Resources

Here are a few resources you might find helpful during your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum!

Emotional and Mental Health

• Dr. Melissa Sharp
• Thrive with Therapy
• Sana Mente Health
• Balance Stress Management and Therapy

Pregnancy

• Pretty Pushers  — birthing time gowns
• Spinning Babies — exercises and positioning
• Birth Ball Exercises

Research and Evidence Based Information

• Evidence Based Birth® — evidence based information
• Cochrane — medical research review
• PubMed Central — medical journal

Breastfeeding

• Lactation Network — schedule a lactation consultant/check for insurance coverage
• Breastfeeding USA
• KellyMom — online resource
• BB babies — lactation consultant (IBCLC)
• Breastfeed Chicago — local support groups
• MomMe Wellness — lactation support and new mom support
• New Mother New Baby — store and new mom support

Support 

• The Mommy Districts — regional play groups
• Double Love Twins Club
• Attachment Parenting

Apps

• Expectful
• Full Term
• Baby Tracker

Chiropractic and Wellness

• Family Tree Holistic Health — acupuncture
• Wellness and Nutrition Center
• Deignan Family Chiropractor — chiropractic and massage therapy (focus on pregnancy and infants)
• Eickhorst Family Chiropractic — chiropractic and acupuncture
• Nurture – Women’s Wellness — chiropractic and acupuncture
• Active Family Chiropractic
• New Journey Physical Therapy — pelvic floor specialist (North Shore)
• Pelvic Balance Physical Therapy — pelvic floor specialist (St. Charles)
• Pelvic & Orthopedic Physical Therapy Specialists — pelvic floor specialist (Lake Zurich)
• Smith Physical Therapy — pelvic floor specialist (Crystal Lake)
• Strong Tummies — diastasis recti and pelvic floor

Birth Justice

• Improving Birth
• Birth Monopoly
• Human Rights in Childbirth
• National Association to Advance Black Birth

Blogs

• Lamaze International — parenting
• Belly Belly — pregnancy and breastfeeding

Photographers

• Victoria McDonald — lifestyle photography
• Shanna Zalud — studio photography
• Jessica Wilson — birth photography

Other

• Red Barn Basics — CPR training, baby wearing, car seat safety
• Chicagoland Babywearing
• Meal Train — online meal calendar
• MaMeal Delivery — meal delivery, specifically designed for postpartum
• International Cesarean Awareness Network — cesarean birth support groups
• stillbirthday — loss
• DrugRehab.com — addiction and pregnancy resources
• Green Lil Bums — cloth diapering, diaper service, and “green” baby store

Please don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s anything I can do for you!

Note: The businesses and organizations listed are provided as resources. Their listing here does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of products or services. I do not have a financial stake in any of the businesses or organizations listed.