Services

“When we heal the mothers, we heal the world.”

Born to Bloom provides Maternal Health and Infant Development services with a special expertise in supporting families with premature and medically complex babies. We are based in Memphis, TN and provide services within the home setting.

Maternal Health and Well-Being

A Maternal Health Occupational Therapist focuses on Matrescense, the process of becoming a mother-from pre-conception, pregnancy into postpartum and beyond. This time period is transformative from an emotional, physical and practical standpoint and affects the mother’s every day functions and activities. A Maternal Health OT can evaluate, assess and intervene to optimize functioning in the mother and baby.

THIS LOOKS LIKE:

  • Pregnancy and Preparing for Motherhood

  • Postpartum Rehabilitation

  • Addressing Musculoskeletal Concerns

  • Mental Health and Well-being

  • Parenting Skills and Support

  • Facilitate Collaborative Care and Referrals

Proactive Infant Development

We provide parents with the tools to support their child’s individual development and mitigate potential delays with special expertise working with premature and medically complex babies.

THIS LOOKS LIKE:

  • Proactive and Rehabilitative Development Support

  • Postural Asymmetries/Torticollis (tight neck)

  • Plagiocephaly (head flattening)

  • Tummy Time Intolerance

  • Feeding support

Mom and Baby Classes

We offer classes that promote maternal wellness, mother-infant bonding and support infant development. Our goal is to provide opportunities for maternal camaraderie and community building through positive and informative content, connection and programming.

Our current classes:

  • Infant Massage

    • In this 4 week series you will learn massage techniques for the face, chest, stomach, back, arms, and legs as well as techniques to help relieve gas and colic and promote sleep. This class is a great way to meet other moms and bond with your baby postpartum. We also include a little development support throughout as well.

Other Specialities

NICU specific education and support

Libby has worked as an Occupational Therapist in three different NICU’s over 5 years ranging from a smaller Level 2 regional NICU to a Level 4 Trauma NICU. She has experience treating medically complex babies including but not limited to: various genetic syndromes, ventilation/oxygen needs (BPD), Trisomy/deletion disorders, complex cardiac diagnoses, post surgical precautions, myelomeningocele etc. Libby is passionate about supporting NICU parents in their roles as Mom and Dad during this often tumultuous and uncertain time and empowering families with the knowledge and support to safely and confidently transition baby home at discharge. You don’t have to do it alone <3

Infant Program Development

Are you an educator or administrator looking to integrate more development specific content and support into your early childhood program? Libby is a pediatric/NICU OT and also a mom and here to help. Infant Development should be proactive and holistic- and outside of baby’s parental unit, educators are the next most important people in a baby’s life. If infant programs are developmentally proactive and educators are supported with the knowledge, babies and families thrive. 

Consulting

Want to know what registry items to put on your list? Looking for guidance on how to set up baby’s nursery? Are you an educator wanting to know what equipment to purchase for your infant classroom and how to safely utilize it in a developmentally appropriate way? Libby is here to help! Contact Libby for more information.

Questions?

We offer a free 15 minute discovery call to answer your questions and help you figure out if our services are a good match for you.