Providers for Childbirth Education
When financially possible, Birth Network recommends an independent childbirth class (not associated with a hospital) as these classes often have fewer couples, allow more time to practice non-medical pain coping techniques, and are not restricted by hospital policy. The type of childbirth class chosen can have a great impact on the childbirth experience. Below is a brief description of some of the types of classes offered here in Santa Cruz County:
Hospital classes cover basic anatomy and physiology, relaxation techniques, pain-coping options, medical interventions, postpartum recovery, and labor and delivery room tours.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Childbirth and Parenting Education(R) increases education and openness for all possibilities of labor, birth, and postpartum, and develops skills for managing stress in pregnancy, birth, parenting, and beyond.
Birthing From Within(R) classes offer a holistic approach to birth preparation. In addition to practical information, parents will deepen their intuitive knowing through thought-provoking dialogues, interesting birth videos, and pain-coping exercises. v
The Bradley Method(R) is a system of natural labor techniques in which a woman and her coach play an active part. The Bradley Method(R) encourages mothers to trust their bodies using natural breathing, relaxation, nutrition, exercise, and education.
Hypnobirthing®is a unique method of relaxed, natural childbirth education, enhanced by hypnosis techniques, that allows women to use their natural instincts for more comfortable birthing.
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Resources listed are provided for your information only; please interview and choose carefully to find the care that is right for you.
Megan Bunch
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| Expectant parents have many options available to them in terms of prenatal and postpartum care. My goal is to help navigate the maze of options. I offer birth and postpartum doula services as well as group and private childbirth education classes and prenatal yoga class. |
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Creating Klarity Hypnotherapy
Klarity Coleman
2347 17th Avenue
Santa Cruz , CA 95062
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| I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Birth Worker, Yoga Instructor, and Birth Hypnotherapy Childbirth Educator, practicing professionally since 2006. My pronouns are she/they. I specialize in anxiety, birth, fertility, and prenatal yoga. I am a birth trauma specialist and the core of all my birth work is fear release. You may choose virtual sessions or in person sessions in Santa Cruz, CA. I serve both Monterey County and Santa Cruz County. |
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Dignity PEP Wellness Program
21340 Eastcliff Dr.
Santa Cruz , CA 95062
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| We offer classes in Childbirth preparation, Breast/chestfeeding and lactation support, Pre & Postnatal Yoga and Fitness classes, Pelvic Floor PT, Developmental classes for infants and toddlers, and so much more! All classes are listed under the Childbirth & Parenting category on our website: https://dominicanhospital.digitalsignup.com/Cataloglist/All |
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Flourish Prenatal Health
Caitlyn Stow
230 A Mt. Hermon Rd
Scotts Valley , California 95066
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Hey Mama! My name is Caitlyn, and I believe you deserve the very best support there is to offer. You are doing the hardest, most sacred work - becoming a mother. During this journey, I want to help you prioritize your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing through fitness, nutrition and birth support. My role as your doula is focused on providing support, education, and advocacy regarding you and your baby. My goal for you is to feel empowered by your choices and prepared throughout pregnancy, labor and delivery, as well as postpartum. I am dedicated to encouraging confidence in your natural abilities, facilitating a positive and nurturing environment, and helping you hone into your strength and instinctual wisdom during childbirth.
I know that every family has unique needs, and I truly believe that every parent deserves the support of a doula. That’s why I offer full and partial sliding scale options to make my services more accessible to you. |
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Full Moon Birth and Family Wellness Center
Sunshine Tomlin, LM
701 Mission St
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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| Full Moon Family Wellness and Birth Center offers services beginning with fertility, throughout the childbearing year and beyond. We have services for every family regardless of intended place of birth. Nourishing individuals, families, and our community. |
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Divinity Doula Services LLC
Elisa Havens-Stokes
901 Castlewood Dr
Apt 1
Los Gatos , California 95032
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| Providing full spectrum doula services, newborn care, and childbirth education. |
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Jenny Putt Physical Therapy
Jenny Putt PT, OCS, FAFS, CMP, CF-L2, CBE, CEDSE
1001 Delaware Ave
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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| Jenny specializes in perinatal pelvic floor physical therapy. She serves those who are trying to conceive, pregnant and postpartum. She offers a wide range of services both virtual and in-person including individual and group pelvic floor physical therapy, workshops, online programs and fitness programming. She will be offering childbirth education soon. Jenny believes every individual should have access to pelvic floor health especially those having children. She treats diagnoses such as incontinence, prolapse, diastasis recti, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction and all orthopedic pains such as low back, neck, hip, sacral, shoulder and wrist. Her treatments are individualized and use a combination of hands on manual therapy and exercise with an emphasis on functional weight lifting since everyone who has a kid lifts a progressively heavier weight all day! |
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The Westside Healing Arts Center
Natasha Joyet
406 Mission St
Suite E
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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| I have worked with over a thousand pregnant families in Santa Cruz since 2000. I encourage families to trust their innate instincts around birthing and raising their children. As a birth doula, I see my role as a team-member working closely with the entire family and their care providers to encourage the best possible birth for all. It is an honor and privilege to support families during the amazing and transformative time of pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. Also, I offer private childbirth education and birth preparation classes. Reach out and schedule an informational interview- Let's see if we are a good fit. |
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LOULA
Sarah Hirshland
647 Mello Lane
Santa Cruz , CA 95062
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Certified Full Spectrum Doula Services. Including fertility, pregnancy, birth and postpartum care. Offering compassionate and dedicated Doula and family Services.
