prenatal, labor and delivery, homebirth, waterbirth, hypnobirth, hospital birth, breastfeeding support, family planning
Birth Care
midwifery services, prenatal care, birth services, homebirths, well woman care, breastfeeding support
DC Developing Families Center
midwifery services, prenatal care, labor and birth services, birth center and hospital births, well woman care, breastfeeding support, children’s services
Karen Carr, CPM
410.467.4586
Metro Area Midwives and Allied Services (M.A.M.A.S.)
midwifery services, prenatal care, birth services, homebirths, well woman care, breastfeeding/early parenting assistance
Midwifery Care Associates
CNMs in traditional Ob/Gyn practice, prenatal care, hospital births, well woman care
Sacred Journey Midwifery
Joey Pascarella, CNM, midwife, homebirths, waterbirths, birth tub rental
Special Beginnings Birth and Women’s Center
midwifery services, prenatal care, birth services, homebirths, well woman care, lactation consulting
Whitney Pinger
202.255.3108
midwife at GWU
general childbirth class information
Birth Works
Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth
Birthing From Within
Hypnobabies
Hypnobirthing
Lamaze International
prenatal/pregnancy massage and chiropractic care
Angela Cerkevich
prenatal massage, thai massage
acerkevich@gmail.com
Dr. Anthony Noya
prenatal, infant, children, and adult chiropractor, certified in Webster technique to help turn breech babies
Brigit Visknins
pregnancy massage, adult massage, craniosacral
301.565.4924 x 324
Cynthia Lazarow
infant massage
c.lazarow@verizon.net
301.530.1208
Kamala Myree
202.638.0357
Mary Beth Hastings
prenatal and adult massage
mbhmassage@yahoo.com
202.276.3661
Paul Wood (home visits)
prenatal massage, adult massage, home visits
301.379.2967
Rashida Cohen
Chiropractor
prenatal, infant, children, and adult chiropractor, certified in Webster technique to help turn breech babies
202.835.2225
Saya Barkdoll
pregnancy massage, infant massage, doula
301.602.1368
Sarah Lawrie, Massage Therapist
Lauren Cates, Massage Therapist
Cheryl Dodwell, Massage Therapist
lil omm yoga: 4830 v street, nw washington, dc 20007 (behind blacksalt) phone: 202.248.6304 email: info@lilomm.com
By Anonymous
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11:24 AM
We get asked a lot of questions about resources - for book recommendations, birthing options + education, and good places and organizations you can to go for information.
And while there is nothing quite like a community of like-minded parents helping each other find their path, we also love sticking our noses in a good book, taking a class to broaden our view, or simply do anything that will help us see our relationship with our children in a different light.
I am currently reading Everyday Blessings. A truly empowering parenting book - not one of those books that are simply laundry lists of everything you might be doing wrong. Instead, it focuses on looking inward to find your parenting path. And it is liberating. It reminded me how important it is to choose wisely; a friend of mine recently told me she put all her books away because of how they negative they made her feel. And it made me realize that I enjoyed this book so much because unlike the beginning of my experience with parenting, I now know what I need and want, and seek out information to that end. Don't tell me what to do, help me figure out how to think! A lesson learned, indeed...
But beyond the bookshelf, be sure to look around: there are resources all around you. Yourself - that's the first and perhaps the most important. And remember that you are surrounded by many people who may be going through just the same thing you are, who are ready to share their experiences as well - this hold especially true at places like lil omm, where people come to be part of a community.
Need help getting started? Don't forget the great list of resources we have on our site for new moms, moms to be, parents, kids, and general community opportunities. And take a look at some upcoming workshops: Omm Mama Expo (10/13), Natural Solutions for Cold & Flu Season (10/16) + How to Handle Your Child's Intense Feelings (10/17). We also post many other events on the FB page that are relevant for families.
Truly, mindful parenting is all about staying connected - to yourself, your family, to others. It's about talking, sharing, ask questions of others and yourselves, and most importantly, always learning! Finding the right resources for you is very personal, and is really the first step. Putting the resources and knowledge you have into practice, however, can take a lifetime.
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