RESOURCES
*For a comprehensive list of local resources, please visit Emerald Coast Birth Resources.*
BABYWEARING
Local Resources
Online Resources
Local Resources
- Emerald Coast Babywearing Support: Facebook-based group dedicated to teaching mothers to safely wear their babies. Playdates and workshops available periodically.
- Growing Green Bums: Offers a variety of baby carriers and wraps for purchase as well as an Introduction to Babywearing class. Call 850.279.6647 for more information or email info@growinggreenbums.com.
Online Resources
- Baby Wearing International: “Babywearing International Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote babywearing as a universally accepted practice, with benefits for both child and caregiver, through education and support.”
- Wear Your Baby
BIRTH & NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY
- New Light Birth Photography – Cassie Ringl
BIRTH PLANNING
Articles
Tutorials & Templates:
Articles
- American Pregnancy Association – Creating Your Birth Plan
- Birth Issues – Making a Birth Plan: Giving Birth with a Flexible Vision
- Birthing Naturally – What is a Birth Plan?
- Giving Birth Naturally – Writing an Interactive Birth Plan
Tutorials & Templates:
- The Bump – Birth Plan
- Childbirth.org – Birth Plan
- Combat Boot Mama – Creating Your Visual Birth Plan
- Earth Mama Angel Baby – Birth Plan
- Just the Facts – Birth Plan
- Pregnancy & Baby – Birth Plan
BREASTFEEDING
Local Resources
Classes:
Support Groups:
Lactation Consultants, Counselor, & Educators:
Email: christy.beitel@shhpens.org
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com
Phone: 504.994.0518
Email: MilkmaidBCC@gmail.com
Email: erin.hernandez.ctr@hurlburt.af.mil
Email: wombtobreast@cox.net
Email: christina@gentlebirthoptions.com
Online Resources
Local Resources
Classes:
- Growing Green Bums: Embracing Breastfeeding ($25). For a complete list of classes offered by Growing Green Bums, go here. Call 850.279.6647 for more information or to register.
- Sacred Heart Hospital (Destin): Breastfeeding 101 ($10). For a complete list of classes offered by the Family Birth Center, go here. Call 850.278.3600 for more information or to register.
Support Groups:
- Growing Green Bums: Breastfeeding Support Circle is offered from 9:30 - 11:00 am every Friday. For a complete list of classes offered by Growing Green Bums, go here. Call 850.279.6647 or email chelsea@gentlebirthoptions.com for more information.
- La Leche League of Central Panhandle, FL: Meets monthly at the St Paul Lutheran Church, Niceville.
- Sacred Heart Hospital (Destin): Breastfeeding Support Group. For a complete list of classes offered by the Family Birth Center, go here. For more information about the support group, contact the lactation consultant at 850.278.3995.
- Womb to Breast Nursing Mothers’ Circle: Facilitated by Anne Hinze, IBCLC, this breastfeeding support group meets monthly at Café Bienville.
Lactation Consultants, Counselor, & Educators:
- Christy Beitel, RN, BSN, IBCLC – Sacred Heart Hospital (Destin)
Email: christy.beitel@shhpens.org
- Cindi Denbow, CNM, ARNP, IBCLC – Gentle Birth Options
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com
Phone: 504.994.0518
Email: MilkmaidBCC@gmail.com
- Erin Hernandez, RN, BSN, IBCLC – Hurlburt Field New Parent Support Program
Email: erin.hernandez.ctr@hurlburt.af.mil
Email: wombtobreast@cox.net
Email: christina@gentlebirthoptions.com
Online Resources
CAR SEAT SAFETY
Email: kim@beyondjustbuckled.com
- Beyond Just Buckled: Beyond Just Buckled is a non-profit organization formed to promote child passenger safety through education and community involvement along the Emerald Coast.
Email: kim@beyondjustbuckled.com
CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Hospital & Birth Center Classes
Hospital & Birth Center Classes
- Eglin Air Force Base Hospital
- Fort Walton Beach Medical Center: Prenatal Childbirth Education. Six weeks series with birth center tour. Call 850.864.0213 or register online.
- Growing Green Bums: Pregnancy, Childbirth, & Breastfeeding Classes. Call 850.279.6647 to register or email info@growinggreenbums.com for more information.
- Sacred Heart Hospital (Destin): Prepared Childbirth Class or Online Childbirth Class. For a complete list of classes offered by the Family Birth Center, go here. Call 850.278.3600 for more information or to register.
