Community Resources


A handy listing of family resources in the Seacoast

Handy Links

Family Support Services

Relief Parenting Respite & Resource Center, LLC

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Providing comprehensive care parents need and deserve!

A safe place for parents to rest, o-premise professional childcare, specialized parenting consultations, opportunities for social interactions, community resources, and more!
Hampton, NH

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Prenatal Henna By Kim

Prenatal henna is a beautiful and relaxing way to celebrate and honor your pregnancy, your baby’s birth, and the transition into motherhood. During your prenatal belly session you can relax in the comfort of your home while a custom design that is created just for you is applied.  Check out her work on instagram! 

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Tara Photography

Maternity, Birth and Family Photography

Dover, NH

Jennifer Roop  Photography

Family LIfestyle Photography

Dover, NH

Little Tree Education

Innovative, Montessori-based School.  The infant program starts at six weeks. The focus is to provide a loving and safe environment as consistent to a child’s own home.

Madbury NH

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Cultural Care AuPair

Choosing childcare is no easy decision. Because as parents, we don’t ever want to compromise on quality, flexibility and trust when finding care for the most important people in the world. Hosting a Cultural Care au pair gives thousands of families across the country those very important benefits. We invite you to learn more about who our au pairs are, what they do, and why more families than ever are joining our program.

 

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Animal Manners

Dogs & Storks is an international program that helps expecting families with dogs get ready for life with baby.  The program offers positive, practical, and fun solutions to challenges that often arise when a family with a dog, or dogs, adds a new baby to the household.

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Body Work

Seacoast Children’s Dentistry

Dr. Botrill is trained and experienced in the evaluation, diagnosis and laser revision of oral ties that may affect breastfeeding.

13 March Farm Way, Unit A, Greenland, NH 03840 | 603-319-4101

Upright Accupuncture

Chinese Medicine including Accupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Massage and Body Work, Moxibustion, Cupping and Gua Sha.

14 Chestnut St  Dover, NH 03820   603-319-4101   uprightacupuncturenh@gmail.com

Expecting Pelvic Health

Ryan Bailey, PT, DPT, WCS – Mechanical infertility – Abdominal & pelvic scarring – Muscle tension or spasm – Back pain (mid and low) – Pelvic pain (front and back) – Hip pain- Rib pain – Constipation – Neck pain – Diastasis recti – Urinary or fecal incontinence – Blocked milk ducts – Abdominal pain – Painful intercourse – Organ prolapse.    Dr. Ryan works with mothers in their home to bring their pregnancy, birth and postpartum dreams into focus by helping build a deeper body awareness through pelvic health education, fascial nourishing, mindful movement and core corrective training.

Portsmouth NH

 

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Newmarket Family Chiropractic

We take a very unique approach to healing in this office that goes beyond pain relief. We embrace the fundamental principle that BETTER STRUCTURE leads to BETTER FUNCTION. It goes without argument that a better functioning spine will lead to better health.

Newmarket,  NH

Life Starts Here Chiropractic

At Life Starts Here Chiropractic we specialize in specific chiropractic care for pregnancy, children & families.  Chiropractic is particularly important during pregnancy to encourage a properly positioned baby, natural delivery and overall comfortable experience.

Kittery, ME

In Motion Chiropractic

Advanced spinal correction utilizing “state of the art” chiropractic techniques. Never in the history of chiropractic have we been able to provide the level of help and expertise that now exists. These newer correction methods are even safer, more comfortable and more effective than ever before. As Doctors of Chiropractic, Dr. Cassie and Dr. Brian have years of training and experience in spinal adjustment.

Dover and Portsmouth,  NH

Moms Zen Babies

CranioSacral therapy (CST), can alleviate many types of nursing dysfunction and treat the effects of prolonged or precipitous (rapid) birth, vacuum extraction and Cesarean birth. Home visits available.
York, ME

 

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Angelbaby Cranio Sacral

This healing modality has scientific connections to the body, and uses loving energy.
Eliot,ME

 

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Radiance Natural Health

Services include Acupuncture, Massage, Chinese Medicine, Arvigo Mayan abdominal therapy, and peristeaming.

 

Dover, NH

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Rise Wellness Collective

Various prenatal and postpartum wellness options, including massage, body work, midwifery and well woman care, reflexology and yoga.

 

York, Maine

 

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Womynkind Massage

Massage services are offered at my office on Central Avenue in Dover by appointment only. I specialize in prenatal massage, but serve self-identifying women and pregnant people in all stages of life and life-giving.

Dover, NH

 

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Integrated Massage and Family Wellness

Massage, skin care and education

 

Dover, NH

 

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Nutritional Support

Core Nourishment

Health coaching, nutritional Support, meal plans, cleanses and yoga.

 

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Shelby Guptill, Registered Dietitian

Shelby has a special interest in women’s health, prenatal and postpartum nutrition, nutrition therapy for thyroid and adrenal dysregulation, weight management, food intolerance and diet modifications, culinary nutrition, and family meal planning.  Her office is located at the Luna Center in Dover, NH

 

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Misty Meadows Herbal Center

Since 1989 our little shop and sweet gardens have grown and evolved to become one of the finest facilities and resources in the country for bulk herbs, herbal products and education. While our gardens are not certified organic, we have used organic practices since the beginning.

