Resources
OB/Midwives
The ob/midwives listed below are compassionate and wonderful caregivers.
Maryland:
Midwives at University of Maryland,
http://www.umm.edu/women/physicians/obstetrics.htmVivian Fraga, chevy chase, (301) 654-2182. VBAC friendly, solo practitioner. Delivers at Sibley.
Dr. Robert Footer, 6282 Montrose Rd, Rockville, MD
Foxhall, Dr. Loveland and Dr. Sarafian
Special Beginnings A free-standing birth center in Arnold. Labor in the birth center or at the nearby hospital.
DC Birth center: http://www.developingfamilies.org/dcbc.html (birth center birth, water birth, will transfer to hospital before or during birth if necessary)
Dr. Malcom DeSouza
Women OB/Gyn: http://womenob-gyn.com/ (Two women OB/Gyns, deliver at Sibley)
Georgetown University OB/Gyns
Dr. Robert D Footer (202) 362-0355, 3301 New Mexico Ave Nw, Washington, DC 20016
Dr. Susan Hurson: She doesn't participate in any insurance plans, but her staff will submit all of your charges to your insurance company for out-of-network reimbursement. Also, she doesn't deliver babies most weekends; she shares call with a large practice, so if you deliver on a weekend when she's not on call, you will be delivered by a doctor you don't know.
Dr. Virginia Thompson
Virginia:
Birth Care: http://www.birthcare.org/ (birth center births or home births, will transfer to hospital before or during birth if necessary)
Jean-Gilles Tchabo, area’s go-to doctor for VBAC, delivers at Virginia Hospital Center
1701 N George Mason DR
Arlington, Virginia 22205
Phone: (703) 558-6591
Physicians and Midwives in Alexandria (delivery at INOVA Alexandria)
Home Birth midwives:
http://www.traditionalmidwiferyofnova.com/
Birth Care: http://www.birthcare.org/
Joey Pascarella: www.sacredjourneymidwifery.com, 703-981-8438
Call MAMAS (Metropolitan Area Midwifery and Allied Services) to find out more.
Water Birth By: The Tunnel Singer - Lee Ellen Shoemaker
Praises for the World By: Jennifer Berezan
Returning (to the mother of us all) By: Jennifer Berezan
Effortless Relaxation and Chakra suite By: steve Halpern
Philip Elcano also has some very nice relaxing cd's..his RainDance series...Cloud Dancer, Dancing from Within
Mother's Melody: One Heart By: Maria Kostelas. It is just beautiful.....just how I could imagine being loved from inside the womb and Hugged with each surge!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Forever by the sea
Pediatrician
June Fusner, MD/Homeopath/Pediatrician, Kensington Pediatrics
10400 Connecticut Ave Suite 215, Kensington, MD, (301) 949-8860
Lactation Consultant on staff
Accepts hospital/birth center/homebirth babies (very popular, often only accepting new patients that are younger than 1 month old)
Dr. Thomas Sullivan, Alexandria Lake Ridge Pediatrics (703-212-6600) right off Seminary Road near the hospital
Dr. Barakat and Dr. Lisa Kelly,
http://tinyurl.com/yvf4p4, 703-532-4446
Northern Virginia Pediatric Associates
107 North Virginia Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22046
Amy Burke, Georgetown Hospital
Iona Razi, MD/Homeopath/Pediatrician, 202-333-1774
3537 R St., NW, Washington, DC
Accepts hospital/birth center/homebirth babies;
Makes home visit after home birth, takes only one patient a month, speaks French
Mark Garzon, 202-237-7000, x108
National Integrated Health Associates
5225 Wisconsin Ave., NW #401
Washington, DC
MD/Family Practice Physician
Accepts hospital/birth center/homebirth babies;
Dr. Garzon is a holistic family practice physician with both conventional and holistic training in pediatric and adult medicine
http://www.nihadc.com/garzon.htm
Pediatric Center of Rockville, 6000 Executive Boulevard
Children's Pediatricians & Associates in Montgomery Village
Shady Grove Pediatrics on Shady Grove Rd.
Holistic Medicine
Fran Toler 301-367-1551 (also a homebirth midwife)
National Integrated Health Associates,
http://www.nihadc.com