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www.dy-dee.com (800) 80-dydee The Wet Set Gazette is published approximately every other month by Dy-Dee Diaper Service and is dedicated to new and expectant families.

In this issue vol.1 | 2014

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Staying Connected After Birth

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by Marcy Axness, Ph.D............3

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Have a Mother Friendly Birth

by Cordelia Hanna-Cheruiyot, MPH, CHES..........4

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Safety...In the News

by Richard Pass, RN, BS..........6

Snow, Birds and Your Baby

by Dr. JoBea Holt..........8

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a letter and photos from a Dy-Dee Customer...........9

Breastfeeding Consultant Resource Listings............................................... 10 About Breastpumps, by Laura Agakanian........................................................ 11 Marketplace.......................................................................................12 Birth and Postpartum Doula Listings........................................................13 Resource Listings................................................................................14

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Staying Connected After Birth: A Peaceful Beginning

by Marcy Axness, Ph.D

This article was first published at mothering.com

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y life explorations as an adopted person and my studies of the foundations of human wellbeing have consistently turned up a key element of health: the experience of and capacity for connection.

Birth presents us a momentous opportunity to foster connection. It is also important to understand the costs of not staying connected after birth — whether it is due to adoption, NICU confinement, health issues in the mother, or other circumstances preventing mother-newborn connectedness. This is not about guilt or blame, but the empowerment that comes with understanding what happens with neonatal separation.

During and immediately after birth, a complex hormonal cocktail orchestrates biochemical exchanges between a mother and her newborn, offering never-to-berepeated opportunities to set the stage for optimally healthy psychosocial development.

Levels of oxytocin — our hormone of love, connection, peace and healing — peak during this time. This paves the way for important brain circuitry to wire up in the baby’s social and emotional centers. It also nurtures the mother’s urge toward maternal behavior.

Oxytocin is a primary peacemaker hormone in the body: it elicits a relaxation and growth response, which in turn reduces activity in the stress (fight, flight or freeze) system. We’re all familiar with the idea that love conquers fear, and thanks primarily to oxytocin, it’s not just a worthy ideal, it’s a basic feature of our physiological design!

Along with its ability to moderate a person’s tendency to switch into stress-response mode, oxytocin is involved in such basic peacemaker capacities as empathy, adaptation, tolerance, cognition, and interdependence. Impairment of the oxytocin system has been implicated in autism, as well as schizophrenia, drug addiction and even cardiovascular disease.[i]

who were separated by NICU confinement. This can be a difficult line of exploration, because none of this is ever done maliciously or with anything but the best intentions.

How painful it can be to discover that even our best intentions don’t trump biology!

The good news is, there is always healing possible — but only once we recognize the truth of what our child experienced.

Rather than deeply question whether the experience of separation in adoption is traumatic, we as a society tend to believe that enough love and care can make everything right. But psychologists have taught us that the first stage of psychological growth includes the development of trust, as a foundation for secure relationships with others, and ourselves. Babies who are separated from the only connection they’ve ever known — their primordial biological and psychological matrix — have had their nascent sense of trust deeply violated.

Adoptees may unconsciously feel that it’s too dangerous to love and be loved authentically and deeply; all of the love and care parents give them sometimes has a hard time “getting in” past the child’s defenses against the hurt and abandonment that they are internally “hardwired” to expect. As Verrier says of her own relationship to her adopted daughter, “I discovered that it was easier for us to give her love than it was for her to accept it.”

Again, varying degrees of deep distress can occur for newborns under circumstances other than adoption, such as NICU stays for premature or ill babies — in which case the trauma of separation may be compounded by painful medical procedures, isolation, and harsh, invasive surroundings.

Understanding the Trauma of Separation

Throughout generations of routine obstetrical, hospital, and adoption practice in this country, the attitude has been, “Why would the separation from its mother affect a newborn baby?” But with the advent in the last thirty years of prenatal and perinatal research, we have astounding findings about what a fetus experiences in the womb. We now know what a strong connection a baby has with its mother long before birth, and how intelligent, aware and remembering a newborn is. Researchers currently feel the more appropriate question to be, “Why wouldn’t separation from the mother to whom he or she was connected for nine months affect an infant in fundamental ways?”

As Nancy Verrier wrote in her landmark 1993 book, The Primal Wound Understanding the Adopted Child, “Many doctors and psychologists now understand that bonding doesn’t begin at birth, but is a continuum of physiological, psychological, and spiritual events which begin in utero and continue throughout the postnatal bonding period. When this natural evolution is interrupted by a postnatal separation from the biological mother, the resultant experience of abandonment and loss is indelibly imprinted upon the unconscious minds of these children, causing that which I call the ‘primal wound.’”

Verrier’s book is well-known in the adoption world, but her insights are critically important for any circumstance in which there is prolonged or chronic neonatal separation. So as I go on to describe the implications of not staying connected after birth in terms of adoption, they can apply to other separation circumstances as well, including NICU stays. Over my years of counseling and coaching, I have seen so-called “classic adoption issues” (e.g., trust, intimacy, persecution complex) show up in those

My Own Problems Staying Connected After Birth

Separation wounds can also happen in the most “normal” of birth and postpartum circumstances. Like so many modern American moms giving birth to healthy, full-term babies in hospitals... and despite my best intentions (and the admonition of my very progressive pediatrician, to “not let them take your baby away from you!”)...

I found myself overpowered by the momentum of standard hospital protocols, which involve separating mother and baby for a variety of reasons, for various lengths of time.

Not only did this have its effect on our son’s developing trust, it also interrupted the unfolding of my own maternal instincts and identity, which was a dangerous thing given my risk profile for postpartum depression.

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How To Have A Mother-Friendly Birth

By Cordelia Hanna-Cheruiyot, MPH, CHES, ICCE, CLE, CBA

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hen choosing your birth place and birth team, you might want to consider whether they are a “Mother-Friendly” birth practice. Much more than whether they are nice to you when you have appointments (which I hope they are!), “Mother-Friendly” is an approach to maternity care. The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI) is a 10-step evidence-based plan to help you have a safe and satisfying birth experience. Developed by The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS), a coalition of individuals and national organizations with concern for the care and wellbeing of mothers, babies, and families. Their mission is to promote a wellness model of maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially reduce costs. This evidence-based mother-, baby-, and family-friendly model focuses on prevention and wellness as the alternatives to high-cost screening, diagnosis, and treatment programs. It was ratified in July, 2006. Today, hospitals, birth centers, homebirth practices, and community-based organizations and clinics are working to implement Mother-Friendly Care in Los Angeles County, and throughout the U.S.

The MFCI is based on several principles. They are as follows: The philosophical cornerstones of Mother-Friendly care are as follows: • • • •

Normalcy of the Birthing Process Birth is a normal, natural, and healthy process.

Women and babies have the inherent wisdom necessary for birth.

Babies are aware, sensitive human beings at the time of birth, and should be acknowledged and treated as such.

• Breastfeeding provides the optimum nourishment for newborns and infants.

• Birth can safely take place in hospitals, birth centers, and homes.

• The midwifery model of care, which supports and protects the normal birth process, is the most appropriate for the majority of women during pregnancy and birth.

Empowerment • A woman’s confidence and ability to give birth and to care for her baby are enhanced or diminished by every person who gives her care, and by the environment in which she gives birth.

• A mother and baby are distinct yet interdependent during pregnancy, birth, and infancy. Their interconnected–ness is vital and must be respected.

• Pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period are milestone events in the continuum of life. These experiences profoundly affect women, babies, fathers, and families, and have important and long-lasting effects on society.

Autonomy Every woman should have the opportunity to: • Have a healthy and joyous birth experience for herself and her family, regardless of her age or circumstances; • Give birth as she wishes in an environment in which she feels nurtured and secure, and her emotional well-being, privacy, and personal preferences are respected; • Have access to the full range of options for pregnancy, birth, and nurturing her baby, and to accurate information on all available birthing sites, caregivers, and practices; • Receive accurate and up-to-date information about the benefits and risks of all procedures, drugs, and tests suggested for use during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period, with the rights to informed consent and informed refusal; • Receive support for making informed choices about what is best for her and her baby based on her individual values and beliefs.

What does “Evidence-Based” Mean?

Evidence-Based means that the doctors, midwives and nurses involved in your care and the care of your newborn follow the most current scientific evidence which have been shown to have positive effects on mothers and babies. Sometimes, medical professionals will do what has become routine and customary rather than providing types of care that have been shown to be effective and do as little harm as possible.

While there is always a time and place for every medical procedure, the care ought to be customized and individualized to each situation and woman or baby. Some examples of “routine” procedures without medical basis may be giving an intravenous fluid as part of admission to the hospital (rather than for a specific medical reason), or doing perineal massage during pregnancy (it does not help prevent tears during pushing), or artificially rupturing the membranes in labor (it may not speed up the labor or strengthen labor contractions, and may lead to the mother or baby getting an infection). Some medical procedures may be benign (not causing harm, but not necessarily beneficial), others may have potential harms.

So it is a good idea for expectant parents to learn about the Ten Steps of the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI), and what questions they should be asking their care providers before accepting or declining any procedures. It is best to find out the pros and cons and the effect on mother, baby, and labor before agreeing to have the procedure performed. Your health care provider should explain all of this to you in words you can understand, and not pressure you to make a particular choice, unless you or your baby is in serious danger. They should also allow you to make an informed refusal, including doing nothing, or choosing a completely different alternative. This is called Informed Consent and Refusal. It is your right to ask and to be informed and to give your permission to have a procedure done, or to refuse it.

Through these principles and steps, a woman can have a satisfying and safe birth experience. She can feel as if she is the center of her birth, and her desires and wishes are respected. She can achieve a sense of accomplishment and empowerment that will last an entire lifetime. This approach also will help her form a secure attachment to her baby, which is critical for that child’s emotional development.

For more information on how to create a Mother-Friendly birth plan, contact The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health, a community-based organization in Los Angeles offering childbirth preparation classes, labor doula support, postpartum doula support , breastfeeding support and referrals to Mother-Friendly providers. For more information on the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative, including materials you can download, see: http:// motherfriendly.org.

Do No Harm • Interventions should not be applied routinely during pregnancy, birth, or the postpartum period. Many standard medical tests, procedures, technologies, and drugs carry risks to both mother and baby, and should be avoided in the absence of specific scientific indications for their use.

• If complications arise during pregnancy, birth, or the postpartum period, medical treatments should be evidence-based.

Responsibility • Each caregiver is responsible for the quality of care she or he provides.

• Maternity care practice should be based not on the needs of the caregiver or provider, but solely on the needs of the mother and child.

• Each hospital and birth center is responsible for the periodic review and evaluation, according to current scientific evidence, of the effectiveness, risks, and rates of use of its medical procedures Cordelia Hanna-Cheruiyot, for mothers and babies.

MPH, CHES, ICCE, CLE, CBA • Society, through both its government The Association for Wholistic and the public health establishment, Maternal and Newborn Health is responsible for ensuring access to 626.388.2191 maternity services for all women, and for monitoring the quality of those cordeliahc@wholisticmaternalservices. newbornhealth.org • Individuals are ultimately responsible Is a Certified Childbirth Educator (ICEA), Cerfor making informed choices about tified Birth Assistant (ALACE), Certified Lacthe health care they and their babies tation Educator (CAPPA), Postpartum Doula receive. and Assistant Midwife. She has taught hundreds of couples and attended births as an Assistant Midwife and Doula/Monitrice in hospitals, birth centers and homes since 1991. Cordelia received her Master’s in Public Health in Health Education and Promotion/Maternal Child Health from Loma Linda University. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) accredited

by NCHEC, the gold standard for professional health educators. She has extensive experience working in the public health arena in Los Angeles as a Perinatal and Women’s Health Education Consultant, Trainer and Workshop Leader. She is the Director of Health Education and Support Services for The Association for Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health, a non-profit education and advocacy organization located in Los Angeles.

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Ten Steps of the Mother-Friendly Childbirth To be considered “Mother-Friendly,” a hospital, birth center, or home birth service should carry out the following philosophical principles by fulfilling the Ten Steps of Mother-Friendly Care.

A Mother-Friendly hospital, birth center, or home birth service, clinic or organization: 1. Offers all birthing mothers: • Unrestricted access to the birth companions of her choice, including fathers, partners, children, family members, and friends; • Unrestricted access to continuous emotional and physical support from a skilled woman—for example, a doula,* or labor-support professional; • Access to professional midwifery care.

2. Provides accurate descriptive and statistical information to the public about its practices and procedures for birth care, including measures of interventions and outcomes.

Example: This could be publishing their cesarean section rates on the company website 3. Provides culturally competent care—that is, care that is sensitive and responsive to the specific beliefs, values, and customs of the mother’s ethnicity and religion.

Example: The clinic or doctor’s office provides childbirth education materials and classes in several languages, including yours. The images in the materials represent the people they serve, and look like you.

Example: They allow you to recite special prayers or perform religious ceremonies at or following the birth.

4. Provides the birthing woman with the freedom to walk, move about, and assume the positions of her choice during labor and birth (unless restriction is specifically required to correct a complication), and discourages the use of the lithotomy (flat on back with legs elevated) position.

Example: Allows the mother to walk in labor, allows use of a birth ball for labor positioning, a birth chair for delivery, a squatting bar, or delivering on hands and knees or any other position, including delivering out of the bed.

5. Has clearly defined policies and procedures for: • Collaborating and consulting throughout the perinatal period with other maternity services, including communicating with the original caregiver when transfer from one birth site to another is necessary; • Linking the mother and baby to appropriate community resources, including prenatal and post-discharge followup and breastfeeding support.

Example: Having a post-partum doula service or home visiting breastfeeding peer counselor available to mothers.

Example: Linking mothers to support groups.

6. Does not routinely employ practices and procedures that are unsupported by scientific evidence, including but not limited to the following: • shaving; • enemas; • IVs (intravenous drip); • withholding nourishment or water; • early rupture of membranes*; • electronic fetal monitoring; Example: The care provider will do massage of the perineum during delivery Example: Mothers can eat, drink in labor Example: The baby ‘s heart rate is monitored periodically instead of continually, using a Doppler, or intermittent electronic fetal monitoring (in low-risk labors) other interventions are limited as follows: • Has an induction* rate of 10% or less;† • Has an episiotomy* rate of 20% or less, with a goal of 5% or less; • Has a total cesarean rate of 10% or less in community hospitals, and 15% or less in tertiary care (high-risk) hospitals; • Has a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) rate of 60% or more with a goal of 75% or more.

Example:The medical provider performs a Bishop Score (assessment of the favorability of the woman’s cervix for induction) prior to inducing.

Example: The induction is only done if the risk of continuing the pregnancy is greater than the risk of induction (may increase chances of a cesarean and premature birth).

*Glossary Augmentation: Speeding up labor.

Birth Center: Free-standing mater-

nity center.

Doula: A woman who gives continuous physical, emotional, and informational support during labor and birth—may also provide postpartum care in the home.

Example: Induction is not performed before 39 weeks and only for a specific medical condition that makes waiting for labor to begin on its own dangerous.

Episiotomy: Surgically cutting to

Example: Encourages women who have had a prior cesarean to try to have a vaginal birth;

Induction: Artificially starting

Example: The doctor or midwife does perineal massage and counter pressure to help avoid a tear during crowning of the baby’s head.

7. Educates staff in non-drug methods of pain relief, and does not promote the use of analgesic or anesthetic drugs not specifically required to correct a complication.

Example: Use of warm water immersion in bathtubs, Jacuzzis or showers during labor; Example: Nurses or doulas are trained in massage therapy techniques; Example: Women can use vocalization, position changes, etc., to help with pain management;

widen the vaginal opening for birth. labor.

Morbidity: Disease or injury.

Pitocin: Synthetic form of oxyto-

cin (a naturally occurring hormone) given intravenously to start or speed up labor.

Perinatal: Around the time of

birth.

Rupture of Membranes: Breaking

the “bag of waters.”

8. Encourages all mothers and families, including those with sick or premature newborns or infants with congenital problems, to touch, hold, breastfeed, and care for their babies to the extent compatible with their conditions.

Example: Newborns are placed immediately skin-to-skin with mother after the delivery and are allowed to stay there for up to 2 hours, if stable. This includes having babies placed on mother’s chest immediately after a cesarean in the surgical suite; 9. Discourages non-religious circumcision of the newborn. † Example: The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend routine circumcision for all newborn males; the decision should be made by each family on the basis of their religious, philosophical, or cultural traditions, in consultation with their pediatric provider and/or religious leader.

10. Strives to achieve the WHO-UNICEF “Ten Steps of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative” to promote successful breastfeeding: • Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff; • Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this policy; • Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding; • Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within a half-hour of birth; • Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation even if they should be separated from their infants; • Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk unless medically indicated; • Practice rooming in: allow mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a day; • Encourage breastfeeding on demand; • Give no artificial teat or pacifiers (also called dummies or soothers) to breastfeeding infants; • Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to them on discharge from hospitals or clinics Example: Breastfeeding support groups available; Example: Lactation Consultant and breastfeeding peer counselors or home visiting postpartum doulas are available Example: Breastfeeding drop in help centers at the hospital or clinic. † This criterion is presently under review.

Bibliography 1. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Fetal heart rate patterns: monitoring, interpretation, and management. Technical Bulletin No. 207, July 1995.

2. Guidelines for vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean birth. ACOG Committee Opinion 1988; No 64.

3. Canadian Paediatric Soc, Fetus, and Newborn Committee. Neonatal circumcision revisited.

Can Med Assoc J 1996;154(6):769-780.

4. Enkin M, et al. A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth 2nd rev ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. (Data from this book come from the Cochrane Database of Perinatal Trials.)

5. Goer H. Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature.

Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1995.

6. Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. Unity through diversity: a report on the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition Communities of Color Leadership Roundtable. Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, 1993. (A copy may obtained by calling (202) 821-8993 ext.

254. Dr. Marsden Wagner also provided maternal mortality statistics from official state health data.)

7. International Lactation Consultant Association.

Position paper on infant feeding. rev 1994.

Chicago: ILCA, 1994.

8. Klaus M, Kennell JH, and Klaus PH. Mothering the Mother. Menlo Park, CA: AddisonWesley, 1993.

9. Bonding: Building the Foundations of Secure Attachment and Independence. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley,1995.

10. Wagner M, Pursuing the Birth Machine: The Search for Appropriate Birth Technology.

Australia: ACE Graphics, 1994. (Dr. Wagner’s book has the “General Recommendations” of The WHO Fortaleza, Brazil, April, 1985 and the “Summary Report” of The WHO Consensus Conference on Appropriate Technology Following Birth Trieste, October, 1986.

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Safety...In The News

By Richard Pass, RN, BS

The following article summaries are relevant to expectant, new and more experienced parents, families & friends. They are intended to sharpen your understanding of safety risks as they exist or can be anticipated.

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Richard Pass, RN, BS Save a Little Life, inc.

818.344.1442 Savealittlelife.com Richard Pass, RN,BS is the founder of “Save A Little Life” inc., a local provider of both CPR and First-aid for infants & children. He has been a Registered Nurse & Health Educator for over 30 years. He is on staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and is currently a parttime clinical instructor of nursing at California State University, Northridge. The goal for Save a Little Life is to provide a simpler, more “user friendly” CPR course.

Updated Car-seat essentials –

Pediatric Obesity

At one time, those words were rarely used together. Now, however, they seemed chronically linked together and the connection is real, and dangerous.

Compelling research by the New England Journal of Medicine has the facts: If you entered kindergarten over weight (in 1998) you were 4 times more likely to be obese by your 14th birthday.

National data collection of over 7,500 study participants represents a large study who’s participants were followed from entrance to kindergarten - (5.6 years avg.) to age 14.1 years of age. Upon entry, 12.4 % of the students were obese, while 14.9 % were over-weight. By the 8th grade (14.1 yrs.) 20.8% were obese while 17% were considered over-weight.

It appears that those with the higher risk for obesity gained significant weight in the earlier grades. One of the researchers commented: …”Among the kids who would become obese by the time they were middle-schoolers, most of that happened early on in elementary school. That helps us focus on these early years of kindergarten, first, second, and third grade, when a lot of obesity may actually occur.”

Consent for Emergency Care — without parental approval ?

For years we have been telling parents that if someone other than you arrives with the baby or child (in your absence) that a form should accompany them. The form is known as the Parental Consent Form. This form, allows medical personnel to initiate care for your infant or child prior to your arrival at the hospital.

Examples of this potential conflict would be when a grandparent or aunt/uncle, babysitter, nanny, etc. brings the baby to the E.R. without a signed statement from the parent, allowing care to proceed until you arrive. This would provide the doctors & nursing staff with knowledge about the infant/ child’s medical history (allergies, other health issues, medications). The assumption is that this information would clear the way to initiate treatment with medications, imaging studies, other necessary sedation of the baby or child for a wide variety of illnesses or injuries.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a new policy statement regarding these potential conflicts. The decision of the AAP for the revised policy on parental consent was summarized in this statement: “ Current medical ethics recommendations also appear to support the E.D./E.R. treatment of unaccompanied minors” so the statement reads. Furthermore, the AAP statement included: “ the physician should seek consensus from the patient or family as soon as possible.”

