Fertility & Conception
Birth Workers & Doulas
Birth Doulas
- Faisa Farole (Global Midwifery Services)
- Mercedes Snyder (Purely Doula Care)
- Davinah Simmons (Rooted Birth Doula Services)
- Vanessa Bussell (Butterfly Birth)
- Jazmin Williams (BLKBRY)
- Daybreak Star Doulas: No-cost full-spectrum doula services to families identifying as American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
- Jasmyne Bryant (Jazzy Bean Doula)
- Josie Wright-Mulhair (Seattle Central Birth)
- Tiffany Renee (Mahogany Point)
- en doula (Kayoko Nakajima)
- Caellyn Everson (Held in Arms)
- Sequoia Day Doula Services
Postpartum Doulas
- Erika Davis (Whole Body Pregnancy)
- Jazmin Williams (BLKBRY)
- Jasmyne Bryant (Jazzy Bean Doula)
- en doula (Kayoko Nakajima)
- Northwest Association for Postpartum Support (NAPS)
Doula Directories
- Birth for the People: Doulas
- Open Arms Perinatal Services: No-cost doula services.
- Global Perinatal Services: No-cost doula services to low-income, immigrant, and refugee families.
- Doulamatch.net: Database of doulas in your area
- PALS (Pacific Association of Labor Support) Doula request form
Pregnancy Support
Childbirth Education
Childbirth Education Classes
All childbirth education classes are currently being held virtually
- Whole Body Pregnancy Childbirth Preparation Classes for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ families (Erika Davis)
- Tacoma Hypnobirthing (Vanessa Bussell)
- Penny Simkin: Classes for birth at home or birth centers
- Global Midwifery Services (Faisa Farole)
- Sharon Muza Pregnancy, birth, and parenting classes
- Birthing from Within & Birthing Again (Thresholds)
- Nurture: Birth Your Way (Erica Chidi Cohen)
- LGBTQ-centered, body-positive, and trauma-informed childbirth education (Katie Byron)
- All Genders Birth Class (Moss the Doula)
- Childbirth Class for LGBTQ+ Families (Maia Midwifery)
- No-cost virtual workshops for Indigenous families (Center for Indigenous Midwifery)
- First Steps: No-cost childbirth education
- Natural Birth Compass
- Mama Natural Birth Course
- Parent Trust for Washington Children: Childbirth education, Parenting Classes, Newborn Care, Sibling Preparation, Infant CPR and more
VBAC
Emotional & Mental Health
Emotional & Mental Health
Therapy
- Open Path Psychotherapy Collective: Low-cost, online psychotherapy
- Valley Cities Behavioral Healthcare: Mental health, psychiatric, and substance use support in Auburn, Federal Way, Kent, Des Moines, Rainier Beach, and Renton
- Femme and Them: Perinatal therapy for all genders and family types
- Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA): Behavioral health services
- MyTransHealth: Directory of qualified, affirming medical & mental healthcare providers
- UpLift: TeleTherapy for teens and young adults 13-21, sliding scale available.
- Therapy Decolonized (Bryanna Boyd): Sliding scale options
- Therapy for Black Girls: Resources, podcast, and provider directory.
- Therapy for Black Men: Resources and provider directory.
- Reflective Counseling Service (Janine Julien, MSW, LICSW)
- Multicultural Counselors: Database of counselors by ethnicity, language, religion, and location
- Swedish Center for Perinatal Bonding and Support
- Lytle Center for Pregnancy and Newborns at Swedish
Resources & Support Groups
- Action Plan for Depression & Anxiety Around Pregnancy
- Perinatal Support Washington: Warmline, support groups, and local therapists
- Postpartum Support International: Helpline, support groups and resources.
