Local Resources for Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting
Acupuncture
Octagon Community Clinic – Especially Joe and Ananda, sliding scale
Berkeley Community Acupuncture – Sliding Scale for community treatments
Portia Lee, L.Ac in El Cerrito
Maureen Raytis, L.Ac in Oakland
Amy Mitchell, L.Ac in Berkeley
Melissa Berg, L.Ac in San Francisco
Birth tub rentals
Marialena Quale – 510-760-7549
Christine Cox Jude – 510-545-6349
Awakenings Birth Services
Kirsten Soares
Hannah Weiss
Natural Resources
Breastfeeding support
East Bay Lactation Associates
Paula Santa, IBCLC
Claire van Rooyen, IBCLC
Jeannie Choe, CLEC
Ami Burnham, IBCLC – SF
Breastmilk Cooperative
La Leche League – East Bay chapter meets 3rd Wed of the month from 11-3 at Birthways
Breastfeeding Visuals
Latching
Positioning
Latch Animation
Crawl to the Breast Video
Car seat safety
Where To Go for local car seat inspection
Car Seat
Child-passenger-safety-Flyer-English
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Childbirth preparation classes
Homebirth Preparation East Bay – Lucia Brosgart
Homebirth Preparation SF – childbirthed@bayareahomebirth.org
Mindfulness Training – Nance Bardacke
Birthways, in Berkeley
Natural Resources, in SF
Chiropractors / craniosacral
Awaken Chiropractic
Acorn Wellness – Elon Bartlett, D.C. (Chiro/CranioSacral)
The Joint – $25 Community Style Chiropractic Clinic
Sirena Masket – (CranioSacral)
Bernal Family Chiropractic – Colin Phipps, D.C.
More Mojo SF- Kristine Hicks, D.C.
Counselors
Gina Hassan, PhD – Pregnancy groups, Mindful Mother’s groups
Sean Holcombe, MFT – In-Home Family Therapy, Fathers Forum
Chris Weipert, MFT – SF
Ceres Rutan, PsyD – SF 415-820-1585, specializes in PPD, leads support groups
Depression site for Dads
Holistic Counseling Center – Sliding Scale counseling provided by JFK interns
Earth Circles Counseling Center – Sliding Scale counseling provided by interns and MFTs
Women’s Therapy Center – Sliding Scale counseling provided by interns
Diaper Services
Tiny Tots Cloth Service
Earth Baby Compostable Service
Elimination Communication (EC) / Diaper Free Babies
Homeopaths / Osteopaths / Naturopaths
Hahnemann Medical Clinic – Christine Ciavarella, PA 510-524-3117 (Homeopathy)
Carmen Hering, D.O – (510) 526-5256 (Osteopath)
East Bay Naturopathic Clinic – Karen Peters, ND
Tara Natural Medicine – Tara Levy, ND
Massage therapists
Glow East Bay
Candace Palmerlee
Bridget Scadeng
Michelle Aldridge-Craven – in your home massage
Angel Feet Reflexology – low cost foot and body massage
Midwifery organizations
CA Families for Access to Midwifery (CFAM)
Bay Area Homebirth Collective – check out the monthly birth story potlucks, walks, new parents groups and the very active yahoo group.
California Association of Midwives
Midwives Alliance of North America
The Big Push for Midwives – National group working on state-by-state recognition of CPMs
Citizens for Midwifery
Mama Campaign – National group working for CPM inclusion in the National Health Care Discussion
Parenting Support
Parental Stress Hotline – 510-893-5444
Join the Bay Area Home Birth Collective Families online group by sending an e-mail to bahcfamilies-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Please include a brief comment about why you want to join, and where you live.
Berkeley Parents Network
Hand in Hand Parenting
Janet Lansbury
RIE
Pediatricians
Bayside Pediatrics East Bay – Paula Brinkley, Katya Gerwein, Janet Pearlman
Kiwi Pediatrics East Bay
Getzwell Pediatrics SF
Whole Family MD SF – Dr. Daphne Miller and Dr. Avril Swan
Kaiser Oakland – Dr. Ping Chaou, Dr. Roberta Cunningham, Dr. David Bacchus
Kaiser Richmond – Dr. Karen Kruger, Dr. Melvin Burman
Kaiser San Francisco – Dr. Katherine Kennedy, Dr. Ami Goodman
PLacenta encapsulation
Evaly Long – 415-728-8893
Anna Hurty
Placenta Apothecary, Jaime Shapiro does placenta tincture as well as encapsulation
Website explaining the benefits of Placenta Encapsulation
Ultrasounds / oBstetrical care
East Bay Perinatal
St. Lukes Hospital
UCSF Hospital
Kaiser Oakland – Dr. Renee Perry, Lenore Arnoux, NP
Kaiser San Francisco – Dr. Ngoc Phan, Jenna Lewis, NP, Dr. Cheri Barzotinni
ScanBabies – Lance Dursi, low-cost ultrasounds
Vital Records for Birth Certificate
Berkeley 510-981-5320
Post-baby arrival process – Alameda County except Berkeley 510-267-8075 (all of Alameda County except Berkeley) has helpful information for all counties.
Contra Costa 925-335-7900
San Francisco 415-554-2700
Yoga Classes
Yogalayam – Prenatal and Postnatal (with baby massage)
Jessica Premsangha – Prem also does beautiful belly casts and body work
Yoga Tree Valencia – Jane Austin
Berkeley Yoga Center – Melanie Green, Cybele Tomlinson