Atlanta Chapter Referrals
- Belly Art
- Childbirth Educators
- Chiropractors
- Holistic Healthcare
- Labor Doulas
- Lactation Support
- Massage Therapy
- Midwives
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Pregnancy & Postnatal Fitness
- Pregnancy & Newborn Photography
- Postpartum Doulas & Nannies
Belly Art
GBN members who provide belly casting services in your home. Making a cast of your belly is a great way to preserve the amazing reality of how your body changed to grow your baby. This section also includes belly henna & belly painting.
| Name |
Phone Number
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Additional Information |
| Crystal Bowden, CD(DONA) |
678-207-8398
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Loving Labor Birth Services. Custom made belly casts done in your home. Also offering natural childbirth classes & birth doula services. |
| Nichole Feinauer, CD(DONA) |
678-773-1818
|
Custom made belly casts done in your home. Also DONA certified birth doula and Lamaze Trained childbirth educator. |
| Jennifer Marlow |
770-942-2314
912-224-8757 |
Offering belly casting, belly henna & belly painting. Serving north & west metro Atlanta & inside the perimeter. Also offers birth doula services, lactation support & photography. |
| Talitha Seibel, HBHD, ALACE Trained |
678-460-PREG
|
Beautiful Henna Belly Art done in your home, for parties, showers and blessingways (guests can get art, too!) Also a Labor Doula. |
Childbirth Educators
Childbirth classes are helpful for both first-time and experienced parents. In childbirth classes you will learn information from your instructors and the other students, which cannot be learned from a book. A quality childbirth class will emphasize minimal medical intervention, teach coping methods for labor and delivery and help guide new parents in the many decisions they will make before, during and after the birth process. Some classes touch on subjects like diet, breastfeeding, anatomy and massage techniques. For more information about the different childbirth education programs listed here, please visit Lamaze, The Bradley Method or Hypnobirthing.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Baby Steps |
770-778-4886
|
Offering classes for pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. Also offering birth doula services. |
| Kate Bastedo, CLD(CBI) |
404-285-9335
|
New Life Birth Services, serving North East Metro Atlanta inside and outside the perimeter. Teaching classes with Baby Steps. Also a Birth Doula. |
| Crystal Bowden, CD(DONA) |
678-207-8398
|
Loving Labor Birth Services. Offering natural childbirth classes in Douglasville & East Point. Teaching classes with Baby Steps, group & private classes. |
| Annette Culp, AAHCC |
770-386-5884
678-431-0500 |
The Bradley Method Also Labor Doula and Certified Lactation Consultant. |
| Tracy Cuneo, CD(DONA) |
678-862-7844
|
Offering Lamaze classes in Fayetteville. |
| Sallie Duffy, AAHCC |
404-408-0664
|
The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth |
| Nichole Feinauer, LCCE |
678-773-1818
|
Lamaze and homebirth classes available. Also a Labor Doula. |
| Kelly Hightower, RN, DONA Trained, A Bright Birth |
404-964-2629
|
Hypnobirthing practitioner, labor doula and lactation support . |
| Nicole King, HCHI, HCHD |
443-254-7430
|
Adventures in Childbirth, Hypnobabies® Childbirth Hypnosis classes. Serving Gwinnett, Athens & Metro Atlanta. Also offering Doula Services & Baby Signs Program. |
| Shelia McGrath, AAHCC |
678-791-8408
|
The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth. Serving Acworth & Cobb County. |
| Brenda Parrish, CLC, CCCE, DEM |
229-227-9194
229-221-3375 |
Serving south Georgia, within a 2 hour radius of Thomasville. Also a birth doula & homebirth midwife. Also offers belly casting, lactation support & monitrice services. |
| Lise Tousignant, AAHCC, Natural Birth 101, LLC |
678-458-8097
|
The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth. Serving Marietta. |
| Joe & Elizabeth Utz, AAHCC |
678-935-1485
|
The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth. Serving Cumming. |
| Bonnie Winfrey, AAHCC (Loving Hands Support Services) |
678-520-1357
|
Bradley Childbirth Educator. Also offering Labor Doula services & Counseling. Certified with the American Association of Christian Counselors. |
Chiropractors
