Local Resources

Pregnancy/Birth Support       Postpartum Support       Lactation Support

Local Midwives, Birthing Centers and Home Births Providers:

• Home Birth: Tara Dettra, St Augustine Midwife
• Home Birth & Birthing Center: First Coast Midwifery
• Home Birth: Jacksonville Community Midwives
• Home Birth: Modern Midwives, Jacksonville
• Transitions Birthing Center, Jacksonville
• Home Birth: Growing Families Midwifery, St Augustine FL
• Home Birth: Birth Tribe Midwifery, Palm Coast FL
• In the state of Florida, Families seeking a VBAC have the option of a hospital birth, or delivering at Home under the care of a Midwife.

Midwife Interview Questions     Learn more about Doula Services

In Hospital Providers, High Risk Specialists & Obstetrics:

• Full Circle Women’s Care (VBAC provider with Midwives on staff)
• Midwife Kim Faust CNM (delivers at St Vincent’s Southside)
• Beaches OBGYN (VBAC provider)
• Trogolo Obstetrics, Nocatee (VBAC Provider)
• The Midwives at Saint Augustine OBGYN Associates
• First Coast Women’s Services: Support for Low Income Mothers

Pediatricians in Jax, Ponte Vedra Beach Florida: 

• Bluebird Pediatrics: House Calls in Nocatee
• Dr. Ozdemir (Ponte Vedra Beach)
• Dr Ceron
• Thrive Well Pediatrics, Holistic Practitioners (They make house calls!)
• Advanced Pediatric Care
• Flipflops & Lollipops
• Village Pediatrics  
• Angel Kids Pediatrics, Ponte Vedra Beach

Holistic Family Practitioners

• Balanced Healing of Jacksonville
• Ayurvedic Postpartum Practitioner & Doula
• All Together Wellness: PT, Postpartum Support and Women’s Wellness

Resources for Moms of Twins 

• Twins Support & Playgroup: JackPott
• Twin Birth & VBAC provider: Full Circle Women’s Care
• Support for Breastfeeding Twins
• La Leche League Online Support Group
• Postpartum Support/ “Night Relief” for Mothers of Twins

Fertility Specialists: 

• Brown Fertility
• Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine

Local Breastfeeding Support: 

• La Leche League
• La Leche League Nocatee
• La Leche League Chapters in Florida
• Kelly Mom
• Community Lactation & Parenting, Jax Beach FL
• Sunshine Lactation
• Coastal Lactation, Jax
• Latch Onto Health: Christina (Savannah, GA)
• Florida Breastfeeding Coalition
• WIC: Florida Locations

Online Childbirth Education:

• The Informative Midwife, Jacksonville FL
• Virtual: Your Badass Natural Birth
• Virtual HypnoBirthing Courses: Flutterby Birth
• Online Courses, tailored to you!
• Mama Natural Online Childbirth Ed Course
• HypnoBirthing: Mognan Method
• Bradley Birthing
• Birth Boot Camp
• Evidence Based Birth

Local Chiropractors, Trained in Webster Technique:  

• Lighthouse Chiropractic
• Life Chiropractic Nocatee
• Abundant Life Wellness & Healing (St Johns, FL)
• Slainte Chiropractic, Jax Beach
• Next Level Chiropractic, Saint Augustine
• Alterman & Johnson Family Chiropractic (Beaches & Southside)
• Compass Chiropractic Care, St Augustine
• True Wellness Health Center: Nocatee
• Blooming Bellies
• Chiro Plus, Jax
• Apex Chiropractic: Neptune Beach
• Align Chiropractic: Jax
• Revolution Chiropractic
• Bold City Chiropractic
• Jacksonville Beach Chiropractic & Massage

VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) Support Groups: 

• ICAN: Florida
• VBAC Support Group, North Florida
• The VBAC Link: VBAC Facts and Stats

Naturopathic/Homeopathic Medicine:  

• Optimal You: Chiro & Functional Medicine
• Be Well: Functional Medicine, Jax
• Ancient City Medicine, St Augustine FL
• Vitality Holistic Health
• Mandarin Wellness Center

Birth Trauma & Postpartum Support/Mental Health:

• Grace House Counseling
• Her Hope: Jax Beach
• Beaches Mental Health
• Beth McAllen 904-572-7604
• Baptist Hospital, 24 hr Crisis Hotline 904-202-2229
• Postpartum Support Group at Baptist
• Full Potential Counseling
• Mandala Family Wellness
• Foundations Therapy: Ponte Vedra FL
• Maureen Campion, Heal Your Birth Story : Counseling

Acupuncture, Prenatal Massage, Yoga & Wellness: 

