Local Birth Resources & Network

This list of local resources is always in progress. Please contact me to add your information.

Acupuncture

Cleveland Acupuncture

Perspectives Wellness

Cleveland Chiropractic + Integrative Health Center

The Womb Wellness Center

Aromatherapy & Essential Oils

Jennifer Langsdale of Wild Nurturer — provides products, consultation, and education.

Baby Wearing

Babywearing of Northeast Ohio

Breastfeeding / Lactation Consultants

La Leche League of Ohio

Mama Bird Hendry — Certified Breastfeeding Educator offering classes and in-home or phone consultations. Also offers breastfeeding and NICU support groups.

Dr. Ann Witt — Breastfeeding Medicine Physician

LiLa Lactation

Primrose Newborn Care

Wide Circles

Breastfeeding Information & Classes

Mama Bird Hendry (see my Childbirth Education page for dates in collaboration with Resilient Birth Prep, or see her privately)

Learn more and prepare for breastfeeding at these sites: Droplet , KellyMom.com

Online Classes:

Birth & Postpartum Doulas

Doula Match — search by zip code and due date

Resilient Birth & Botanicals (Birth)

Mother Rising (Birth & Postpartum)

Nurtured Foundation (Birth & Postpartum)

The Womb Wellness Center (Birth & Postpartum)

Jena Ashwill (Birth & Prenatal Yoga)

Tambourine Ma’am Doula (Birth)

Doula Nana (Birth)

The Womb Within (Birth)

Nest + Rest (Postpartum Doula)

Childbirth Education

Mother Rising — Also offers Birth Story Circles and Additional Resources — Chardon

Resilient Birth & Botanicals – Northeast Ohio, virtually, and through Mother Rising

The Womb Wellness Center — Also offers massage and many other services — Solon

Chiropractic Care for Pregnancy & Infants

Advanced Chardon Chiropractic — Chardon, OH

The Womb Wellness Center – Solon, Ohio 216.633.2828

Cleveland Chiropractic & Integrative Health Center — Independence, OH (216) 952-3830

Tone of Life — Chagrin Falls, OH

Senz Family Chiropractic – Painesville, Oh

Lake Family Chiropractic – Westlake

Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral Therapy is excellent during pregnancy, the birthing time and following birth. It is also extremely helpful for infants, especially if they experience colic or have difficulty with breastfeeding. An article with more info is at: http://www.maiahealingarts.com/craniosacral-midwifery.

The Village: Colleen Kennedy-Schroeder — Cleveland, OH

Tone of Life — Chagrin Falls, OH

Herbal Support

Resilient Birth & Botanicals. Christine has been studying herbal medicine for over a decade and is particularly passionate about supporting women through the childbearing years. She has botanical wellness products for women, education, and is also a birth doula and student midwife. Reach her at 440-479-2566 or resilientbirthbotanicals@gmail.com.

Sarah Popkivar is a certified herbalist located on the east side of Cleveland. Sarah works with pregnant women, lactating mothers, and young families. 216.773.0313

Mental Health

Wollemi Counseling – specializing in motherhood, perinatal mental health

Olivia Kapusuzoglu Counseling – perinatal mental health and support for highly sensitive people

Midwives

Home Birth

Ohio Midwives Alliance Midwife Locator

The Village — Colleen Kennedy-Schroeder www.thevillagecle.org

Wide Circles — https://www.widecirclescle.com/

Pam Kolanz 440.543.5353 ohpam@juno.com

Circle Of Life Birth Services—Rosie Messina www.circleoflifebirthservices.com

Kim French 216.771.8065

Staci Dasher 541-517-4150 midwifemommy@gmail.com

Jess Brown 330.289.4829

Monica Honeycutt 330-274-8777 monicamidwife@hotmail.com

Midwives Serving Hospital Births

UH Geauga:

Gabby Landon, CNM

440-285-0828 https://www.premierwomenshealth.info/

Cleveland Clinic Midwifery:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/-/scassets/files/org/obgyn/midwives-insert-2016.ashx?la=en

Westshore Midwifery Associates (St. John Westshore):

440.617.4843 http://www.westshoremidwifery.com

Neighborhood Family Practice:

216.281.0872 https://www.nfpmedcenter.org/pregnancy-birth/

University Hospitals Midwives:

http://www.uhhospitals.org/macdonald/services/nurse-midwifery/meet-the-team

Southwest Hospital Midwives:

440.816.5050 http://www.swgeneral.com/womens-services/midwifery-services/

Parenting Information and Support

Parent-Infant program at Hershey Montessori

Pediatricians/Family Physicians

Dr. G Path to Wellness — Chardon, OH

Tina Joyce, DO — Concord, OH

Primrose Newborn Care — Offers in-home visits for newborns in the Greater Cleveland area

Zest Pediatrics

Prenatal Yoga

The Wild Nurturer with Jenna Hull (Call 440-639-4650 to register)

Abide Yoga – Studio owner, Hope Hood offers a thoughtful array of classes, including slow flow, restorative, and prenatal yoga in her Larchmere neighborhood studio.

Branches of Wellness – Hosts a prenatal class with Mary Traveres

Taproot Yoga Chardon – Taproot offers a variety of yoga classes that would be suitable for pregnancy, and periodically hosts a prenatal specific series.

Online options are available through Glo.com and Gaia.com, or even by searching on YouTube.