Chiropractic care is the health maintenance of the spinal column, discs, related nerves and bone geometry without drugs or surgery. It involves the art and science of adjusting misaligned joints of the body, especially of the spine, to promote health throughout the body. Chiropractic care is safe during pregnancy when provided by a chiropractor that has been trained in the physical changes that occur within a pregnant woman's body. Chiropractors that have been trained to work with pregnant women will use tables that adjust for a pregnant woman's body and they will use techniques that avoid unneeded pressure on the abdomen. Source
| Name |
Phone Number
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Additional Information |
| Dr. Jennifer Alonso, FICPA |
678-893-0060
|
Optimal Wellness Chiropractic serves Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Johns Creek & Duluth. |
| Dr. Carl Amodio |
770-993-4633
678-858-3057 |
Located in Roswell. Professional Applied Kinesiologist, specializing in mother/baby care. This includes pre/post-natal care, uterine relaxation techniques, natural breech reversal (Webster Technique), digestive balancing & emotional balancing. |
| Lotus of Life Chiropractic |
404-377-7743
|
Dr. Jamie Galperin & Liliana Warner, ICPA. Located in Decatur, serving surrounding Atlanta. |
| Dr. Melissa Ellis D.C. |
770-992-0991
|
Serving Roswell, Marietta & Sandy Springs. Prenatal & Pediatric Specialist. |
| Dr. Karen Ferguson, D.C., FICPA |
770-966-1800
678-517-9031 |
Ferguson Family Chiropractic serving Acworth & Kennesaw area. Also a labor doula. |
| Dr. Natasha Reaver, DC, CACCP, LMT |
678-701-0151
|
Office located in Sandy Springs. Also certified in pregnancy massage. |
| Dr. Pamela Stone, DC, CACCP |
770-926-8746
|
Pediatric and Prenatal specialist, ICPA certified and Webster's Technique certified. Stone Family Chiropractic Center is located in Kennesaw, GA. |
Holistic Healthcare
This may include GBN members that are acupuncturists, herbalists, reiki practitioners, Watsu practitioners & other alternative medicine healthcare providers.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Shari Aizenman, Bodyworks Atlanta |
404-297-6777
404-610-1303 |
Watsu Practitioner. Also a massage therapist & labor doula. |
Labor Doulas
A doula is a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth. This includes preparation for birth helping the laboring woman with encouragement, comfort measures, relaxation techniques, and an objective viewpoint, as well as support after childbirth, such as help with breastfeeding.
For more information about Doula certification, please visit DONA
or CAPPA.
|
Name
|
Phone Number
|
Additional Information
|
| Shari Aizenman, CD(DONA) Bodyworks Atlanta |
404-297-6777
404-610-1303 |
Also a massage therapist & watsu practitioner. |
| Baby Steps |
770-778-4886
|
Offering birth doula services. Also offering classes for pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. |
| Kate Bastedo, CLD(CBI) |
404-285-9335
|
New Life Birth Services, serving North East Metro Atlanta inside and outside the perimeter. Also a Childbirth Educator. |
| Crystal Bowden, CD(DONA) |
678-207-8398
|
Loving Labor Birth Services. Serving most metro Atlanta area hospitals & homebirths. Also offering belly casting and childbirth classes. |
| Rachael Cail, CD(DONA) |
404-370-1111
404-502-1003 |
Serving Atlanta & surrounding areas. |
| Annette Culp, CD(DONA) |
770-386-5884
678-431-0500 |
Serving North metro area hospitals and home births. Also a Childbirth Educator and Certified Lactation Counselor. |
| Tracy Cuneo, CD(DONA) |
678-862-7844
|
Christian doula, mother of ten children, experience with waterbirths & highrisk pregnancies. Serving Fayette County, Cowetta County & Metro Atlanta. |
| Karen Ferguson, CLD |
770-966-1800
678-517-9031 |
Serving Acworth & Kennesaw area. Also offering chiropractic care. |
| Nicole King, HCHI, HCHD |
443-254-7430
|
Adventures in Childbirth, Hypnobabies® Childbirth Hypnosis classes. Serving Gwinnett, Athens & Metro Atlanta. Also offering Doula Services & Baby Signs Program. |
| Jennifer Marlow, DONA Trained |
770-942-2314
912-224-8757 |
Also offering belly casting, belly henna, belly painting, lactation support & photography. Serving north & west metro Atlanta & inside the perimeter. |
| Becky Van Note, CAPPA Trained |
404-291-6871
404-993-3579
|
Also offers lactation support & postpartum doula services. Serving Metro Atlanta. |
| Sarah Ochs, CD(DONA) |
910-987-1998
|
