Family and Childbirth

Poly and parenting help with a creative coaching approach. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

As a Licensed Midwife, I provide comprehensive prenatal, community birth, postpartum, and newborn care with a commitment to anti-racist and inclusive care. I’m passionate about serving families of all shapes and sizes and am deeply invested in supporting my communities to thrive. I absolutely love working with LGBTQIA+, trans & gender non-conforming, and non-monogamous families. I’m a fervent believer in provider size-inclusive care and believe that every body is inherently valuable and capable of a healthy pregnancy. I speak English only.

I’m a friendly, responsible, and college-educated childcare professional. I speak English, American Sign Language, and German and I have enough experience with Cued Speech to get by. I’ve been working with children from newborn to teens for over ten years. I believe that love makes a family, and I enjoy working with families of all sorts. I am also open to working with special needs children. I maintain my First Aid and Adult, Infant, and Child certifications and I believe in participating in a variety of different professional development classes to keep current on best practices and get new suggestions and ideas on how best to work with children.

As a professional, I believe it’s important for me to stay engaged with the children I work with. I like to do a lot of hands on activities and spend active time outdoors instead of simply plopping a child in front of a tv screen or a video game. I also think it’s important to provide children with healthy meals and snacks and help them learn how to make good choices so that they can grow up to become healthy, happy adults. When I become a part of a child’s life, I feel that requires a commitment on my part to be there for that child for many years in the future, whether or not I continue to work with that child professionally. I think it is important for children to know that they are cared for and loved beyond any fees that their parents may pay me for working with them. I want them to have as much stability as possible and be able to trust that I won’t just disappear one day out of the blue, never to be seen again.

We specialize in home birth midwifery care and especially love working with alternative families of all kinds.

Hi! I am the mindful, nurturing, trauma-informed doula with Moon Sage Mama Birth & Breastfeeding. For 15 years, I worked as a trauma counselor and educator. I operate all that I do from that supportive and loving lens. It is my hope to support families of all kinds in their hopes for fertility, a nurtured birth, a healing postpartum, and lactation support. It is my ultimate goal that your whole family feels supported in this journey every single step of the way. :) Please reach out with questions or concerns or to meet up for a coffee or tea chat to learn more and see if we’re all a great fit.

I’m a certified birth and postpartum doula that works in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area. I’ve always been passionate about women being able to choose what works best for themselves and their families, and I’m excited to have the opportunity to assist families as they evolve and grow. The doula’s role of support, facilitating informed consent and fostering independence and confidence of the parents is what I want my life’s work to be. I base my actions as a doula on the philosophy that women can and should be trusted to make choices about their bodies and pregnancy, and will find what works best for their family. I work as both a birth and a postpartum doula to be able to provide the best continuity of care I am capable of.

As a birth doula, I assist women with non-medical physical support and emotional support through their active labour and delivery, and can provide some basic breastfeeding assistance. I can assist labour partners in learning comfort measures and will assist families in getting settled with their new member.

As a postpartum doula, I offer practical support, emotional support, non-judgmental listening, and good old fashioned mothering of the brand new mother. The extra hands to soothe mother and baby also help the family foster a sense of independence and self-confidence that lasts long after the doula’s stay with the family is over. I am certified in Adult, Child and Infant CPR and First Aid.

Mychal Shifrah Reilly CD(DONA) [she/ her] is a certified birth doula, postpartum doula, placenta encapsulator, student midwife, and student somatic therapist, serving the Los Angeles area. Her practice seeks to bring peace and reduce trauma in the birth and postpartum periods for her clients. Mychal is trained in a wide variety of birth and postpartum techniques, works with families of all sizes and backgrounds and is committed to improving birth outcomes for her whole community. She is comfortable supporting all outcomes of pregnancy, including conventional parenthood, surrogacy, adoption, abortion, loss, and folks who are unsure about their journey. Before becoming a doula, Mychal earned a B.A. in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from Chapman University. She is also a certified mediator. As an active member of the birth community, Mychal runs a pro-choice advocacy group and volunteers teaching sex education and self empowerment workshops.

Experienced childrens and family entertainer, offering a circus skills show and workshop and balloon modelling activities. Includes juggling, devilstick, diabolo and unicycle. Happy to work with all ages, abilities. Poly friendly and green, living a low carbon lifestyle.

I am a Certified Professional Midwife offering Home Birth services, and Doula related labor support for hospital births. Willing to travel.

As your home birth midwives, we work in partnership to provide complete prenatal, birth and postpartum care. On call 24/7, we are available to answer questions, safely guide you through the intimate journey of pregnancy and birth, and celebrate with you as you welcome your child into the world. We bring a deep trust in birth and in the strength of each birthing family.

We charge a flat fee for complete prenatal, birth, and postpartum care. Insurance will often reimburse at least some of this fee, depending on your plan. We work with a biller to recover as much of your costs as we can.

We hold closely the values of feminism, anti-racism and anti-homophobia and am committed to serving all types of families regardless of race, religion, sexuality, gender, age, or ability. We believe that health care is a human right. If you are a low-income family, please inquire about our sliding scale.

Rina Crane is a homemaker for her beloved husband and two wonderful children born in 2004 and 2007. More than fifteen years before she would ever be pregnant, she had researched the history and modern possibilities for labor and birth and had prepared her birth plan. She always admired and respected pregnancy and delighted in being with young children. Through the years she worked as a nanny and teacher. Now, as a doula, she is able to help children before they are even born. Rina is certified through DONA International and has received additional doula training through ALACE and toLABOR. She is truly passionate about labor and birth and is thrilled to share this passion along with her knowledge and experience. She lives in the northwest Bronx and is bilingual, speaking Spanish and English.

Humanistic counseling for families and couples 11 years of experience working in with people of all walks of life. Strength based life coaching Integrated action oriented therapy Attachment theory parenting Get unstuck and move your life forward Respectful of religious and spiritual beliefs Trauma-informed practice Alternative therapies Non traditional relationships - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

I help parents and caregivers cultivate the mindset and skills needed to transform adult-child relationships from power struggles (win-lose) to creative partnerships (win-win). You can learn more about this approach and the underlying principles at http://www.enjoyparenting.com/attraction-parenting - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

Holistic Behavioral Solutions is a unique practice that affirms families, individuals and groups that make the decision to pursue a poly lifestyle. We believe the focus of treatment should be support of the families’ choices and we work on navigating the emotions that accompany an alternative lifestyle. We work to increase cohesion, facilitate bonding and build self esteem for all family members so that ALL needs are met; we have proven success with support individuals that live “outside the box”. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

I offer traditional, holistic midwifery care for those that desire to birth in their home. I specialize in VBACs, twins, breech, the LGBTQ+ community, and all those that are “outside the box” according to the medical system. I even bring all necessary supplies to facilitate a safe and luxurious water birth experience, if that is the family’s desire.

I serve people of all ages.

Whole Self Doula is a full-spectrum doula practice which provides loving support to pregnant individuals and their families in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Westchester County, NY, founded on the idea that the best birth experiences happen when people bring their whole selves into the birthing room. I am especially drawn to support people who may fall through the cracks of the medical system or otherwise feel unheard through the process of medical birth – younger and older parents, single parents, LGBT, genderqueer and GNC parents, people making adoption plans, and people experiencing stillbirth or fetal loss. I also specialize in supporting alternative parents who want to feel comfortable with a professional with whom they can share their family dynamics openly, such as polyamorous families and people in power-dynamic relationships. I can serve clients with household incomes under $30K at no cost under the auspices of the Doula Project (www.doulaproject.org). Postpartum and lactation services also available.