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2nd Annual Charleston Baby Shower

This year’s Charleston Baby Shower is taking place at New Realm Brewing in Daniel Island, SC on May 3rd from 11:30am – 3:00pm. We invite expecting Mamas and their guests to join us for an afternoon of celebration, education, shopping, an incredible lunch, freedbies, treats and AMAZING giveaways! Tickets are still available here!!

We are fortunate enough to have 7 amazing panel members join us at this event! More than happy to tell you a bit about them below. Please read and show some love in the comments!

Meet Emma Goff: Emmamma – Your Cyclical Doula

Emma Goff is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator, SymptoPro Instructor, and the founder of Emmamma: Your Cyclical Doula. She teaches women how to chart their cycles using a sympto-thermal method for natural family planning and reproductive wellness. As a FACTS speaker and certified miscarriage and bereavement doula, Emma is deeply committed to offering both evidence-based education and emotional support through every phase of fertility—from first periods to postpartum, pregnancy loss, and beyond.

Emma is also a Mom of two and the owner of an in-home daycare in Charleston. Her work is grounded in compassion, science, and the belief that every woman deserves to feel confident and connected to her body—no matter where she is on her motherhood path.

Meet Stephanie Button: Tweedle Beedle

Tweedle Beedle is a Baby and Children’s Store with 2 locations in Summerville-Nexton Square and Mount Pleasant. Tweedle Beedle carries boutique clothing for infants to tweens, carseats, strollers, baby gear, accessories, gifts and so much more for children and parents. Tweedle Beedle is a locally owned and operated small business by family: Stephanie & Dan. If you visit any store, you are also likely to meet their two children, Taylor and Chase. 

Meet Nicole Bradford: Births & the Bees

Nicole Bradford is a former labor and delivery nurse turned full-time doula. Her journey into birth work began with the birth of her daughter. Nicole chose a natural birth but realized how little she truly knew about labor and delivery. That experience opened her eyes and led her to become a labor and delivery nurse, where she spent six years supporting families through birth in both hospital and birth center settings.

Over the years, Nicole has had the honor of attending over 300 births, and through that experience, she saw a real need for personalized support and education before families even get to the delivery room. That’s what inspired her to become a doula—so she could focus more intentionally on prenatal education, continuous labor support, and comprehensive postpartum care.

Nicole started her doula business about a year ago and is currently accepting new clients. Her services include two in-person prenatal appointments, 24/7 virtual care and support, attending the actual birth and a postpartum visit with lactation support—plus everything in between.

On the personal side, Nicole is a wife, a mom of two with a third on the way, and lives on beautiful James Island. Nicole is passionate about all things babies, animals, and beach days with her family!

Meet Kat Schmidt: Fit Mommy Charleston

At Fit Mommy Charleston, it’s a community of Moms that gather in the beautiful parks around Charleston and offer high-quality, motivational fitness classes designed to be safe and empowering at every stage of motherhood with certified personal trainers. Fit Mommy Charleston believes that motherhood is a journey best shared, and that Moms are stronger together in every way when they can support each other. Together, Fit Mommy Charleston is setting an example for our children and showing them that living an active, healthy lifestyle can be fun and fulfilling!

Owner, Kat, is an absolute joy and has the best energy alongside her team of fitness professionals. This group of empowering Moms has been curated to serve all Mamas in Charleston!

Meet Dr. Gretchen Brooker: Breakfree Pelvic Health

Dr. Gretchen Brooker (you can call her Gretchen) is a doctor of physical therapy (DPT) and a pelvic floor rehabilitation specialist. Gretchen has been practicing pelvic floor physical therapy for seven years. She opened Break Free Pelvic Health & Wellness four years ago and along the way had two babies of her own. Gretchen’s mission is to guide women through pregnancy, postpartum and the moments in between from adolescence to menopause focusing on breaking the stigma of pain, difficulty with intimacy, leaking and prioritizing pelvic health in healthcare. Break Free Pelvic Health & Wellness also offers their expertise and services to men and pediatrics as pelvic health affects everyone. 

Meet Mandy Owens: Your Baby Consultant

Mandy Owens, owner of Your Baby Consultant, graduated from UVA Nursing School with a Bachelor’s in Science and Nursing in 2001.  In her 23 years as a Registered Nurse (RN), Mandy has worked with pregnant teens, mother/baby couplets, high-risk maternity patients, newborns and parents in private homes. She has taught many childbirth, breastfeeding, infant CPR, and newborn care classes in hospitals and privately. 

While working as a Mother/Baby RN at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD, Mandy found herself always wanting to give families more with regards to education, postpartum care and newborn care. Mandy left hospital nursing in 2008 to spend time raising her two boys, who are now 13 and 16. While working part-time in clinics and teaching, she kept thinking how could she help families privately transition into parenthood. 

In 2013, Annapolis Baby Consultant (ABC) was born. where Mandy worked independently for two years. By 2015, she built a team to keep up with the demand of clients. Upon moving to Charleston in 2019, Charleston Baby Consultant (CBC) was created, a replica of ABC. After 7 successful months of business in the Lowcountry, Mandy merged ABC and CBC to form Your Baby Consultant (YBC).

Meet Dr. Megan Rome: Rome Physical Therapy

Meet Dr. Megan Rome, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy specialist and Founder of Rome Physical Therapy in Charleston. Dr. