Community Resources
Hospital Providers
We fully support any family looking to have their baby in the hospital! Kootenai Medical Center is a wonderful facility with a brand new birthing wing with the most updated technology, spacious rooms and a caring team of nurses!
Midwives & Birth Centers
We also support families that wish to have their babies at home or in a birthing center. There are fantastic midwives in our area that are skillfully trained, incredibly knowledgable and wise, as well as compassionate with their care.
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Kim Palmer - HazelTree Midwifery
Inga Arts - DaySpring Birth Center
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If you are looking for more information on other midwives in the area please go to the Idaho Midwifery Council for a full list of all local Idaho midwives. http://idahomidwives.org/
Lactation Consultants
Breastfeeding often comes with struggles that we cannot overcome alone! From basic positioning support or more intense hands on problem solving, these two ladies are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to breastfeeding.
Jennifer McIntosh, IBCLC
Melissa Morgan, IBCLC - www.nurturenormally.com
Childbirth Education
Pregnancy is your opportunity to learn as much about the process of labor and delivery and how you can cope with the intensity and possible mental, emotional and physical road blocks you can experience. Taking a Childbirth Education course is an important part of every families process. The more you know, the better!
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Hypnobirthing with Mary
The HypnoBirthing® program is built around an educational process that includes special breathing, relaxation, visualization, meditative practice, attention to nutrition and positive body toning. Most importantly it fosters an air of mutual respect for the birthing family, as well as the health-care provider in a traditional health-care system or an alternative setting.
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Birthing From Within with Doree
Birthing From Within is special because instead of just giving you loads of information I help guide you to going inside yourself and ask yourself what the things you want for your birth. I am a mentor not a lecturer, I facilitate discussion and help you to seek out your own answers.I have a structured outline, but we are free to explore questions not on the outline. We do a lot of group activities, we do things like birth art , sculpting, slow dancing, and a special class for just mothers and just fathers.I help you to learn to make any birth a sacred family experience. With Lots of relaxation, and breath awareness, so you can feel confident when laboring. I believe that every birth is unique and special that whatever happens to you in birth can be turned into something beautiful.
www.aparentsparadise.com
Birth Photography
Jannae Michele Photography
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Ignite Your Light
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Susan Johnson Photography