Chiropractic
- Chiropractor/Body Worker/Massage Therapist in Cary
- A family wellness practice focusing on principled chiropractic care for whole families. No lactation staff. LGBTQ plus friendly, handicap accessible. Doctor of Chiropractic focusing on pediatrics and pregnancy. Providing full service, but appointments are being spaced out and additional precautions are being taken. Jaylene Bair Contact Email 919-234-0505
- Chiropractors who welcome all people and have expertise in helping babies, children, and adults.
- They have expertise in helping babies with feeding concerns which may involve mechanics of positioning, jaw movement, effective sucking, tongue tie, etc. They also provide general chiropractic care for the parents, if experiencing body pains from postures of feeding and holding/sleeping with newborns. Their expertise also includes special techniques used during pregnancy. Dr. Donna Hedgepeth and Dr. Katie Lucht (919) 851-1010
Community Centers
- Committed to improving the quality of life for LGBTQ+ people in and around Durham through programming, resources, and networks of support; by acting as a hub for Durham’s LGBTQ+ community; by sharing and affirming all LGBTQ+ lived experiences; and, by educating our neighbors in order to enhance understanding of and sensitivity to LGBTQ+ issues. Contact Email
Dietitians
- Jenni Grover, MS, RD, LDN: Dietitians offering virtual visits
- Phone: (919) 285-0855
Doulas
- Birth doula, postpartum doula, breastfeeding peer counselor, childbirth educator, sibling doula, placenta encapsulation specialist, and postpartum belly binder. LGBTQ+ friendly, serves families of color first.
- Briana Smith BSPH, CBD, CPD, CBE, CPES Contact Email 919-239-1613
- Provides prenatal education, labor support, and easy postpartum care, along with placenta encapsulation and photography services. Peer lactation support and access to lactation referral services. Provides services to clients of all ethnicities and orientations, LGBTQ+ friendly, and focuses on providing accessible services to marginalized populations. Primarily English speaking, with some Spanish fluency. Samantha McClellan CD(IBFA) 910-808-9421
- During Covid-19 quarantine, providing virtual doula services, online education, and virtual meetings with some limited in-person labor support
- Contact Email
- Located in Durham, welcomes all people and has a wide range of services to support family’s lived experiences.
- LGBTQ+ Friendly, Lactation Services Available.
- Contact Email 919-864-8361
- Independent birth doula specializing in serving families of color
- birth doula services are prioritized for free for low-income, people of color (POC), disabled, single-parent and LGBTQ+ families.
- Black Maternal Health Organization Member
- Parker Hurley is both a LCSW and a birth doula
- LGBTQ+ friendly birth doula and LCSW in Durham, Orange, Wake & surrounding areas.
- Contact Email
Peace and Serenity Partners in Parenting
- The Triangle’s first Queer and Person of Color owned Doula and Nanny Agency specially designed to provide support and education for Queer and/or Colorful Families and Allies. All-inclusive and full-service Doula Services Agency that serves families throughout Durham, Raleigh, Apex, Cary, Hillsborough and Fayetteville areas.
- Contact Email
Fertility
UNC Fertility: Understanding fertility and LGBTQ Family Building
Feeding & Speech
Holly Springs Feeding & Speech
- Jill Odle,MS CCC-SLP, IBCLC
- Holly Springs Office,500 Holly Springs Road, Suite 103, Holly Springs, NC 27540
- Raleigh Office, 8300 Health Park, Suite 325, Parking Entrance A, Raleigh NC 27615
- P: 919-297-2997
IBCLC’s
Beyond Birth Lactation and Beyond Birth Boutique with Leslie Stern
- Durham CNM, IBCLS offering non-judgmental Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding support to all types of families. Contact Email 919)413-6484
- Professional flange fitting and pumping education sessions
- Birth Story Healing, Mindfulness Classes, Breast Pump and Pediatric Scale Rentals, Lactation and Feeding Accessories for Sale.
- Accepts insurance (Aetna, BCBS, United, Cigna, Coventry, Tricare)
- 1800 MLK Jr Pkwy, Suite 100 Durham, NC 27707
Bliss At The Breast (BATB) with Jessica Altemara
- Lactation Service (IBCLC/LC/etc.) Business Owner, Community Group Representative, IBCLC, Instructor/Educator, LGBTQI Equality Advocate, Tongue Tie Expertise,
- Nervous system regulation in improvement of feeding. Contact Email
Mattea Alexander with Mattea’s Lactation Services
- LGBTQ+ friendly/identified
- discounts available for low income, refugees, sliding scale, and provides an insurance reimbursement form Telemedicine
- Spanish, English
Victoria Facelli, IBCLC
- Currently only in practice at Holman Family Dental Care as part of the infant feeding evaluation team.