Experience serving the military community; an Operation Sepcial Delivery volunteer. Serving Fort Benning/Columbus area. Also a CPR/First Aid Instructor. |
| Brenda Parrish, CLC, CCCE, DEM |
229-227-9194
229-221-3375 |
Serving south Georgia, within a 2 hour radius of Thomasville. Also a homebirth midwife & childbirth educator (CAPPA). Also offers belly casting, lactation support & monitrice services. |
| Rebecca Quintana, Bear With Me Doula Services |
706-296-4857
|
DONA trained. Seeking certification births. Serving families in Athens and the surrounding areas of Gwinnett, Hall and other Northeast GA counties. |
| Talitha Seibel, HBHD, ALACE Trained |
678-460-PREG
|
ALACE Trained awaiting certification. HBHD Certified. Experienced in VBAC, high risk, water-birth, homebirth, teen/single mothers, hypnobirthing. Also offering Henna Art. Metro Atlanta and 1hr radius. |
| Christine Strain, DONA Trained |
404-969-2442
|
Especially interested in attending VBACs, waterbirths & homebirths. |
| Bonnie Winfrey, CD (DONA) Loving Hands Support Services |
678-520-1357
|
Also a Bradley Childbirth Educator & Counselor. Certified with the American Association of Christian Counselors. |
Some of these doulas may be willing to attend births for a reduced fee in order to acheive certification.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Jennifer Anderson, DONA Trained |
678-488-8466
|
Seeking births for certification. Especially interested in attending water and home births. Serving Forsyth, N. Fulton & Dawson counties, Gainesville & Dahlonega. |
| Debra Bell, DONA Trained |
404-806-5450
510-593-4848 |
Serving some of the metro Atlanta area. |
| Adrienne Bridgewater |
770-745-3585
|
DONA & Maternitywise trained. Serving Cobb County & SW Atlanta. Experience working with pregnant teens & women who are HIV positive. |
| Cynthya Dzialo |
678-575-3742
|
Childbirth International trained. Serving Atlanta, Decatur & Marietta. Also experienced with American Sign Language. |
| Zenovia L. Palmer, MS, NCTMB |
404-941-4196
|
DONA trained. Serving the Metro Atlanta area. Also nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. |
| Mandie Shaw, The Ultimate Birth Experience |
770-722-3241
|
DONA trained. Serving Cobb County & Atlanta hospitals and homebirths. |
| Laura M. Shipman, DONA Trained |
404-828-0355
|
Seeking births for certification. Serving families from Atlanta to Dahlonega, especially in Cumming & North Fulton County. |
| Kirsten Smith, DONA Trained |
857-636-9282
|
Hospital and homebirths inside 285. |
| Carrie Sullivan, CAPPA Trained |
678-840-2175
404-247-7751 |
Serving the Metro Atlanta area. |
Lactation Support
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Annette Culp, CLC |
770-386-5884
678-431-0500 |
Also Childbirth Educator and Labor Doula. |
| Claire Eden, IBCLC, RLC |
404-725-1784
|
Lactation Consultant and Educator serving Metro Atlanta. |
| Nichole Feinauer, CD(DONA) |
678-773-1818
|
Also offering belly casting & childbirth education classes. |
| Jennifer Heinrichs, Sweet Dreams, LLC |
770-780-2997
|
Offers Lactation Consultants & postpartum doulas serving all of metro Atlanta. Doulas specializing in multiples and premature newborns. |
| Becky Van Note, CLC |
404-291-6871
404-993-3579
|
Also offers Labor doula & postpartum doula services. Serving Metro Atlanta. |
Massage Therapy
Benefits of prenatal massage include: relaxation and decreased insomnia; stress relief on weight-bearing joints, such as ankles, lower back and pelvis; neck and back pain relief caused by muscle imbalance and weakness; assistance in maintaining proper posture; preparing the muscles used during childbirth; reduced swelling in hands and feet; lessened sciatic pain; fewer calf cramps; headache and sinus congestion relief.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Shari Aizenman, Bodyworks Atlanta |
404-297-6777
404-610-1303 |
Massage therapist. Also a watsu practitioner & labor doula. |
| Zenovia L. Palmer, MS, NCTMB |
404-941-4196
|
Serving the Metro Atlanta area. Nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. Also a DONA trained birth doula. |
| Dr. Natasha Reaver, DC, CACCP, LMT |
678-701-0151
|
Office located in Sandy Springs. Also offering chiropractic care. |
| Jonelle S. Thomas, NCMT, RYT (Half Moon Wellness) |
678-662-3950
|
Nationally-certified ertified prenatal/postpartum/infant massage therapist. Serving Alpharetta, John's Creek, Norcross, Brookhaven, Buckhead Dunwoody & Sandy Springs. Also a certified prenatal yoga teacher. |
