Gentle Birth Support got its start in 1996 with one of the first DONA-approved doula training courses at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.  By that time, I had had three boys already - two births at hospitals in Cincinnati, OH and La Crosse, WI, and one homebirth in St. Peters, MO.  La Leche League had been a wonderful source of information and support, and I was working on my LLLeadership Application.  I attended the births of friends after that, and had one miscarriage and two more homebirths of my own.  Three years ago I began working as a doula professionally - hurray!  In July 2007 I attended an ALACE doula training in Rolla, and will have certification by summer 2008.  I am also a certified instructor with iCare Childbirth Classes.  I live in Franklin County and travel up to 60 miles in any direction to serve the families I work with.  Please let me know if I can help you as you research and explore your options for birth and parenting!

Name: Cotton Babies
Contact NameJenn
Address:5167 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63129
Website:www.cottonbabies.com

Services:

Cotton Babies has been selling cloth diapers and other baby products for over three years. We are dedicated to providing quality products and top-notch customer service. Our 5 Star Rating and Customer Choice award at Diaper Pin speaks for itself! In addition to providing a full baby retail service to our customers, we also produce and wholesale a full line of cloth diapering products. Our brands include bumGenius!â„¢, Hemp Babiesâ„¢, Cotton Babiesâ„¢ and Juji Bagsâ„¢.

We have a retail store located at 5167 Lemay Ferry Road in South St. Louis County. The store hours are 9am - 5pm, Monday through Friday and 10am - 2pm on Saturdays. The store is an authorized Medela pump rental station and in addition to a complete selection of our online products, we also carry the nursing pumps that are only available in person.

Toddler Art is held in our Resource Center every Friday at 10am. An Attachment Parenting Playgroup meets the last Friday of every month at 10am.

Name: Kangaroo Kids
Contact NameSierra
Address:10090 Manchester Ave., St. Louis, MO 63122
Website:Kangaroo Kids

Services:
Kangaroo Kids is a children’s resale and maternity support center dedicated to helping moms throughout pregnancy, breastfeeding and caring for kids. Read below for the kind of support we offer to moms and a listing of some of what we carry in the store.

We’re open Monday-Saturday 10am-7pm

For resale items, we pay cash for quality stuff! Please call or stop by for details.

We offer support for new moms!

Join us for our nursing mother’s group on Thursdays at 12:30pm and get support for this most amazing experience!

You can also drop in during regular store hours to speak with Sierra, or any Certified Lactation Counselor on staff and get free lactation counseling. We’re more than happy to answer any questions!

We carry everything you may need… some resale and some brand new!