People, Products & Resources We Love

Local resources we love

Fertility:

• Jennifer Mercier for Mercier Therapy

• VIOs Fertility Clinic

• Dr. Anthony Caruso

• Joanne Kwak-Kim for Reproductive Endocrinology

OBs:

• Dr. John Carroll - Carol Stream

• Dr. Monique Brotman - Oak Park

• Dr. Dan Pesavento - Barrington

Midwives:

• West Suburban Midwives - Oak Park

• Burr Ridge Birth Center - Burr Ridge (coming soon)

• OMG Women’s Health Care - Hinsdale

• PCC Community Wellness Center - Oak Park

• My Mindful Birth - Home birth based in Naperville

• Gentle Birth Care - Home birth based in Oak Park and Wheaton

Doulas:

• Tunisia Macklin

• Melissa Gonzalez (labor and postpartum)

Lactation Support:

• Beth Bejnarowicz

• Heather Dvorak

Prenatal and Postpartum Massage:

• Tunisia Macklin

Pelvic Floor resources

• Dilators: SoulSource or Intimate Rose (use code Lauren8 for $5 off of Intimate Rose) and How to use a dilator guide for download

• Pelvic Wand: Intimate Rose (use code Lauren8 for $5 off of Intimate Rose) - This one is AMAZING. It is soft, gently and ergonomically friendly so you won’t risk getting a hand/arm cramp while trying to work out the kinks.

  • How to use a pelvic wand for pelvic floor release

• Kegel Exerciser: JoyOn’s Kehel and Perifit

• Lubricants: Sliquid, YesYesYes, Sustain Natural, Good Clean Love, Aloe Cadabra, uberlube

• Vaginismus support through Tightly Wound

Books for all things pelvic floor, cycles, & Sex

Books for Pelvic Floor Health and Wellness:

• Come As You Are by Nagoski

• Why Pelvic Pain Hurts by Adriaan Louw, Sandra Hilton

• Sex, God, and the Conservative Church by Dr. Tina Schermer 

• The Vagina Bible by Jennifer Gunter

• Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure by Sheri Winston CNM. RN. BSN. LMT

• Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Dating, Sex, & Relationships (5-Minute Therapy) by Ph.D. Harper, Faith G

• MY BODY, MY HOME: a radical guide to resilience and belonging by Victoria Emanuela, Caitlin Metz

Books For Kids and Teens:

• Vaginas and Periods 101: A Popup book

• Cycle Saavy by Tori Weschler

• Celebrate Your Body by Sonya Taylor

• Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

• Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg

• The Every Body Book by Rachel Simon

• Sex Ed resources for Parents: Amaze or SexEdRescue

Pre-Conception:

• Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler

• Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden

• Beyond The Pill by Jolene Brighten

• Fix Your Period by Nicole Jardim

• Brittany Anderson’s 6-week online course: Before the Bump

Pregnancy:

• Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols

• Active Birth by Janet Balaskas

• The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

• Exercising Through Your Pregnancy by James Clapp

• Expectful App

• Evidence Based Birth

• Spinning Babies

Postpartum:

• The First Forty Days by Heng Ou

• The Postnatal Depletion Cure by Oscar Serrallach

• Nurture by Erica Chidi Cohen

• The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson

Food, Teas and all things Yum

• Serenity Kids foods- These are amazing, grass-fed and organic pouches that are great for little ones

• True Lemon (and lime, orange, lemonade, etc): if you are struggling to get enough water in, this helps flavor water without a lot of calories

• Peaceful Birthing Doula’s herbal teas for sleep, womb healing, gut health, preconception, menstrual relief and more

• All things Minimalist Baker, Love and Lemons or Pinch of Yum

• LMNT Electrolytes