Margi Deneau-Saxton

Margi Deneau-Saxton

Services Offered: Breastfeeding Support, Childbirth Classes, Infant Massage, Newborn Care Classes, Postpartum Support
Certifications: Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Postpartum Doula
Location: North Augusta SC United States

A Perinatal Nurse/Postpartum Doula, I am also a wife, a mother, a grandmother to fourteen and now, a great grandmother. My love of learning and education, led me to home school our 6 children, and then into the realm of preparing couples for birth. In the early ’70s, I began attending home births and subsequently birthed all four of my daughters at home. Soon, I was engrossed in an ongoing work with midwifery, infant massage and lactation. MotherNurture ~ Pregnancy and Postpartum Professionals, a collaboration of health care professionals, was “born” of the vision that women who are nurtured are better equipped to nurture others. We are a nurse, a lactation consultant and a massage therapist. Our community services are focused on prenatal education, lactation education/support, and postpartum doula care.

Recently, we initiated a community service project ~ The Mother to Mother Club. It has been met with great enthusiasm as its goal is to provide an opportunity for mutual support and encouragement for new moms and mothers-to-be. Each meeting, we offer a brief educational presentation from within our own collective expertise or we invite in other local professionals for a variety of topics such as, baby wearing, maternal and infant nutrition, child development, yoga, etc.

Since 2009, I have been actively involved in curriculum development. In the last two years, I have completed two training opportunities that may be of interest to CAPPA members:

  1. Nurturing Touch for Newborns ~ A one day training workshop focusing on touch techniques designed to support a gentle physiological transition.
  2. MotherNurture Infant Massage Certification Training Program ~ A three day intensive training for certification as a parent educator of infant massage.

Nursing CEH are available for both.

My favorite role as a nurse has always been that of educator because I truly believe that what is imparted to families can literally change the world we live in. Sometimes what is shared is empowering information and sometimes…it is the warmth of a gentle, reassuring touch.

  • MotherNurture’s Mother to Mother Club ~ A community service project with the goal of providing mutual support to new moms and moms-to-be
  • CSRA Breastfeeding Coalition ~ Coalition of local health care providers seeking to promote and support lactation
  • Augusta Care Pregnancy Center ~ Volunteer teaching of infant massage, postpartum care of mom and newborn
  • CAAP – Coalition to Assist Abused Persons ~ Volunteer support to women and children victims of domestic violence


Certifications:

CPD Certification Number: R4-201410, expires May 31, 2020 (EDT)
CCCE Certification Number: 2013-12, expires January 22, 2022 (EDT)

Website:
http://www.mothernurture.net
Email addresses:
margisax@usa.net
(Alternate)
Phone numbers:
803640-6191 (mobile)
(home)
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