New parent support groups

• Natural Resources new parent circle

• The Recess Collective

• SF Parents of Multiples

• Mama Well Postpartum Group from The Postpartum Therapist

 

New dad / partner support groups

• City Dad Group

• Natural Resources

 

Lactation Support groups

• Natural Resources

• La Leche League of San Francisco.

• UCSF MILK Support group

• Newborn Connections

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Lactation Consultants

From GGDA:

• 1. Ocean Berg (IBCLC) oceanberg72@gmail.com 415 260 1185

• 2. Estelle Fraisse: (IBCLC) (415) 200-6510 estelle@abclactation.com, www.abclactation.com

• 3. Serena Saeed-Winn: CNM, IBCLC, RN, WHNP serena@thekazproject.com

 

Outside GGDA:

• 1. Amy Clark

• 2. Serena Myer

• 3. Jen Kiatta (she’s also a sleep consultant)

 

Lactation classes

• Natural Resources

• UCSF Great Expectations Pregnancy & Postpartum.

• Nursing Mother's Council. Free Breastfeeding Classes

 

Facebook group for moms in SF: Main Street Mamas

 

 

Baby and parent activities

Yoga

• Yoga flow in Noe Valley with Jane Austin. Prenatal yoga and postnatal yoga with baby

• Yogabeach postnatal mom and infant yoga on Tuesdays

• JCC mommy and baby yoga on Wednesdays at 10:30am

• San Francisco Prenatal Yoga

 

Swimming classes

• La Petite Baleen (free swim classes for babies 2 months-6 months)

• Pomeroy pool

 

Music classes

• Blue bear

• San Francisco Music Together

• Inharmony music
  Noe’s garden

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 Other activities

Movies at Alamo Drafthouse on Tuesdays (Baby day)

Story time at SF Public library

 

 

Local stores for baby supplies and postpartum supplies (in San Francisco)

• Natural Resources

• Sprout

• Aldea

 

Mealprep / Food delivery

• Kitchen Doula

• Cookma

• The Foodie Doula

• Milky Oat

• Jessie and Laurent

 

 

Childbirth education

• Natural Resources

• Birthing from Within 
  Holistic Childbirth Prep with Kelly Gray 

• Mindful Birthing

• Yes to Birth with Rachel Yellin (Hypnobirth) 

• BABE - Bay Area Birth Education 

• Brilliant Births 

 

Books

 

Postpartum:

• The First forty days: The essential art of nourishing the new mother. Heng Ou

• Thriving Postpartum: Embracing indigenous wisdom of la cuarentena by Panquetzani

• The fourth trimester: Kimberly Ann Johnson

• Natural Health After Birth. Aviva Romm

• Like a Mother by Angela Garbes

 

Breastfeeding:

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Wiessenger, West and Pitman 

• Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher 

 

Newborn and parenting:

• The Nurture Revolution by Greer Kirshenbaum

• Your Amazing Newborn by Klaus and Klaus 

•  The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp 

• Your Baby is Speaking to You by Kevin Nugent 

 

Sleep

• The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley 

• Safe Infant Sleep by James McKenna

• The happy sleeper. Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright

 

Postpartum mood disorders:

• Beyond the Blues by Bennett and Indman 

• Awake at 3 am. Suzannah Neufeldt (Postpartum anxiety)

• This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Kleiman and Raskin

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Postpartum Adjustment/Mood Disorders Therapy

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Golden Gate Mother's Group

 

Postpartum Depression Stress (Warmline) 1-888-773-7090 9am-9pm

 

Postpartum Support International (Spanish and English) 1-800-944-4773

https://www.postpartum.net

 

SAMHSA’s National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

 

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