| Breastfeeding
Resources |
Birth and
Beyond Resources |
Babywearing
Resources
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Other
Prenatal Yoga Classes in South Florida |
| Mom Run Businesses |
Professional Pregnancy Photography |
A Few Articles
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Mom and Baby Yoga in Broward
County |
| Broward
County Breastfeeding Resources |
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Breastfeeding Classes
& Support - Broward County Resources
Classes provide you and your family with the most current information
to support you with successful breastfeeding in the first few weeks of
life. Most of them cover the basics. Dads and grandparents are welcome
and encouraged to come to all of the classes below. |
Breastfeeding FAQ
See answers to some frequent breastfeeding questions and myths such as
should you supplement with artificial breastmilk (formula) until your
milk comes in . . .no, no, and no! The baby gets colostrum until your
milk comes in. Colostrum is like gold. It’s made especially for your
baby in it’s first couple of days. |
Breastfeeding.com
Great site all about nursing. It even has video clips you can watch to
learn about latching, positioning, and pumping. |
La Leche League International (LLL)
Nursing mothers supporting other nursing mothers. This is a very active
and supportive community in Broward County. Let LLL be there for you! |
Nursing Bras! Birth
and Baby
This site has a huge selection of nursing bras, the biggest I've seen.
And shipping is only $1. They're great about returns so that you can
try them on. |
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| Birth
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HypnoBirthing
Institute
An incredible way to prepare for birth. We do many of their breathing
exercises in the prenatal yoga class. Vivian from Amazing Births
teaches local classes. |
Amazing
Births & Beyond
Run by two fabulous women, Amazing Births offers all kinds of
prenatal services as well as post partum doulas. Vivian also teaches
the HypnoBirthing class locally, is a chiropractor certified in
pregnancy chiropractic, and is a doula. Call her! |
Spinning Babies
We talk a lot in class about positioning your baby for an easier birth
and do a lot of poses to encourage an Anterior Baby. This site isn't
high tech, but it's great in terms of positioning. |
Massage A Mom
May Lou is simply fantastic. She gives incredible pre and post natal
massages and is also just wonderful to talk to. Give yourself a treat
and get a prenatal massage. |
The Active Birth Centre
Janet Balaska's amazing book, Active Birth, covers prenatal yoga and
how it relates to birthing. Check out her website to find out more of
what she does. |
Mother's Care Doula
Service, Inc.
A local doula service that provides birth and postpartum doulas. I've
had several students happily use doulas from Marlo's service. |
Birth Story Diaries
These are real stories written by women about their births. All types
of births, many with pictures.
The
Aware Parenting Institute
A philosophy of gentle parenting that will change both you and your
baby's life.
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Birthing
from Within
Veronica is amazing, amazing Birthing from Within instructor. She holds
classes as well as giving private instruction. If you're in the Miami
area, contact her for an amazing birth! If you're not in Miami, then
visit Sue's site (on the right)! Veronica Achon, 786.229.6861, Miami,
FL
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The Bradley Method
of Birth
A wonderful method of natural childbirth. There are several local
instructors and classes. |
A Loving Journey
Lillian is a local mom who provides birth and postpartum doula services
as well as HypnoBirthing instruction! |
ICAN
International Cesarean Awareness Network has an incredibly informative
website. Visit it to learn how to reduce your risk for birth by
cesarean and for support after a cesarean. |
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Mom
Run Businesses
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Brian Lewis' Diaper Duty
Brian's not a mom :), but he runs the one of two Cloth Diaper Services
in
South Florida! His wife was one of the first prenatal yoga students
that I taught. Using a cloth diaper service is great for your baby, the
environment, and for potty training! |
Blissful Booty
Diaper Service
Cathy
runs a diaper service that offers All-in-One diapers! It's practically
like using disposables - so, so easy. Check out her site and maybe
you'll be converted :)!
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Baby's Abode
Kathy is mom to two kids and offers a variety of natural products -
cloth diapers, slings, wooden toys. Since she's local, you can save
shipping by picking it up! |
Celebrate Your
Baby!
As soon as your baby arrives, you will be taking lots of
pictures. Darlene offers private instruction on how to organize
and preserve your photos in albums or books. An entire line of
beautiful baby and toddler products are available to celebrate your
memories.
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The
Infant Massage Institute
Marie-Josee does prenatal massage and offers infant massage classes.
Infant massage is a great way to bond with your baby and to boost their
tiny immune systems. Marie-Josee is super nice and is located in Coral
Springs. |
Inababycarriage.com
Amber has beautiful and unique designs for custom baby announcements
and holiday cards! Plus, she's wonderfully sweet to her customers. You
will be happy to order baby announcements from her! |
Kindermusik
Rachael Thompson teaches a rockin and rollin kindermusik class! Music
helps all kinds of development in your baby, including math and
language. Please call her for her class locations and times.
954-389-2629. |
MININO
A trendy but beautiful baby and tot line of clothing designed by a mom,
Belen, here in South Florida. She's also looking for distributors, so
if you're interested drop her an email! |
| Finally,
A Few Articles |
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do many of the HypnoBirthing breathing exercises in class. The article
gives background about the method as well as tells the experience of
women who have used the method to give birth. |
Can You HypnoBirth®?
When I first heard about HypnoBirthing, I thought that these women were
special. I was not like them. For my first daughter’s birth, I thought
pain was part of childbirth, and I was prepared for it . . . |
Chiropractic Care
During Pregnancy
“She’s breech – what?!” No pregnant woman likes to hear this news.
Breech or Transverse for most of us means weeks of trying all kinds of
crazy unproven techniques such as diving in a swimming pool, shining
lights down low, having our partners . . . |
