About the Directory
Do you provide health related education or services of interest to childbearing families? Would you like to see your business listed here? If you’d like to be listed in our Directory of Practitioners and Services, please contact us for more information. We’d also like to know if your favorite web-based resources for the childbearing year are missing from our list of links. Send us a link and we’ll follow up. Links exchanges are free.
All service providers listed are independent from the Center for the Childbearing Year and have paid to be listed in this Directory. Inclusion of a practitioner or service on this list is NOT an endorsement of any one individual by the Center. You are encouraged to investigate service providers through references, credentials, etc.
Acupuncture
Abby Humphrey
2020 Hogback Rd., #16, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-821-0364
I have worked with pregnant women for years and found acupuncture helpful for many issues such as nausea, heartburn, digestive discomforts, acute and chronic back pain, sciatica, bowel and urinary difficulties, insomnia, fatigue and lethargy, mood issues including anxiety and depression, colds, flus, sinus and bronchial infections, headaches and migraines.
Gary Merel
Acupuncture Center of Ann Arbor
180 Little Lake Dr., Suite 4, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-222-8210
gmerel165@msn.com
Serving Washtenaw & Jackson Counties
Our goal is to assist and support you in conceiving and delivering a healthy baby. The Center offers acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and enzyme/nutritional counseling. We provide a comprehensive, holistic approach to help women’s overall reproductive health, with a focus on conception, pregnancy, delivery, and ongoing postnatal care.
Birth Doulas
This list includes doulas who charge a fee for services. They are all self-employed and have designed their own service packages and set their own fees. You are encouraged to contact listed doulas to determine who will best be able to meet your unique needs. For additional leads on finding a doula and to learn more about how to hire a doula, click here. If you cannot afford a professional doula, you may be eligible to receive free doula assistance through the community-based volunteer Doulas Care Program.
Kate Stroud
1202 Whitter, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734-395-6900
starcage@hotmail.com
Birth doula services, massage therapy, and private childbirth education classes. I am a certified massage therapist, a certified childbirth educator through ALACE, a certified birth doula through DONA International, and a doula trainer and childbirth educator at the Center for the Childbearing Year. Committed to helping women in the childbearing year have their optimal experience.
Michelle Massey Barnes
Grass Lake, MI
734-834-6004
michellemasseybarnes@gmail.com
Serving Jackson and Wastenaw counties and surrounding areas
As your doula, I will be there to support you as you trust your body and make strong, confident decisions about your birth. I will be there to help you relax and stay connected to your own birthing wisdom so your birth can unfold in a beautiful and empowering way.
Shelly DeMeo
Kneading Time Holistic Doula Services
1715 West Dean, Temperance, MI and 5702 West Alexis, Sylvania, OH
419-699-2279
sdemeo@ktholistictherapy.com
Serving Lucas and Monroe counties
Birth doula, assistant midwife, prenatal massage, belly casting, postpartum doula. Strong emphasis related to holistic approach to pregnancy and birth. Experienced in natural, non-interventive birth and water births, in home, birth center, and hospital settings. Referrals available.
Krista Dragun
Dawn of Life Doula Services
734-945-5790
kmdragun@yahoo.com
Serving Washtenaw, Lenawee, Monroe, Jackson, Livingston, and Wayne counties
My goal is to help your family create and have the birthing experience you desire. Services include two prenatal visits to discuss your goals, fears and options; attendance of your labor and delivery with support throughout; and breastfeeding support. Two postpartum visits provide continued breastfeeding support, help with baby/recovery questions, and more.
Angela (Kiki) Farrow
Kiki’s Doula Care
275 North Harvey St., Plymouth, MI 48170
734-459-3769 (H) or 734-658-8328 (cell)
kikifarrow@aol.com
Serving Wayne, Washtenaw, and Oakland counties
Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. Attending births only at the Alternative Birthing Center (The Birthing Place, Providence Hospital, Southfield) or in your home. Pediatric LPN, BS in Elementary Education. Mother of 4 and Grandmother of 5. Experienced. Compassionate. All aspects of child/family care.
Terri Fisher
Gentle Birth Services
630 Florence Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-747-8346 (H) or 734-476-8378 (cell)
terrifisher@gmail.com
Serving Washtenaw county
Practicing doula since 2003, certified through DONA. I believe that every woman who wants a doula should have one and will work to help you achieve the birth you wish to have. Package includes 3 prenatals, attendance at birth, 2 postpartum visits. Birth photography if desired.
