Community Resources & Referrals

7 Moons: Holistic body work with Jessica Newlyn, LMT. Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, and Arvigo Mayan Abdominal Massage.

Andrea Loving D.O. is an Osteopathic Physician practicing Osteopathic Manual Medicine with a focus on childbearing women and newborns.

Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts: Prenatal and postpartum massage and craniosacral therapy; trauma resolution for adults with Kate White.

Birth Sisters of Charlottesville: women of color community based doula collective supporting women of color through their birth journey and into motherhood. Prenatal, labor, postpartum, and lactation support + classes.

Charlottesville doulas: a directory of birth and postpartum doulas

Charlottesville Pediatric Dentistry: laser frenectomy for babies with tongue and lip ties that impair breastfeeding

Checking In Lactation: Lindsay Baker, RN, IBCLC offers lactation home and virtual visits, in-network with most insurance. Email: lindsay@checkingin.com

Common Ground Healing Arts: Sliding-scale acupuncture, massage, yoga, and meditation at Charlottesville non-profit community wellness center

Flow Lactation: offers in-home and virtual lactation care from pregnancy to weaning. In-network with Aetna.

Harmonize Chiropractic: Dr Lauren Aalders treats pregnant and postpartum moms and babies

Latched Love Lactation: In home, virtual, and office lactation consultation with Heather Smith, RN, IBCLC

Prenatal/New-Mom Yoga: with Sara Zia at Ashtanga Yoga Charlottesville

SEED Acupuncture & Wellness: Kyung Lee, LAc specializes in pregnancy and women's health. KyungnamLAc@gmail.com

Sentara MJH: Childbirth, baby basics, and lactation classes; postpartum support group

Simply Skin: Offering prenatal massage, craniosacral therapy, manual lymph drainage w/ Katherine Alamilla

The Women's Initiative: Mental health services: free walk-in clinic, individual counseling, support groups, mind body classes

truPilates : Charlottesville pilates studio with prenatal and postpartum specific support

UVA Breastfeeding Medicine Program: lactation support to moms and babies with breastfeeding difficultie

Online Resources

Spinning Babies: stretches and techniques to improve fetal positioning, so that birth goes more smoothly. Check out the Daily Activities for Pregnancy, Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week, the Daily Essentials Video, the Parent Class Video, and Rest Smart. In your third trimester, we will show you techniques during your prenatal visits.

The Miles Circuit: a series of positions to relieve pressure on the low back, and encourage rotation of a malpositioned baby. Great to do in early labor, in a labor that has slowed down, or is starting and stopping.

Evidence Based Birth:research-based resources on topics such as Group Beta Strep (GBS), Gestational Diabetes, Natural Induction Methods, Water Immersion in Labor and Waterbirth (many of our families have waterbirths), Use of TENS in Labor (we bring a TENS unit to births as a comfort option), Circumcision, Vitamin K and eye ointment for the newborn, and many more topics!

Postpartum Support Virginia – Postpartum Support Virginia provides hope and help to women and their families who are experiencing anxiety, depression, or other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). Great online information about local services.

Aviva Romm MD: Articles and podcasts on natural remedies for pregnancy and women's health by integrative physician-midwife-herbalist. See Headaches in Pregnancy, Heartburn, Herbs in Pregnancy, Herbs for an Easier Labor, Labor Induction, Natural Remedies for Urinary Tract Infections, Group B Strep (GBS), Natural Approaches to Depression, Antidepressants in Pregnancy, 5 Safe Herbs.