BirthReady Resources

Below is a listing of independent practitioners who can help guide you with classes, labor support, counselling, acupuncture and postpartum care.

Childbirth Education
Best of Health Birthing Classes
Robin Snyder-Drummond, CCE, CD (DONA), CLC
617-435-0693
robin@birthready.com

Labor Support
Robin Snyder-Drummond, CCE, CD(DONA), CLC
617-435-0693
robin@birthready.com

Ananda Lowe
617-623-2616
birth_dance@hotmail.com

Georgianna Swords, CD (DONA)
617-497-0199

Massage
• Massage for the Mother
• Lessons in Massage for Pregnant Couples
Ananda Lowe
617-623-2616
birth_dance@hotmail.com

Breastfeeding Counseling
BACE/ Nursing Mothers Council
617-244-5102
24 hours phone line/FREE!

Postpartum Care
Mothercare Services, Inc.
Joan Singer
1-888-mydoula

Georgianna Swords, CD (DONA)
617-497-0199

Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Jeff S. Matrician, Licensed Acupuncturist
22 Mount Auburn St. #12
Watertown, MA 02472
617-794-5787
617-924-9990
www.matrician.com

Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lisa Bernazani, M.Ac., Lic.Ac
366 Massachusetts Ave. Suite 101
Arlington, MA 02155
781-648-2263
www.acupuncture-boston.com

Perinatal Counseling
Counseling for Reproductive Health and Healing
Deborah Issokson, Psy.D.
Wellesley (Boston West suburbs) and Pembroke (South Shore)
617-314-9571 Some insurance is accepted.
www.reproheart.com

"Mother Nature is so marvelous and sacred that if you listen to her, she will teach you to be conscious and to value yourself as a human being." Dona Enriqueta Contreras, quoted in Midwifery Today, Winter 2005.