Cia Gabriel, PhD
1050 Olivia, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-622-8335
cynthia@togrow.org
Serving Washtenaw County and surrounding area
I help families prepare for and create the birth experience they want. I am the author of Best of Both Worlds: Natural Birth in a Hospital. As a doula, I have supported 90+ births across the glove, including vaginal twin births, vaginal breech births, homebirths, and attendance in the room of C-Sections (planned and emergency).
Jodi Graves-Robert
920 Woodridge Hills, Brighton, MI 48116
734-834-6751
joilying14@hotmail.com
Serving Washtenaw, Livingston, and Oakland counties and surrounding area
Birth and Postpartum support. Nearly a decade of experience in all settings. Emphasis on massage and extensive knowledge of herbology and homeopathy. Lots of references and satisfied families!
Alicia Montgomery CD(DONA)
Cradle of Birth Doula Services
Novi, MI
248-930-4539
alicia@cradleofbirth.com
Serving southeastern Michigan
I am a very passionate certified DONA doula who embraces each mom and family with unique support. Our time together includes emotional, physical, and informational support throughout your pregnancy, during labor, and several weeks postpartum. Assistance with breastfeeding and infant care is included. I attend hospital, birth center, and home births.
Dyan Osborn, CD(DONA)
Birth’s Journey Doula Services
1518 Logan Lane, Perrysburg, OH 43551
419-874-2700 (home) or 419-340-7926 (cell)
birthsjourney@aol.com
Serving Washtenaw, Monroe, Oenawee, Oakland, Lucas, Wood, and Wayne counties
DONA certified doula, serving a wide span of client locations. Contact me early and we can prepare together for your birth’s journey.
Stacia Proefrock
Trillium Birth Services
1611 Chandler Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-222-0011
stacia@trilliumbirthservices.com
Serving southeast and south-central Michigan
Care with an open mind and an open heart. Providing homebirth, doula services, pre-conception counseling, and fertility services. Faith in birth as a normal process. Visits in your home or my home office. VBAC, waterbirth. Sliding scale.
Stephanie Schaldenbrand & Jen Fife-Adams
Ann Arbor Doulas, LLC
Stephanie (734) 546-9264
Jen (734) 383-2907
info@annarbordoulas.com
Serving Washtenaw county
Ann Arbor Doulas provide loving, knowledgeable, and trained support during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. We aim to provide the support necessary for the woman and her family to have the birth experience they hope for.
Caryn Simon
Artemisia Birth Services and Locally-Made Herbs
734-646-1351
adah_rose@hotmail.com
Serving Washtenaw County Area
Certified with DONA International since 2001. I specialize in holistic prenatal and postpartum care, herbal teas and baths, Reiki healing touch, nourishing meal preparation, and photography. I want to protect whatever aspects of your birthing are most important to you, so you can feel confident and receive the best care available.
Lee Christine Tury, CD(DONA)
Nature’s Way Birth Doula Services
1584 Blue Heron Dr., Highland, MI 48356
248-887-4207
lee_tury@yahoo.com
Serving Oakland, Livingston, and Washtenaw counties
As a certified birth doula, my focus will be entirely on you. I provide prenatal, labor, delivery, postpartum, and breastfeeding support. I am available for home, birthing center, or hospital births. Please contact me for package information. This is your birth experience and I am honored to serve you.
Isabelle Joy Yingling
Birthing With Joy
1525 S. Fletcher Rd., Chelsea, MI 48118
734-475-0022 or 734-657-0911
iyingling@earthlink.net
Serving Wasthenaw, Jackson, and Lenawee counties
I am a youthful, but at the same time mature caregiver, being a mother of five grown children and having over twenty years experience as a Bradley Method childbirth educator. I provide both birth and postpartum doula services and am a DONA-trained birth doula.
Breastfeeding
Barbara Robertson, IBCLC, MA
The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor
Located within the Center for the Childbearing Year
722 Brooks St., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 975-6534
Serving Washtenaw County; for a travel fee, Wayne, Monroe, Oakland, Livingston, Jackson, Lenawee Counties
As an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, my goal is to provide mothers and babies with professional and compassionate breastfeeding support. Care will be based upon the most accurate, up-to-date research and best practices available. I provide timely hospital or home visits. I also sell Medela pumps and breastfeeding supplies.
