Childbirth Educators: An independent childbirth educator provides comprehensive information on labor, consumer issues, and techniques for a satisfying birth.
Doulas: A doula is a professional who provides non-medical care to a family during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. She is independent of the medical care provider and works only for the family to support their desires.
Hospital Birth Care Providers: Physicians and Certified Nurse Midwives typically attend births in hospitals. A woman may choose between a certified nurse midwife (CNM), family physician who practices obstetrics or an obstetrician. An obstetrician is often required for a high-risk or surgical birth.
Lactation: It is important to know the breastfeeding resources in your community. From IBCLC's to Facebook support groups having the resourse, support and community can make a word of difference in your breastfeeding experience.
Midwives: Whether you're looking to birth with midwives in a Hospital, Birth Center or at Home this list of our midwives both Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) is for you.
Out-of-Hospital Birth Care Providers: In SC, midwives are licensed by DHEC and attend births in homes and at freestanding birth centers. Professional midwives provide care during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. They recognize birth as a normal life event and are a great option for low-risk women seeking an out-of-hospital birth.
Support Groups/ Meet-ups: We have an amazing variety of local support groups and Meet-ups!
Other Care Providers: Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, Massage, Craniosacral and Body Work Therapy as well as other alternative practitioners can offer benefits to expectant women, newborn babies and famlies.
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