Pregnancy Resources

We are so lucky to find ourselves in a community with amazing pregnancy and birth support services!

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Below you will find the following:

Acupuncture

Finger Lakes Acupuncture Associates - Pregnancy is a time of extraordinary physical and emotional change. Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can help you meet the unique challenges of pregnancy, ensuring optimal health for you and your baby in a safe and natural way. 

Ithaca Community Acupuncture - Providing acupuncture at a sliding scale to support healthy pregnancies and births. 

Sweet Fern Studio - A multi-bed healing arts studio that offers whole-hearted, wellness-focused, and strengths-based acupuncture and massage.

Breastfeeding & Lactation Support

Jeanette McCulloch, IBCLC - Breastfeeding support for families designed to help you meet your goals.

Finger Lakes Lactation, LLCBreastfeeding support in the comfort of your home. Heather Mastro, IBCLC provides home visits in the counties of Yates, Schuyler, Steuben and surrounding areas. All rates include travel within a 40 mile radius of Barrington, 14837.

Elizabeth Billiot DDS - Breastfeeding shouldn’t hurt! One of the most common (and easily fixed) reasons for pain during nursing, are undiagnosed lip and tongue ties in your baby. A simple, five minute procedure, called laser revision surgery, can eliminate breastfeeding pain, infant gassiness and reflux and help you achieve your nursing goals!

Summer Killian, RN, IBCLC - Breastfeeding and breastmilk feeding support, education, & advocacy in and around Ithaca.

Doulas of Broome County - Our growing health and wellness practice is exclusively for expecting and new families. We provide professional birth, postpartum, and bereavement doulas, pre and postnatal education, placenta encapsulation, photography, nutritional counseling, and feeding support and education.

Childbirth Education

Babywearing Meetup - 3rd Tuesday of every month at Jillian's Drawers. Come try and learn how to use from a vast library of baby carriers. 

Holistic Childbirth Services with Kate Dimpfl - Birth education, spinning babies parent classes, perinatal massage, full spectrum doula care.

Cloth Diapering 101 - One Saturday of every month at Jillian's Drawers! Learn about different styles, washing, rental, & service options. 

Prenatal & Postpartum Holistic Health Coaching with Katie Wood, PharmD, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach - Empowering women to feel confident in taking charge of their health during the prenatal and postpartum seasons, with an emphasis on how to nourish bodies both mentally and physically. 

Ithaca Pregnancy Center - Offering one-on-one (or two!) mentoring programs for expectant parents and more. Many free services offered.

Ithaca Birth Guide - BirthNet of the Finger Lakes is proud to offer this comprehensive resource guide to the greater Ithaca community. BirthNet supports the birth choices of all mothers in our community, with the goals of: providing accurate, evidence-based information, ensuring a wide variety of birth options, inspiring women to explore the care that best meets their needs. 

Doulas of Broome County - Our growing health and wellness practice is exclusively for expecting and new families. We provide professional birth, postpartum, and bereavement doulas, pre and postnatal education, placenta encapsulation, photography, nutritional counseling, and feeding support and education.

Chiropractic Care

Ithaca Prenatal Chiropractic - Dr. Abby is a prenatal & pediatric chiropractor who provides supportive care for birthing people, babies & children.

Doulas

Ithaca Doula Collective -  The Ithaca Doula Collective is a group of independent doulas serving the Ithaca, NY and surrounding regions with comprehensive, non-judgmental support services, including the following: birth, postpartum, breastfeeding, perinatal loss, abortion, miscarriage, adoption and/or other family transitions.

Doulas of Broome County - Our growing health and wellness practice is exclusively for expecting and new families. We provide professional birth, postpartum, and bereavement doulas, pre and postnatal education, placenta encapsulation, photography, nutritional counseling, and feeding support and education.

Sacred Seedlings Doula - Darcie has been living in, learning from and supporting the Ithaca community since 2006. She offers holistic support for individuals and families as they explore fertility, pregnancy, birth and the months postpartum. As a Holistic Reproductive Health Educator, Certified Doula and Community Herbalist, Darcie offers evidence-based information and services so that you can receive the support you need and deserve as you transition into new parenthood.

Jess Evett, Doula and Lactation Counselor - Jess is a certified birth and postpartum doula and Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) offering support to families in and around Ithaca, NY.

MotherWit Doula Services - Stephanie Haskins provides birth, postpartum, and a  and support.

Holistic Childbirth Services with Kate Dimpfl - Birth education, spinning babies parent classes, perinatal massage, full spectrum doula care.

The House of Wild - My name is Colby Tulachanh, I am the heart behind The House of Wild. As a professional birth photographer and doula, it is my passion to combine the art of birth photography with the art of birth work. The point at which they meet is what makes my heart sing. I am currently serving the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and beyond.

Midwives

Cayuga Women's Health - Midwifery services by Emeline Mandeville, Certified Midwife

GentlyBorne Midwifery with Monica Daniel - Committed to providing safe, supportive health care sensitive to a family’s needs, cultural variations, religious beliefs, and economic or social status.

BirthRoot Midwifery with Sandra Londino - BirthRoot Midwifery, led by Certified Nurse Midwife Sandra Londino, has been serving people and families with holistic, individualized care since 2013.

Photography

Sierra Shawn Photography - I honor a woman’s transcend into the birthing space and capture her rise as she becomes a mother.

The House of Wild - My name is Colby Tulachanh, I am the heart behind The House of Wild. As a professional birth photographer and doula, it is my passion to combine the art of birth photography with the art of birth work. The point at which they meet is what makes my heart sing. I am currently serving the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and beyond.

