Resources for Women’s Health, Pregnancy and Birth

We have collected a variety of resources to help you learn more about fertility, pregnancy, birth, and full spectrum of women’s health.

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Women’s Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

Women have some issues that are unique to them and deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and privacy. These may include pelvic pain, urinary stress and urge incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse.  Kelley Penrose, PT, and Anne Cliffard, PT are specialized in treating women with these private issues and would love to speak to you about how they can help you. 

Penrose Therapy – (574) 318-4956

CLIFFORD PHYSICAL THERAPYy –
574-208-1338 

Your Birth, Your Way

Doulas are a part of the care team in helping you and your partner through pregnancy and birth, as well as providing care postpartum.  On this list you will also find locally offered childbirth education classes.

List of Local Doulas and Classes

FEMM Classes

Hormones are vital to the health and maintenance of your brain, bones, blood sugar levels, mood and more.  Charting allows you to document and monitor the activity of each of these reproductive hormones, and to learn how they affect your body.  Hormone patterns provide incredible insight into changes that influence each aspect of overall health.  Join one of the small multi-week classes to learn how you can chart to learn more about taking charge of your health. To learn more about the FEMM method & reproductive health: https://femmhealth.org/

Kami Schwartz – (574) 238-0489

Sarah Kruis: drkruis@nhfchiropractic.com

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment

Michelle specializes in therapy for pregnant and postpartum women who experience distressing symptoms of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, trauma from pregnancy/delivery, or mood disorders, all of which can occur during pregnancy and up to two years after birth.

Michelle Thomas, LCSW
(574) 266-8066

Lifestyle Chiropractic & Wellness

Dr. Britney Miller helps your body find it’s greatest potential in health through chiropractic care and lifestyle guidance. She does a thorough job educating patients on how to live a healthier, happier lifestyle. Dr. Miller enjoys treating patients of ALL ages, but particularly newborns and pregnancy patients.

DR. BRITNEY MILLER
LIFESTYLECHIROWELLNESS.COM

Dance through Labor

You’ll learn birth dancing moves inspired by belly dance, African dance, Latin dance and Carribean dance. You will learn childbirth preparation skills and natural pain coping techniques that will build your confidence in your own birthing ability and wisdom. Participants report experiencing low levels of discomfort, few or no interventions, brief labors and high levels of satisfaction during their labors.

Collier School of Dance
www.collierdance.com

Online Resources

Finding a Healthy Balance with Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a safe, gentle, natural system of healing that works with your body to restore itself, relieve symptoms, and improve your overall health. As your midwives, we are able to offer a full range of homeopathic treatments, in addition to other therapeutic care and lifestyle-oriented options.
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The Period Revolutionary

This site explores women’s health topics such as immune treatment for endometriosis and the 4 types of PCOS. You’ll also find information about natural treatments including iodine for breast pain, natural progesterone for heavy periods and some of the best natural anti-androgen supplements for facial hair and acne.

https://www.larabriden.com/blog/

Recommended Websites

Parenting and Breastfeeding
kellymom.com

Eating in pregnancy using the Brewer Diet
drbrewerpregnancydiet.com

International Cesarean Awareness Network
www.ican-online.org

Getting a breast pump in pregnancy covered by insurance:
aeroflowbreastpumps.com

Childbirth Connection
childbirthconnection.org

Safety of medications in pregnancy
mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets

Evidence Based Birth
evidencebasedbirth.com

Herb use in Pregnancy
avivaromm.com/herbal-medicines-in-pregnancy-safety

Information about Circumcision vs Intact
www.yourwholebaby.org/begin

 

Pregnancy & Birth Resources

Midwifery care vs Obstetric care

In a study of 23,100 low-risk pregnancies, midwifery care in labor was associated with decreased intervention, decreased cesarean and operative vaginal births, and in multiparous women, and increased risk for shoulder dystocia in the hospital setting. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31599830/

Spinning Babies

Use Spinning Babies to learn about ideal baby positioning for birth. You and your baby are working together! Your job is to dilate, baby’s is to rotate. Empower yourselves with daily activities, body balancing techniques, and smart birth positions for a more comfortable, confident birth. 

www.spinningbabies.com

Evidence Based Birth

For decades, the vast majority of birth research evidence has been locked away in medical journals. Evidence Based Birth® is an online childbirth resource that informs, empowers and inspires expecting parents and birth-care practitioners globally, to understand the latest, proven, evidence-based care practices.

www.evidencebasedbirth.com

Medications in Pregnancy
and Mother’s Milk

Dr. Hale firmly believes breast is best and for years has been studying medications and breastfeeding as well as pregnancy. They continue to have the most updated evidence-based information about how safe medications are in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. There is a forum you can search through or ask questions on, as well as a hotline you can directly call to talk to a real person about your medication while breastfeeding question.

www.infantrisk.com

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

Whether or not to pursue a VBAC with a subsequent pregnancy is a very sensitive decision and families deserve full information about the benefits and risks of all their options, so that they can make the decision that is best for their family. VBAC is considered a good option for most people who have a scar in their uterus. There are a small number things that make a VBAC much less safe or more unsafe (contraindications). You can find good information from: evidencebasedbirth.com/ebb-113-the-evidence-on-vbac/ and vbacfacts.com/blog

The Association of Ontario Midwives has their clinical guidelines statement on VBAC freely available on their website as well as a really great document that’s called, for clients, Thinking about VBAC: Deciding what’s right for me. It’s a decision-making tool for people considering VBAC, and this resource is available for free in English, French, Spanish, Farsi, Arabic and simplified Chinese.

Healthy, Happy Clients

We are honored to work with women and their families of all ages, and all walks of life. Hear from some of our patients about their experience with midwifery care.

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