Providence Hospital
16001 West Nine Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075
248-849-2799
IBCLC nurses on staff to assist you with your breastfeeding needs. We provide classes, outpatient consultations, sales and rentals of Medela and Hollister pumps, related breastfeeding supplies, and a full range of breastfeeding and maternity bras from Medela and Bravado (with certified bra fitters on staff). We specialize in medication counseling while breastfeeding.
Marilee Woodworth, BS, IBCLC
1729 Charlton Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
marileewoodworth@ameritech.net
(734) 995-2256
Serving Washtenaw County; for a travel fee, Wayne, Monroe, Oakland, Livingston, Jackson, Lenawee Counties
I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in private practice in the Ann Arbor area since 1993. I provide in-home consultations for a wide variety of breastfeeding problems. My goal is for every mother to have the breastfeeding experience she desires. I have Medela pumps for rent and sale.
Business Services
Pilcrow Text & Design
Julie Hathaway
734-995-5431
julie@pilcrow.biz
www.pilcrow.biz
Desktop publishing and web design services with a focus on woman-owned businesses and non-profit organizations.
Ann Arbor Computer Home Service
Gerald Brennan
734-417-7163
gerbre@gmail.com
www.a2chs.com
On-site home and office complete PC services. Repairs, virus removal and prevention, computer set-up and configuration, wireless networking, data backup solutions, email and internet setup, hardware and software consultation, and program instruction.
Monique Kulick
Interior Design for Commercial Projects
graykulick@comcast.net
734-635-6318
Childbirth Educators
Rachel Brown
Experience Birth! Natural Childbirth Classes (ALACE)
217 N. Lincoln, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
734-482-1684
rachel@experiencebirth.net
Serving Washtenaw county and surrounding areas
Experience Birth! Natural Childbirth Classes cover what you need to know for a drug-free natural birth at home, hospital, or birth center. Classes include practice of labor and delivery positions, videos, discussion, visualizations, and worksheets to clarify feelings, expectations, and knowledge of birth.
Krista Dragun
Birthing From Within Mentor
4121 Jackson Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-945-5790
kmdragun@yahoo.com
Serving Washtenaw county and surrounding areas
Birthing From Within classes will help prepare you for your journey through birth into parenthood by expanding your existing knowledge base surrounding birth, helping to prepare you emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, and by helping you to master proven pain-coping techniques. Our classes are lively and interactive as well as thought provoking and inspirational.
Alicia Montgomery CD(DONA)
Birthing From Within Mentor
Cradle of Birth Doula and Childbirth Education Services
Novi, MI
248-930-4539
alicia@cradleofbirth.com
Serving Southeast Michigan
Are you looking for something different in your childbirth preparation? Birthing From Within classes are a holistic approach that will prepare you for birth by exploring the strength and wisdom you already hold in an interactive, relaxed environment. Activities will include stimulating discussion, videos, birth art, visualization, games, pain coping techniques, and more.
Goldie Parker, DEM, CE
A Mother’s Touch Midwifery Service
4317 Summer Place, Shelby Township, Mi 48316
586-489-1608
goldie_parker@yahoo.com
Serving Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, Genesee, St. CLair, and Sanilac counties
Childbirth classes following the philosophy of “Birthing from Within” and homebirth midwifery service with over 20 years experience.
Sue Schweinhart, RN, BSN, Lamaze CCE
2546 Deake Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734-434-8874
larryschw@comcast.net
Serving Wastenaw and surrounding areas
Women and the their support persons gain confidence in their ability to have a normal birth. Common breastfeeding problems and solutions are discussed. Parents learn to recognize what is normal and how to bond with and calm their newborns.
Childcare
D. Karoly
Hearth in the Hills
734-327-0786
dak-heart@hotmail.com
Serving Washtenaw county
Offers family-style home day care, parent education, and support groups using the R.I.E. method. Certified in Waldorf early childhood and hold an early childhood teaching certificate from the state of Vermont. We provide a safe, nurturing, relaxed environment where infants and toddlers are encouraged in developmentally age appropriate social skills, self concepts, and independence, and are given respect by their caregivers.
Kara Kastamo
(734) 649-3485
kastak@cuaa.edu
I will be a senior in college in the fall and am looking for part-time child care positions. I have 5+ years experience, an Associates Degree in Child Development, and I am pursuing a degree as a Family Life Educator. Great references available.