Midwives
Research shows that midwives are the safest birth attendants for most women, with lower infant and maternal mortality rates and fewer invasive interventions such as episiotomies and surgical births (cesareans). In developed countries where midwives are the primary care providers for pregnant women, mortality and surgical birth rates are much lower than in the United States.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
|
Rachel Hart,CPM
Birthing Mothers |
,p 678-239-4518
702-332-8838 |
Homebirth midwife serving Atlanta & anywhere within a 2 hours radius of Atlanta. |
| Kay Johnson, CNM |
770-817-1970
|
Alpharetta Women's Specialist's. Hospital births that support the natural process. We welcome Hypnobirthers, Bradley couples & offer waterbirth. Serving North Fulton Regional. |
| Brenda Parrish, CLC, CCCE, DEM |
229-227-9194
229-221-3375 |
Homebirth midwife (15 years experience) serving south Georgia, within a 2 hour radius of Thomasville. Also a birth doula & childbirth educator (CAPPA). Also offers belly casting, lactation support & monitrice services. |
| Jill Whitfield RN, MSN, CNM, CCE |
912-629-6262
|
The Midwife Group & Birth Center. Located in Savannah, GA. The Midwife Group offers the only midwifery based practice for women's health care in the region. |
Non-Profit Organizations
This section is for non profit organizations that support the mission of GBN and provide services for birthing familes.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Georgia Midwifery Association |
770-381-9051
|
Support and Advocacy for Midwifery in Georgia. |
| International Cesarean Awareness Network of Atlanta |
|
ICAN of Atlanta is the Atlanta chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network, a nonprofit 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). |
Pregnancy and Postnatal Fitness
GBN member fitness instructors specialize in the fitness needs of pregnant and postpartum women. Exercise increases circulation, promotes well-being and prevents depression, promotes tone in muscle, making the body ready for birth, aids in recovery of organ tone and placement after birth and also prevents prolapse of the pelvic organs.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Jonelle S. Thomas, NCMT, RYT (Half Moon Wellness) |
678-662-3950
|
Certified personal trainer and Pilates instructor. Yoga Alliance-certified yoga teacher, specializing in prenatal yoga, ashtanga (power) yoga and Kripalu yoga. Also a nationally-certified prenatal/postpartum/infant massage therapist. Serving Alpharetta, John's Creek, Norcross, Brookhaven, Buckhead Dunwoody & Sandy Springs. |
Pregnancy & Newborn Photography
GBN member photographers specialize in capturing the special moments of pregnancy, childbirth and the baby's first year.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Jennifer Marlow, DONA Trained |
770-942-2314
912-224-8757 |
Also offering belly casting, belly henna, belly painting, lactation support & labor doula services. Serving north & west metro Atlanta & inside the perimeter. |
Postpartum Doulas & Nannies
A Postpartum Doula is a lay women who is trained or experienced in providing postpartum care for the new family. By giving emotional and breastfeeding support along with practical newborn care tips and taking care of necessary household tasks such as: grocery shopping; meal preparation; doing the dishes, laundry or tending to your older children she helps ease your transition into motherhood.
This section also includes GBN members that provide nanny services, babysitters or baby nurses.
| Name |
Phone Number
|
Additional Information |
| Adrienne Bridgewater |
770-745-3585
|
DONA & Maternitywise trained. Serving Cobb County & SW Atlanta. Experience working with pregnant teens & women who are HIV positive. |
| Happy Baby Solutions,LLC |
404-592-2858
|
Members of the International Nanny Association, we place baby nurses, nannies, and babysitters in the metro Atlanta area. Overnights, daytimes, and weekends available. The Happiest Baby on the Block Workshop also available, and sleep consultations. |
| Jennifer Heinrichs, Sweet Dreams, LLC |
770-780-2997
|
Sweet Dreams, LLC is a postpartum home care doula service specializing in multiples and premature newborns.Serving all of metro Atlanta. Also offers Lactation Consultants.
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