Community Resources
Our local community is filled with amazingly skilled and supportive groups and individuals.Abused Women’s Shelters & Support
HELPMATE – Domestic violence shelter, case management, court advocacy, counseling. All services are free and confidential. 24 Hour Hotline: 828-254-0516
OUR VOICE – Sexual assault and abuse services including counseling, support groups and court advocacy. All services free and confidential. 24 Hour Hotline: 828-255-7576,
Addiction Services and Support Groups
Mary Benson House – Serves women seeking substance abuse treatment while pregnant or or parenting a child from birth to five years. 828-252-5280
Ankyloglossia (Tongue & Lip Tie):
Dr. Bill Chambers, Pediatric Dentist – Laser revisions, 828-274-9220,
Emily Sullivan, LMBT – Infant craniosacral therapy.
sullivanemilyrose@gmail.com
828-337-0007
Baby Sign Langugage
https://www.tinyhandslearning.
Birth and Postpartum Doulas:
Breast Pumps and Equipment (purchase and rental)
Mission Breastfeeding Center – 828-213-1103
Aeroflow Healthcare – 888-598-0144
WIC Breastfeeding Services – 828-250-5325.
Breastfeeding Groups, Clinics, and Classes
La Leche League – Free monthly meetings for breastfeeding parents and their babies/toddlers at Homegrown Babies on the last Tuesday of the month, 1p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Breastfeeding Support/Lactation Consultants
MAHEC Breastfeeding Clinic, 828-771-5500
Mission Breastfeeding Center Lactation Consultants, 828-213-1103
Child Abuse Protection Agency
Child Abuse Prevention Services
Childbirth Educators
MaryKate Bashaw: Homegrown Families, marykate@ashevillehomegrownfamilies.com
Mission Hospitals: Prepared Childbirth Series, 828-213-2222
Children’s Hospitals
Mission Children’s Hospital, 828-213-1111
Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, Pelvic Health, Physical Therapy
Awakening Heart Chiropractic – 828-254-1767
One Love Chiropractic – (828) 505-1584
Well Adjusted-Chiropractic and Acupuncture – Hendersonville, 828-698-7888
Asheville Holistic Physical Therapy – *located at Homegrown Families Health and Education Center – 828-484-1373
Craniosacral and Massage Therapy – Emily Sullivan, 828-337-0007 sullivanemilyrose@gmail.com
Medicine of the Feminine – Mayan Abdominal Massage, 503-707-5212,
Asheville Community Acupuncture – Sliding scale fees
Living Points Acupuncture – 828-687-8747
People’s Acupuncture – 828-254-4098
Hearth Acupuncture, Kerry Goodwin – 828-367-7315
Sustainable Health Acupuncture, Liz Roseman: Specializing in fertility, pregnancy, and family care.
Happy Body – Offering fitness, wellness, education and Ortho-Bionomy massage – 828-277-5741
Cultural/multicultural resources
Centering Pregnancy Program at Western North Carolina Community Health Services
Conscious Parenting Classes & Courses (for when your kids are a little older!)
FemFwd offers conscious parenting classes that help guide the way we engage our kids. Run by two clinical psychologists, these courses focus and center our children’s mental and emotional health as they learn to navigate their world and emotions that come up!
Parenting with Intention: Preventative Strategies that Foster a Strong Foundation
What to do When your Little Kid has BIG Feelings
Family Doctors and Pediatricians
Our Family Doctor: 828-252-2511
Community Family Practice: 828-254-2444
ABC Peds: 828-277-3000
Blue Sky Pediatrics: 828-687-8709
Asheville Medicine and Pediatrics: 828-651-0121
Rainbow Pediatrics -Hendersonville (828) 698-8135
Health Food Stores
Hospitals and Urgent Cares
Mission Hospital – 828-213-1111
Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville – 1-800-866-790-WELL
Advent Health Hendersonville – 828- 684-8501
Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care – 828-252-4878
Asheville Urgent Care – 828-210-2835
Sona Clinic – 828-552-3999
Maternity/nursing clothes
Mission Breastfeeding Center – 828-213-1103
Midwives
MAHEC Midwives: Offering hospital birth with certified nurse-midwives – 828-771-5500
Naturopathic/homeopathic services/stores and clinics
Asheville Natural Health and Homeopathy
New Parents’s Support Groups
Stroller Revolution – expectant and new parents walk and stretch, talk and listen, learn and support one another. Meets Mondays at 10 a.m. French Broad River Park.
Online Resources
Homegrown Families Facebook Page
Asheville Mamas Facebook Group
Kelly Mom – Evidence based information on breastfeeding and parenting
Evidence Based Birth – Current, evidence based information on birth
Women’s Osteopathic Wellness, PLLC
Dr. Iris Tian: info@carolinawow.com
Parenting Classes
Children and Family – Hendersonville, 828-698-0674
Parenting Support Groups (BIPOC Only)
Perinatal loss support groups/bereaved families support groups
Perinatal Mood Disorders (prenatal & postpartum depression, anxiety, etc)
Perinatal Emotional Health Network of WNC
Heriloom Counseling, Elizabeth Gillette, LSCW
Kelsey Reep: kelsey@aligyned.com
Justina Prenatt, MS, LPCA, NCC
Andrew Bednarzik, Riverbank Counseling
Photography
Destinee Blau – Offering maternity, birth and family photography.
Helen Joy – Offering maternity, birth and family photography. 828-329-3969
Maggie Shackleford Photography – Offering maternity, birth and family photography.
Whitney Thomas Photography: https://www.whitneythomasphotography.com/
Placenta Encapsulation
Parenting Coaches
https://soultrue.org/
James K. Rumbaugh
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/james-k-rumbaugh-asheville-nc/768209
Sleep Coaches
Social Service Organizations
Buncombe County Department of Social Services – To sign up for pregnancy Medicaid, 828-250-5795.
WIC- Nutrition, food, and breastfeeding support
Therapists
Keri Smith Gaylord, Mental Health Counselor
www.ksgcounseling.com
336-281-5533
Brit Klepac, MA, LCMHCA
Appalachian Creative Therapy, Mental Health Counselor
appalachiancreativetherapy.com
(828) 341-2381
Therapist for New Dads:
James K. Rumbaugh
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/james-k-rumbaugh-asheville-nc/768209
Keeley Clark motherbloomwellness.com
Kelsey Reep: kelsey@aligyned.com
Justina Prenatt cloverheartconcepts.com
Elizabeth Gilette heirloomcounseling.com
Yoga for prenatal and postpartum
YAM – Hendersonville, Prenatal and postpartum yoga class.
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