Motherhood Matters is a collaboration of small businesses. That means multiple providers, in one place, that offer the types and levels of service and care to make you feel at your best, always. From Chiropractic care to Doula services, this is your place for care, rejuvenation, and ongoing freedom within your body.
Whether you’re navigating pregnancy, keeping up with your kids, returning to the gym, enjoying your favorite sport, or simply embracing an active lifestyle, we’re here to help you get back to doing what you love. We combine movement, nutrition, rehabilitation, chiropractic, and regenerative therapies to provide root cause care that helps you move better, feel stronger, and thrive.
Gentle, neurologically focused chiropractic care for women in all stages of motherhood along with their little ones, setting the foundation for lifelong health.
Therapeutic massage for women in all stages of life. Massage pressure & techniques are personalized for each client. Helping to relieve pain and reduce stress & inflammation. Enhancing recovery and mobility throughout the body.
Laura works with women across the lifespan. Integrating Somatic Experiencing®, she emphasizes a deeper exploration of the body through the Autonomic Nervous System in collaboration with the mind and the ways we innately respond to stress and trauma. Together we will explore sensations, emotions, patterns and protective responses that arise. Laura walks alongside you as you uncover the wisdom that already dwells within you—supporting you in reconnecting with yourself, renegotiating what may be stuck, increasing resiliency and greater capacity for pleasant experiences.
Foundations Home Birth Midwife Serving the Quad Cities & Surrounding Areas. Personalized, evidence-based midwifery care for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum — rooted in trust, autonomy, and continuity.
QC Doula Connect is a team based doula practice offering continuous, relationship-centered care, our co-doula model provides support through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum ensuring families feel prepared, cared for, and truly known with a focus on connection and collaboration we make sure no one navigates this journey alone.
Gingerly Mama Lactation provides compassionate, evidence-based lactation support to help families feel confident and supported throughout their feeding journey. Kenzie offers personalized in-home, in-office, and virtual consultations for families navigating breastfeeding, pumping, bottle feeding, latch and milk transfer concerns, nipple pain, supply challenges, and more. Whether you’re preparing for your baby, newly postpartum, or looking for support along the way, Gingerly Mama meets families where they are with practical, individualized guidance and a judgment-free approach to help create a feeding experience that works for both parent and baby.
We are a boutique surrogacy agency. Our journey management is tailored to your needs and we understand that every path is unique. We specialize in gestational surrogacy match management. On your life changing journey, that is rewarding and complex, it requires support and guidance throughout the entire process. We provide the support and guidance you need as you embark on your journey.
FIT4MOM is the nation’s leading prenatal and postnatal fitness program, providing fitness classes and a network of moms to support every stage of motherhood. From pregnancy, through postpartum and beyond, our fitness and wellness programs help make moms strong in body, mind, and spirit.
The Motherhood Matters Studio is a space to move, learn, connect, and feel supported through every season of motherhood. Our community of providers and businesses offers classes, workshops, support groups, and gatherings designed to bring education, movement, resources and, maybe most importantly, connection to moms and families in our community.
We are an equal opportunity organization and will not allow discrimination based upon age, ethnicity, ancestry, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or any other status prohibited by applicable law.
Co-owner, chiropractor, certified yoga instructor, DNS Exercise Trainer, chiropractic acupuncturist, Ashtangi,movement enthusiast, eternal learner, mom of 3
Dr. Sara is a passion driven woman with three strong girls. Her mission is to educate and empower women as they traverse the many stages of life and to promote the creation of space for them to make informed, intuitively-driven decisions throughout their motherhood experience. Sara’s personal business, which is located within Motherhood Matters, is Health in Motion Chiropractic and Wellness.
Her personal businesses, Naturally Nerdy and Health in Motion Chiropractic and Wellness are located within Motherhood Matters.
Chiropractor, Wife, Mama, Christ Follower, Aspiring Homesteader
Dr. Melanie’s journey to chiropractic began with a love for horses and a fascination with the body’s incredible ability to heal and adapt. She discovered chiropractic through the equine world and, after earning her bachelor’s degree in Equine Science, she began her chiropractic journey at Palmer College of Chiropractic. She is currently working on her certification in Veterinary Spinal Manipulative Therapy to achieve her lifelong goal of adjusting animals!
