Local Goods & Services

From support groups and birth centers to classes and diaper service, you’ll find a ton of resources here. Check back to see new listings.

Dawn Dana
Dawn Dana of Daraluz Midwifery is a licensed homebirth midwife who has attended more than 800 births. She serves Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and often works alongside Mary Jackson (below), another highly experienced local homebirth midwife.

(805) 407-7802
dawnmaried@aol.com

Sunrise Birthing Center
Karni Seymour-Brown, LM, is one of the first legally licensed midwives in California and has devoted 30 years of her life to helping women embrace the innate power of birth through compassionate one-on-one care. For information on midwife or doula services, call (805) 648-2350.

12 N Ash St., Ventura. www.Venturamidwife.com

Ventura Birth Center
The midwives at the Ventura Birth Center provide a full spectrum of care, from conception through postpartum, offering well-woman/annual exams and support for giving birth at the birth center or at home.

Contact: Sue Turner
(805) 667-2229
stmidwife@aol.com

GROW Midwifery, Melissa Navarro, LM
1624 E Main St, Ventura. 805 290-6210.
Venturamidwife@gmail.com

Tania McCraken, LM

805 746 4509

Pamela Klieman
Pamm has been serving Ventura county and its surrounding areas as a doula, educator, and group leader for many years. She currently specializes in infant massage and building communities within which postpartum families can thrive. For more information, call (805) 258-9225 or email doulapamm@gmail.com.

Diane Berger
Diane Berger, RN, PHN, is professional lactation counselor with an extensive background in maternal-child health, Diane provides loving in-home breastfeeding support and education for mothers and babies. Contact Diane at (805) 654-1463.

CMH New Parent Resource Center
Provides free lactation support services to those who delivered their babies at CMH. Classes and breastfeeding supplies offered as well.

2580 E. Main St., Suite 101
(805) 948-BABY (2229)
newparentresourcecenter@cmhshealth.org

La Leche League of Ventura County
La Leche League of Ventura offers group meetings across Ventura County.  Meetings are in a discussion format (not a lecture or a class), and breastfeeding parents are encouraged to use their own experience to help and support each other. For meeting dates and locations, contact Natalie at 805 427 4724 lalechecamarillo@gmail.com.

Secure Beginnings Breastfeeding and First Feeding CareLine
805-646-7559 x110

First 5 Ventura
By working with parents, school districts, community leaders, social services, and healthcare agencies, First 5 Ventura County helps to design and fund a network of essential services for young children and their families. Contact your local resource guide for more detailed information about current programs and offerings.

Secure Beginnings
Dedicated to nurturing children pre-birth to 3, through inspiring partnerships and community resources that address pre- and post-natal wellbeing, infant/toddler development, and parent education and support. Free and sliding scale classes, support groups, counseling programs, consultations, free diaper bank and more!

Located in the Oak View Park and Resource
555 Mahoney Avenue, Room 2, Oak View
(805) 646-7559 x3
programs@securebeginnings.org

Ventura County Mothers of Multiples (VCMOM)
A fee-based non-profit organization that offers support for parents of twins or higher order multiples based in Ventura County.

Laurel Connell
Laura Connell, LMFT, specializes in prenatal and postpartum mental health as well as integrating and healing grief from miscarriage, neonatal loss, and infertility.

(805) 570-0636 (call or text)
laurel.connell@gmail.com

Maternal Mental Health Coalition of Ventura County
The mission of MMHCVC is to promote the health and wellness of Ventura County mothers and babies by closing gaps in maternal mental healthcare. MMHCVC was established in 2017 as a non-profit, volunteer, public and private network dedicated to promoting maternal mental health and wellness through education, advocacy, assessment, treatment, and training. Their website hosts a wealth of information in regard to postpartum wellness and local resources, including local support groups.

(805) 824-1119
MMHCVC@gmail.com

Postpartum Support International
Postpartum Support International is dedicated to helping women suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression, the most common complication of childbirth. They also work to educate family, friends and healthcare providers so that moms and moms-to-be can get the support they need and recover. You are not alone. You are not to blame. With help, you will be well.

PSI Helpline: (800) 944-4773
Support by text: (503) 894-9453

Joyce Weckl
Joyce Weckl, MSN, CNM, PMHNP, provides medication management for psychiatric disorders for school age children through adults. After practicing for many years as a nurse midwife, Joyce retired from midwifery to provide psychiatric services. She brings a unique understanding to women’s health and mental health. She maintains board certification  in both nurse midwifery and psychiatry. She accepts Anthem, Cigna, Aetna, United/Optum and Ventura County Health Care Plan insurances.

3585 Maple Street, Suite 205, Ventura
(805) 654-0926

Secure Beginnings Free Counseling Program
Staffed by our licensed and experienced family therapist — a free, welcoming, safe, and confidential place for you to be heard, to be taken seriously, and to be supported in your parenting journey. If you are not sure of the kind of help you need, that’s okay. We want to hear from you and together we can decide what will best support you. Your call is confidential. (805) 646-7559 x2

The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN)
ICAN of Santa Barbara is a chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by reducing preventable cesareans through education, supporting cesarean recovery, and advocating for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Call or check online for the meeting schedule.

(800) 686-ICAN (4226), ext. 276
santabarbara.ca@ican-online.org