DTI Certified
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Sliding scale, and low cost services.
Does not exclude indigenous, people of color or the LGBTQ communities
Connections to local OGBYNS and more
Offers virtual services
New born photography
Birth Story
I look forward to meeting you! |
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Nina Malu Marsh
Nina Marsh
Santa Cruz , California 95060
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I am a certified Innate Postpartum Care provider for families 1 day - 1 year postpartum. I offer nurturing care through nourishing food and warming bodywork therapies including pelvic steaming, moxabustion, herbal baths, abhyanga and womb massage, breastfeeding and emotional support, physiological baby care practices and closing of the bones ceremony to initiate the new mother.
I facilitate womens circles and birth story sharing circles and offer 1:1 coaching for women processing birth trauma.
I teach physiological birth, postpartum and infant care education and offer coaching sessions for birth and postpartum planning to ensure you are making the most aligned and optimal choices for a thriving mama-baby dyad. I also teach infant massage.
I am a photographer specializing in maternity, family and newborn photoshoots on film.
I look forward to serving you on your motherhood journey. |
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Raíces y Cariño | RC Fam
1205 Freedom Blvd
3B
Watsonville , CA 95076
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Raíces y Cariño/RC FAM is a Multicultural, Multilingual, Inclusive Community Center.
We offer support for parenting, pregnancy, birth, play center, teens, loss, LGBTQ+, Special Needs, Family Events, Grandparents - Connecting our WHOLE community.
Sliding scale. Todos son bienvenidos aquí. |
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Salud Para La Gente
Jessica Jolley BA, IBCLC
45 Nielson St
Watsonville , CA 95076
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| Salud Para La Gente offers bilingual breastfeeding support from prenatal to weaning. Our IBCLC's work closely with your care providers. We also offer midwifery care, pediatric services, counseling, acupuncture, osteopathy, and chiropractic care. Medi-Cal, Central Coast Alliance for Health, and other plans accepted. |
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Santa Cruz Community Health Centers
250 Locust Street
21507 East Cliff Dr.
Santa Cruz , CA 95060
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Our Healthy Pregnancy Program combines high-quality prenatal medical care, health education, and
other social services to best support your through your pregnancy, keeping you and your baby
healthy. This program works with Medi-Cal. We operated two clinics: Santa Cruz Women's Health Center and East Cliff Family Health Center. |
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Seabright Birth Services
Charlotte Wheaton
Santa Cruz , CA | |
| I work to empower women to reclaim their bodily autonomy through evidence based education. I advocate for patient rights, reproductive justice and reducing trauma. I support my clients through all decision - making processes, I will be your ride-or-die! I offer cycle / fertility coaching, birth and postpartum doula services, and meal prepping. |
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Stephanie Kerwin Midwifery
Stephanie Kerwin
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| Providing home birth, hybrid care, well person care, and childbirth education to families in Santa Cruz County. |
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Dancing Birth Perinatal Services
Journey Talkovic, IBCLC/CNM
2621 Placer St.
Santa Cruz , CA 95062
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| Journey provides empowering & inclusive in-person & virtual classes in Breast/chest-feeding, Mindful Childbirth Ed., Infant Care and Prenatal/postnatal yoga. Her supportive Lactation Consultant services are available in person or virtually at your home or in her office. She has 20 years of experience supporting new and expectant families. |
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The Circle Family Center
245 Sea Ridge Rd.
Aptos , Ca 95003
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| A nonprofit family center supporting families through pregnancy & parenting. Offering childbirth education, pre/postnatal yoga, support groups, workshops and more! Serving families in English & Spanish. Scholarships & sliding scale available. |
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