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About Irish Postpartum Doulas

Pre & Postparental Support Centers                      
Natural Resources
1367 Valencia Street
San Francisco CA 94110
Tel: 415.550.2611
Web : www.naturalresources-sf.com/

CPMC / Newborn Connections
3698 California Street, 1st floor
San Francisco, CA 94118
Web: www.cpmc.org/services/
newbornconnections/classes/classes.html


Birthways
100 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley CA 94709          
Tel: 510.869.2797
Web: www.birthways.org

Blossom Birth
299 S California Ave
Palo Alto CA 94306
Tel: 650.321.2326
Web: www.blossombirth.org

Day One Center
3 Locations:
3490 California St. 2nd Floor, Suite 203
San Francisco, CA 94118

Town & Country Village
855 El Camino Real, #127
Palo Alto, CA 94301

1403 North Main St
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Web: www.dayonecenter.com

Golden Gate Mother’s Club
Web: www.ggmg.org

Multiple Birth Groups
San Francisco Mother of Twins Club
Web: www.sfmotc.org

Mid Peninsula Parents of Multiples
Web: www.mppom.org

Marin Mothers of Multiples
Tel: 415.460.9049

Postpartum Yoga Classes
Open Door Yoga
Tel: 415-824-5657
          
The Mindful Body
Tel: 415-931-2639
    
Breastfeeding Support
Nursing Mother’s Council
Tel: -800-205-0333
Web: www.nursingmotherscouncil.org

International Lactation Consultant Association
Web: www.ILCA.org

La Leche League
Web: www.lalecheleague.org

Janaki Costello IBCLC        
710 Hancock Way
El Cerrito CA 94530          
Tel: 510.535.1155

Katie Bowman IBCLC
Web: www.milksupport.com

Postpartum Anxiety/Stress/Depression
Bay Area Postpartum Hotline
Tel: 888.773.7090

Newborn Connections/CPMC Postpartum depression group
Joanna Foote Adler
Tel: 415.820.1580
                              
Dr Gayle Peterson
Palo Alto Medical Foundation   
Tel: 510.594.6801
                         
Birth Doulas
Doula’s of North America (DONA)
Web: www.DONA.org   
Tel: 888.788.DONA / 801.756.7331


 


Massage / Craniosacral Therapy for Parents and Baby


Touch Blue Sky 
161 West 25th Ave #101
San Mateo CA 94403 
Tel: 650.222.6538

Baby Baby Infant Massage 
551 Grand Ave
San Francisco CA 94610 
Tel: 510.562.9076

Heaven Center for Wellness
San Francisco
Tel: 415.749.6414

Baby Chiropractor
More Mojo
1347 Church Street
San Francisco CA 94107
Tel: 415.821.6656
Web: www.moremojostudios.com

Acupuncture
Marina McBrearty
3448 Sacramento St
San Francisco, CA 94118            
Tel: 415.235.510
Web: www.marina-tcm.com  

HypnoBirthing Practitioner
Tara Economakis
4122 24th St
San Francisco, CA 94114            
Tel: 415.920.9956
Web: www.lastingchanges.co.uk  

Sleep Specialist
Angelique Millette          
Web: www.angeliquemillette.com

Vivian Sonnenberg
Web: www.viviansonnenberg.com

Nutrition
Julie Mathews
Web: www.healthfulliving.org/julie/

Family Doctors / Practitioners
American Academy of Family Physicians        
Tel: 913 906 6000
Web: www.aafp.org

American Academy of Pediatrics                     
Tel: 847 434 4000
Web: www.aap.org

Single Parenting Groups     
A.P.P.L.E Family Works
Web: www.familyworks.org/parent.html   
Tel: 415-492-0720

Gay Parents Groups    
The Bay Area Gay and Lesbian Group
Web: www.ourfamily.org

Support Groups For Parents of Special Needs Children
The Federation for Children with Special Needs Family resource network
Web: www.fcsn.org 
Oakland 510-547-7322 
San Francisco 415-469-4518
Children’s Council of San Francisco  415-276-2900

Parents with Disabilities
Through the Looking Glass
Berkeley        
Tel: 510 848 1112 ext 107 / 800 644 2666
Web: www.lookingglass.org

Perinatal Loss / Bereaved Family Support Groups
SAND (support after neonatal death)     
San Francisco 415-921-617  
Berkeley 510-204-1571                   

Hand of the Peninsula
Web: www.handsupport.org
Tel: 650-367-6993
                                             
Suggested Reading
The Happiest Baby on The Block by Dr. Harvey Karp

Breastfeeding Made Simple - Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers  by Nancy Mohrbacher IBCLC and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett PHD IBCLC 2005

Breastfeeding your Premature Baby Revised Edition by Gwen Gotsch

Mothering Multiples Breastfeeding Moms by Thomas Hale and Ghia McAfee

Nighttime Parenting by William Sears M.D.

The Nursing Mother’s Companion  by Kathleen Huggins R.N.M.S.

The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers by Dr Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman

Our Babies Ourselves by Meredith F. Small