Nutrition & Fitness

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Pre & Postnatal MovEment with MOVE Wellness

MOVE Wellness is Ann Arbor’s premiere studio for Pilates and GYROTONIC® private sessions and small group classes. Our expert trainers have been working with pre and postnatal populations since the studio opened in 2012. Our team has worked with clients to support and prepare your body for pregnancy, birth, and a healing postpartum. 


Our experienced trainers will empower you with the knowledge to move with ease, relieve discomfort, all while keeping the deep support muscles of the body strengthened. Your body is innately strong and intuitive, let us help support you in amplifying the path your body is already on before and after birth. Learn more.

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Katy Gladwin

Women’s Health and Fertility Coach | Birth Doula | Childbirth Educator

Katy Gladwin, BS, CBD, NBC-HWC Has been serving families as a doula & childbirth educator for over a decade in the Ann Arbor Area. After completing a BS in Human Biology/Premed, she found her calling as an advocate for birthing families as a doula.

As a perpetual student, Katy is dedicated to discovering and sharing new and traditional information to support her friends, family, and clients in their health and wellness. After seeing so many gaps in care for pregnant and postpartum women, she completed a rigorous and comprehensive training as a national board-certified women’s health coach – with the goal of supporting women where they are in having happy healthy pregnancies, and vibrant and resilient postpartum transitions.

Katy offers many ways to work with her, from pre-conception consults for fertility coaching, pregnancy and birth education and in-person support, to postpartum preparation and overall integrative health and healing.

Katy currently lives in the woods with her partner, her 12 year-old son and 6 year-old daughter, and sweet dog.  There isn’t much she loves more than a good bulletproof mocha, and in her free time, when she’s not studying, you can find her playing with her kids by the creek, or hiding out and netflix-knitting by herself.

Lisa Norgen

PRENATAL and Postpartum YOGA

In 2015, Lisa was a brand new mom who felt lost and alone. The ample support of her prenatal care had come to a close and she felt like she was drowning without community. After completing the “Holding Space” training at Honey: Space for Moms (three times!), her signature blend of support group + prenatal yoga was born. Each class begins with a group check-in and a chance to connect over how you’re really doing, what’s going on in your body, and find other people with similar due dates. Lisa has helped hundreds of women alleviate the aches and pains of pregnancy, take care of their pelvic floor, and learn breathing techniques to ease the anxiety and physical discomfort often associated with pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum years. A student of yoga since 2001, Lisa has completed 5 teacher training programs and has spent thousands of hours teaching; earning her the designation of ERYT-500. She is trained in trauma informed yoga, health mindset behavior change, and mindful eating (MB-EAT-QI), and is currently studying to be a Perinatal Corrective Exercise Specialist. Lisa lives in Ann Arbor with her two children, her husband, and their two cats + dog. She’s a library person who loves books, and reading, and would love to hear about the last great book you read.

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Melanie Sulaver

Registered Dietitian | Sports Nutritionist | Women’s Health coach

 
Mel Sulaver (she, her), MS, RD, CDN, CISSN is a registered dietitian working to bridge the gap between women’s health and performance nutrition. She specializes in women in sport, disordered eating, and amenorrhea /  oligomenorrhea in the context of energy deficiency. Mel has dedicated her career to supporting women and birthing people who want to nourish their body throughout fertility, pregnancy, and their postpartum journey. As the founder of Nutrition By Mel, she provides intimate counseling and 1:1 coaching as well as virtual and in-person presentations and workshops. Mel will support you, cheer you on, and hold space for you wherever you’re at in your relation to nutrition, body image, and fertility. Mel recently moved to Ann Arbor from NYC with her husband and son. If you’d like to connect, you will likely find her in Kerrytown at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning but email and social media are also an option.

 

 

Ann Arbor Birth & Family provides unparalleled birth and postpartum doula services, birth and early parenting education, and perinatal counseling to empower and instill confidence as you navigate pregnancy, birth, and adjustment to life with your new baby.

WE SERVE

Our professional Ann Arbor doulas and childbirth educators serve the greater Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit areas, including Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Dexter, Chelsea, Saline, Brighton, Novi, Southfield, Plymouth, Canton, South Lyon, West Bloomfield, Dearborn, Livonia, Royal Oak, Grosse Pointe, and more.

Our doulas provide labor support at locations within a 50 mile radius of Ann Arbor, including but not limited to: University of Michigan Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Henry Ford West Bloomfield, Alternative Birth Care UnitAscension Providence Hospital - Southfield CampusAscension Providence Hospital - Novi CampusRoyal Oak Beaumont/Karmanos Natural Birth Center, and midwife-attended home births.

we SPECIALIZE IN

The Ann Arbor Birth & Family team specializes in supporting: first time parents, birth over 35, LGBTQ parents, solo parents, adoptive families, surrogacy, natural (medication-free) birth, waterbirth, epidurals, VBAC, high-risk pregnancy, cesarean birth (planned and unplanned), birth after loss, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, PTSD, birth trauma, infertility, bed rest, breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and infant care.

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