Porter Medical Center
Pregnancy & Childbirth Resources
Please note these are not recommendations but examples of available resources. Always consult with
your provider or care team for guidance on finding the best options for you.
Childbirth Education Classes
- Porter Medical Center Childbirth Education Classes
- Understanding Birth, Comfort Measures, Understanding Breastfeeding
- 3 classes offered monthly in Middlebury, VT. Registration required.
- Beginnings Childbirth
- Offering in-person and virtual childbirth preparation, breastfeeding/chestfeeding and infant care classes in South Burlington, VT
- GROW Prenatal & Family Center
- Offers birth doula services, prenatal & postnatal yoga and fitness classes (in-person and live-streamed on Zoom), childbirth education classes
- Carolyn Lewis at Wellspring Hypnotherapy Center
- Offers Hypnosis for Childbirth classes in Essex Junction, VT
- Vermont Doula Company
- Offers childbirth, breastfeeding, newborn care, infant CPR classes, birth and postpartum doula services
Breastfeeding Support
- Porter Medical Center Childbirth Education Classes
- Understanding Birth, Comfort Measures, Understanding Breastfeeding
- 3 classes offered monthly in Middlebury, VT. Registration required
- Health Vermont Resources
- In-Home and Telehealth Lactation Consultants
- Lactation Support and Pump Providers
- Blooming Babies Vermont with Alice Norris
- In-home lactation consultation, breastfeeding classes, breast pumps
- Judith Fayre, LLC – Lactation Consultant
- Home visits, phone consultation, private prenatal breastfeeding class, tongue tie assessment, pumping consultation, back-to-work consult
- Serving the Shelburne/Charlotte/Middlebury/Burlington area
- Lactation Resources of Vermont
- Home consultations, breastfeeding classes, lactation pumps and supplies
- Lisa Velasquez Kerns, BS, IBCLC, RLC
- Servicing Rutland County in person and virtually anywhere
- Natural Beginnings
- Vicki Kirby RN, IBCLC offers in-home lactation consultation, electric breast pumps
- naturalkirby@gmail.com, 802-236-4136
- Susan Cutting, Certified Lactation Counselor, Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
- Located in Crown Point, NY
- suecutting60@gmail.com, 518-597-3302, cell 518-304-3608
- Addison County Home Health & Hospice
- Women Infant Children (WIC) Offices
- Providing breastfeeding support and pump rentals
- Addison County, VT: Middlebury office
- Chittenden County, VT: Burlington office
- Rutland County, VT: Rutland office
- Essex County, NY: 518-873-3560
Doula Services
- Demi Selzer
- demidoulaservices@gmail.com
- Offers labor doula services
- Birth Love Doula Services
- Offers labor and overnight postpartum doula services
- Birthing Doula Ministry
- Dorcas Plemmons, doulaministrydp@gmail.com, 828-550-3553
- Offers labor doula services in Rutland County and at Porter Medical Center
- Meg Bronz Doula Services
- Offers labor and postpartum doula services
- Heather Gallagher
- Offers labor and postpartum doula services and birth & family photography
- GROW Prenatal & Family Center
- Offers birth doula services, prenatal & postnatal yoga and fitness classes (in-person and live-streamed on Zoom), childbirth education classes
- Emily Piazza
- Offers full-spectrum doula services
- Greer Sargeant
- Offers full-spectrum doula services
- Vermont Doula Company
- Offers childbirth, breastfeeding, newborn care, infant CPR classes, birth and postpartum doula services
Yoga & Exercise
- GROW Prenatal & Family Center
- Offers birth doula services, prenatal & postnatal yoga and fitness classes (in-person and live-streamed on Zoom), childbirth education classes
Physical Therapy
- UVM Health Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
- Middlebury Physical Therapy
- Pre/postnatal therapy
- VT Moms Physical Therapy & Performance
- Office in Vergennes, VT
- Pelvic Floor PT, Birth Prep, Postpartum Exercise/Running
- Modern physical therapy for the active and busy mother
- Synergy in Motion Physical Therapy
- Allison Zimmer, 802-453-5245, North Street, Bristol, VT
- Wells Physical Therapy
- Office in Middlebury, VT
- Phoenix Physical Therapy, PLC
- Office in South Burlington, VT
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Prenatal and postnatal PT
- Pelvic Health, A Specialty Physical Therapy Office
- Office in South Burlington, VT
- Prenatal and postnatal PT
- Vermont Sports Medicine Center
- Offices in Brandon, Rutland and Castleton, VT
- Makenzie Williams, DPT
- Pelvic health and conditions related to pregnancy
Therapeutic Massage
- Vermont Birth Journeys
- Prenatal massage and massage for new parents
- Riverside Natural Health Center
- middleburymassage@gmail.com, 802-989-7669
- Office in Middlebury, VT
- Center for Integrative Body Work
- Massage Therapy in Middlebury, VT
- Red Blossom Medicine
- Abdominal massage in Middlebury, VT
- Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center
- Office in Rutland, VT
- The Bodywork Studio, Terrie Davis
- 518-543-6176 main office, 802-877-6362 (cell)
- Prenatal massage in Middlebury, VT and Hague, NY
- Annemarie Altadonna
- altasr@gmavt.net, 802-989-5286
- Offices in Bristol and Burlington, VT and home visits
- Touch VT
- Office in Bristol, VT
- Green Mountain Body Work
- Waterfalls Day Spa
- Offers prenatal massage after 16 weeks in Middlebury, VT
Craniosacral Therapy
- Center for Integrative Body Work
- Massage Therapy in Middlebury, VT
- Karen Kennedy, kkm5@comcast.net, 802-558-4491
- Remote healing, treats babies (colic, latch)
- John McPartland DO, 802-388-8304, Middlebury, VT
- Natural Medicine Middlebury
- Waterfalls Day Spa
- Offers pre/postnatal CST
Chiropractors
- Middlebury Sport and Spine
- Webster technique, pelvic floor therapy
- Integrated Medicine
- Office in Middlebury, VT
- Addison Country Chiropractic Center
- Joel and Kim Palmer
- 802-877-3567
- Office in Vergennes, VT
- Charles Paolantonio, DC
- 802-388-3033
- Office in No. Ferrisburgh, VT
- Julia (Jes) Sturges, DC
- 802-388-2602
- Office in Middlebury, VT
- Bradley Chiropractic Group
- Office in Burlington, VT
- Chiropractic Health & Wellness
- Thayer Osborne, DC
- 802-453-5588
- Office in Bristol, VT
- Shelburne Chiropractic
- John Guerriere, DC
- 802-985-8130
- Office in Shelburne, VT
- Fostering Wellness
- Offices in Brandon and Rutland, VT
- Synergic Health
- Office in Richmond, VT
- Prenatal chiropractic
- Family First Chiropractic
- Certified pediatric and prenatal by ICPA (CACCP)
- Office in Colchester, VT
MyChart Care Companion
Your Personalized Pregnancy Care Plan
Check out MyChart Care Companion — a new tool with helpful reminders, quick check-ins and easy-to-read tips to help you manage your pregnancy and postpartum care. Ask your provider or login to MyChart to get started.