- Durham based, with emphasis on LGBTQ+ families
Teaching Babies to Nurse with Ellen Chetwynd, PhD MPH BSN IBCLC
- Lactation Service
- LGBTQ+ friendly
Mental Wellness
- Providing virtual counseling sessions. Inclusive and welcoming to all. Trained in the treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Member of the secular therapy project. Member of PSI.
- Contact Email
Fields Family Psychiatry
- Fields Family Psychiatry, PLLC is a small psychiatric practice dedicated to the mental health of children, adolescents, and adults. In addition, we have particular expertise in the care and treatment of pregnant and postpartum parents (including while breastfeeding), the care of LGBTQ individuals including the care of gender dysphoria, and the treatment of adolescents and young adults.
Other
- Parent Education, Advocacy Group Leader, Elimination Communication and Potty Training Coach, 919-282-4433, consultations/meetings/classes online
Parent Education Class
- 4th Trimester: life with a newborn with Julie Cooper
- UNC’s newborn care classes (4th Trimester: life with a newborn) with Julie Cooper. Committed to making newborn care classes inclusive and as gender neutral as possible
Pediatric Occupational Therapist
- Jessie Gentz, OTR/L: 3500 Brightwood Lane Durham NC 27704, 855 S. Beckford Ave Henderson, NC
- Phone: 919-813-0029
Peer to Peer Lactation Support
La Leche League (LLL)
- LLL of Durham supports all breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding families, inclusive of their race, ethnicity, immigration status, national origin, creed, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, family structure, primary language, ability, or socio-economic status. Due to COVID-19, meetings will be ONLINE until further notice.
- La Leche League Leaders who are LGBTQI Equality Advocates, Parents, and Racial Equity Advocates: Amber – 919-282– 4433;
Nursing Mothers of Raleigh (NMR)
- Elaina Lee: A volunteer with NMR since 2001 and has enjoyed breastfeeding her own 3 children. Practices Family Medicine and enjoys sharing breastfeeding knowledge and experience with her patients and the families who come to NMR for information and support. Serves as a member of the Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance (TBA) and the NC Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBC), and has helped plan the annual TBA Conferences and Art of Breastfeeding Conferences for several years. Collaborates with a multitude of providers to increase equity for LGBTQ+ Families. 919-559-8689
Peer to Peer Milk Sharing
Pelvic Health PT
Alicia Hess at UNC Chapel Hill & Durham locations
Jennifer Harringtonn at various UNC Therapy Services locations
Playgroups
Queer Families Playgroup through LGBTQ Center of Durham:
- Playgroup (for parents with kids under 7) facilitated by Megan Rowell Contact Email
Prenatal Care
UNC Midwives practice is an LGBTQ affirming practice in our entirety. We are located in two places: at UNC OBGYN at Weaver Crossing (Chapel Hill ) and in Cary. We provide comprehensive annual and problem-GYN, prenatal and labor and birth care for people who desire/need that care, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. We actually have several midwives who are IBCLCs. I like to think that we have extensive complimentary breastfeeding knowledge that supports our comprehensive midwifery and GYN care. Three of us serve as consultants on the breastfeeding medicine service consult pager, and Amy Davenport sees clients in Allison Stuebe’s Breastfeeding Medicine clinic.
- Amanda O-Briant WHNP, IBCLC and CNM. LGBT+ identified/very supportive:
- Amy Davenport CNM, LC, very LGBT+ supportive, serves on the breastfeeding medicine consult service
- Family practitioner who births babies and supports trans families at Duke Family Medicine Center
Primary Care Practices
Elaina Lee, MD at Family Care, PA
- Family Medicine visits with interest in breastfeeding for patients of Family Care, PA. President of Nursing Mothers of Raleigh and a member of NCBC. Very interested in connecting with more people in the LGBTQ+ community to educate them about and help them with breastfeeding/chest feeding/human milk feeding. Contact Email 919-544-6461
Hayden Shafer at UNC Family Medicine
- Family Medicine physician in Chapel hill, LGBTQ Safe Zone Trained
- Contact Email 984-974-0210
- Primary, gynocological, and transgender services
- 919-240-7269
Piedmont Health
- https://www.piedmonthealth.org
- Offers Prenatal care and transgender care Durham, Orange, Wake & surrounding. Piedmont Health offers Prenatal care and transgender care, though I don’t have a contact there. We imagine someone would be interested in lactation support services.
Sally R. Johnson at UNC Family Medicine Southpoint
- LGBTQ+ 919-361-2644
- Family practitioner who births babies and supports trans families at Duke Family Medicine Center