This change simply put, suggests that pre-authorization (with a note or letter, signed by the parent) is not a necessity and that proceeding with treatment of the minor will be based on a variety of factors.

When we instruct parents in our CPR and first-aid classes the issue of parental consent is always on our check-list of important things to do. We strongly suggest that all parents provide this document to those who have childcare duties, even those blood relatives who are not the parent or legal guardian of that minor.

Forms of this type are easily found on the internet and simply requesting a generic parental consent for medical treatment of a minor. Some states may have laws requiring notarization of the document. Not so in California.

From a statistical standpoint, there is nothing more important for your infant or child than a properly fitted, well-rated car seat. The one website that consistently brings up-to-date information on car seats is : www.nhtsa.gov. Yes, it’s a government website and it is a gem. Below is a reprint of the most current recommendations in this critical area.

Birth-12 months: Your child under age 1 should always ride in a rear-facing car seat. There are different types of rear-facing car seats: Infant-only seats can only be used rear-facing.

Convertible and 3-in-1 car seats typically have higher height and weight limits for the rear-facing position, allowing you to keep your child rear-facing for a longer period of time.

1-3 years: Keep your child rear-facing as long as possible. It is the best way to keep him or her safe. Your child should remain in a rear-facing car seat until he or she reaches the top height or weight limit allowed by your car-seat’s manufacturer. Once your child outgrows the rear-facing car seat, your child is ready to travel in forwardfacing car seat with a harness.

4-7 years: Keep your child in a forwardfacing car seat with a harness until he or she reaches the top height or weight limit allowed by your car seat’s manufacturer.

Once your child outgrows the forwardfacing car seat with a harness, it is time to travel in a booster seat, but still in the back seat.

8-12 years: Keep your child in a booster seat until he or she is big enough to fit in a seat belt properly. For a seat belt to fit properly the lap belt must lie snugly across the upper thighs, not the stomach. The shoulder belt should lie snuggly across the shoulder and chest and not cross the neck or face. Remember, your child should still ride in the back seat as it is still a safer location.

Oh, those pesky vaccinations !

Controversial or not, a myriad of health care specialists have released the 2014 Child/Teen Immunization Schedule. The Centers for Disease Control and the AAP are some of the institutions that come up with changes or modifications in the immunization schedule for the pediatric population.

Of the changes that are now recommended, the following are the ones we are told you need to know. They include: • Meningococcal (meningitis) Vaccine: This seems to be focused on a subgroup who, based on genetic and other factors are at higher risk.

• Pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccine: These changes are also relevant to some and it appears that this would affect the “sequencing” or the pace that the vaccine is recommended. Also, a reminder that those who received their first anti-pneumonia vaccine be sure to speak with your pediatrician regarding appropriate booster shots.

• Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis ((whooping cough)): The current vaccine remains a high priority . They do suggest that there is no current recommendation for further booster doses with the exception of pregnant women. It is recommended that these women have a Tdap booster with each pregnancy. If treatment for an accident where the skin is broken, it is wise to speak with the emergency room physician for recommendations on booster shots.

Save A Little Life is now 15 years old! With all of the changes and modifications in CPR education, we remain steadfast in our promise that all parents, family friends and employees will learn these skills with us. Our programs are located in a wide area across the L.A. and S.F. Valley area.

All the best, Richard Pass, RN,BS Director, Save A Little Life, inc.

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Staying Connected After Birth The Trauma & The Healing

The trauma of newborn separation is registered largely on the physical level, leaving the nervous system predisposed to getting stuck in survival mode: fight or flight, or freeze. In babies, these powerful feelings are thus expressed physically, through: • inconsolable crying (or the other extreme, virtually no at all) • extreme startle responses • arching or stiffening at being held • “spacing out” or sleeping all the time • severe colic • other illness (e.g., I contracted pneumonia at 6 months of age)

The primal sense of loss, abandonment and rage that results from the trauma of separation is overwhelming to a newborn, who hasn’t yet developed an ego, much less ego defense mechanisms. Left unacknowledged and unaddressed, these unresolved nervous system patterns permeate the psychological and personality realms. They can manifest in such ways as hyper-controlling behavior (“the little tyrant”) and intense

emotional volatility (adoptees often pick up the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder or bipolar, which are indeed marked by such volatility). Or these patterns can show themselves in the opposite way — a superficially cheerful adaptiveness (“the pleaser”).

Children often split themselves off from the injured parts of their psyche, and develop a functional, acceptable, “false self.” This concept of the false self is often the explanation behind what seems like “wonderful adjustment” on the part of an adoptee, or traumatized child who has responded to the deep fear of further abandonment or trauma by becoming compliant and adaptive to the needs and expectations of the parents or caregivers. But their grief and anger is simply buried in the unconsious, curdling their social and emotional lives.

However, all is not lost. Parents needn’t feel hopeless in the face of these revelations. (Indeed, when faced with an inexplicably unsoothable baby... or, one who kind of “tunes out” and won’t engage... a parent without these insights could understandably feel hopeless and helpless!) When parents are provided this understanding about the impact of these early experiences upon their child, it can be very liberating (after the initial shock and grief passes). It frees them to reach beyond themselves and not take the child’s behavior personally (“He doesn’t like me!”). This can empower a parent to make herself truly available as a loving, healing presence for her baby. How?

Staying Connected After Birth with Healing Words

One of the most powerful healing forces is available to every parent, free of charge: empathy. Empathy allows a person, even a tiny baby, to feel her feelings, rather than repress them, so they can be released. Babies who have lost their original mothers, permanently or even temporarily... and babies who have suffered other painful or traumatic experiences... need to express their feelings of grief and loss.

They need our help to do this, and this help needs to take the form of active empathy... saying the words, out loud, that let the baby know that what he or she is feeling makes sense and is allowed.

So instead of the very common dismissive mantra chanted to upset babies, “It’s okay, you’re okay, you don’t need to cry...” the thoughtful and knowledgeable adoptive parent can gently croon to her baby in distress: “You miss your mother. You miss your connection. You’ve lost something very important, and I understand. I’m not the mom you expected, I don’t smell like her, I don’t sound like her. I’m a different mom and I am here for you... always... when you feel sad, and when you feel joyful...”

Parenting for Peace

by Marcy Axness, PhD

In the midst of our global human, economic and environmental crises, we have been overlooking a powerful—perhaps the most powerful—means of fostering peace and prosperity: the consciousness with which we bring our children to life and shepherd them into adulthood. If we really want to change the world, we need to raise a generation “built for peace” from their earliest beginnings. Parenting for Peace is a scientific roadmap for how to hardwire kids with the brain circuitry for such essential peacemaker capacities as empathy, trust, self-regulation and imagination. The win-win is that a child wired in this vibrantly healthy way is a joy to parent, and later he or she will go out into our world equipped to creatively and confidently innovate solutions, and take pleasure in doing so!

Parenting for Peace offers readers a userfriendly shortcut around today’s information overload, because it gives them the most important research from dozens of leading experts woven together with its own empowering perspectives on bringing more joy into family life.

Or the mother (or father) of a baby in or recently out of the NICU might say:

“I really see you, and that you’re in distress... I understand... You had some scary and painful things happen to you while I wasn’t with you, and I’m very sorry...”

These may be difficult words to say, words that prod at our own losses and hurts... infertility; the death, miscarriage, or stillbirth of a previous child; other deep pain suffered on the road to adoption; or the pain and fears involved in having an ill or premature child. But I can think of no greater gift we can give our precious new children than the freedom to be exactly who they are, with everything they feel, so they don’t have to bear the leaden emotional baggage of banished feelings throughout their lifetimes.

And in return, we are blessed with a secure, trusting, and joyous relationship with our children... the gift of true intimacy. The gift of staying connected after birth… and forever. [i] E.g. Maté, Gabor. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2010; Odent, Michel. The Scientification of Love. London: Free Association Books, 1999; Ornish, Dean. Love & Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.

Marcy Axness, Ph.D Quantum Parenting 818.366.7310 marcyaxness.com Dr. Axness is a leading authority on prenatal and perinatal development, which she teaches at the graduate level, and she is one of the world’s few experts on the primal issues in adoption.

Dr. Axness is the author of the newly published “Parenting for Peace” available on Amazon.com

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Let It Snow!

By Dr. JoBea Holt Author of Baby’s Day Out in Southern California – Fun Places to Go With Babies and Toddlers (Gem Guides Co.) – a travel guide to helping you find more adventures for your baby.

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hat is snow? What does it feel like? Does it have a smell? Is it really cold? Your baby wants to know!

Well, we don’t get much snow in the cities of Southern California, but our mountains get plenty each year. Check the snow report, bundle up your baby and head for the hills! The easiest way to find snow is to head up Angeles Crest Highway. If you have chains, bring them. Sometimes you will get stopped and turned around without chains, depending on the weather forecast and the last time it snowed. And remember your Adventure Pass. For a baby or a toddler, you don’t need a whole ski resort – only a little (clean) patch of snow beside the road. If you have a sled, all the better. There are several makeshift sledding hills along the highway.

Warm winters offer other special activities for babies and toddlers. Southern California is on the Pacific Flyway, which means migrating birds pass through here on their way to warmer climates. Some even stay for the winter. You can find these birds, along with the resident ducks, geese and coots, at lakes around the area. Favorite stopovers with stroller-friendly paths are the Los Angeles Arboretum, the South Coast Botanical Gardens and Puddingstone Lake (also known as Frank G. Bonelli Park). Look for a bird identification card or book in the gift shops and keep it in your diaper bag.

Winter is also the time camellias are in bloom. Splendid gardens may include your front yard, or you may want to visit Descanso or Huntington Gardens, both of which have acres and acres of camellia forests of all colors and varieties.

Toddlers love to pick the camellias. While this is not a good idea at Descanso or the Huntington, you may want to consider letting your child gather flowers in your own yard. There are phases of camellia picking every child goes through. The first stage is to pick the buds only. This is the most frustrating stage but the most fun for your child and a good opportunity to learn sorting skills! The second stage is to wait for the buds to blossom and then pick only the blossoms. You can survive this stage by floating the blossoms in bowls of water. Then comes the stage of a thousand bouquets – enough for every room in your house and a daily bunch for the nursery school teacher. This stage is sadly followed by the one-bouquet-per-season-if-you-are-lucky stage. So enjoy the picking years while they last. Your plants and your child will thrive!

Happy Trails JoBea Holt

Sites Mentioned in This Article The Huntington Gardens San Marino http://www.huntington.org Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Arcadia http://www.arboretum.org/ Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park and Puddingstone Reservoir San Dimas www.bonellipark.org/index.html Descanso Gardens La Canada www.descansogardens.org South Coast Botanical Gardens Rancho Palos Verdes www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org Dr. JoBea Holt www.babysdayout.net Dr. JoBea Holt was a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1976 through 1999 where she studied climate change in arctic forests using satellites and the Space Shuttle. She received her Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley, and her Ph.D. from Caltech in Planetary Science. In 1999, JoBea left JPL to raise her two children. She is an active leader in Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, is on the board of her children’s Little League organization, and is currently a member of Al Gore’s Climate Project.

