One of the best things about doula work (besides the sweet new babies) is the community that is created surrounding birth.
Lisa Burritt – of It’s Thyme Doula Care and check her out on facebook – It’s Thyme Doula Care
Additionally, here are some other resources in the area:
(Please note this list is constantly evolving!)
Lactation Support:
Lisa Velasquez, IBCLC, RLC of Promise Lactation Consulting
Prenatal Massage:
Lindsey Arbuckle, Certified Massage Therapist at Alchemy MFR
Southern VT Doulas:
Sarah Schuldenfrei, doula at Shifras Tent
Home birth midwife:
Kristen Benoit, CPM, LM, NHCM at Green Mountain Home Birth
Birthing Center with Midwives:
Tapestry Midwifery in Vergennes working out of Porter Medical Center in Middlebury
Pregnancy Support/Breastfeeding Peer Counselors:
VT Dept of Health, WIC department
Placenta Encapsulation:
Helena Wu of Good Medicine Tree
Visiting Nurses:
Prenatal Chiropractor:
Pinkus Family Chiropractic in Manchester
Joe Donohue of Thrive Center in Wallingford
Prenatal Yoga:
Heart of the Village Yoga in Manchester
Books worth checking out:
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Active Birth
The Birth Partner
Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds
any book by Ina May Gaskin
any book by Aviva Jill Romm
Online resources:
Find a doula:
