Telfair BirthPlace at St. Joseph’s/Candler now offers online birth classes and tours.

So you can take birth classes while at your home, or wherever you are, online.

Find everything you need to know about giving birth, how the Telfair BirthPlace at St. Joseph’s/Candler works and more at www.sjchs.org/TelfairBirthPlace .

Along with the online birth classes, you can take a video tour of the Telfair BirthPlace & get familiar with their rooms. And when the new parents head home, they can go back to the Telfair BirthPlace site and get nearly every baby question answered in the online “Oh, Baby’s Home” book.

Other features:

• Information about Telfair BirthPlace lactation services.

• Contact Telfair BirthPlace First Steps program that provides ongoing help to new families.

• Learn about Telfair BirthPlace Special Care neonatal nursery.

Interested in birthing in the privacy, safety, and familiarity of your own home? Want a waterbirth in your living room? Curious about natural alternatives during pregnancy? Want to be empowered by your birth rather than afraid of it?

Then check out our local homebirth certified nurse midwife (the only one in Georgia south of Macon actually), GeorgAnna Wiley at Savannah Midwifery. Call or email for a free, no-obligation consultation. Enjoy your birth!

www.savannahmidwife.net/

GeorgAnna Wiley is qualified to provide care for healthy, low-risk women and their babies during pregnancy, birth, after the birth and to help with women’s health needs from annual exams to menopause and everything in between.

Services offered include:

Prenatal Care

-certified HypnoBirthing® instructor

-a holistic model of care from a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)

-herbal and natural remedies, massage, exercises, and alternative therapies used when desired

Homebirths with GeorgAnna Wiley and Nicole Lavallee, CPM

-give birth in the comfort of your own home, attended by skilled midwives

-offering waterbirths (and they supply the heated tub)

-breastfeeding support

For more information, please visit the homebirth page by clicking here 

Doula Services

-Intrapartum (during birth at a hospital, birthing center, or your home) or postpartum (after birth) doula services in your home. Postpartum includes breastfeeding support, help with sibling adjustment, newborn care help, housekeeping, cooking, nurturing the new mama, etc…. especially helpful after a c-section or if you have little help at home.

Extras: GeorgAnna can even help with a variety of baby slings and cloth diapers, as well as breastfeeding support.

Feel free to contact Savannah Midwifery with questions about any services above.

 State licensed and nationally certified nurse midwife (CNM) practicing in the Savannah area: GeorgAnna Wiley at Savannah Midwifery visit her on the web at www.savannahmidwife.net or call (912) 344-5066 or email birth@savannahmidwife.net Savannah Midwifery is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

We asked for local moms’ input on best OB/GYNS  in the Savannah area. And you answered -in much appreciated enthusiasm – on our SouthernMamas Facebook Fan Page. Here are your top OB/GYN doctors in the Savannah and Lowcountry.

TOP PICKS 

The Midwife Group & Birth Center, aka Family Health and Birth Center: (912) 629-6262 tied for top slot with
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Dr. Elizabeth McIntosh of OB/GYN Associates of Savannah: 912-351-0768

Other most popular picks:

Dr. Melanie Helmken of OB/GYN Associates of Savannah: 912-355-9967
Dr. Joe Edwards of OB/GYN CENTER: (912)355-7766
Dr. Reginald Robinson: (912) 355-2800‎
Dr. Glen Scarbrough of OB/GYN Associates of Savannah: 912-352-7933
Dr. Melissa Cobbs of OB/GYN Associates of Savannah: 912-355-4427
Dr. Gregory Whitaker: (912) 352-7393
Dr. Michael Jackson of OB/GYN CENTER: (912)355-7766
Dr. Kimberly Crute of Provident Ob-Gyn: (912) 350-5937‎
Dr. Jules Toraya of OB/GYN Associates, Savannah: 912-352-7933
Dr. Andrew Tucker: (912) 354-2634‎
Dr. Barry Schlafstein: (912) 355-5755‎

Other highly-recommended picks:

Dr. Karen L. Fehr: (912) 692-1080‎
Dr. Alan Smith of Savannah Ob/Gyn: (912) 355-8136
Dr. Tania Morgan-Bowen: (912) 352-7902
Dr. Dina Linfoot of Provident Ob-Gyn: (912) 350-5937‎
Dr. Ilan Bornstein: (912) 356-9600‎
Dr. Anthony Royek and Dr. Harold Bivins at Savannah Perinatology Associates: (912) 350-5970‎

Bluffton/ Beaufort area

Dr. Lynn Norton of Beaufort Ob-Gyn Associates in Beaufort, SC: (843) 524-8151