Her first non-NASA book, Baby’s Day Out in Southern California, was released in 2003 and again in 2006. (Published by Gem Guides Co.) It is a travel guide to help moms and dads find more adventures for baby.

Her most recent book is Climate Moms, an iBook. Her website is www.climatemoms.com.

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The following information is provided courtesy of the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles. For more information go to: www.breastfeedla.org

Beverly Hills / West Los Angeles / Santa Monica Cedars-Sinai Lactation Education Center . ........................................................310-423-5312

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My Nursing Coach, A Mobile Lactation Center................................................ 818-431-1118

Linda Hanna, RNC, MSN / Ed, IBCLC www.mynursingcoach.com 7437 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, CA 91303-1212. Serves Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Mobile Lactation Service. Prenatal, post partum breastfeedign classes. Consults in hospital, clinic, client’s home. Pump rentals, sales, related sales. In-home phototherapy.

Support groups. Credit cards accepted. Available weekends and evenings

8700 Beverly Blvd., Suite 3202, Los Angeles, CA 90048. www.cedars-sinai.edu Also serves Greater Los Angeles Area. Linda Kingsley, B.A., IBCLC, RLC Program Coordinator. Mon - Sat 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Prenatal breastfeeding classes. Consults in hospital. NICU Lactation Program. Breast pump rentals & related sales. Medical translators for most languages, serve hearing impaired.

Ognjanovic, Mina J. BA, IBCLC, RLC, Doula(DONA)........................................ 818-915-0190

Epps, Cynthia, MS, IBCLC..........................................................310-458-6430; 310-968-0387

Rosenthal, Chrisie, BS, IBCLC, RLC.................................................................. 818-216-2319

Katznap-Yackman, Yana, BA, IBCLC, RLC....................................................... 323-240-6002

Steinberg, Ellen, RN, LCCE, IBCLC............................................818-345-4439; 818-929-7584

457 25th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90402 - 3033 www.cynthiaepps.com Also serves Los Angeles , South Bay, San Fernando Valley Prenatal breastfeeding classes, private instruction. Consults in hospital, client’s home. Credit cards accepted. Available weekends by appointment only.

Serves Marina Del Rey and West Los Angeles. www.headfirstdoulas.net Private breastfeeding instruction. Consults in client’s home. Available weekends and evenings.

MCH Services Inc., Rona Cohen, RN, MN, IBCLC............................................ 800-822-6688

P.O. Box 6241, Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1241. www.mchservicesinc.com National & International Corporate Lactation Program. Prenatal education through corporate lactation programs only. Breast pump sales. Credit cards accepted.

Slavick, Suzy, RN, IBCLC..................................................................................310-871-3554

145 South La Peer Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2601. www.bhpumpcenter.com Also serves Culver City. Private breastfeeding instructions. Consults in hospital, office, client’s home. Breastpump and rental and sales of related supplies. Credit cards accepted. Available weekends and evenings. Hebrew spoken.

Experienced in hospital setting, warm and supportive approach.

Tellalian, Louise Arce, RN, CLC, FACCE...........................................................310-274-2272

1911 San Ysidro Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-1520. Serves Greater Los Angeles.

Prenatal breastfeeding classes; small group in home setting on Saturday AM with phone follow-up. Private instruction available. Phone counseling.

The Sanctuary Breasfeeding Resource Center.................................................. 877-552-6437

Kimberly Durdin, IBCLC 11965 Venice Blvd. Suite 307, Los Angeles, CA 90066 www.birthsanctuary.com (24 Hours / 7 Days) Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes, support group. Consults in hospital, clinic, client’s home. Breast pump rentals, sales and related sales. Low cost services available.

Miracle Mile / Hollywood / Silverlake / Downtown Wachsmann Melanie, CLE, CD. CPD. Doula Mellie...........................................310-435-6760 Los Angeles, CA 90016 Also serves West LA, Santa Monica www.doulamellie.com Prenatal breastfeeding classes, private instruction; consults in client’s home. Available weekends and evenings.

Culver City / Inglewood / South Los Angeles Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, WLA.........................................................323-857-4121

6041 Cadillac Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90034-1702. Also serves WLA, Baldwin Hills.

Gwen Brown, RN, BSN, CLC, Alexanne Soltwedel, RN, BSN, CLE. Lactation Clinc Mon.-Fri. 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM .Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes. Consults in hospital, clinic. Breast pump sales and related sales. Support group. Special services to NICU graduates and teens. Weekend services for inpatients. Services free to Kaiser patients.

Burbank / Pasadena / Glendale Baghdassarian, Roza, MA, IBCLC.....................................................................818-353-7446 9830 Cabanas Avenue, Tujunga, CA 91042. Also serves Foothills, San Gabriel Valley www.everydaymomstore.com www.binibirth.com Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes, private instruction. Consults in hospital, in office, client’s home. Breast pump rentals, nursing bras. Specializes in multiples, transitioning premature babies to breast, milk supply, latch / suck issues. Free support group. Available weekends, evenings. Armenian spoken.

Bellies, Babies and Bosoms...............................................................................818-541-1200

2430 Honolulu Avenue, Montrose, CA 91020 – 1824. www.bellies.biz Also serves San Gabriel Valley, Eagle Rock, Foothills. Five Certified Lactation Educators / Consultants available.

Prenatal & post partum breastfeeding classes, private instruction. Consults in hospital, office, client’s home.

Breast pump rentals & sales, nursing wear; baby scales. Available weekends & eves. Spanish & Japanese spoken.

Claire, Jessica, IBCLC....................................................................................... 323-206-6557

In-Home Lactation Assistance. Also serves San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys www.lactationconsultantla.com Private breastfeeding instruction. Consults in client’s home. Discounted fee for WIC and Medi-Cal recipients.

Credit cards accepted.

Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center................................................... 818-507-4191

1420 S. Central Avenue Glendale, CA 91204. www.glendalememorialhospital.org Also serves San Fernando Valleys, Greater Los Angeles area. Cathy Rgagasa, RN, Director of Women’s Services Prenatal breastfeeding classes. Consults in hospital. Breastfeeding support groups, English on Thursday, Spanish on Monday. Call for times. Mon. - Fri. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Free breastfeeding hotline.

Huntington Hospital........................................................................................ 626-397-3172 Ann Meier, RN, BSN, ANLC Mon. - Fri. 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM www.huntingtonhospital.com 100 W. California Avenue, P.O. Box 7013, Pasadena, CA 91105-7103 Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes. Consults in hospital. Breast pump sales, rentals, related sales.

Johnson-Haddad, Miranda, IBCLC, CLE............................................................818-621-5477 Private breastfeeding instruction. www.glendalepediatrics.net Constults in hospital, client’s home, pediatric office; also at Bellies, Babies & Bosoms www.bellies.biz. Breast pump sales and related sales. Specializes in mulitples and babies with special needs. Available weekends and evenings. Credit cards accepted.

818-906-2733. 17046 Burbank Blvd., Encino, CA 91316 www.bellybutterfly.com Prenatal, post-partum breastfeeding classes, private instruction. Consults in office, hospital, client’s home. Specializes in NICU graduates, induced lactation. Credit cards accepted. Available evenings and weeekends; Serbian spoken.

The Land of Milk and Mommy chrisier@yahoo.com Breastfeeding consults in office, client’s home. Phone consults available. Specializes in feeding difficulties, milk supply, multiples. Warm, supportive service. Available 7 days and evenings. Some insurance accepted as payment in full.

4431 Callada Place, Tarzana, CA 91356 www.babyhelp.us Breastfeeding consutations in Tarzana office, client’s home, and via phone. Aetna in-network provider (free consults for most Aetna patients). Works with other insurance as well. Cranio Sacral Therapy for mother and baby.

Specializing in feeding difficulties, milk supply and fussy babies. Pump rentals, sales, baby scales. Available weekends, evenings. Spanish spoken, Credit cards accepted.

The Pump Connection, Rebecca Burditt, BS, CLE............................................ 818-225-8822

13940 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91432 Also serves Greater Los Angeles www.thepumpconnection.com Breastfeeding support group and other classes. Consults in office, client’s home. Breast pump rental, sales, related sales, pump delivery. Credit cards accepted. Available weekends, evenings by appointment.

Toussaint, Yvonne, LLL.................................................................................... 323-428-2587

Support group prenatal, post partum, extended breastfeeding and tandem nursing. E-mail support at MYMightyMilk@gmail.com

Wells, Rachelle, CLE......................................................................................... 213-864-4118 11546 Canton Drive, Studio City, CA 91604. Also serves Los Angeles. rachellewells@gmail.com Post partum breastfeeding classes. Consults in office, client’s home. Available weekends and evenings.

Santa Clarita Valley Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.......................................................... 661-253-8238

Mary Beth Sweet, BS, IBCLC, Jolli Bernier BA, IBCLC, Lisa Araki, IBCLC, Jodi Rosen, RN, CLE 23845 McBean Parkway, Suite 112, Valencia, CA 91355-2083. www.henrymayo.com Mon.–Fri. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes. Consults in hospital, clinic. Services to NICU and premature babies. Breast pump rentals & sales. Spanish spoken. Credit cards accepted.

Takeda, Cindee Robinson, MS, CLE, IBCLC......................................................661-618-4570

28468 Alder Peak, Santa Clarita, CA 91387-3109 . Also serves San Fernando Valley clrtakeda@ gmail.com Private breastfeeding instruction. Consults in client’s home, pediatric office. Experienced with pre- term, multiples & special needs infants. Available weekends & evenings.

Simi Valley / Conejo Valley / Ventura County Manduke, Lori, NP, RN, IBCLC........................................................................ 818-822-1919 Also serves West San Fernando Valley Lmanduke@sbcglobal.net Group prenatal breastfeeding classes, private instruction. Consults in hospital, client’s home.

Phone counseling. Available evenings and weekends

Westchester / South Bay / San Pedro Beach Cities Babies...........................................................................................310-372-5511 Terry Gass RN, IBCLC and Susanna Lutton, MPH, CLE. Redondo Beach, CA 90278 www.beachcitiesbabies.com Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes. Consults in client’s home. Pump rentals and related sales. Weekly support groups. Available weekends.

Rosevear, Luanne, RN, PHN, IBCLC, BS................................... 310-779-7943; 310-212-6461

Breastpump Connection. 3325 Opal Street, Torrance, CA 90503. www.brstempconnection@sbcglobal.net Also serves Long Beach. Breastfeeding consults in office, hospital, client’s home, pediatric office, WIC center. Breast pump purchase, rental, related sales and delievery. Specializes in teens and NICU graduates. Support groups Sat., Sun. @ noon for $25. Available weekends and evenings.