- Resource list: Large list of resources related to interpersonal violence, substance use/abuse, disordered eating, childhood sexual assault survivors
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Washington: Online support groups
- Liberate Meditation: Free meditation app by and for POC
- Breathe Easy: Radically Inclusive Movement, Breath, and Rest Practices for Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum
- Teen Link: Confidential & anonymous helpline for teens
- Washington Warm Line: 1-877-500-WARM (Peer support line for emotional and mental health challenges)
- Postpartum Men: Resources for non-gestational parents experiencing postpartum mood disorders
- King County 24-hour crisis line: 1-866-4CRISIS (immediate interpretation in 25 languages)
Trauma Support Groups
- A Healing Passage for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Trauma
- Birth & Trauma Online Support Group
- No-Cost Birth & Trauma Support Group
- No-cost Support group for partners of those who experienced traumatic birth
Processing Difficult Births
Reproductive Loss
Miscarriage, abortion, adoption, infertility, and other reproductive loss
Full-Spectrum Doulas
- Davinah Simmons (Rooted Birth Doula Services)
- Jazmin Williams (BLKBRY)
- Katie Spataro (Sacred Womb Services)
Therapy
Resources & Support Groups
- LGBTQ+ Reproductive Loss Group (Katie Byron)
- Pregnancy + Birth Loss Healing Circle (Thresholds)
- Northwest Abortion Access Fund
- All-Options: Judgement-free support for reproductive decisions
- International Stillbirth Alliance
- The Compassionate Friends
- Babyinheaven: An infohub for grieving parents
Bodywork
Bodywork
Massage
- My Time for Massage (Myesha Mitchell)
- Edgewood Natural Health (accepts some insurance)
Chiropractic
- Interurban chiropractic (Tukwila)
- Edgewood Natural Health (accepts some insurance)
- Urgent Care Chiropractic (Federal Way, Auburn, Kent, Des Moines)
Pelvic Floor
- PelvicRehab.com: Directory of pelvic rehabilitation practitioners
- Katie McGee (B3 Physical Therapy): Gender-affirming PT
- April Bolding
- Katie Spataro (Sacred Womb Services) (Holistic Pelvic Care)
- Cultivating Pelvic Health & Sexual Wellness (Sacred Womb Services)
- Peak Sports & Spine (PT)
- Valley Medical Center (PT)
Acupuncturists
- Community Acupuncture Project of Burien & West Seattle (sliding scale)
- HealthPoint Auburn
- HealthPoint Kent
- Edgewood Natural Health (accepts some insurance)
Craniosacral therapists
- Coming soon!
Lactation & Infant Feeding
Lactation & Infant Feeding
Lactation Consultants & Counselors
- Open Arms Lactation Support Program: No-cost lactation and infant feeding support that starts during pregnancy and continues throughout baby's first year.
- Birth for the People: Lactation
- Global Midwifery Services (Faisa Farole)
- The Perfect Push: Virtual options, covered by insurance!
- Sound Beginnings (Joy MacTavish, IBCLC). Queer-affirming lacation care, offering virtual options & insurance options.
- Camie Goldhammer, IBCLC. Lactation consultant with virtual and in person care. Also runs a lactation lounge on Thursdays from 1-3 PM at the Puget Sound Birth Center in Renton (currently on line due to COVID). Email camie@camiegoldhammer.com
- Jazmin Williams (BLKBRY): Prenatal and postpartum lactation and feeding support
- Fern Lactation
- Nurturing Expressions: IBCLCs that offer home visits. Also has a store in West Seattle that offers feeding supplies and hosts an in person lactation lounge every Wednesday from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM.
- Betsy Hoffmeister, IBCLC. Offers virtual and in-home visits throughout King County. IN-network with Aetna. Sliding scale available.
Support Groups
- La Leche League (LLL) of Washington: List of support groups, helpline, array of information about breastfeeding
- LLL Inducing Lactation and Relactation Facebook group
- Birthing and Breast or Chestfeeding Trans People and Allies Facebook group
- Open Arms virtual lactation lounges
Resources
- Lytle Center for Pregnancy and Newborns at Swedish
- La Leche League Support for Transgender and Non-Binary Parents
- Milk Junkies: Breastfeeding and parenting from a trans perspective
- Breastfeeding videos from Stanford Medicine: Latch, milk expression, breastmilk storage and more
Food & Nutrition
Food & Nutrition
Food Assistance
- WIC (Women, Infants, and Children): Nutrition support for pregnant and postpartum people and their children up to 5 years of age.
- Multi-Service Center: Federal Way Food Bank
- FoodPantries.org: Search for food pantries and reduced-cost groceries by location
- South King County Coronavirus Mutal Aid: Financial support for groceries
Farmer's Markets that accept SNAP/EBT and WIC
- Auburn (Sundays at Les Gove Park, June - September)
- Burien (Thursdays at Burien Town Square Park, year-round)
- Des Moines (Saturdays June - September)
- Federal Way (Saturdays at the Commons Mall parking lot, May - October)
- Maple Valley (Saturdays July - October)
- Renton (Tuesdays at Gateway Park, June - September)
- Tukwila (Wednesdays at Tukwila Village Plaza, June - October)
Nutritionists
Movement & Activity
Joyful Movement
Herbal resources
Herbal Resources
- Everyday Goddess: Herbal products from PNW doula Rhea Harrison
- Herb Pharm, online resource for herb purchases
- Mountain Rose Herbs, online resource for herb purchases
- Rainbow Natural Remedies, herb store in Seattle
- Solidarity Apothecary, online resource of herbal knowledge, including a directory of plant profiles.