Today, Melanie’s greatest passion is serving expectant mothers, postpartum women, infants, and children. Becoming a mother herself deepened her appreciation for the profound physical and emotional transitions of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood, strengthening her desire to provide thoughtful, neurologically focused care during these important seasons of life. She believes that by supporting the nervous system, the body is better able to adapt, heal, and thrive as it was designed.
Massage Therapist, Certified Cupping Therapist, Animal & Nature Lover, HIIT Fanatic, Travel Enthusiast, Adrenaline Junkie & Avid Gamer.
Amber’s focus techniques are Deep Tissue, Trigger Point & Therapeutic Cupping Massage, and she is currently in the process of finishing her Sports Massage Certification. Whether you are an exercise junkie or simply sore from daily life, Amber is here to help relax, repair and restore your muscles and help assist in your healing recovery process.
Amber’s personal business within Motherhood Matters is Work It Out Massage.
Founder Life Labyrinth, Somatic Integrative Psychotherapist, menstrual cycle awareness advocate, travel bug, perpetual scholar, cat & Montessori momma
Laura is a Somatic Integrative Psychotherapist who works primarily with women across the lifespan, offering both individual and group therapy. Her practice is rooted in the understanding that our emotional experiences are inseparable from the body and nervous system. Rather than focusing solely on thoughts and words, Laura invites clients to become curious about the ways their experiences are held, expressed, and communicated through physiology.
As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), the therapeutic process is centered on the nervous system and the body’s innate wisdom. She invites women to slow down, notice what is happening within their bodies, and become curious about what their nervous system may be communicating. Together, you will gently explore sensations, emotions, patterns, protective responses, and the ways we connect with ourselves and others. Laura’s approach is collaborative, transparent, and grounded in the belief that you are the expert of your own experience. There is no requirement to force, fix, or relive difficult experiences. Instead, she gives invitations to listen to the body, honor its pace, and discover new possibilities for regulation, connection, choice, and self-trust. And while therapy can hold the hard things, Laura believes there should also be room for being playful, having fun, and cultivating joy. ..There is no wrong way to be curious!
Laura earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling from Western Illinois University and has over ten years of experience in mental health. Her professional experience includes nonprofit harm reduction, substance use groups with incarcerated individuals, holistic treatment settings, menstrual cycle education and advocacy, spiritual exploration, and acute crisis hospitalization. These experiences have shaped her integrative understanding of the many ways women experience themselves through their bodies, relationships, environments, and life experiences.
Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, Postpartum advocate, Hypnobabies Instructor, Bilingual (English + Spanish), Wife, Mama, Book lover, Cat lady, Traveling Soul.
Miranda is continually in awe of the power, wisdom, and resilience of the birthing body. Her passion lies in walking alongside families during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—offering evidence-based guidance, heartfelt support, and a deep respect for the unique path each family walks. As a homebirth midwife, Miranda believes in your ability to make informed choices and birth in a way that feels safe, sacred, and aligned with your values. She brings warmth, calm, and clinical skill to each visit, meeting you where you are with compassion and care.
Miranda practices through her business, Foundations Midwifery—offering grounded, personalized, and safe care for growing families.
Certified Lactation Counselor, Birth + Bereavement Doula, Coffee fanatic, Birth junkie, Wife, Mom of girls, radiates compassion.
McKenzie is amazed by the strength of the woman’s body. Her passion is empowering women, supporting their needs, and counseling them through their desired breastfeeding and birth journeys. Each journey is unique and has various twists and turns. McKenzie can provide you with the empowerment, support, and the guidance you need in these very cherished moments. McKenzie’s personal business, Gingerly Mama is located in Motherhood Matters.
Her personal businesses, Gingerly Mama and QC Doula Connect are located within Motherhood Matters.
Mom of 3, surrogate mother of 2, egg donor, Disney World enthusiast, CNA, student nurse, traveler.
Chelsea has a passion for helping those struggling with infertility, who have had to make the decision to pursue surrogacy. After completing her own surrogacies, she joined her mom on a mission to make the surrogacy process more personal for surrogates and intended parents. She is also currently a nursing student pursuing her Bachelor’s in Nursing. Whether you are an intended parent, potential surrogate, or an experienced surrogate, Chelsea and the team at Journey Surrogacy are here to help you navigate gestational surrogacy.
Her personal business, Journey Surrogacy is located within Motherhood Matters.
