Recommended Resources
Body Workers
Sweet Willow Massage (massage, peer to peer support, serving MD and interstate)
Gaia Women’s PT (pelvic floor PT, office in WV and serves any client within driving distance)
Birth Workers
Potomac Birth Services (birth, postpartum & lactation support, birth education, serving Western MD, WV and PA)
Highland Birth Support (home birth midwife, serving mid-state WV)
Walker Doula Services (postpartum & sleep support, serving Southern MD, Northern VA and Washington, DC)
Changing Birth (doula services, serving Maryland and Southeastern Pennsylvania)
Raven Midwifery (birthwork, preconception counseling, birth trauma & postpartum support, serving Baltimore)
Nurtured Well (women’s wellness and medication management, serving MD)
Mamatoto Village (wraparound perinatal support, serving DC and PG county)
Sweet Bee Services (holistic perinatal support, serving entire East Coast)
Books
For the Perinatal and Postpartum Periods:
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secrets of Motherhood
Eating Her Young: Poems for the Disruption of Motherhood
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting
Regarding Trauma and PTSD:
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Perinatal & Parenting Websites
Postpartum Support International
National Perinatal Information Center
Trauma & PTSD-Focused Websites
Critical Incident Stress Management Team in Maryland (CISM)
20-Minute iRest Yoga Nidra Practice to Support Trauma Healing
Social Media Accounts
Post Partum Support International
Kristen Gingrich, LCSW, CADC, CSS
Podcasts
For a Good Laugh
Chrissy Allen (@csapunch)
SmartLess (and listen a little about some serious things)
There are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You are Indeed a Fantastic Parent
The Big Fat Activity Book for Pregnant People