Local Resources
Craniosacral Therapy and Prenatal Massage
Dr. Sarah Griffith 707-443-0695
Dr. Eileen Hackworth / Bloom Chiropractic 707-267-4410
Amanda Moore (Mayan abdominal massage) 707-845-6431
Athena Berdis, LMT 510-426-0943
Chumayo Spa (Blue Lake) 707-668-0101
Erin Fowler 707-849-8111
Kaati Gaffney (infant massage and classes) 775-846-8238
Michela Hernandez Sacred Bridges Healing Arts 707-223-5715
Tina George 707-498-5952
Jodie DiMinno 707-616-0930
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Humboldt Acupuncture 707-268-8007
Rick Moorehead 707-599-7336
Tisa Lucchesi, N.D., L.Ac. 707-444-3330
Justine Sophia Schachter, MSOM, LAc 914-388-1046
Kelly Hacker, L.A 360-791-6309
Liping Zhu-Qi Dragon 707-599-4140
Peter Stern, L.Ac., ND 707-923-3644
Sheridan RIchardson, L.Ac 707-633-4005
Stacey Kett, L.Ac 707-633-8626
Stacey Small, L.Ac 310-985-3780
Herbalists
Greta De La Montagne 707-834-0617
Moonrise Herbs moonriseherbs.com 707-822-5296
Humboldt Herbals humboldtherbals.com 707-442-3541
Jane Bothwell (Dandelion Herbal Center)
Northwest School for Botanical Studies 707-826-7762
Audrey Rees 707-407-7657
Physical Therapy
Darlene Santner 707-832-7240
Judy Nelson (Balanced Physical Therapy)
Christine Mateer 707-822-3139
True Motion Fitness 707-822-3018
Hands on Physical Therapy 707-445-8080
Sarah Landis www.theaxispt.com 707-296-6258
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Birth Tub Rentals
Oasis Tub Rentals 707-633-9277
Diaper Service
Baby's Best Diaper Service (707)296-4491
Childbirth Education
Childbirth Education at Mad River Hospital www.madriverhospital.com/services/birth_parentfamily.htm
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Childbirth Education at St. Joseph’s Hospital
www.stjosepheureka.org/Attachments/SJHChildbirthClasses2010.pdf
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Tina George / Birthing From Within
www.heartoftherose.net
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Leandra Young / Bradley Method 707-267-5644
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Misty Dickerson-Instinctive Motherhood
instinctivemotherhood.com/about
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Sarah Torres-Nueva Vida Doula Services
nuevavidadoula.com
Breast / Chest feeding Resources
Melissa Morris 707-296-8604
Julia Owens 707-599-7919
Humboldt County Breastfeeding Task Force 707-441-5087
Jaycee Raymond, IBCLC 707-690-1334
Redwood Memorial Hospital 707-725-7323
Rose R. Phelan RN, IBCLC, CST, CEIM 707-498-5763, www.milklove.org
Star Siegfried, RN, BA, IBCLC 707-496-2108
UIHS WIC 707-825-5030
Postpartum Support
Breast / Chest Feeding Videos
Nine excellent videos that cover everything from feeding in the first hours after birth, how to attach your baby at the breast, increasing supply, milk storage, and what to do about breast and nipple pain.
First Droplets, led by expert Jane Morton, encourages parents to take advantage of the first few hours and days postpartum to help establish supply and prevent common challenges. You will learn how to use your hands to express milk, spoon and cup feeding, using your hands while pumping, and much, much more.
This is a great video that shows the stages babies go through as they work up to latching: resting (more than once!), opening their eyes, massaging the breast, putting their hands to their mouth, rooting, licking, using all of their reflexes to make their way to the breast and eventually latch on.
Laid back nursing is an amazing and underutilized way to latch your baby that encourages all of their innate responses and reflexes.
Paced bottle feeding mimics breast/chest feeding and can help prevent bottle feeding from negatively impacting breastfeeding. We recommend waiting to introduce a bottle until your supply is well established and baby’s latch is feeling really good, around 3-6 weeks.
Internet Resources
Evidence Based Birth's mission is to help birth workers build the evidence based knowledge, skills, and power they need to protect families’ abilities to give birth with empowerment.
With roots dating to 1929, the American College of Nurse-Midwives is the oldest women’s health care organization in the U.S.
Citizens for Midwifery is the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care! CfM works to provide information and resources that promote the local midwife, as well as midwives and midwifery care across the country.
The Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery honors women, changing lives, and building a healthy world through the midwifery model of care.
The Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health is a publication of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
Representing the profession of midwifery, the mission of the Midwives Alliance of North American is to provide a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among midwives.
The mission of the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council is to support quality and innovation in midwifery education.
Midwifery Today is a wonderful way to learn about midwifery through both personal stories and informative research articles.
The North American Registry of Midwives is an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential “Certified Professional Midwife” (CPM).