Child Passenger Safety
- Find a free local Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician to help you install your car seat properly.
- Interactive, personalized Ultimate Car Seat Guide
- Choosing the Right Seat
- Local Facebook Group with info and answers to your questions, moderated by Certified Child Passenger Safety Techs
- Child safety restraint laws in your state may or may not actually be what is recommended as the safest way to restrain your child in a vehicle. It is strongly recommended that you utilize the above resources to understand what is truly the national safety standard for child passenger safety, and not settle for what your state minimally requires.
Diapers and Formula:
- Castrop Center Diaper Bank, OhioHealth Physician Group, Heritage College Obstetrics and Gynecology
- General diaper bank including wipes, baby clothes, blankets, shelf-stable food boxes, and occasional gas vouchers and funding for various needs as they arise for families.
- Recipients need not be patients of the practice.
- Normally community members can come to the office during normal business hours and request what tis needed. Currently, due to COVID, please call ahead and arrange receiving items in advance so someone can bring the items out to you.
- 75 Hospital Drive Suite 260 Athens OH 45701
- 740-594-8819
- Pregnancy Resource Center Diaper Bank
- One free pack of diapers and one free pack of wipes per month
- https://athenspregnancy.com/services/diaper-bank/
- Salvation Army of Athens and Meigs County, OH
- Formula, diapers and baby items for low-income families in Athens and Meigs Counties.
- Contact Cheska Boden, 740-797-1305, or via Facebook
- Click here for details.
Locally-Made Baby Products:
- Coral Marie
- Consciously handmade clothing & products for the way you live.
- 740-698-0210
- http://www.coralmarie.com/
Groups/Governmental Agencies:
- Athens County Health Department
- 740-592-4431
- https://www.athenspublichealth.org/
- Coad4Kids
- Childcare information and referrals for families and providers
- 330-602-6959
- coad4kids.org
- contactece@coadinc.org
- Department of Job and Family Services
- 614-466-4815
- Help Me Grow
- 614-644-8389 or 1-800-755-GROW
- Website Info
- Hopewell Health Centers
- Mental health and addiction services
- 740-592-3091
- WIC
- United Appeal for Athens County 211
- Helping people meet their basic needs. Provides 211 Athens County, a free service for anyone to Get Help and Give Help.
- 2-1-1 or 740-592-1293
- http://unitedappeal.org/who.htm
Massage and Chiropractic Care:
- Crook Family Chiropractic
- Hannah Crook, DC
- Perinatal and Webster Certified Chiropractor
- BIRTHFIT Leader
- Address: 298 E. State St., Athens, OH 45701
- Website: www.crookfamilychiro.com
- (740) 292-2522
- Jill Brown
- Prenatal massage
- AceNet, Columbus Road, Athens
- 740-591-9360
- Jean K Hoffman, DC
- Marietta, Ohio
- Certified in Webster technique, a chiropractic analysis, and gentle adjusting technique to help pregnant moms positively affect their pregnancy, labor, and delivery.
- 740-376-9944
- drjeanmhw@gmail.com
- Be Well Chiropractic
- Trained in Webster technique, offers nutritional counseling sessions and a holistic approach to your whole-body care, to help pregnant moms positively affect their pregnancy, labor, and delivery.
- 715 West Union Street, Suite 2
- 45701 Athens, Ohio
- 740-591-7788
Nutrition:
- Healthy Steps Nutrition Coach
- Jolene Quirke
- jolene@crossfitseo.com
- 740-591-0735
- Jennifer Yoder Clevidence, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
- I provide compassionate and caring nutrition therapy for women who are transitioning into or have already transitioned into motherhood. My focus is grounded in the philosophy that body trust is every person’s birthright and that by re-establishing this innate body trust, we can keep ourselves and our families nourished.
- https://jen-rdn.com
- balancedlivingnutrition@gmail.com
- Tara Maurice, RD
- Wellness coaching
- Pre/postnatal nutrition
- Women’s health + nutrition support
- tmaurice545@gmail.com
- 406-871-5518
Placenta Encapsulation:
- Kailyn Browning, SBD, CBE
- Birthsource, LLC
- Equipping, supporting, and empowering the Mid-Ohio Valley area and beyond with GentleBirth workshops, doula services, and placenta preparation!
- Placenta tinctures and salves also available!
- 740-818-5039
- support@mybirthsource.com
- www.mybirthsource.com/placenta-encapsulation
Prenatal Art:
- Deborah Bromer Fine Body Art
- Create a special memory by having your belly painted!
- Prenatal Henna and Maternity Body Art
- Recently re-located to Los Angeles but is periodically in Columbus area, so she is sometimes available to serve Ohio clients by appointment.
- For more information see www.deborahbromer.com.
Prenatal Yoga:
Prenatal yoga is a great way to prepare physically and emotionally for your birth. Classes help you connect with your body, inner voice, and other mothers. Unique poses strengthening muscles needed for the childbearing years while simultaneously releasing tension from our mind and body, setting the stage for a happy and healthy birth.
- Prenatal, Postpartum, and Parent Yoga by The Birth Circle
- The Nest
- 217 Columbus Rd. Suite 103 (on left) Athens
- Thursday nights, 5:30-6:30. A combined class with special instructions for pregnancy, postpartum, etc.
- Free child watch is available in play space outside of yoga room (masks for children over the age of two may be requested in play space, but not in yoga room)
- Led by Birth Circle board member and yoga instructor Tara Maurice
- Prenatal Yoga at Bodhi Tree Guesthouse & Studio
- Bodhi Tree Guesthouse & Studio
- 8950 Lavelle Rd. Athens
- 740-707-2050
- Bodhi Tree offers various yoga classes, some in-person, some online, and some mixed.
Other Services:
- Real World Organizing
- Aubrei Krummert
- Real world solutions to the toughest organizing problems. Home, office, kids’ rooms, kitchens, garages and more
- 740-249-9123
- realworldorg@yahoo.com
- www.facebook.com/RealWorldOrganizing