Local Resources and Support: Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum.
Below you’ll find a list of local resources you can access in-person from whatever you are needing on your journey of pregnancy, birth, or postpartum support.
Maternity Resources and Support.
Below you’ll find recommendations for local OBGYNS, Midwives, and Related Professionals.
Prisma Health Maternity Care.
At Prisma Health, our experienced OB/GYN providers and certified midwives offer in-person and virtual prenatal care as well as specialized expertise, with a range of amenities to make your delivery special and safe.
In addition to our obstetricians, midwives, and nurse practitioners, Prisma Health is one of the few healthcare systems in the state to offer maternal-fetal medicine specialists, genetic counseling and telehealth for high-risk deliveries.
We provide everything needed to support you and your baby:
Online and in-person prenatal education
State-of-the-art private delivery rooms in a safe, clean environment
24-hour rooming in with your newborn
High-touch postpartum care
Amenities such as pump rental or purchase and breastfeeding garments
Nine Prisma Health hospitals have received Baby-Friendly Hospital designation, which means we promote breastfeeding through rooming-in, encouragement of skin-to-skin contact and lactation support. Our internationally board-certified lactation experts can provide the encouragement and support you need to learn to breast-feed successfully, and our childbirth educators will answer any questions you have about caring for your little one once you return home.
Bon Secours Maternity Care.
Bon Secours offers state-of-the-art labor and delivery rooms, specialty care for newborns who require exceptional medical services, private family suites, jacuzzi tubs for relaxing and the services of certified nurse-midwives and lactation consultants. We’re dedicated to providing maternity services in a warm and caring setting with our experienced, compassionate staff. Our baby-friendly hospitals deliver the perfect environment of comfort and care for new beginnings.
Our entire staff is here to make sure your big day is special and full of love, joy and hope. We’re also here to help your new delivery grows up to be a healthy, happy child throughout every stage of their development.
Services we offer:
Birthing classes
Breastfeeding education
Doula-trained nurses
Genetic testing
Maternal-fetal medicine for high-risk pregnancies
Mental health resources
Neonatal care
Postpartum support
Tours of our birthing centers
Well-woman care
Piedmont Women’s Center.
Piedmont Women’s Center offers free pregnancy testing, free ultrasound testing, adoption plans, and parenting plans.
The Doula Group.
Pregnancy is a time of great change as your body grows to accommodate your growing baby; it is a season where parents prepare for the arrival of their precious new blessing. Even though birth is considered a normal body function for women, it is important to prepare for birth emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Our childbirth classes will help you acquire knowledge that will help you alleviate fear of the birthing process.
Pregnancy Acupuncture.
Acupuncture is safe before, during, and after pregnancy. During pregnancy, acupuncture helps both mama and baby.
For baby, it increases blood flow to uterus which promotes baby’s healthy development.
For mama, it helps treat body pain, fatigue, swelling, nausea/vomiting, low iron levels, and even helps turn breech babies. Of course, getting acupuncture while pregnant also helps with the stress, anxiety, and nervousness that can come with the changes pregnancy brings.
Postpartum Resources and Support.
Below you’ll find recommendations for lactation and postpartum resources and support.
Nourish- Integrative Lactation and Wellness.
We provide evidence based, holistic, integrative and functional lactation support for your family. All consultants are Tethered Oral Tissues specialty trained (TOTS) and take a special interest in continually updating their education with cutting edge resources so that you are informed.
We are ready to work with you to come up with a detailed and comprehensive breastfeeding, bottle feeding (or both!) "game plan" that works best for you and your family so that you can enjoy your journey together. Appointments are available in your home or in our private, family friendly office located in Greenville, South Carolina.
All of our services are available in both English and Spanish language.
The Breastfeeding Center of Greenville.
At the Breastfeeding Center of Greenville, we work closely together as a team to make sure you and your baby are taken care of. Our lactation consultants, nurses, office staff and pediatricians are here to provide you with the support you need.
Reproductive Journey-Postpartum counseling and support.
This agency’s vision is to serve as a resource for anyone experiencing infertility, pregnancy or postpartum depression, pregnancy or infant loss, traumatic childbirth or simply struggling to adjust to parenthood. Reproductive Journey counseling and support has licensed professional counselors who specialize in providing individual and group counseling and support navigate the difficult trials of postpartum mood disorders.
Local Support Groups.
Below you’ll find recommendations for local in-person support groups for individuals and families who live the Upstate of South Carolina who are pregnant after loss or are newly postpartum.
The Garden.
The Garden is a local community of women in Greenville, SC walking deeper into the heart of the Father, through the journeys of infertility, infant loss, miscarriage, adoption, and foster care. The vision for this ministry is to provide a safe place where women walking these journeys can ask hard questions, feel safe to be vulnerable, and walk in community together all through the lens of hope.
Reproductive Journey Postpartum Support Group.
This FREE gathering is open to any mom with young children (infancy to preschool age) wanting to feel better, connect and share experiences during the journey of motherhood. Each week a postpartum expert will highlight a specific topic and share tools for coping and healing while still allowing time for socializing and supportive sharing. Our goal is to give you a private, safe space to enhance your well-being and socialize with other moms who “get it.” Babies under 12 months are welcome in group with mom.
Just some topics include:
Physical Changes
Sleep
Stress
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