Pregnancy & Childbirth

Amherst Homebirth Midwifery offering traditional homebirth midwifery care including waterbirth and VBAC, healing arts and spa packages, reiki classes, and homeopathic consultations.

River Valley Midwives                           Comprehensive, family-centered home birth with offices in Amherst & Northampton

Sacred Birth Midwifery                                      Holistic, full-scope home birth care in and around Northampton, MA, Western Massachusetts, Southern Vermont, and Northern Connecticut

Warm Welcome Birth Services          Experienced, holistic care throughout the childbearing year as well as comprehensive training for women wishing to serve as doulas. Based in Northampton.

Pioneer Valley Parenting Resources

Cradle   Provides a variety classes and services for new and expecting parents to care for themselves and their babies both physically and emotionally

Hilltown Families is a nondenominational grassroots communications network which serves families of Western Massachusetts (and beyond!) through a list of weekly suggested events, while offering families a grassroots forum to share and organize events and activities that supplement their children’s education.

MomsRising  MomsRising is working to bring together millions of people who share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America

Mother Herb's Blog  Musings in the World of Children's Health & the Environment 

MotherWoman  MotherWoman provides programs that support and empower mothers to create personal and social change for ourselves, our families, our communities and the world.

The Parent's Center  A Co-operative Community Center for Young Children and their Caregivers in Downtown Northampton.  Open playgroups during school days!

Real Diaper Association  Provides support and education to parents all across the U.S. for the use of simple, reusable cloth diapers

Recycleze!  Locally made, high-quality natural alternatives for cloth diapering that are affordable and guaranteed for life. Each a unique creation by a talented master seamstress and WAHM of two.

Local Organizations

Blazing Star Herbal School     10-Month Herbal Apprenticeship Program & Advanced Studies located in the highlands of Ashfield, MA with Tony(a) Lemos

Pedal People   A human-powered delivery and hauling service for Northampton, including trash, recycling, compost, grocery & Mother Herb's cloth diapers!