South Bay Baby Beginings.................................................................................310-619-6083

Patty Elder, RNC, IBCLC and Hillary Gray, RNC, IBCLC www.southbaybabybeginnings.com 2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 Breastfeeding consults in hospital, clinic, client’s home.

Low cost support groups Mon. Wed. Fri. 10:00 AM - Noon. Available weekends and evenings.

Torrance Memorial Medical Center................................................... 310-325-9110 Ext. 4225

3330 Lomita Blvd., Health Links, West Tower, Torrance, CA 90505-5073 www.torrancememorial.org Susan Orr, PT, LCCE, CLC, IBCLC; Nancy Kraus, BA, LCCE, CLE; Tricia Suarez, CLE, Catherine Hargrove, RN, CLE. Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes. $30 consults in clinic Mon. & Sat. mornings. Breast pump rentals & sales, nursing wear, books, baby items. Credit cards accepted. Tagalog Spoken.

Long Beach / Orange County Breastfeeding Support Inc.................................................................................562-922-1474

9819 Palm Street, Bellflower, CA 90706 www.breastfeedingsupportinc.com Serves Greater Los Angeles and North Orange County. Private breastfeeding instruction, prenatal and post partum classes. Consults in hospital, office, client’s home. Pump rentals, sales, related sales. Low cost support group. Credit cards accepted. Available weekends and evenings. Spanish Spoken

Orr, Susan, PT, CLC, IBCLC............................................................................ 562-427-3782

Meier, Ann, RN, BSN, ANLC.......................................................................... 626-390-0139

Columbia Pediatrics, 2880 Long Beach Blvd., #425, Long Beach, CA 90806 www.columbiapediatrics.com Also serves South Bay. Prenatal, post partum breastfeeding classes, private instruction. Consults in hospital, clinic, office, client’s home, pediatric office. $20 consults at clinic Tuesdays and Thursdays. Breast pump sales and related sales. Available weekends & evenings

Methodist Hospital of Southern California.........................................................626-574-2415

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center........................................................... 909-623-6455

2261 Sinaloa Ave., Altadena, CA 91001. Breastfeeding consults in clients home. Available weekends

300 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007. www.methodisthospital.org Serves Greater San Gabriel Valley / Los Angeles. Monday - Friday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Prenatal breastfeeding classes. Consults in hospital, clinic. Breast pump rentals and sales. Spanish spoken.

Sainato, Christina, MPH, IBCLC, RD................................................................ 626-993-7361 Pasadena, CA. Also serves Greater San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles. www.TheNourishingMother.com Breastfeeding consults in client’s home. Credit Cards accepted. Available weekends and evenings.

San Fernando Valley Gallant, Kathryn, RN, IBCLC “LA Baby Love”.................................................. 818-465-3119 Also serves West Los Angeles / Santa Monica www.lababylove.com Private breastfeeding instruction. Consults in hospital, client’s home. Specializes in NICU graduates, multiples.

Credit cards accepted. Avialable weekends and evenings.

Ideal Birth....................................................................................................... 818-859-2478

Dahila Frydman + Malia Aharoni IBCLC and ACHI Master Doulas www.youridealbirth.com 4454 Van Nuys Blvd., #216, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. Also serves West LA, Los Angeles. Available weekends and evenings. We are here to assist you

La Leche League of The Foothills

Kamala Norris MA,LLL, Melissa O’Keefe, CLE,LLL melissaikeefe@ymail.com Serves La Canada, La Crescenta, Montrose, Sunland, Tujunga, Pasadena, Glendale Meet at Crescenta - Canada YMCA 1930 Foothill Blvd., La Canada 91011. 3rd Friday of Month Noon - 1pm. Y membership not required. Babies and children welcome. French Spoken. Experience with twins and tandem nursing. Available weekends, evenings.

San Gabriel Valley / Inland Empire

1798 N. Garey Ave. Pomona, CA 91767. Terry Bretscher, RN, CLC, IBCLC www.pvhmc.org Mon. - Sat. 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM. Prenatal breastfeeding classes. Free consults in hospital, Lactation Center. Breast pump rentals & sales. Lactation Center Mon., Thu., Fri. 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM., Tues., Wed. 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM. “Breastmilk Expressions” program for mothers returning to school or work. Medical translators available for many languages. Medi-Cal reimbursable services Key to Credentials ANL: Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant BA/ BS/ BSN: Bachelor of Arts/Science/Nursing CCE: Certified Childbirth Educator CLE(C): Certified Lactation Educator (Counselor)

Has successfully completed a one week course in basic lactation and its management, and required post seminar homework which may include a clinical component.

CLC: Certified Lactation Consultant Has had advanced formal lactation education and supervised clinical training CLC: Certified Lactation Counselor Has taken a one week course in lactation counseling and passed a post test.

CNM / CPM: Certified Nurse Midwife/Certified Professional Midwife CNS: Clinical Nurse Specialist DC : Doctor of Chiropractic FACCE: Fellow of American College of Childbirth Educators IBCLC (RLC): International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Most have had extensive formal lactation education

and clinical training; has passed an international certification exam and has continuing education requirements in lactation. Recertifies

every 5 years. May also use term “Registered” (RLC).

LCCE: Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator LE: Lactation Educator LM: Licensed Midwife LVN: Licensed Vocational Nurse MA/ MS/ MN: Master of Arts /Science /Nursing MD: Medical Doctor MPH: Master of Public Health (R) (CP) NP: (Registered) (Certified Pediatric) Nurse Practitioner OTR/L: Occupational Therapist, Registered/Licensed PCD: Postpartum Certified Doula PHN: Public Health Nurse PT: Physical Therapist RD: Registered Dietitian RN (C): Registered Nurse (Certified) All licensed health practitioners have additional continuing education requirements to remain current in their respective fields.

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started building my support system, specific to breastfeeding. For me, it was (and continues to be) such an intense experience. I needed help, I wanted a community, I needed camaraderie, and I wanted to give support in return. So now, whenever expectant moms ask me for any advice about breastfeeding, I tell them to do all the above and then create a Breastfeeding Support Sphere. I spent my last trimester inhaling ice cream and sleeping in a puddle of my own drool during “Breastfeeding 101.” Spend your last trimester more wisely than I did, ok?

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local La Leche League chapter by going to www.lalecheleaguescnv.org and Celine Malanum, CLEC clicking on the tab “Group Contact celinemalanum@gmail.com Info.” And for an expectant mother, perhaps the greatest support these Celine is a CLEC, kids yoga instructor, and serves on groups provide are visuals! There is no the steering committee of the Breastfeeding Task Force greater prep than being around a live of Greater Los Angeles. Passionate about empowering baby on the breast, seeing how the young mothers, she volunteers with the California mother and baby move together, read- Pregnant and Parenting Teen Guide, runs a teen parjust, re-latch, and more. Finally, if you ent peer support group, and is working on launching a want something that’s not readily nonprofit community center for young mothers in Long offered in your area – start your own. Beach. Reach her at celinemalanum@gmail.com.

Start a group and organize meeting places and times using helpful and free online tools like www.meetup.com, or Facebook –again taking extra care to ensure meeting locations and times are given only to other breastfeeding mothers. And do an inventory of places you already frequent or hobbies you have – they may harbor breastfeeding mother members for your group! I’ve added breastfeeding mothers to this circle who I’ve met in yoga classes, coffee shops, libraries, restaurants, bookstores, parks, and kids classes.

All About Breastpumps

Breastfeeding Support Sphere In the middle of a piece of paper, draw something to symbolize you and your baby.

Draw a circle around you and baby. Draw progressively larger circles until Agakanian you fill the

By Laura page, leaving enough space in between each circle for you to write some notes. Each circle represents a different area or group of people. Determine what or who you need breastfeeding support from and label a circle, adding notes. Here are some ideas:

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Bini Birth......................................................................................................... 818-286-3944

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Felicia Henry..................................................................................................(805) 218-6156 flhenry@mybirth.net www.mybirth.net “IBCLC One free lactation visit with full Bradley series.”

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Sabrina Roberson www.mooncyclearts.com I am a massage therapist, placenta encapsulation specialist and aromatherapist in addition to being a doula (DONA cert pending). I teach prenatal massage at IPSB in Culver City. This means that I have a very hands on approach to birth support.

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frontdesk643@yahoo.com www.beachcitydoula.com State certified massage therapist, DONA certified birth doula. Trained as hypnobabies-doula. Individualize each clients birth to make their birthing day ideal for their family. I have attended over 75 births and truly love my job. Serving the South Bay community from Manhattan Beach to Long Beach.

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Quincy J Bates, LM, CPM...............................................................................(760) 228-1011

www.nurturedmamadoula.com Janine specializes in nurturing new parents or empowering growing families with tools & support of a rhythm to thrive in postpartum.

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Patricia Grube www.serenitybirth.com I am a certified birth doula for 3 years and attend hospital and homebirths. I have attended 87 births to date. I am trained as a Hypnobirthing doula and Pregnancy Yoga teacher. I have published articles about yoga, childbirth and pregnancy and am currently working on a childbirth book.

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RevelationMidwife@gmail.com www.RevelationMidwifery.com I am devoted to preserving the art of midwifery. I look forward to serving women and babies for a better future of childbearing. I have a special place in my heart for women seeking VBAC. I am on 200+ babies!

bunnythedoula@yahoo.com www.bunnythedoula.com I am a POSTPARTUM DOULA. I go into the home and help families in the 6 weeks after the baby arrives home. I have worked with over 200 families. I am a Happiest Baby on the Block Educator.I love helping new families adjust and seeing how they find their confidence.

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Mary C. Stelter..............................................................................................(310) 462-5218

Margie Levy www.supportivedoula.com Margie Levy of Supportive Doula Services has supported over 300 families of the greater Los Angeles area 2002.

Debi Benton ....................................................................... (818)-850-2478; (818)-259-8950 www.youridealbirth.com 10 years experience as a Midwife Assistant and Master Doula. I offer prenatal, labor and postpartum support, childbirth education, and more. I believe in supporting the family to have the best birth experience possible!

Debbie Benton.............................................................................................. (323) 334-0889

Authenticbirth@gmail.com www.birthhappensnaturally.com I am a certified Midwife assistant, Doula, a ICEA childbirth educator, Natural Health consultant, and Certified Dr. Sears L.E.A.N. Expectations coach. I have attended over 200 births-home, hospital and birth centers. I offer support, education and encouragement to empower birthing women and families to have the birth they envision.

marystelter@hotmail.com www.oceanbirth.weebly.com A positive birth experience for you is my goal! I’m a DONA trained doula, an ICEA trained educator, with a B.A. in Theatre and 10 years of additional experience as a labor companion and a mother, with 5 kiddos myself. Multiples are my specialty and compassion is my philosophy!

