Our Prenatal and Mom & Baby Yoga Classes are
currently located at "4025 Yoga and Wellness"
Please visit their website:
www.4025yoga.com

Childbirth Educators & Doulas

Birthing from Within
~classes held at 4025 Yoga & Wellness~
Kristin Cummings: 804-261-0585
Melissa Wilson: 804-231-1812

Bradley Method
Chris DeWilde: 804-529-0022 
(chris@abrighterbirth.com)
Kristen Olsen: 804-937-5426

Hypno-Birthing
Gina Kochany: 804-513-1969

Lamaze
Maura Varley: 804-421-4295

Birth Support Doulas
Gina Bass: 353-3656
Cynthia Corle: 564-8252
Amy Dolan: 639-9755
Virginia Fleischman: 643-7606 (also post-partum support)
Stephanie Franz: 288-6242
Hallie Lacy: 330-4224
Mary Jo Lowery: 262-0791
Sara Toombs: 878-6249
Glenda Turner: 276-2312
Melissa Wilson: 231-1812
Doula Care: 320-8024 or 382-8222
Full Circle Childbirth Consultants: 747-0761 (also post-partum support)
www.fullcirclechildbirth.com

Research shows that having a doula (labor assistant) present during labor & birth results in the following:
~24% decrease in length of labor
~40% decrease in use of Pitocin
~30% decrease in use of pain analgesia
~60% decrease in use of epidurals
~30% decrease in use of forceps
~50% decrease in Cesarean sections

Lactation Consultants:

Best Beginnings
Linda Chermiside, RN: 323-2229

La Leche League

A Woman’s Place – Innsbrook
804-545-1665

Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Warm Line
804-764-7171

Bon Secours St. Francis Breastfeeding Warm Line
804-594-BABY

Gentle Birth and Lactation Choices
Ruth Petrov

Local Organizations, Businesses, & Support Groups:

Richmond Home Birth Circle
Therese Hak-Kuhn: 804-320-0607

Birth Talk
~support for pregnant and postpartum women~
Jennifer Kyzer: 804-440-2498
Safe-n-happy@iglide.net

OmMama
~local resource center for pregnant women and parents~

International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
Sara Krivanec: 804-236-8660
Mary Callender: 804-320-8024

Birth & Baby Kneads

The Stork 
~cloth diaper service servicing Richmond & C'ville~

Women’s Health Physical Therapy, Inc.
~specializing in therapies for pregnant or postpartum women~
804-379-3002
(www.obgyn-physicaltherapy.com)

Commonwealth Parenting
~help parents develop effective parenting skills through education, support, and skill development~
(www.commonwealthparentingcenter.org)

"Boot Camp for New Dads"
A unique father-to-father, community-based workshop that inspires and equips men to become confidently engaged with their infants, support their mates and personally navigate their transformation into dads.  Veterans (new fathers who bring along their two month old babies) orient rookies (fathers to be) on the joys and realities of fatherhood. (www.firstthingsrichmond.org/BootCamp.html)

About Town Moms
www.abouttownmoms.com

Community Midwifery Services

Richmond Home Birth Services
Nancy Giglio, CNM

St. Francis Medical Center
Leslie Fehan, CNM & Nicole Carlson, CNM: 423-8462

The Midwives at VCU
Margie Rickell, Kathryn Beaton, Brenda Brickhouse: 828-9271

VA Women's Center
Nadine Brunk, CNM: 288-4084

Commonwealth Midwives Alliance
877-833-6656

Resources on pregnancy and health:

Doulas of North America
(for a listing of local certified doulas)

MedlinePlus 
(a trust-worthy medical resource)

Gaiam 
(organic baby products)

Ten Questions to Ask your Caregiver
from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services

FYI

Richmond Region Hospital Cesarean Rates:     2005          2006

Bon Secours, St. Mary's                                36.3%        36.1%
Bon Secours, St. Frances                              27.5%        30%
Bon Secours, MRMC                                     30.8%        28.6%
CJW-Chippenham                                        32.5%        33.1%
CJW-Johnston Willis                                    32.2%        38.2%
Henrico Doctors Forest                                 40.7%        41.6%   
Medical College of Virginia (VCU)                   28.6%        31.3%

~The World Health Organization specifies a 10-15% Cesarean rate as appropriate in any industrialized nation~