Recommended Resources
These are non exhaustive lists of our favorite things - if you’re not finding what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out to us. There are so many other amazing resources and professionals we can recommend! -> team@enrichedbirth.com
Pregnancy and Birth Books
Pregnancy and Birth
Transformed by Birth by Britta Bushnell
Expecting Better by Emily Oster
Why Did No One Tell Me This? by Natalia Hailes and Ash Spivak
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Penny Simkin and others
Nurture by Erica Chidi
Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes by Lily Nichols
Postpartum
The First Forty Days by Heng Ou
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman
Back to Work after Baby by Lori Mihalich-Levin
The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
Cribsheet by Emily Oster
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League
Birth Professionals and Services in Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland
Prenatal/Postpartum Yoga:
The Nurture Nook (Fairfax, VA)
Lactation Support:
Susan Howard (Arlington, VA)
The Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington (DC and Fairfax, VA at The Nurture Nook)
District Doulas (Northern VA)
Birth and Postpartum Doulas
Linsay (Enriched Birth co-founder) works with a limited number of birth clients each year. Reach out to inquire!
Postpartum Planning
Birth Photographers
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Gopi Pillai (Northern VA)
Ortho Pelvic PT (Sterling, VA)
Carrie Pagliano (Arlington, VA)
Lauren Trosch (DC)
Infant Massage
Mental Health Therapists
Postpartum/Parenthood Support Groups and Services
The Nurture Circle (Fairfax, VA at The Nurture Nook, led by our own Linsay Hiller!)
Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga and Movement
Pediatricians
Newborn and Infant Sleep Consultants
Midwives
Diaper Banks
Baby Gear Rental
Social Services for Pregnancy and Postpartum
Neighborhood Health (Northern VA)
Mamatoto Village (DC)
Community of Hope (DC)
Find More Providers
Online Resources
Pregnancy and Birth
Irth App (fighting racism in maternity care)
Postpartum
General
Grandparent Resources
Complete Childbirth Education Course
Our private, evidence-based course covers all of the basics, comfort techniques, interventions, your rights and options, and building a birth plan.
Birth Planning Sessions
Appropriate for second-time parents - a chance to review previous births, discuss goals for this labor, and prepare a birth plan together.
Healing Birth Story Medicine Sessions
Allow yourself to heal from a difficult birth experience through guided, solution-focused dialogue.