Thirteen Moons Birth Preparation & Support ...............................................(310) 736-8548 www.birthingmoon.blogspot.com I’m a birth doula, birth advocate and Intuitive bodyworker whose focus is supporting womyn/mothers and their partners in creating a satisfying experience from conception to birth.

Peggy Wehrle................................................................................................(714) 615-5927

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Darla Burns.................................................................................................. (661) 645-3726

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doulasue@yahoo.com http://www.doulasuecbe.vpweb.com In addition to my services as a labor support doula (see Resume), my husband and I co-teach our Bradley(r) classes together. We love to help new families navigate the world of pregnancy, babies, breastfeeding, and parenthood with thoughtfulness and insight so that they can make healthy & safe decisions.

Tanya Colligan..................................................................... (818) 939-9754; (818) 539-4401 colligantanya@aol.com I can to Lamaze, Baby Care and Breastfeeding classes and services. I am a certificed Lamaze Childbirth Educator and Internation Board Certified Lactation Consultant.

Vonda Dennis................................................................................................(310) 226-7097

thebabyguru3@aol.com www.thebabyguru.com The Baby Guru provides Certified Newborn Specialist (I trained with “The Baby Whisperer” Tracy Hogg) services during the night. I also provide baby sleep consultations, group & private babycare classes, breastfeeding classes & consultations. I am also a parenting coach and provide this service for families.

Green Belly MaMa........................................................................................ (805) 341-2595 greenbellymama@gmail.com Facebook: Green Belly MaMa I am a 24 year old mother of two, Dona Trained Birth Doula. I am also a pregnancy eco consultant, and offer placenta encapsulation. I have attended one birth and am working towards my certification.

Barbara Joan Grubman ........................................................................ (818-884-6236) 6236 Calming Presence Doula Service bgrubman@sbcglobal.net Have attended and supported about 65 births. Always calm and caring to Mom and others who may be in the room.

Key to Credentials ANL — Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant BA/ BS/ BSN — Bachelor of Arts/Science/Nursing CCE — Certified Childbirth Educator CLE(C) — Certified Lactation Educator (Counselor)

Has successfully completed a one week course in basic lactation and its management, and required post seminar homework which may include a clinical component.

CLC — Certified Lactation Consultant

Has had advanced formal lactation education and supervised clinical training

CLC — Certified Lactation Counselor

Has taken a one week course in lactation counseling and passed a post test.

CNM / CPM — Certified Nurse Midwife / Certified Professional Midwife CNS — Clinical Nurse Specialist DC — Doctor of Chiropractic FACCE — Fellow of American College of Childbirth Educators IBCLC (RLC) — International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

LCCE — Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator LE — Lactation Educator LM — Licensed Midwife LVN — Licensed Vocational Nurse MA/ MS/ MN — Master of Arts /Science /Nursing MD — Medical Doctor MPH — Master of Public Health (R) (CP) NP — (Registered) (Certified Pediatric) Nurse Practitioner OTR/L — Occupational Therapist , Registered/ Licensed PCD — Postpartum Certified Doula PHN — Public Health Nurse PT — Physical Therapist RD — Registered Dietitian RN (C) — Registered Nurse (Certified) All licensed health practitioners have additional continuing education requirements to remain current in their respective fields.

Most have had extensive formal lactation education and clinical training; has passed an international certification exam and has continuing education requirements in lactation. Recertifies every 5 years. May also use term “Registered” (RLC).

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Please call to schedule appointments: (888) 909-BABY or (310) 850-8880 www.BabiesAdvantage.com

Bellies, Babies & Bosoms

Lactation center and retail store carrying breastfeeding related items; free 1/2 hour breastfeeding consults with lactation educator.

2430 Honolulu Avenue, Montrose, CA 91020 (818) 541-1200 www.bellies.biz

Belly Sprout Santa Ana

Breastfeeding Resources Breastfeeding support group 626-296-1000

Breastfeeding Support Center

Tonya Brooks, LM, MS

Birthing Project, Healthy Babies Alliance IBLC run clinic, drop in & private consults, pump rentals & breastfeeding classes 310-374-3426 xt 183 LA LECHE LEAGUE Monthly meetings for pregnant & breastfeeding women. Babies welcome. Call 800-LA-LECHE for a local leader or www. lalecheleague.org.

(818) 386-1082 www.gr8birth.com Holistic Nutrition-based prenatal care, Natural Family Planning, VBAC, Homebirths, Birth Center, Water Labor, Water Birth, Hospital Birth.

Classes - ACHI Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Sibling, Parenting, Midwifery Assistant and Doula Training.

LA County USC MC One Hot Mama

310-794-4434 www.midwife.ucla.edu/ Licensed midwives offer both home and birth center birth options and specialize in waterbirth and VBAC. Work with backup physicians at Cedars Sinai and can bill insurance.

Glendale Mem Hosp

Ventura Birth Center

Free prenatal Breastfeeding Class-Eng/Span 323-409-2236 Mom’s support group incl. nursing in public 323-969-0790

Bini Birth

Free 818-502-BABY; Lactation Institute & Breastfeeding Clinic - Free newborn class, Board Certified Consultants -Ind. & small group.

Working Mom’s support group 818-995-1913

Birth & Beyond

Childbirth classes, Labor/postpartum, Baby Basics, Lactation Services, Grandparenting, Infant CPR, Bradley Method ICEA DONA www.BirthandBeyond.net 310-458-7678

Breastpumps Etc.

Free Breastfeeding classes & phone support. Breastpumps & private consult. Ellen Steinberg RN consultant 818-345-4439

Bright Beginnings & Beyond

229 Avenue I, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 www.BrightBeginningsBeyond.com (310) 316-1528

Mission Hospital

27700 Medical Center Road, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 www.mission4health.com/services/offerings_solutions.htm (949) 364-4284

A Mother’s Haven

Infant care class, breastfeeding, infant massage & sign language for babies, Hypnobirthing Classes. Open Mon–Sat. 10 AM–5 PM, Sun. Open for Monthly Workshops 15928 Ventura Blvd., Suite 116, Encino, CA 91436 www.amothershaven.com (818) 380.3111

Mother’s Guild

Learn from experienced Lactation Consultants! Get breastfeeding off to a great start with affordable mom and baby friendly classes. New classes each month, call for schedule. Ventura County‚s largest selection of nursing bras and supplies. Extensive selection of natural products for both mom and baby, including belly cast kits, cloth diapers and covers, maternity and nursing bras, baby slings and carriers, natural body care products, books, and more! New classes added regularly.

4243 Telegraph Road, Ventura, 93003 (805) 667-2115

Mommy Zone

Everything you need for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and baby care. Certified Lactation Consultants on duty: Linda M. Hanna, RNC, IBCLC, Gina Breceda, and Carolyn Bramen Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30 AM–6:00 PM, Sat 10 AM–3 PM, Sun closed.

18399 Ventura Blvd., #14 &15, Tarzana (818)345-6060

Moreser Lactation Resources

Breastfeeding classes prenatal, postpartum, consults in hospital, also at Glendale Memorial Hospital, office, client’s home, breast pump rental and sales, pump delivery, baby weigh scales, nursing bras and nursing wear, available weekends and evenings, credit cards accepted.

Tujunga, CA 91042 Please call to schedule appointments: (818) 353-7446 moreserlactation@yahoo.com

Mother Care

Hoag Hospital

Babyline is manned by an IBCLC certified RN available to answer questions M-F, Sa, Su,except holidays. We also have a breastfeeding clinic M-F 11:00-3:00. 949-764-2229

Medical Center of North Hollywood Breastfeeding classes 818-753-2468

Woodland Hills Kaiser

Lactation consultant 818-719-4305

Women’s Pavilion & Resource Ctr

800-779-6636 at Encino-Tarzana Regional MC

Methodist Hospital Arcadia

1-800-950-BABY. The Breastfeeding class fee is : $30 for couples delivering at Methodist Hospital; $35 for others.

Pasadena Public Health Dept. Black Infant Health Program

Breastfeeding & Childbirth & parenting education classes. Free for Medi-Cal eligible 626-744-6093

Whittier Regional Medical Center

Free breastfeeding classes by CLE, MPH 562-947-1451 x 2932

Child/Baby Safety Classes

CLC, store carrying breast pumps, nursing bras, diaper bags and baby items. breastfeeding,mother & baby support group, classes and consultations, infant massage class, and baby sign class, 22554 Ventura Blvd., #112, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 www.thepumpconnection.com (818) 225-8822

The Pump Station & Nurtury™

“The Ultimate Breastfeeding & Baby Care Resource Center and Boutique” 2415 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403 (310) 998-1981 248 Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90038 (323) 469-5300 Village Glen Plaza, 2879 Agoura Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91361 (805) 777-7179 www.pumpstation.com

The Sanctuary Birth & Family Wellness Center

The Sanctuary offers comprehensive, holistic and compassionate wellness and maternity care, doula services, birth and parenting education and lactation support. Lactation consulting, breastfeeding classes and support groups. www.birthsanctuary.com (310) 566-7690

Sharies Lactation Station

20 years of experience as lactation educator providing consultations and selling and renting breast pumps, breastfeeding supplies and nursing bras.

Santa Clarita, CA sales@sharieslactation.com (661)-296-1280

Parenting Experience

Mommy, Me and More; Conejo Valley 805-383-0133

Conejo Valley Mom’s Club

Parent Ed. 0-3 years 213-251-7794 ext 205

Julie Johnson CD DONA

Early Parent workshops & ongoing support for new & expect. moms Birth Rights 310-289-9255

Kaiser

NICU Parent Network, peer counseling through “Veteran Parent” program. Last Wed of month, Inland Empire 909-427-6379

LA County USC MC

LA County USC MC Free Baby Care Class-Eng/Span 323-409-2236

Mindful Parenting

Infant/Toddler group 310-271-9999

Mocha Moms

Pasadena chapter - support group for SAHM’s of color www. mochamoms.org

Natural Birth & Woman’s Center

Sibling, parenting and CPR training, ACHI childbirth, breastfeeding support and classes, postpartum support group.

(818) 386-1082 www.gr8birth.com

Parenting Ed

Support, playgroups, activities for stay-at-home-moms & children.

