Porter Medical Center
Pregnancy & Childbirth Resources
Helpful resources for families with infants and children.
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.
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
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
Children's Services
- Addison County Parent/Child Center
- Children’s Integrated Services
- Middlebury 802-388-4644 or 888-253-8804
- Rutland 802-786-5811 or 888-253-8802
- Addison County Child Services Center
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (Head Start)
- Parent-to-Parent of Vermont (Winooski)
- Rutland Head Start
- VT Achievement Center - Childcare Support Services
- Rutland County Parent Child Center
- Childcare Subsidy Program, Mary Johnson Children’s Center
- Essex County NY Health Department
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
Clothing & Supplies
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
Domestic Violence
- Atria Collective
- Free, confidential 24-hr hotline 1-800-388-4205
- Vermont Department for Children and Families
- Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-649-5285
- Middlebury 802-388-4660
- Rutland 802-786-5817
- Victim’s Advocate
- Addison County State’s Attorney Office 802-388-7931
- Rutland County State’s Attorney Office 802-786-2531
- Rutland County Women’s Network and Shelter
- Hotline 802-775-3232
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
Health Care & Financial Assistance
Health Care Assistance
- WIC / Children’s Integrated Services
- Middlebury 802-388-4644 or 888-253-8804
- Rutland 802-786-5811
- Lead Hotline 800-439-8550
- Open Door Clinic
- Addison County Home Health Agency
- Baby Steps to Bright Futures Program
Financial Assistance
- Department for Children and Families – Economic Services Division
- Use their online application to apply for 3SquaresVT, Essential Person, Fuel Assistance & Reach Up
- Middlebury office: 802-388-3146
- Vermont Medicaid and Dr. Dynasaur – Vermont Health Connect Help Center
- Middlebury office: 802-388-3146
Homeopathy
- Sallie Mack
- 802-425-6212
- Offices in Middlebury and Charlotte
Infant CPR Classes
Naturopaths
- Vermont Natural Family Health
- Katina Martin ND, LAc, MSOM, midwife
- Integrated Medicine
- Emily Mahar Cannon, ND
- Amy Littlefield ND, MSOM, LAc
- 802-989-7882
- Office in Middlebury
- Rutland Integrative Health
- Rutland Naturopathic Clinic
- Natural Medicine of Vermont
- Karen Miller-Lane ND, LAc
- Office in Middlebury
- Mountain View Natural Medicine
- Champlain Center for Natural Medicine
- Bill Warnock ND
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
Playgroups
- Minibury
- The Blooming Circle
- A mom-to-mom support group in Bristol offering mothers a space to share their experiences, learn from one another, make connections. Organized by Kelly Bessette, kbessette09@gmail.com or join the Facebook group (The Blooming Circle) or visit the Instagram page (@thebloomingcircle.802)
- Building Bright Futures
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
Transportation
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