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Love.Our.Mothers

All Family Doula Care

Community support, online tools, & select readings

No one should have to navigate birth or postpartum alone. Here are some trusted resources and offerings I often recommend to clients, especially those seeking specifically inclusive, affirming, or trauma-informed care.


Please verify for yourself that each resource is an appropriate match for your specific needs.

LOCAL PROVIDERS

Midwives & Birth Centers

Pelvic Floor Therapists

Therapists Specializing in Perinatal Mental Health

Infant Feeding Specialists / Lactation Consultants

Childbirth Education Classes

Photographers

Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Community

  • WellMama - Mental Support for Parents and Caregivers -- Eugene

  • Nurturely - Supporting Equity in Perinatal Wellness -- Eugene

  • Vital Villages - Education, community connection, and hands-on peer support -- Cottage Grove

  • Core Eugene - Community Outreach through Radical Empowerment -- Eugene

  • Parenting Now! - Programs, services, and resources for parents -- Eugene

FAVORITE BOOKS & READINGS

Birth

  • Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin

  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

  • Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? by Henci Goer

  • Babies Are Not Pizzas by Rebecca Dekker

Postpartum

  • The First Forty Days by Heng Ou

  • Thriving Postpartum by Panquetzani

  • The 4th Trimester

  • Latch by Robin Kaplan

  • Your Baby is Speaking to You by Kevin Nugent

Trauma, Consent, and the Body

  • Hormone Intelligence by Aviva Romm

  • The Woman Code by Alisa Vitti

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

  • Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Rachel Reed

For Partners & Support People

  • The Birth Partner by Penny Simpkin

  • The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson

  • Nurturing Beginnings by Debra Pascali Bonaro

ONLINE TOOLS

Websites

Podcasts

  • Evidence Based Birth - Covers the research on hot topics about pregnancy and childbirth

  • At Her Feet - Pull up a chair at the feet of elder midwives from communities around the world for heartfelt conversations about birth, memory, tradition, and transformation

  • The Great Birth Rebellion - You can have a great pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience. You just need the tools to make it happen.

  • Center for Indigenous Midwifery Podcast - A space to share reproductive wisdom, traditions, and stories of indigenous families and indigenous birth

  • Taking Back Birth - Join host Maryn Green, autonomous midwife of many years, for all things radical birth, midwifery and mothering related

  • The Midwife of Healing - A sacred listening space for remembering the ancient and future ways of Birth and Becoming

Social Media Accounts

  • @badassmotherbirther - Flor Cruz (she/her): Latina Traditional Birth Worker, Human Rights Advocate, Birth Educator

  • @peacefulbirthmethod - Victoria Tippins: Your Birth Bestie, Mother | Student Midwife | Birth Educator

  • @parteramidwifery - Andrea Ruizquez (she/they): 2Spirit Genizera Partera, Resurgence of HOMEBIRTH for BIPOC families as a form of de-colonization 

  • @melaniethemidwife - Dr Melanie Jackson, PhD: Midwife, PhD, Podcast Host, Convergence of rebellious midwives 

  • @sanantonionursemidwife - Nikki McIver-Brown, APRN, CNM

  • @centerforindigenousmidwifery - Center for Indigenous Midwifery: Strengthening community by honoring, supporting, and reclaiming indigenous midwifery and culturally-centered family support

  • @indigemama - Panquetzani, Ancestral Healer (she/her): I help you connect with your matriz using tus manos, el rebozo, yerbas + sacred foods

  • @whapio_and_thematrona - The Matrona: Elder Midwife Offering Classes in Quantum Birth, Holistic Doula, Homeopathy, Wisdomkeeping

  • @dr.avivaromm - Aviva Romm MD | Women’s Integrative Medicine: Hormone Intellegence. Mama Care. Menopause Wisdom. Thought Leader.

  • @iamhaizehawke - Haize Hawke: Heartled Spiritual Facilitator, Mentor & Certified Master Birthworker

  • @theleakyboob - The Leaky Boob: Resource community for your baby and toddler feeding journey

  • @lalactation - LA Lactation, Julie Matheny, MS, CCC-SLP/IBCLC: Providing quality, evidence based education on lactation, infant development, and feeding

  • @legendarymilk - Breastfeeding Support

  • @jenhollandcst - Jen Holland CPM, CIMI: Craniosacral Therapy (Bodywork) for Babies, Natural Childbirth Class, Placenta Encapsulation, Pelvic Floor Wellness

  • @lorihendricksoncst - Lori Hendrickson, CST

  • @thebabywearing.ot - Jordan OTR/L | Certified Babywearing Consultant | CBUS (she/her)

  • @letstalkbabywearing - Cassidy Eisenfeld: Helping parents master babywearing with confidence

  • @wavework.birthing - karissa `` birth guide + portal prep: birth prep through NS intelligence, breath, movement, + altered states

  • @placenta_association - APPA: Comprehensive education & credentialing in Placenta Preparation Arts

  • @givenbirthoasis - Given Tulsa Birth Center / Given Women’s Health Oasis in Tulsa: Luxury Birth Center, Midwifery & Doula Care, Pregnancy & Postpartum Support

Looking for More Personalized
Recommendations?

For more detailed information on many of the topics covered above, please follow this link to my blog where you will find many of the topics above covered in much more detail.

Likewise, I’m always happy to refer you to local providers or resources that match your specific needs.

 

Just reach out!


CALL / TEXT : (541) 357-7511

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