Conejo Valley, Lisette 805-496-7681

Catherine DeMonte M.A., M.F.C.C. Therapy/Support/Education 818-880-6559 Calabasas, 310-295-2130 Beverly Hills www.catherinedemonte.com

Moms-n-More

Parenting Plus

Upland Moms Club

Parenting Resource

2x month Thurs, Inland Empire, 909-825-6119 Friendship and support for mom Debbie 909-981-5660

Mommy & Me on-the-lap time

Grand Terrace Library Mondays 10am 909-783-0147

MOMS Club

Support group for stay-at-home moms. Outings, playgroups, activites and more. This is a non-profit orginization that has many chapters in the Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernadino Counties. To find out more about the orginization please visit www.momsclub.org. To find out the contact person in your local area, please send an e-mail to momsclubcanw@aol.com

F.E.M.A.L.E.

Ruth J. Gruen 310-287-1920 Pamphlets, books, videos,catalogs, CICC 818-980-0903 Woodland Hills Mothers & More 818-347-4622

Pasadena Calif. Christian Women’s Club

Free nursery at luncheon, Call June 626-358-4876 or Gail 818-952-0351 for reservations

Pomona Valley Hosp Medical Center

Boot Camp for New Dads every month 909-620-MOME; Parenting & teen parenting program 909-620-6663

RIE Parent/Infant Guidance Classes -

e-mail educarer@rie.org, Resources for Infant Educators 323-663-5330

Los Angeles, support groups 310-205-8400

NICU, support group 909-985-2811 ext 3676 Parenting classes, 909-980-BABY (2229)

Mothers & More Pasadena Chapter

The Sanctuary Birth & Family Wellness Center

Infant CPR & Safety, 909-620-MOME

Save a Little Life

CPR & First Aid Richard Pass, 818-344-1442

LA County USC MC

LA County USC MC Free Car Seat Class-Eng/Span 323-409-4580

Total Care 2000

CPR Eng/Span 818-508-6825

White Memorial

Infant CPR Eng 323-265-5050 Span 323-267-4352

Hoag Hospital

Infant CPR & Safety 949-764-BABY

Mommy & Me and Daddy & Me

Focus is on the mother. Our meetings alternate between intellectually stimulating topical meetings and social "moms night out" gettogethers. www.mothersandmorepas.org

New Parent Support and Mommy & Me Los Angeles, Babies welcome 310-477-PLUS

Michelle Barone, MA, MFCC

Mothers of Multiples Club

Valley Presbyterian Hospital

Glendale Advent.

Linda Rose, Honeysucklerose & Yoga Birth - Playgroups

Pediatric CPR & Pediatric Life Support, Eng/Span 818-902-2977 Paramedic instructor. CPR. Eng & Span 818-789-8907 days/eves

Methodist Hosp Arcadia

Child safety & baby-proofing 626-574-3475 to Reg.

Clarence Calhoun

Nuparent 310-319-4000 xt 92888

Westside Crisis Pregnancy Center

“Mommywise” San Fernando Valley 818-841-BABY

English/Spanish CPR & First Aid

Valley Pres Hosp

Santa Monica / UCLA Hosp

St Joseph’s Medical Center

San Fernando Valley, Lynda Jacobs 818-713-8747 & Eve Sullivan 818-890-3491

Infant/Toddler Safety 818-409-8100

New Mom Groups, Breastfeeding Support, New Dad Support Groups, Sibling Preparation Class, Infant Massage, Family Therapy, Hospital Birth Preparation, Home Birth Preparation. 310-566-7690 www.birthsanctuary.com

Verdugo Hills Hospital

Baby Safe 949-499-7514 CPR, Etc. - Private. Offered at home, church, temple, for groups & individ. In Eng. & Span. Ellen Steinberg RN 818-345-4439

San Antonio Community Hospital

Mothers Support Group, children ok, San Fernando Valley 818-951-7744

South Coast MC

Natural Birth & Woman’s Center

The Pump Connection

Mommy & Me Classes/Playgroups

Lisa Fuquay

Pomona Valley

at our location or yours Ms. Dennis 310-266-2845 or 323-298-1516

Natural Birth & Woman’s Center

A maternity center that caters to the needs of pregnant women.

Childbirth classes, maternity fashion, diaper bags, slings, baby wear, breast pump prental and sales, lactation consultation, Pregnancy massage center, pregnancy photography, and more! New classes added regularly.

239 N. Euclid Aveue, Upland, CA www.pamperedpregnancy.net 909-932-1144

(805) 667-2229 www.Venturabirthcenter.net We offer Birth Center Birth, Homebirth, Waterbirth, Lactation classes, and Well Woman Services

Young Moms Support & Info. 818-988-4430; Melody-Joy McLaughlin (British) RN, RM, CIFC, Pre/Postnatal Ed 818-785-3790

Adult/Infant/Child CPR

Training Solutions

Pampered Pregnancy

UCLA Maternity Associates, A Midwifery and Obstetric Partnership

Friends of the Family

For moms setting aside careers to care for child. Evenings without child. Los Angeles, Leslie 310-827-3779

Private breastfeeding assistance in clients home or at MotherCare Center. Breastpump rental and sales. Prenatal classes, support group and infant massage.

Pamela Hastings, RN, IBCLC and Laura Karr, RN, IBCLC. 5212 Katella Ave., Suite 103-A, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 www.mothercarelactation.com (562) 421-CARE (562-421-2273) Breastfeeding classes and support, parenting classes, doulas, nutritional support, individual birth plans - home, birth center, hospital, water labor, water birth, and VBAC. FREE TOUR. www.gr8birth.com (818) 386-1082

South Coast Midwifery and Women’s Health Care

(949)-654-2727 www.southcoastmidwifery.com Orange County’s oldest and most established birth center. A warm, nurturing place. Birthing options include home, birth center and water birth. Free consultations. 4650 Barranca Parkway, Irvine

125-C North Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 879-1303 bellysprout.com 13743 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Green Boutique.

Eco-friendly products. Childbirth workshops. www.Binibirth.com 818-286-3944

www.dy-dee.com (800) (800)80-dydee 80-dydee www.dy-dee.com

“New Moms in Touch” support group for moms with infants 0-6 months; Parenting series for 2-6 year olds 818-902-2977.

8 weeks-1 year & Babycare & Conscious Parenting classes 818-994-7809 honsucklerose @aol.com

A Mother’s Gathering

(0-12 months) Kindermusic, San Fernando Valley 818-380-3111

New Mother’s Forum Free discussion group 818-952-3532 Free preg. test kits. Maternity & baby clothing. 24hr hotline 310-581-1140

Crispen Williams, MA

Reg MFT Intern IMF 39218 Supervisor: E. Shatzkin, MFC 35359 Psych-ed groups teaching ex-spouses & step-parents to coparent.

Cert. CoMama Group Facilitator 310-843-2700

Photography Anamaria Brandt Fine Art Photography

Prenatal, infants, children and family photos. www.photodiversions.com, 714-730-5050

Baby’s First Impression

Citrus Valley M.C. QoV Campus

4d ultrasound images. www.babysfirstimpression.com, 909-946-5410

Foothill Presbyterian Hospital

Specialize in pregnancy photography. www.ALaModePhoto.com 310-770-2676

Baby & Me, play group for teen parents 626-813-2844 Babies welcome 818-963-8411 ext 3399

Big Belly Photography

Huntington Memorial Baby & Me

Brubaker Photography

CPR, Parenting, Sibling, Breastfeeding, and Childbirth classes.

(818) 386-1082 www.gr8birth.com

Babydays Mom & Baby Group

Day One Photography

Huntington Memorial

Chapman Family Center

Infant CPR 626-357-3100

Infant/Child CPR & Safety 626-397-8768

Safety In Motion

Car Seat Education. At-home car seat installation & education day/evening/weekend appts available 714 264-2924 www.safetyinmotion.org

626-397-8768

Santa Monica 310-869-7297

“Mommy & Me,” “Working Moms,” & “Fathers/Expectant Fathers” 310-453-5144 - 3 hr. sessions in the RIE method 310-453-5144

The Early Childhood Parenting Center

Lamaze, Breastfeeding & CPR 310-643-5117

Was primary prevention program at Cedars-Sinai for over 30 years and are now a freestanding non-profit located at Westside locations.

We offer free WarmLine service, Parent-infant, toddler, single parent and working parent groups. fees are $120-130/month and some scholarships. Phone 310-281-9770 www.parentingtots.com

Total Child Safety

YWCA Santa Monica/Westside

Dr. Lois Schunk, MFT, LCCE, CLE

Home & Car Seat Safety Class / Infant & Child CPR Free 805-230-1100

Midwives & Birthing Centers Beach Cities Midwifery & Women's Health Care

949-215-7575 www.beachcitiesmidwifery.com B. J. Snell, PhD, CNM, FACNM. 24902 Moulton Parkway, Suite 120 Laguna Hills, CA 92637

Blessed Beginnings Midwifery

714-639-7530 www.BlessedBeginnings.net Susan Scott Gill, LM, CPM; Lori Luyten, LM, CPM; and Karen Pecora, LM, CPM. Home Birth, water labor and/or birth, supportive environment, support of birth choices and plans, no separation of mother and baby, immediate care of the newborn including full pediatric exam.

Dedicated to supporting women through childbearing years including prenatal, labor & birth, postpartum, and well-woman support.

Candace Leach, LM, CPM

Offers Parent and Me Activity Groups for infants through toddlers; Parent Support Classes for ages 1-3 years; Toddler Tumbling classes for ages 2-5; Boogie Woogie Dance classes for 2-3 year olds.

(310) 452-3881 www.smywca.org 2019 14th Street, Santa Monica.

Moms Helping Moms

Meetings, playgroups, newsletters 562-933-1670

Parenting Support Classes Dr. Christine Anderson

Board Cert. in Chiropractic Pediatrics. Free classes to help raise healthy children 323-436-2735

Attachment Parenting Int. of Hollywood

4d Sonogram and newborn imaging. www.firstlooksonogram.com 310-543-5152

Janell Mithani Photography

Maternity portraits, newborn/infants, children, cards. www.jmphotostudio.com, 626-798-4167

La Neve Studio

Pregnancy, infant and children and family portraits. Monthly specials. www.lanevephoto.com, Downtown Brea. 714.529.3686

Linnea Lenkus Fine Art Portrait Studios

Fine art pregnancy and baby portraits, cards, albums, boxes. Long Beach (562) 981-8900; Pasadena (626) 744-9104; Irvine, Orange County (949) 753-1600. By appointment only. www.linnealenkus.com

Little Darling’s/Precious Memories Portrait Studio Photography in your home. 888-425-2000

Lori Dorman

Pregnancy,baby and family photography. www.loridorman.com 818-247-0200

Margaret Gruesbeck Photography

CALFAM

Milk and Cookies Photography

Advanced parenting support group. 818-907-9980

The Early Childhood Parenting Center

Tender Loving Childbirth

Creative Parenting Classes

310-566-7690 www.birthsanctuary.com Comprehensive, holistic and compassionate midwifery services to families in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Home birth, water birth, prenatal care, postpartum care, lactation support and well-woman gynecological care. The only Birth Suite in Los Angeles proper.