- Herbs with Rosalee, in depth online herbal resource.
- The Best Regional Books for Plant Identification and Foraging Wild Foods and Herbs, book list from the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine.
New Parent REsources
New Parent Resources
Support Groups
- Queer/Trans Early Parenting Support (QEPS)
- Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS)
- Families of Color Seattle: No-cost support groups for new parents, Black moms, parents of children with disabilities, Native families, queer & trans families of color, and more!
- No-Cost LGBTQ+ new parent drop-in group (LGBTQbirth.com)
- Femme & Them: Bringing Baby Home
- Thresholds: Bringing Baby Home
- Parent Trust for Washington Children: Parenting Classes, Newborn Care, Sibling Preparation, Conscious Fathering Classes, Infant CPR and more
- Sound Beginnings: Offers an array of new parent classes as well as lactation support
- Rainbow Families of Puget Sound Facebook group
- Puget Sound Queer Families Facebook group
- Seattle Gay Families Facebook group
- Queerspawn Resource Project
Home Care
- Nurse Family Partnership offers first time parents who meet income requirements a partnership with a registered nurse from pregnancy through to their child's second birthday.
- Early Head Start: Home visits during pregnancy and from birth through age 3.
- Ina Maka Home Visiting Program: One-on-one home visits for families raising Native children
Resources
- Parent Trust Family Help Line: 1-800-932-4673
- Fussy Baby Network: Support for families with fussy babies
- Postpartum Lying In Plan
- Parent's Guide to Paid Family and Medical Leave Plan
- Co-sleeping Safely
Resources & Financial Assistance
Resources & Financial Assistance
- FindHelp.org: Search for food assistance, help paying bills, and other free programs by zip code
- 211: Call or search for services near you.
- ParentHelp123: Extensive directory of resources for pregnancy, parenting, and life.
- WestSide Baby: Diapers
- Wellspring Family Services Baby Boutique
- Multi-Service Center (Federal Way, Kent, Burien): Food, energy, rent, housing, and other assistance
- Trans Lifeline Microgrants: Covers the cost of updating names and pronouns on legal documents
- Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA): Employment and vocational training, housing and homelessness prevention, legal services, and more.
- King County Rent Assistance
- Federal Way CARES: Emergency bill pay, financial counseling & services
- Federal Way Black Collective: Free one-on-one meetings to connect residents to community based organizations and services
- Community Coalitions Empowerment Project: Childcare, case management, developmental screenings, and more.
- COVID-19 Childcare Support
- Childcare Aware: Affordable childcare resources
- Community Health Access Program (CHAP): No-cost, confidential program connecting families to healthcare and other services
- Maternity Support Services (MSS) and Infant Case Management (ICM): No-cost health education and counseling until your baby is two months old
- Nurse-Family Partnership: No-cost support by a visiting home nurse during pregnancy and through your child's second birthday.
- Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave
- YWCA: Programs for housing, health & safety, and economic development
- DSHS: Food, cash, and medical assistance
- Hopelink Medicaid Transportation Services: Gas cards, ORCA cards, and reimbursement for tolls and parking
- Pregnancy Aid of Washington: Free support, referrals, and supplies in Auburn, Des Moines, Kent, and Tacoma.
- Muckleshoot Family Resource Center (for tribal members): Food, clothing, emergency assistance, and supplies.
- Sound Outreach: Assistance, resources, and training for Pierce County residents.
- CHPW Baby Bassinet Box Program Free bassinet, baby essentials and safe sleep education for CHPW insurance carriers.
Pediatricians
Family Docs, Pediatricians & Newborn Health
Pediatricians
- HealthPoint Auburn
- HealthPoint Midway
- Federal Way Naturopathy
- Renton Pediatric Associaties: Daniel Friedman
- Woodcreek Pediatrics: Mary Bridge Children's
- Southwest Pediatrics Burien
- Valley Children's Clinic (Renton)
Circumcision providers
- Dr. Elias Kass
- Dr. Mark Grubb (Woodcreek Pediatrics)
- Dr. Witz (Certified mohel on Mercer Island)
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