Simply Alexis Photography - Ithaca's premier boutique photographer, specializing in maternity, birth, and newborn through one year.

Kain’s Photography - Lifestyle family, child, and baby photography. On location or at your home. We are parents ourselves and we know how difficult it can be to get family photos done, so we’ve made it as easy as possible to have a fun and memorable photo session.

Jamie Love Photography - Full service portrait studio specializing in maternity and newborn fine art portraiture. I create custom tailored dream portrait sessions that celebrate your unique journey into motherhood. From your dream session all the way to the heirloom quality custom wall art and keepsake albums I design, I am here to provide our mothering community with top notch customer service and unmatched professionalism.

Fausel ImageryPressing pause on life itself. From bump to birth then babies and breastfeeding. Photographing All things mama and baby ♥️...

Mackenzie Lynn Photography - PPA Certified Professional Photographer offering newborn and family photography. Boutique studio located in Northeast Ithaca. Creating custom artwork to honor your family's story and celebrate the moments that mean the most.

Placenta Encapsulation

Polly Wood ~ Placenta Encapsulation & Postpartum Wellness - I help mothers have a happy, healthy postpartum. A birth worker with twenty years experience, I currently focus on postpartum support & wellness through Placenta Encapsulation Services. I've worked with over 200 families in the Finger Lakes region and love offering support towards a great fourth trimester.

Doulas of Broome County - Our growing health and wellness practice is exclusively for expecting and new families. We provide professional birth, postpartum, and bereavement doulas, pre and postnatal education, placenta encapsulation, photography, nutritional counseling, and feeding support and education.

Postpartum Care & Support

Moms Plus+ - Offering home visits during pregnancy and postpartum, as well other birthing related services 

Cayuga Medical Center Physical Therapy - Claire Agrawal DPT, PRPC is a licensed physical therapist with specialized training in pregnancy and postpartum musculoskeletal care. This includes treatment of hip/back/pelvic pain, C-section or vaginal scar pain, urinary and/or fecal incontinence (leakage), pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis rectus abdominis/DRA (separation of abdominal muscles), and general abdominal and pelvic floor weakness following delivery.

CranioSacral Therapy with Elaine Surowick - Elaine's gentle and supportive CranioSacral work can help new mothers and babies with feeding issues, muscular tension, and birth-related issues presenting themselves in the body. 

Prenatal & Postpartum Holistic Health Coaching with Katie Wood, PharmD, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach - Empowering women to feel confident in taking charge of their health during the prenatal and postpartum seasons, with an emphasis on how to nourish bodies both mentally and physically. 

Mama's Comfort Camp - Free, online support group for moms, in Ithaca and online: Gentle guidance for mothers struggling with anxiety, postpartum depression, and guilt, who want to create healthy emotional patterns for themselves and their families.

Ithaca Prenatal Chiropractic - Dr. Abby is a prenatal & pediatric chiropractor who provides supportive care for birthing people, babies & children.

Sacred Seedlings Doula - Darcie has been living in, learning from and supporting the Ithaca community since 2006. She offers holistic support for individuals and families as they explore fertility, pregnancy, birth and the months postpartum. As a Holistic Reproductive Health Educator, Certified Doula and Community Herbalist, Darcie offers evidence-based information and services so that you can receive the support you need and deserve as you transition into new parenthood.

Polly Wood ~ Placenta Encapsulation & Postpartum Wellness - I help mothers have a happy, healthy postpartum. A birth worker with twenty years experience, I currently focus on postpartum support & wellness through Placenta Encapsulation Services. I've worked with over 200 families in the Finger Lakes region and love offering support towards a great fourth trimester.

Prenatal Massage

Annie Halton Marshall, LMT - Specializing in prenatal and pediatric massage. 

Rasa Spa - Prenatal Massage is specifically geared toward caring for women who are expecting. These sessions concentrate on the specific needs of the mother-to-be as her body goes through the many dramatic changes of pregnancy.

Kate Dimpfl, LMT Holistic Childbirth - Birth education, spinning babies parent classes, perinatal massage, full spectrum doula care.

Prenatal Yoga & Fitness

Prenatal Yoga with Dani - Mondays at 5:30pm at Jillian's Drawers. This class will combine elements from hatha, vinyasa, and kundalini yoga to encourage an easeful pregnancy and birth. Work on not just the body, but the mind and spirit as well through breathwork, movement, and deep relaxation. Pregnant people in all 3 trimesters are welcome. This is a great way to not only prepare your body for birth but to connect with other expecting parents in a fun and relaxing way. Come as you are, no experience necessary! Pricing: $25/class, or 5 classes for $100,    Email: DaniKBarth@gmail.com to sign up or with any questions. Drop-ins welcome if space permits.

Fine Spirit Studio - Diane Fine offers women in any stage of pregnancy the opportunity to help ease discomforts of pregnancy while gaining strength and flexibility in a safe and dynamic way.

Other

Life Begins Astrology - Offering prenatal & postpartum astrology readings to expecting, new & seasoned parents. Readings are offered in person as well as via Skype or FaceTime.

Cayuga Medical Center Physical Therapy - Claire Agrawal DPT, PRPC is a licensed physical therapist with specialized training in pregnancy and postpartum musculoskeletal care. This includes treatment of hip/back/pelvic pain, C-section or vaginal scar pain, urinary and/or fecal incontinence (leakage), pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis rectus abdominis/DRA (separation of abdominal muscles), and general abdominal and pelvic floor weakness following delivery.