First Look Sonogram

Fine art photography, birth, pregnancy, infancy and children. www.margaretgruesbeck.com, 626-836-7761

Parent and me education and support groups for infant to three year olds. New groups beginning in September ‘09. www.parentingtots.org

The Sanctuary Birth & Family Wellness Center

Pregnancy, birth, adoption, babies, families and events. www.dayonephoto.com, 310-820-2505

Support group, call Tiffany 818-557-6395

562-272-4541 www.birthgoddess.com Pre-conception, prenatal, homebirth, waterbirth, postpartum, wellwoman & well-baby care. Free consultations.

310-278-6333 www.tenderlovingchildbirth.com Give birth to your baby in the warmth, love and comfort of your own home. Homebirth is safe, natural and empowering. Call today to schedule a FREE homebirth consultation.

Maternity, babies, children, weddings & head shots. http://www.brubakerphotography.com, 310-476-1992

The Parenting Experience, Santa Clarita, 805-383-0133

Vonda Dennis

The Baby Guru, 310-226-7097

Specializing in unique maternity and child portraits, from the tummy to six years old. www.milkandcookiesphotography.com 323.533.4268

Peek-a-Boo Ultrasound

Non-Diagnostic for family, fun, & entertainment. 909-579-8229

Pregnancy Portraits

Specialize in pregnancy photos and newborn sessions. www.pregnancyportraits.net, 818-905-3213

Prenatal Peek

626-335-9817

Newborn imaging. 23161 Ventura Boulevard Suite #207, Woodland Hills, CA. 91367. (818)390-1141 www.prenatalpeek.com/sfvalley

Family Resource Counseling Center

Marlo Yoshimoto Photography

East San Gabriel Valley Mothers of Twins Club Individual psychotherapy, assessment and wide variety of group therapeutic services including infant/ child development and parenting.

310-479-9798

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Motherhood Consortium The Motherhood Consortium 818.887.1312 www.themotherhoodconsortium.com The Motherhood Consortium is a Southern California-based professional networking group offering premiere service providers for presentations on the field of mothers, babies, and families, as well as the highest quality business-to-business resources and referrals throughout the region.

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The Orange County Breastfeeding Coalition’s goal is to educate, advocate, and facilitate families, health care providers, government, businesses, employers, educational institutions, and the public-at-large in the support March 14, 2014: Adoption to Z with: and promotion of breastfeeding.

Robyn Harrod, LCSW of Southern California FosterJoin Family and today!

Email: OCBreastfeeding@yahoo.com Adoption Agency www.ocbreastfeedingcoalition.org Location: The Institute for Girls Development in Pasadena For additional info call: 714.242.1633

April 11, 2014: Fit for Expecting with:Doula Association of Southern California (DASC) Jennifer Johnson, Founder of Fit for Expecting Connected with other members in your Location: Pomona Valley Medical Centerarea. To find out when the Circle Meeting is in your area go to www.dascdoulas.org

DASC offersyou doulas education, May 9, 2014: From Lovers to Mothers - Can becompanionship, both? networking, and professional affiliation.

Dr. Lori Buckley of The Center for Relationship Marriage Sex Therapy for membership info go & to www.dascdoulas.org Location: BINI Birth in Sherman Oaks or call 877-4-A-DOULA

Birthing From Within

Pre/Postnatal Fitness AMKR Dance Productions............................................................................... 909-860-1063 Prenatal & postpartum classes Inland Empire

Angel City Yoga............................................................................................... 800-500-9642 Pre/ postnatal classes Mommy&Me/Children’s yoga

Blessings Center.............................................................................................. 323-930-2803 Pre & postnatal Yoga classes, Gurutej Kaur

Camarillo Yoga Center.....................................................................................805.504.3920 Prenatal Yoga Classes. Tara Stivers Instructor

Chapman Family Center....................................................................................310-453-5144 LCCE Pre/post- natal exercise, infant massage

Denise See, LMT, MA...................................................................................... 818-948-4788 Preg massage & Water therapy sessions

Equilibrium Fitness Pilates.................................................................................909-593-1717 Pre/postnatal exercise, Phyllis Douglas

Exercise for Two.............................................................................................. 310-453-2380 Private training & consult. Lauri Reimer Mihailov

Fit4Baby........................................................................................................(562) 879-4214 A 60 minute workout. Available for every stage of pregnancy.

Stacy Hinkel www.strollerstrides.com

Fortanasce & Assisted Phys. Therapy/ Sports Med Ctr..................................... 626-446-7027 Aqua Fit For Motherhood. class Tue/Thurs 5:30 pm

Honeysucklerose.............................................................................................. 818-994-7809 Linda Rose, Kundalini Pre-natal Yoga, Baby & Me, Conscious Parenting, private/group classes

Karuna Yoga.................................................................................................... 323-665-6242 Prenatal class

Khalsa Way Pre-Natal yoga.............................................................................. 310-483-3987 Romy Rapoport. Malibu mothernaturebirth@yahoo.com

LeClaire Childbirth & Mind/Body Cntr ........................................................... 310-454-0920 Mommy & Me, Meditate class

Live Arts Los Angeles...................................................................................... 323-594-0089 Prenatal Yoga with Jenn Nelson. www.rockscissorsyoga.com

Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine....................................................... 310-454-0920 Stroller Roller Exercise Class; Pregnancy Fitness Class

http://www.longbeach.gov/park/

Natasha Maidoff...............................................................................................310-358-6769 Dance class for moms & babies at Electric Lodge

Rose Mary Mosher, RN, CNP...........................................................................310-375-1145 Pre/postnatal exercise & prenatal yoga. Or call 310-374-3426 ext 126

Mommy Care....................................................................................................310-394-6711 The official workout program for St. John’s Hosp. Group/personal training. Baby massage, Nancy Griffin

Mommy & Me Dance Classes............................................................................310-358-6769 Parents and/or caregivers learn to dance with infants/toddlers.Venice

Learn more about BIRTHING FROM WITHIN workshops for birth-related professionals at: www.birthingfromwithin.com

Childbirth and Postpartum ProfesBreastfeeding Task Force sional Association (CAPPA)

2013 Childbirth Education and Labor Doula of Trainer Southern California Certification Courses www.BreastfeedLA.org Antepartum Doula Training Info on upcoming workshops and broChildbirth Educator Training Doula Training churePostpartum and registration forms available For more detailsonline: visit www.cappa.net or call 909-980-8062 www.facebook.com/BreastfeedLA www.cappa.net 310.792.0990 Make a difference in someone’s birth experience.

UCLA Extension Lactation Educator/Consultant Training Courses in 2013 UCLA Lactation Educator Training Program For additional information and registration, contact Linda Polin at 310.825.7093 or visit www.uclaextension.edu/healthsci Richard Pass, RN, “Save A Little Life” classes on Infant and Toddler CPR & First Aid: Monthly evening classes follow the guidelines of the American Heart Association. “hands on” training Looking for help through your $60 per person; Visa & M/C accepted; birth and/or postpartum days?

Space limited; For more info please call (562) 981-8900 DASC www.BabyCPRSoCal.com

(Doula Association of Southern California)

offers a FREE doula referral The Stork Stops Here offers program to expectant parents.

Professional Childcare Classes: *Newborn Specialist (Level 1) Go to www.DASCdoulas.org *Newborn Specialist (Level 2) or callTraining *Postpartum Doula (877) 4-A-DOULA (toll free) *Professional Nanny Training For morefor information referralcontact: to STORKSTOPS@AOL.COM certified and/or trained birth 323-294-8467

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Join today!

Email: OCBreastfeeding@yahoo.com www.ocbreastfeedingcoalition.org For additional info call: 714.242.1633

Doula Association of Southern California (DASC) Connected with other members in your area. To find out when the Circle Meeting is in your area go to www.dascdoulas.org DASC offers doulas companionship, education, networking, and professional affiliation. for membership info go to www.dascdoulas.org or call 877-4-A-DOULA

Birthing From Within Learn more about BIRTHING FROM WITHIN workshops for birth-related professionals at: www.birthingfromwithin.com

Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA) 2013 Childbirth Education and Labor Doula Trainer Certification Courses Antepartum Doula Training Childbirth Educator Training Postpartum Doula Training For more details visit www.cappa.net or call 909-980-8062 www.cappa.net Make a difference in someone’s birth experience.

UCLA Extension Lactation Educator/Consultant Training Courses in 2013 UCLA Lactation Educator Training Program For additional information and registration, contact Linda Polin at 310.825.7093 or visit www.uclaextension.edu/healthsci Richard Pass, RN, “Save A Little Life” classes on Infant and Toddler CPR & First Aid: Monthly evening classes follow the guidelines of the American Heart Association. “hands on” training $60 per person; Visa & M/C accepted; Space limited; For more info please call (562) 981-8900 www.BabyCPRSoCal.com The Stork Stops Here offers Professional Childcare Classes: *Newborn Specialist (Level 1) *Newborn Specialist (Level 2) *Postpartum Doula Training *Professional Nanny Training For more information contact: STORKSTOPS@AOL.COM 323-294-8467

A Mother’s Haven............................................................................................ 818-380-3111 Pre-post Yoga Classes

Prenatal Belly Dance Classes............................................................................ 323-878-0431 with Merika. Hollywood Area

Childbirth Educator Certification Training Organizations:

Prenatal Yoga.................................................................................................. 818-707-0894 Robin Gruver. Westlake Village. www.BirthingWithWisdom.com

Prenatal Yoga with Juanita............................................................................... 626-202-9594

Academy of Certified Birth Educators (ACBE)

Prenatal Yoga in Pasadena............................................................................... 626-441-3572

Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators (ALACE)

Prenatal Yoga, Lotus of Light, 526 E Route 66, Glendora. www.lotusoflight.com Lettie Watkins, Gurmukh cert. Free parking

The Pump Station . ......................................................................................... 805-777-7179 Prenatal Yoga. Robin Gruver. Westlake Village.

Santa Monica Family YMCA..............................................................................310-393-2721 Aqua prenatal & land postpartum classes

Stroller Strides: For Mom and Baby................................................................. 562-879-4214 Stacy Hinkel www.strollerstrides.com

Verdugo Exercise & Gym..................................................................................818-790-0123 YMCA (in the pool)

Yoga at the Village........................................................................................... 818-265-9833

http://www.acbe.com/

www.alace.org/

(800) 444-8223

(617) 441-2500. Local:(626) 388.2191

Birth Educators Special Training (BEST) (800) 292-CARE.

Birthing from Within

www.birthingfromwithin.com

Birth Works

www.birthworks.org

(805) 964-6611 (888) 862-4784

Bradley Method (AAHCC)

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