• A Balanced You: Jacksonville, FL
• Grow Family Yoga (My clients get 10% off Yoga Classes!)
• Peace & Quiet Massage
• Amy: Acupuncture Fertility Specialist
• Circles of Wellness, St Augustine FL
• Melissa Joel: Melyn Wellness, Craniosacral therapy
• Health Pointe Wellness, Jacksonville
• Be Well Healing Arts, Jacksonville FL
• A Way of Life Acupuncture

3D/4D Ultrasound: 

• Growing Love 4D, St Augustine FL
• Ponte Vedra Ultrasound
• At First Sight Ultrasound, St Augustine
• Cherished Image 4d Ultrasound, St Johns FL
• Baby’s Close Up: Jacksonville, FL

Places to Play & Meet fellow Moms: 

• Sunshine Play & Learn (Indoor Playground) St Augustine/WGV
• Well Women 360: St Augustine
• Musical Moments, Jax
• The Greenhouse Playhouse, Jax Beach
• Sensory Towne, Baymeadows
• We Rock The Spectrum Jacksonville
• MOPS (Mom to Mom support play group) Kernan Blvd Jacksonville

Mom & Baby Workout/Gyms 

• Jacksonville Moms Strength (Mom & Baby Outdoor Stroller Workouts)
• Burn Boot Camp Nocatee (Mom friendly Gym with Childcare)
• Fit Mamas Tribe, St Augustine
• Pure Barre, Ponte Vedra
• Jax Moms on the Run (Outdoor Running Group)
• 4th Trimester Fitness
• YMCA: Nocatee (offers childcare)

Evidence Based Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Research: 

• Evidence Based Birth
• Mama Natural
• Kathleen Kendall-Tacket, Keynote Speaker of PPD and Maternal Health
• Midwives Alliance of North America
• American College of Nurse Midwives
• American Association of Birth Centers
• National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
• Midwifery Today

Safe Co Sleeping Information:

• Dr. James McKenna, PHD
• Sweet Sleep Book

Tongue Tie Specialists: 

• Tongue & Lip Tie Support List (By State)
• Bright Smiles, St. Johns Florida
• Dr Meyers Pediatric Dentistry: Jacksonville
• Facebook Tongue Tie Support Group & Provider List

Placenta Ecapsulation:

• Jenn Stone, Midwife (Jacksonville Community Midwives)
  904-654-8647
• A Peaceful Birth: Placenta Specialist
• Zen Beginnings Placenta Services
• Empowered Journey Herbals

Massage Therapists: 

• Healing Waters Massage: Kristy
• Circle of Wellness Spa, St Augustine
• WellWomen 360, St Augustine
• Spavia Ponte Vedra
• Ponte Vedra Chiro & Massage
• Jacksonville Prenatal Massage

Pelvis Floor Rehab & Physical Therapy:

• Smart Body PT
• Dr Sara: Confident Pelvic Rehab
• Fit with KG
• Merriman Pelvic Health
• Brooks Rehab Center

Babywearing Groups & Information:

• First Coast Babywearing FB Group

Night-Weaning Book:

• Nursies When the Sunshines, a night weaning book

Recommended Viewing: Documentaries 

• The Business Of Being Born
• MicroBirth
• Why Not Home?
• The Milky Way Movie
• The Elephant in the Hospital

Recommended Reading:

• The Womanly Art Of Breastfeeding
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
• Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding
•  The Birth Partner
• Spiritual Midwifery
• Mama Natural’s Guide to Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding
• Your Best Birth!
• HypnoBirthing

Thinking About Circumcision?

• What & How: Circumcision
• Your Whole Baby
• The Whole Network
• Intact America
• Circumcision: The Movie
• Circumcision and its effects on Breastfeeding
• What do Lactation Consultants say?
• Should I Circumcise my Son?Mommy Extras: 
  • Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe Luxury Hair Salon & Med Spa: Salon Honey + Sage, St Augustine FL 
  • Clean and Safe Nail Salon: Polush Nails, Ponte Vedra Beach
  • For Families new to Nocatee, Megan and Nikki specialize in helping busy parents, organize, stage and keep spaces functional as well as esthetically pleasing. A very talented duo for Moms who desire to “leave it to the pros”. They organize kitchens, pantry, Baby Nursery and the whole house : Order + Co.
  • For nursery design and custom painted murals:  Artistic Aire She is so talented!
  • Nocatee Owned: Sign Pop Ups for Birthday, Birth Announcement Yard Signs

Information on Essential Oil Use & Disclosures:

• Using Essential Oils Safely
• I do not diffuse or apply oils during Labor/Delivery, to protect the instinctual Mother/Baby hormonal exchange. To purchase oils, I recommend Edens Garden
• I do not use any MLM Essential Oils nor MLM products.

“You are pregnant and you are powerful. You are bold and you are beautiful. Go forward in your boldness, in your beauty. Trust your body to birth and know that the collective power of women worldwide will be with you.”