Lily Sacks-Hubbard
My Nanny Rocks, LLC
2874 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-649-3212
mynannyrocks@gmail.com
Serving Washtenaw and western Wayne counties
My Nanny Rocks understands the importance of having a trustworthy individual caring for your children. Selecting a caregiver can be daunting but My Nanny Rocks makes this task easy for your family. We offer: postpartum doulas, occasional babysitters, part-time caregivers, temporary caregivers, overnight caregivers, full-time nannies (both live-in and live-out), and tutors.
Kate VanHorn
(586) 246-3874
kate.vanhorn@hotmail.com
Serving Washtenaw county
24-hour drop-in childcare for birth workers’ children as well as regular attachment parenting-friendly childcare services. Infant potty training, cloth diaper, baby-wearing, natural medicine friendly, with home-school like imaginative activities for older children. Organic meals included in cost of care. Clean, chemical-free home.
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Chiropractors
Daniel Laframboise, DC, DACCP, FICPA
Andan Chiropractic
18444 Farmington Rd Livonia, MI 48152
(248) 474-5252
drdan@andan.net
Serving Wayne, Oakland, and Washtenaw counties
Dr. Dan is the only chiropractor in Michigan to have earned the prestigious Diplomate in Chiropractic Pediatrics through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. He is certified and experienced in the Webster technique for turning breech babies. Dr. Dan lovingly provides specialized care for pregnant mothers and newborns, as well as gentle family care.
Dr. Jennifer Lemmen
Arbor Park Family Chiropractic, P.C.
4940 Clark Rd., Suite 101, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734-434-8881
drlemmen@sbcglobal.net
Serving Washtenaw county and surrounding areas
We provide gentle chiropractic care for the entire family with specialization in maternity and pediatric care. Dr. Jen is certified in the Webster technique for the baby who is presenting breech or transverse and in Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique, a natural solution to allergies. We also offer pregnancy and infant massage.
Counseling & Therapy
Cia Gabriel, PhD
Growing Together
1050 Olivia, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-622-8335
cynthia@togrow.org
Serving Washtenaw county and surrounding areas
I am a Parent Coach. Coaching is a positive, personalized, solution-oriented approach to parenting dilemmas. As your coach, I support you in finding your own relaxed, peaceful parenting style. We work together to problem solve and change behaviors and patterns that aren’t working well.
Cynthia Greene, ACSW, CAC-1
7645 Forest St., Dexter, MI 48130
734-426-5648
cynthia@babymoondoulaservices.com
Psychotherapy services specializing in issues related to the childbearing year, as well as general issues. 15 years experience.
Shannon Leveille MA LPC, Marina Pesserl MA LLPC, and Betsy Clancy MA LLPC
Lifestart Counseling, PLLC
37875 12 Mile Rd., Suite 204, Farmington Hills, MI 48331
248-910-1591 and 248-798-4402
info@lifestartcounseling.com
Serving Oakland, Washtenaw, Livingston, and Wayne counties
Counseling practice specializes in perinatal mood disorders and adjustments, support through infertility and adoption.
Melisa M. Schuster, LMSW, ACSW, CAAC
500 Little Lake Dr., Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-302-0033
Serving Washtenaw, Livingston, Wayne, and Monroe counties
Offering therapy and supportive counseling to women and their families during the childbearing years. Specializing in perinatal mood disorders (prenatal and postpartum depression and/or anxiety), childbearing losses (including miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, adoption), healing mother’s traumatic birth experience, and parenting and child guidance. Attachment parenting and homeschooling-friendly therapist.
Family Practice Providers
Kathleen M. Kleinert, DO, PC
17246 Trinity St., Detroit, MI 48219
313-362-3116
kmkleinertdo@aol.com
Serving Southeastern Michigan
As an osteopathic physician, I am dedicated to helping you become and stay well. My services include general medical care for the whole family, ostepathic manipulative therapy, preventive care, and nutrition counseling.
Elaine McIntosh, RNCS, FNP, Director
NURSE MANAGED CENTERS, University of Michigan School of Nursing
Two locations in Ann Arbor
Serving Washtenaw and surrounding counties
734-647-1636 (2364 Bishop St.) and 734-998-6117 (1230 Main St.)
We are family practices, delivering patient-centered care for all ages, including prenatal care. Patients are cared for by nurse practitioner faculty at the School of Nursing. These are holistic practices, supportive of alternative choices for care, and designed to allow time for your concerns to be heard at each visit. Social worker and nutritionist on staff. Two WIC locations.