Local Resources: Marquette, Dickinson, Houghton Counties

Home Birth / Midwife Support

Upper Peninsula Midwifery Services- Tesa Kurin: Home Birth Midwife

She will have office locations near Ishpeming and Houghton.
661-858-3188

The Birth Center U.P North (Mindful Birthing)

Located in Kingsford, MI
(920) 265-0457

Sandra Pera

Service Area 150 miles around Wakefield
(906) 250-1383 

Breastfeeding Support

Superior Lactation Support, LLC (Linda Marshall)

*She is also at the MQT WIC office*
(906) 361-5545 

Dickinson-Iron District Health Department (Amber Grassinger)

(906) 282-8491

or contact your local WIC office 

Newborn Support

Bright Eyes & Lullabies, LLC (Grace Anderson) - Newborn Care Specialist

(906) 251-8195
brighteyesandlullabies906@gmail.com

Home Visiting Programs

Healthy Families UP:

Marquette (906) 475-9977
Dickinson-Iron (906) 774-1868

Maternal Infant Health Program (MIHP)

Health Department Resources

Woman's Body Health Resources

Other Local Resources

Other Resources

Car Seat Support

Lacy is a certified care seat safety technician and provides qualifying families with free and new car seats! To qualify, the family must live in the UP and participate in at least one state or federal program. Contact Lacy with additional questions.

You can also contact your local WIC office for additional information.

Find a CPST near you to help with car seat installs and checks!

Additional Information and Links

Additional Breastfeeding Support:

For more local resources call 2.1.1

If you are a local provider that supports the UP birth community, I would love to connect.

If you are a local provider that supports the UP birth community, I would love to connect.