Lee, NH

 

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Counseling

Marisa McCutchen, LCHMC

Marisa is experienced in working with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, postpartum depression and anxiety, transitioning to being a new parent, women’s chronic pelvic pain, coping with divorce, infidelity, loss, communication issues, family issues, marital challenges, and life transitions.
Barrington, NH

 

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Beth Brown, MSW  Stillwater Counseling

Beth offers perinatal mental health counseling, specializing in issues such as infertility, Loss, Grief, Birth Trauma, and Perinatal Depression/Anxiety/Mood Disorders.
Amesbury, MA

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Sandy Tufts, LICSW, PMH-C

An EMDR Trained psychotherapist in Dover, NH

Providing a compassionate,judgment-free space.

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Shane Birkel

Individual and Couples Counseling.  Bringing Baby Home workshops

Increase friendship in your relationship, Deal effectively with conflict, Improve the quality of parent-infant interaction, Recognize the psychological and emotional needs of your child.

Dover,NH

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Alexis Roberson, LMFT

Are you struggling to hold it all together as a parent? Does your child need extra support?  “I pride myself on being positive and focused on the unique strengths of my clients. I love what I do and I believe that has a strong impact on the families and individuals that I meet with. I draw from a variety of therapeutic models and work from a place of respect, kindness, and understanding. ”

Dover,NH

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Support Groups (Free)

WDH New Parents Support Group

Meet other new parents and discuss topics of concern to you. Facilitated by lactation consultants and child life specialists. Held every Monday, EXCEPT for holidays, from 1:30 — 3 p.m. No registration necessary for this class and there is no fee.  It is not necessary to have delivered here to attend.  Find them on facebook

Finding Yourself in Motherhood

Becoming a mother, again or for the first time, can be joyful and challenging. If you’re not feeling quite yourself or it’s not what you expected, you’re not alone. Many women feel overwhelmed, isolated or scared at times. Talking with other moms who are experiencing the same feelings can help. Join us for our free mothers support group where you can be real, valued and understood. – Babies are welcome.

This group meets weekly on Thursdays rotating between Wentworth Douglass Hospital, Dover NH and the Wentworth Douglass Hospital Lee Campus. Meetings in Dover occur from 11am -noon and in Lee from 6:30-7:30pm. * There will be an occasional week missed due to scheduling and holidays.

*Pre-registration is strongly recommended. Communication regarding cancellations due to weather and other important information happens via email based on the email provided when registering.

LOCAL Online Support

Pregnant In The Seacoast

A private facebook group for women in the Seacoast area of NH and Maine who are pregnant, trying to conceive or newly postpartum. A place to ask questions, share resources, give and receive support. Moderated by the birth and postpartum doulas of Great Bay Doulas.

Seacoast NH/ME Moms

A private Facebook community of seacoast area parents who wish to connect and share support.

Exeter Baby Troop

A private Facebook community of Exeter area parents who wish to connect and share support.

Seacoast Parents Coping With Perinatal Loss

A private online community of local parents who have experienced miscarriage, still birth or infant loss.

Activities and Clubs

Seacoast Mothers Association

SMA is  for moms and/or expectant moms. We connect moms with similar interests, provide a support network, facilitate information sharing and develop friendships between our members and their families.
Our on-line community provides forums for member communications, a calendar of SMA events, social events for moms, information on businesses offering SMA members discounts, play dates and much more.

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Hike It Baby Portsmouth

Focused on getting families outside and active and is a great way to meet new friends for both you and your child!
*Hikes are posted to the main website calendar first and then promoted through Facebook events and posts. Find hikes here: http://hikeitbaby.com/find-a-hike  Check out the Hike it Baby website: www.hikeitbaby.com

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Piscataqua Babywearers

 A comfortable place for local mom to dads to get together and talk about babywearing. In conjunction with the online community, there are babywearing meetings and playdates at different spots throughout seacoast NH and southern ME to mingle, play, and help each other out! 

 

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Oyster River Parents and Preschoolers (ORPP)

ORPP is a preschooler activity group open to families in the Oyster River School District (Durham, Lee & Madbury).

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The Sonatina Center

Offering unique expressive therapies and creative arts enrichment classes for children and adults throughout our community. including Baby GROOVES ages 0 to 9 months and Singalong Story Time.

Dover, NH

 

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Fit 4 Mom

FIT4MOM is the country’s largest fitness program for moms offering pre and post-natal fitness classes for every stage of motherhood.

 

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Seacoast Kids Calendar

How many times have you found yourself asking,
“What on Earth am I going to do with my kids today?”

Believe us, it’s not that there’s a lack of fun things to do on the seacoast—the challenge is finding them! If it’s happening anywhere from Ogunquit, Maine to Portsmouth, NH to Newburyport, MA and everywhere in between, you’ll hear about it right here.

But we’re more than just a good time. As parents, it’s also our job to find the best birthday party venue, pack lunches that will actually get eaten and come up with things to do at home that doesn’t involve clean-up with a wet vac. To that end, we are searching every day to share with you the best activities, most unique services, coolest restaurants and most useful sanity-saving tips out there.

Just think of us as the Parents’ Help Desk. And, we’re open 24/7. Awesome.

 

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Shopping and Supplies

Baby Go Round

The most stylish, sanity saving, parent tested and baby approved products on the market today. Furniture to footwear!

105 Lafayette Rd., US Rt. 1   Hampton Falls, NH 03844

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Children’s Orchard

Children’s Orchard allows parents to bring in “gently-used” clothing, toys and equipment to sell that their children have outgrown, and purchase like-new  at a much lower cost.

105  Gosling Rd. Newington, New Hampshire,

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