Loving Arms Childbirth Classes

These eight-week classes offer incredible guidance and preparation for your birth, whether in the hospital, birth center, or at home. You also get to meet other pregnant moms and couples birthing just around the same time as you!

Brilliant Births

Brilliant Births offers a variety of Childbirth Education classes ranging from Hypnobirthing to Lamaze to regular CBE. These teachers are excellent!

Yes to Birth

Rachel Yellin teams up with Bay Area birth professional and yoga teacher, Britt Fohrman to offer an excellent series on birth preparation.

Prenatal Support Group - Brilliant Births

Online weekly meetup groups. Scholarships available for BIPOC and LGBTQ. Just ask.

Queer support groups

Prenatal and Postpartum online support group for those who identify as LGBTQIA

Postpartum Support International (PSI)

Online support groups and loss and grief support.

Birthland

Birthland is an Oakland based, women of color owned midwifery practice. They provide pre and postnatal care, home birth services and support clients in identifying the best birth option for them.

The Family Room - Nurturing families from preconception to birth and beyond

This space is new and amazing! These are passionate health care providers that specialize in pre-conceptive care, perinatal wellness, postpartum wellness and pediatrics. They have created a gathering space in Albany where patients and the larger community can come together to learn and find loving support.

East Bay Lactation Associates
These women are truly experts with all things lactation related. Lactation support and breast pump rentals with Molly Brannigan IBCLC and Janaki Costello IBCLC.

Breast Feeding SF - Ferrell Topham
Ferrell Topham is excellent and intuitive. Highly recommend.

Bay Area Breast Feeding Support
Serena Meyer is wonderful!

Paula Santi

Amrit K. Khalsa

Kate Howser

Kate is a lactation consultant in San Francisco who works with different insurance companies to provide affordable lactation support.

Beth Rees

Beth is a lactation consultant in San Francisco. She is LGBTQ friendly and serves and educates all bodies and families

Spinning Babies

a fantastic website designed to educate, encourage, and improve optimal fetal positioning for birth

Evidence Based Birth

an excellent website and podcast, providence evidence based information and education for parents to be, birthing professionals, and all those interested in perinatal care.

Nourishing Ritual

Incredible, healthy food delivery services in the Bay Area. I love these women!

The Birth Hour

My personal favorite! "The Birth Hour helps pregnant women achieve an empowering birth experience through sharing authentic birth stories so they are informed going into pregnancy, birth and postpartum."

The Birthful Podcast

“Think of us as your own specialized team of birth pros! We hope to make it all easier, by giving you tried and tested tips and tools that you can use. From “laid-back” breastfeeding to safer bed-sharing, circumcision to VBACs, we’ll give you well-researched, evidence-based information so you can make the choices that best fit your family."

Evidence Based Birth Podcast

“In the Evidence Based Birth® Podcast, we cover the research evidence on hot topics about pregnancy and childbirth! Our mission is to raise the quality of childbirth care globally, by putting accurate, evidence based research into the hands of families and communities, so they can make informed, empowered choices. This show is perfect for anyone interested in birth options, from expecting parents to experienced birth professionals.”

Esther Healey - Awakenings Birth Services

They provide home birth midwifery services, holistic health care, nutritional assessments and counseling, hands on bodywork, and support for those wishing to conceive with conception care: IUI, ICI, etc.
Esther is WONDERFUL!

Emerald Figueroa - Nutritionist and Creator of EOSOMA, Natural Pregnancy Prevention Method

Emerald is a brilliant pioneer in women’s health and well being. She has been a huge ally for me on my own personal journey of healing and her natural pregnancy prevention method, Eosoma, is an essential tool for women taking control of our fertility and pregnancy prevention.

Meadow Evans, Prenatal and Postpartum massage for women

www.greycranembody.com/bodywork.php

Awaken Chiropractic with Dr. Kenda Burke and Dr. Armene Lamson, (Oakland),

Excellent chiropractic care for pregnancy and postpartum

awakenoakland.com

Flow Chiropractic and Family Wellness Center (Berkeley)

berkeleyflow.com

Grow Family Acupuncture with Rachel Alkire L.Ac. (Albany)

www.growfamilyacupuncture.com

Rachael Bouch D., CMT, DOMTP (Osteopathic Bodywork, Somatic Counseling, Pre/Perinatal Attachment, Neurological Reflex Integration Work, Relational Work, *does home visits for infants*)

www.resonant-bodywork.com

Andrea Byers, CMT, CST (Healing for Mind, Body, and Spirit - Craniosacral Therapy for Adults, Children, and Infants, neurological reflex work)

andreabyers.com

The Birth Partner, Penny Simkin

Birth Reborn, Michel Odent

Birth Without Fear - January Harshe

Birthing From Within, Pam England

Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Julia Chinyere Oparah and Alicia D. Bonaparte

Gentle Birth Choices, Valerie Harper

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor’s Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting, Sarah Buckley

HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method, Marie Mongan

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin

The Labor Progress Handbook, Penny Simkin & Ruth Ancheta

Like a Mother, Angela Garbes

The Natural Pregnancy Book, Aviva Jill Romm

The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, Boston Women’s Health Book Collective

Nurture, Chidi Cohen

Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, Pleasurable Birth Experience, Elizabeth Davis

Special Women, Pauline Perez & Cheryl Shedeker

Survivor Moms: Women’s Stories of Birthing, Mothering and Healing Sexual Abuse, Mickey Sperlich & Julia Seng

The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth, Henci Goer

Transformed by Birth - Britta Bushnell

The Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Experience, Lynn Baptisti Richards

When Survivors Give Birth, Phyllis Klaus & Penny Simkin

After the Birth, a Woman’s Way to Wellness, Robin Lim

The Amazing Newborn, Marshall & Phyllis Klaus

The Aware Baby, Althea Solter

Breastfeeding Made Simple, Nancy Mohrbacher

Bonding, Klaus, Kennell & Klaus

The Continuum Concept, Jean Liedloff

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother, Amely Greeven, Heng Ou, and Marisa Belger

The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson

Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Ina May Gaskin

Mothering the New Mother, Sally Plackson

Natural Health After Birth, Aviva Jill Romm

Naturally Healthy Babies and Children Aviva Jill Romm

Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child, Janet Zand

Your Baby & Child From Birth to Age 5, Penelope Leach