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATORS
FOCEP Certified Childbirth Educator: Jenny Hernandez, LMT, RCA
Phone: 850.80-DOULA (36852)
Email: jenny@douladoright.com
CAPPA Certified Educator: Christy Shields, CCCE, CLD
Phone:
Email: christy@emeraldcoastbirth.com
Bradley Certified Instructors: Erin & Ray Hinze
Phone: 850.686.3176
Email: happybirthhappybaby@yahoo.com
ICEA Certified Educator: Ellen Sims, RN, LCCE, ICCE, CPFE
Phone: 850.932.6041
Email: fss1983@aol.com
Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator: Ellen Sims, RN, LCCE, ICCE, CPFE
Phone: 850.932.6041
Email: fss1983@aol.com
Educator: Becky Gerson, CD (DONA)
Phone: 1.310.560.6850
Email: becky@nurturedmommy.com
CAPPA Certified Educator: Carnley Proud, CCCE, CLD
Phone: 850.554.1159
Email: carnley@wonderfullymadebirth.com
FOCEP Certified Childbirth Educator: Jenny Hernandez, LMT, RCA
Phone: 850.80-DOULA (36852)
Email: jenny@douladoright.com
CAPPA Certified Educator: Christy Shields, CCCE, CLD
Phone:
Email: christy@emeraldcoastbirth.com
Bradley Certified Instructors: Erin & Ray Hinze
Phone: 850.686.3176
Email: happybirthhappybaby@yahoo.com
ICEA Certified Educator: Ellen Sims, RN, LCCE, ICCE, CPFE
Phone: 850.932.6041
Email: fss1983@aol.com
Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator: Ellen Sims, RN, LCCE, ICCE, CPFE
Phone: 850.932.6041
Email: fss1983@aol.com
Educator: Becky Gerson, CD (DONA)
Phone: 1.310.560.6850
Email: becky@nurturedmommy.com
CAPPA Certified Educator: Carnley Proud, CCCE, CLD
Phone: 850.554.1159
Email: carnley@wonderfullymadebirth.com
CLOTH DIAPERING
- Growing Green Bums: Offers a variety of cloth diapering systems and supplies as well as a Cloth Diapering 101 class. Call 850.279.6647 for more information or email info@growinggreenbums.com.
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Chiropractors
Email: aprilleedc@yahoo.com
Phone: 850.758.0720
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com
Massage Therapy
Email: jenny@douladoright.com
Phone: 850.279.6778
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com; ericajarrard@hotmail.com
Email: info@thereachinstitute.com
Chiropractors
- Sarah Leatherman, DC – HealthSource of Fort Walton Beach South
- April Lee, DC – Bluewater Chiropractic Wellness Center
Email: aprilleedc@yahoo.com
Phone: 850.758.0720
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com
Massage Therapy
- Jenny Hernandez, LMT, RCA – Doula Do Right
Email: jenny@douladoright.com
Phone: 850.279.6778
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com; ericajarrard@hotmail.com
- Anne Rector, MMP, LMT – The REACH Institute
Email: info@thereachinstitute.com
HOMEBIRTH MIDWIVES
Phone: 844.262.4784
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com Phone: 850.834.2946
Email: mmbc1976@yahoo.com
Phone: 844.262.4784
Email: info@gentlebirthoptions.com Phone: 850.834.2946
Email: mmbc1976@yahoo.com
NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
- Baby-Friendly USA
- Birth Without Fear
- Birthing
- Birthing From Within
- Birthing Naturally
- BirthNetwork National
- Bradley Method
- Childbirth Connection
- Childbirth.org
- Choices in Childbirth
- Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
- Evidence Based Birth
- Hypnobabies
- Hypnobirthing
- Improving Birth
- Ina May Gaskin
- Lamaze
- Mothers Naturally
NUTRITION FOR PREGNANCY & BREASTFEEDING
PERINATAL FITNESS
Local Resources
Online Resources
Local Resources
- All One Yoga & Wellness Center: Offers prenatal yoga workshop classes, nutrition counseling, and more. Call 850.243.7492 for more information or email michelle@gsouth.gccoxmail.com.
- Aqua Life Fitness: Offers a variety of yoga classes including: Prenatal Yoga and Postnatal Yoga. Call 850.281.6315 for more information or email infor@aqualifefitness.com.
- Fit4Mom: Offers pre and post-natal fitness classes. For more information, email elizabethjeffers@fit4mom.com.
- Navarre Living Yoga: Offers a variety of yoga classes including: Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Me, and Mom & Tot (Nia). Call 850.346.3577 for more information or email navarrelivingyoga@gmail.com.
Online Resources
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SUPPORT
Local Resources
Email: infor@masinotherapy.com
Online Resources
Phone: 1.800.944.4PPD
Phone: 1.800.PPDMOMS (773.6667)
Local Resources
- Jennifer Masino, PsyD-Clinical Psychology – Masino Therapy Services
Email: infor@masinotherapy.com
Online Resources
Phone: 1.800.944.4PPD
Phone: 1.800.PPDMOMS (773.6667)
VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN