Ann Arbor Birth & Family

09/11/2025

We can't wait to see you at one of our fall classes! 🧡 Visit annarborbirth.com or the link in our bio to register!

09/09/2025

Sharon Quinn (she/her), (CD)DONA, has worked as a certified doula and birth instructor since 2013, empowering individuals and families to navigate the journey to parenthood with confidence. After teaching the Bradley Method for 6 years, she trained and qualified to become an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor, and completed her second doula certification through DONA International in 2019. Sharon is Spinning Babies® trained and helps birthing people strategize to work with their bodies for optimal comfort and labor progress. Having studied Psychology and Sociocultural Anthropology (BS/BA-double major), she sees birth through a physical, emotional, and social lens. As a Survivor Mom’s Companion Tutor, she works to help trauma victims take control of their birth choices. Sharon also specializes in fostering effective partner support, and has guided more than 150 partners in knowing how to help their loved ones through birth. With a positive and friendly personality, she facilitates effective communication between the medical staff and birthing family, working to nurture an environment of teamwork and collaboration among the birth team. Human rights and birth justice have also been passions of Sharon’s since she was a teenager. Her sensitivity and responsiveness to others’ needs help birthing people feel safe, secure, and relaxed in any birth setting and through any choices they make. Besides all things Birth, Sharon enjoys the occasional art project, playing the cello, and adventuring with her husband and 4 children outdoors. Find out more at www.annarborbirth.com or the link in bio.

08/27/2025

We just opened up a 6 week Evidence Based Birth ® Class starting NOVEMBER 10th! 🧡 These classes are part in-person, part online, and packed with research-based, empowering information. Learn more about these fun hands-on birth classes at https://www.annarborbirth.com/childbirth-classes-ann-arbor/evidence-based-birth/

08/15/2025

We already have members of A2BF registered and ready to attend. Birthworkers, come join us to learn about this important topic!

If you prefer the direct link over the QR code, you can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrtPuSDzxrMVlvucLZLVspH2av15KhqXdvcNowzI3dP4qWDQ/viewform

Join our Perinatal SUD workgroup for a special training for Doulas who care for pregnant people with OUD/SUD disorders. Training will be Friday, August 29th from 12-1 pm via Zoom! Link to register: https://www.region9.org/events/ !

07/30/2025

✨ Movement through every chapter of pregnancy. ✨
Prenatal and postnatal movement isn’t about “bouncing back”, it’s about tuning in. It’s about learning how to move in ways that support your core and pelvic floor, ease discomfort, and help you feel more connected to your body through each phase: pregnancy, birth, recovery, and beyond.Whether you're walking daily, taking Pilates or yoga, or simply finding a moment to breathe deeply and move gently, your body benefits from mindful, intentional movement.

You don’t have to move a certain way. You don’t need a perfect plan. Start with what feels good. Keep listening. Keep showing up.

Not sure where to start? We’re always happy to share ideas or answer questions... what’s on your mind?

07/25/2025

This is going to be a blast! And our own Sharon Ellsworth Quinn will be doing a hands on Comfort Measures presentation and practice on the 9th. Don't miss it and register here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=E9ZBH6HTrU6RjSolsQ3jMGqY0D8vPwxNuysQ4jlL2KZUQ1NDV1VENjA4STE3TFFZVUI3TDFJVkdJVi4u

07/25/2025

Don't miss our own Mel Sulaver's presentation on this essential topic! Sign up here: https://hello498599.typeform.com/to/T0onnhvO

05/05/2025

Legacy Birth Services offers professional and comprehensive birth services built to enhance your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience. We know that there is no one right way to grow a family. We know that unbiased, non-judgmental support can be hard to come by as a new or expectant parent. That’s why we provide you with support, education, empowerment, and guidance through the childbearing year. We are dedicated to supporting your choices without bias or agenda, so you can focus on doing what’s best for your family. We are honored to support you as you build your legacy. Find out more at www.annarborbirth.com or the link in bio.

