As your Doula, it’s my job to direct you towards the best possible resources if your needs go beyond my area of expertise. Below is a list of birth work professionals who I favor and highly recommend.
Birthplaces & Caregivers
Casa Natal Birth Center & Midwifery Care
casa-natal.com
(408) 778-7583
50 W. Main Street, Suite D
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Casa Natal Birth provides a spacious environment, fully stocked with the clinical and natural necessities to support a comfortable and unmedicated birth. Midwives practicing at Casa Natal follow the midwifery model of care, and abide by the standards and practice guidelines of the Midwives Alliance of North America.
Bay Area Maternity & Women’s Health (BAM)
BayAreaMaternity.net
(408) 883-8233 or (888) 509-3118
[email protected]
777 Knowles Drive, Suite 11
Los Gatos, CA 95032
As a duo of seasoned midwives, BAM provides primary care for women of all ages, with special emphasis on pregnancy and childbirth, gynecologic and reproductive health. Deliveries are performed at El Camino Hospital Los Gatos Campus.
Full Moon Family Wellness & Birth Center
(831) 454-8031
[email protected]
701 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Proving loving and expert care during pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum. Focusing in women and their individual reproductive needs, offering a variety of options that seeks to eliminate or minimize unnecessary interventions during this natural life process.
Nightingale Birth Center & Midwifery Care
www.nightingalebirth.com
(650) 731-5191
[email protected]
327 N San Mateo Drive #4
San Mateo, CA 94401
Nightingale Birth Center offers a fundamentally unique approach to pregnancy and childbirth. They provide expert pre-conception, prenatal, birth, and postpartum care for low-risk parents and babies in our beautiful birth center in San Mateo.
South Bay Homebirth Collective Midwives
www.southbayhomebirthcollective.com
(408) 472-1161
967 W. Hedding Street, Suite 110
San Jose, CA 95126
The South Bay Homebirth Collective was conceived several years ago as a way to bring the homebirth community together through education and support. They are a group of six independent, licensed midwives, along with doulas, and other complimentary practitioners who have come together to offer holistic homebirth midwifery, well-woman care, doula services and support for expectant and new families. Some of our practitioners also offer childbirth preparation classes specifically geared toward homebirth.
Birth Education Centers
Blossom Birth and Family
www.blossombirthandfamily.org
(650) 321-2326
[email protected]
290 California Ave, Suite A
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Blossom’s mission is to provide new and expectant families with services, resources and support for a healthy, informed and confidence pregnancy and parenting.
Harmony Birth & Family
www.harmonymama.com
(408) 370-3702
[email protected]
621 E. Campbell Ave, Suite 14
Campbell, CA 95008
Harmony offers a comfortable, nurturing environment in which to learn, practice, laugh, connect, give, and receive support. Their intimate setting allows you to get unbiased information, have fun, and make meaningful connections while taking classes to prepare and navigate birth, breastfeeding, baby care and everything that comes with being a parent.
Their hope is that you feel informed, connected, and honored in your choices and experiences along this journey.
South Bay Homebirth Collective
www.southbayhomebirthcollective.com
(408) 472-1161
967 W. Hedding Street, Suite 110
San Jose, CA 95126
The South Bay Homebirth Collective was conceived several years ago as a way to bring the homebirth community together through education and support. They are a group of six independent, licensed midwives, along with doulas, and other complimentary practitioners who have come together to offer holistic homebirth midwifery, well-woman care, doula services and support for expectant and new families. Some of their practitioners also offer childbirth preparation classes specifically geared toward homebirth.
Photography
Jenna Christina Photography
www.jennachristinaphoto.com
(650) 924-5286
[email protected] jennachristinaphoto.com
Documentary newborn and family photographer serving San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Oakland, Berkley, Santa Cruz and surrounding areas. Real is more interesting than perfect.
Yoga
Jeanna Lurie Yoga
www.JeannaLurie.com
(408) 390-1894
[email protected]
Jeanna Lurie offers pre and postnatal yoga, Pelvic Floor Yoga (TM), and functional flow to improve body awareness and comfort in pregnancy, postpartum, and life in general. Jeanna brings over 15 years experience teaching yoga, as well as training and experience as a doula, birth educator, and former Program Manager of Blossom Birth to her practice teaching group yoga classes (in Sunnyvale and Palo Alto) and private sessions (throughout Silicon Valley). In addition, Jeanna trains and mentors new yoga teachers through Lotus Blossom Pre & Postnatal Yoga with her teaching partner, Hillary Easom.
Lotus Blossom Prenatal Yoga
www.lotusblossomprenatalyoga.com
(408) 390-1894
[email protected]
2635 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
