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Rebecca Bills
Rebecca is a Financial Advisor, Advanced Advisor Group, of American Express Financial Advisors Inc. Please see TMC's website to find out how you can sign up for a complimentary financial consultation.
 
Cheryl Bradshaw
classes offered: Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding & Working
Newborn Care
Cheryl is a Registered Nurse who has worked with children of all ages for over 12 years. She is currently employed at Children’s Hospital and as one of The Midwife Center’s nurses as well. She has 3 children and is very excited to be teaching classes at The Center.
 
Priscilla Brown
phone number: 412-244-8383
email address: pjbrownoma@mailstation.com
classes offered: Alexander Technique
Priscilla Brown is a registered somatic movement therapist and educator (RSMT and RSME). She is also a member of Alexander Technique International. She is a graduate of the Alexander Alliance in Philadelphia, PA. Priscilla has a BA in Biology and is a registered medical technologist.
 
Jennifer Clark
phone number: 412-784-1280
Jennifer began studying yoga in 1998 and focused mainly on the Ashtanga and Iyengar methods. She has studied many different yoga styles as well as Pilates and incorporates all that she has learned into her classes.
 
Joyce Connors
phone number: 412 860-9098
email address: joycemconnors@yahoo.com
web site: n/a
Coming Soon!
 
Karen Crow
phone number: 412-363-4837
classes offered: Childbearing Essentials
A Pittsburgh Native and mother of two girls both born with the Midwife Center Midwives, Karen is an artist and teacher by trade. She became interested in birth very young and again when she was pregnant with her oldest child. She took the Bradley Natural Childbirth classes and they worked so well, she decided to teach them. She has been teaching for almost 2 years.
 
Katie Dickinson
phone number: 724-650-4001
email address: katherine.dickinson@gmail.com
web site: http://www.kdthreads.com
classes offered: Cloth Diapering 101
Katie Dickinson is a Pittsburgh native and trained seamstress. She began her business in wedding and bridal couture and home decorating commissions. Katie's interest in the world of cloth grew out of watching friends' babies diapered in cloth in 1997. Her obsession with "all things cloth" and her sewing expertise are perfectly matched in her company, KDthreads, a Pittsburgh company that manufactures and retails creatively engineered reusable cloth products. It is Katie's desire to empower women to reuse a beautiful and functional product that is preferable to use than its disposable counterpart.
 
Genevieve Hower
phone number: 412-361-6464
email address: genevieve.hower@gmail.com
web site: n/a
classes offered: Babywearing
Coming soon!
 
Jan Mallak
phone number: 724-327-6063
web site: http://heartandhands.8m.com/jan-mallak.htm
classes offered: Childbirth Essentials-Saturday Class
Mother-Daughter Sexuality
Previous Traumatic Birth
Jan is a certified childbirth instructor and doula with over 24 years of experience. She has taught over 2000 adolescents and their parents about many important issues regarding sexuality in the past 16 years. Jan is the founder and coordinator of "Heart & Hands" Doula Service.
 
Deanna Marken
Deanna has worked with the midwives since 1998 as a Registered Nurse with eight years of experience in Labor and Delivery. Deanna is a certified childbirth educator through ALACE. Deanna currently teaches The Midwife Center’s Core Classes and works as an RN at The Center as well. She has had two beautiful homebirths herself and believes that every woman has the power within herself to birth—the secret is to find that power.
 
Crystal Miller
phone number: 412-777-9668
classes offered: Benefits of Slings/Wraps
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Lynn Mossburg
phone number: 412/767-5098
email address: lynncce@hotmail.com
web site: none
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Diane Palmer
phone number: 412-714-8989
email address: dianeepalmer@comcast.net
web site: n/a
classes offered: Hypnobirthing
Coming soon!
 
TMC Staff
classes offered: Birth Center Orientation
Provided by a member of TMC Staff.
 
Donna White
phone number: 412-859-3233
classes offered: Child/Infant CPR
Donna is an instructor for the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association with over 15 years experience in teaching first aid/CPR and babysitting classes. She is a certified registered nurse practitioner in internal medicine at AGH for over 10 years. She has 3 children, the last 2 birthed with the midwives. Donna is also involved in community teaching and healthcare ministry.
 
Suzanne Winder
phone number: 412-708-4299
Suzanne is a certified massage therapist offering pregnancy, Swedish and therapeutic massage. She received her pregnancy certification through Kate Jordan’s ‘Bodywork for the Childbearing Years’ which specializes in therapy massage for prenatal, labor and postpartum moms. Suzanne is also a member of the International Massage Assoc.
 

 


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For Birth & Women's Health
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Updated January 2005
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