02/18/2023
Not knowing if anywhere around central Minnesota has much to offer for perinatal care? I got you.
Resources in surrounding areas
----Midwives---
Heart Strings Birth Services Midwifery care. Located in New London. | 320-444-8838
Elizabeth Meyer: Midwife. Located in New London, MN. | 320-444-8838
A New Story Birth Center: Midwifery care. Located in Rice/Milaca/St Cloud. | 320-204-6024
Ignite Midwifery & Wellness: Midwifery Care. Located in Sauk Centre. | 320-732-8162
-----Doulas-----
Candi Carpenter Ammerman: Doula / student-midwife. Located in New London, MN. | 320-905-5964 (also does Hypnobirthing, spinning babies, body ready movement, body balancing, perinatal massage, belly binding, craniosacral therapy, etc.)
Kelsey Barrick : Doula. Located in Darwin, MN. | 320-221-3378
Kateri Kroman: Doula, Prenatal Yoga instructor. Located in Litchfield. | 313-600-0368
Saralicia Waugh: Doula, professional birth & motherhood photographer + filmmaker. Located in Central Minnesota. (Earthside Studios) | 320-224-8677
Kinlee Topp (me) : Doula, Post partum Doula work. Located in Paynesville.
Oola Doulas of Minnesota located in St. Cloud
----Therapists----
Kristle Ann: Perinatal Mental Health Therapist, also specializes in working with kids. Was also a therapist at Woodland Centers. Located in Atwater. | 320- 221-9892
Whitney Berg: Licensed marriage + family therapist, specializes in perinatal mental health. Located between Willmar & Spicer on Eagle Lake. | 320-979-0543
Elizabeth Berg: Licensed Marriage + Family Therapist. (works with anyone on a fertility journey such as pregnancy, loss, infertility, and post baby, and couples) Located via telehealth. http://www.elizabethberglmft.com/?fbclid=IwAR1P0u36Pn01N8S-wVyhnCqsTCect43SQtx1LdE4ekQ38OXgKUyQr3_O5tc
Kirstin Bergman: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist, post-natal intuitive bodywork, abdominal massage, perinatal massage, craniosacral + myofascial release. Located in Willmar. | 320-292-9827
Chiropractic Care
Brittany Koch: Perinatal & infant/child chiropractor. (Great pregnancy information) Located in Litchfield, MN. | 320 693-3655.
—also look into her program called Empowered Prenatal
Family Roots Chiropractic: Prenatal & pediatric chiropractor. Located in Spicer. | 320-409-1330
VitaLife Chiropractic: Prenatal /pediatric chiro and acupuncture, massage. Located in Paynesville. |320-243-7412
Compass Chiropractic & Shakti Studio: Perinatal/pediatric/ family wellness chiro, innate post-partum education. Vaginal steams, abdominal/uterine massage, mother roasting (post-partum moxibustion.) Located in Willmar. | 320-441-2400
Boline Fenstra Chiropractic located in willmar
Green Lake Chiropractic Center located in Spicer.
Unwind: Craniosacral Therapy & Myofascial Release located in St. Joe
-----Other Specialties------
Alex Blick: Chinese medicine, acupuncture, cupping. Located in New London. | 952-240-1834
Rachel Powell: muscle testing, emotion code. Located through Jubilant Life, | 320-295-6958
Lauren Tonn: Lactation Consultant. Located in Belgrade, works in Spicer. | 320-212-6770
Meeker Memorial Hospital has an awesome lactation clinic in Litchfield
Hanson and Fonkert Dental Clinic: tongue + lip tie release. Located in Willmar. | 320-235-2780
Persona Dental: more advanced tongue/lip/cheek tie release. Located in Sartell. Shari Thom. | 320-251-2972
------Apps and Online------
Birth Recovery Center: App by Nancy Anderson, pelvic floor and deep core rehab/ exercises. -her Instagram: nancyandersonfit
Instagram pages to follow: nancyandersonfit | kindmaternity_ | painfreebirth | serenitylifedoula | badassmotherbirther | takeyourbirthbystorm | mothernakedbirthwork | the.midwifemummy, trustingbirth_ | the.holistic.mother | dr.britt | essentiallyerin |
pages: LATCHED (breastfeeding & Pumping Support Group) | Momspace (Mom Support Group) | Minnesota Homebirth Community | Pregnancy, Birth, & Postpartum Support- Minnesota | Baby Led Weaning for Beginners & beyond (BLWBB) | Human Milk for Human Babies- Minnesota | Crunchy Motherhood | Hypnobabies Support Group | Central Minnesota Breastfeeding Mamas Group |
------Online links of breast feeding----
Global Health Media has some excellent videos on breastfeeding. Here is a link to the page with the ones related to breastfeeding - the top 9 are for parents to watch, videos lower down on the page are directed at healthcare workers. I especially love the videos here on latch: https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/
Regarding new research on reducing breast inflammation - videos here on hand expression, breast gymnastics, and gentle therapeutic breast massage. This is a great website to share with families. https://www.mayabolman.com/videos
Resources on Maternal Health and Breastfeeding:
TED Talk - How Mothers Can Nurse Themselves Healthy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XjA4wA4TI
Kathleen Kendall Tackett is a leading researcher in the area of Postpartum Mood Disorders and you can see a list of her publications here: https://kathleenkendall-tackett.com/depression-postpartum-depression
**photo taken by the one and only Earthside Studios - Birth Photography + Support (Saralicia Waugh as listed above)
**if you would like to tag whoever is in here or yourself (it is being so difficult to add/tag for some reason) or request me to add anyone I have missed/do not know about- please let me know!