05/01/2025

Rachel & Rebecca are a pair of sisters that had babies within a few months of each other – through their own births and supporting each other through pregnancy and postpartum, a passion for doula work was also born. For the past two years, the doula team has been supporting families bringing their children into the world with compassionate care and evidence based support.
Rachel’s unique expertise as a certified labor and postpartum doula, child life specialist, childbirth educator, educator of infant massage, and bachelor’s degree in family life education allow her to meet the needs of each family member she is working with. She possesses a calm, reassuring presence that relaxes babies and parents alike. She lives with her husband Anthony, her son Milo, daughter Zola, and Chihuahua named Chicken.
Becca holds a B.S. from Michigan State University, is a trained labor and postpartum doula and placenta encapsulator. Her doula superpower is being able to intuitively tailor support to be what birthing person, family or baby needs in the moment. She lives with her husband Kirk, daughter Violet and son Beau.
Both doulas are adult & pediatric CPR certified.

🔗 in bio or visit annarborbirth.com for more information

04/29/2025

Christina Violante (she/her) is a chiropractic physician that specializes in prenatal, postnatal, and pediatric conditions. She is the owner and operator of Collective Culture Health & Chiropractic which is the only minority female owned and operated chiropractic clinic in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. She is fluent in Spanish and has a passion for serving families and children. Prior to becoming a chiropractor, Dr. Christina was a social worker that served foster care and refugees. Racial and gender equity in healthcare are causes near and dear to her heart.
She has had great success treating babies with issues ranging from latching difficulty, colic, torticollis, and constipation. Dr. Christina understands pregnancy, delivery, and aftercare are extremely difficult on the body and cause both short term and long term effects. Our traditional medical system has failed to provide pregnant people, especially BIPOC individuals and birth givers with the care and support they need and deserve. As your chiropractor, she is excited to provide you with treatment for back pain, neck pain, headaches, wrist pain, sciatic pain, and round ligament pain commonly experienced during the pregnancy process and everything that follows.

🔗 in bio or visit annarborbirth.com/chiropractor/

04/24/2025

Nancy Boyd (she/her), PT, DPT, FAFS, CFMT, CAPP-OB, is a sports medicine, orthopedic and pelvic health trained Doctor of Physical Therapy who has invested her career in continuing to pursue advanced education in these areas in order to provide her clients with the most effective, holistic and individualized treatment approach she can. Nancy is an athlete herself, having participated in division I collegiate cross country and track. She spent the majority of her time in collegiate sports overtrained, undernourished, and injured, and is forever thankful to all of the people on her journey who taught her how to compassionately care for herself and others and started her on the path to becoming a physical therapist. Nancy has combined this background with her pelvic floor physical therapy training to specialize in perinatal sports medicine. Too often she sees birthing people deal with long standing injuries that limit their ability to keep up with their kiddos, return to the sports they love, or resume pleasurable intimacy with a partner. She wants all birthing people to know that there is so much hope, support, and healing available right now. The path forward can be an empowering one and you deserve it. Out of the office Nancy practices what she preaches and is a mother runner and mover who soaks up time with her husband, toddler, and friends at local coffee shops and out on the trails. Find more about Nancy at www.annarborbirth.com or the link in bio!

04/22/2025

Arnetta (she/her) supported her first birth in 1984 and continued to spend years helping friends and family members through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery. Then in 1996, she learned that the work she was drawn to naturally, had a name. She was a doula! Arnetta developed her doula skills attending two DONA Birth Trainings (1996 and 2011), Hypnobirthing (2013), Spinning Babies and ProDoula Labor Training (2017), ProDoula Postpartum and Infant Care Training (2018), Survivor Mom’s Companion Training (March 2020), ProDoula Labor Doula Master Class – VBAC Specialist (2021), and Dancing for Birth trained (2022). Certified as a Labor/Birth, VBAC Specialist and Postpartum and Infant Care Doula, Arnetta has spent years providing trauma informed care to clients, as well as spending three years facilitating evidence based “Moving On” classes that address PTSD. She also loves helping new parents find rest and rejuvenation as a postpartum doula and taught eight years teaching “Inside Out” Parenting Classes. Working to improve birth equity, Arnetta is a member of the Michigan Prison Doula Initiative team where she supports prisoners through birth.
Arnetta is a lifelong Michigan resident. She has one daughter and three grandsons, and enjoys spending time with family and friends, doing volunteer work, eating good food, traveling, playing cards and games, coloring, walking, reading, dancing, singing, and spiritual/personal growth “stuff” among other things. Find out more about Annetta at www.annarborbirth.com or the link in bio!

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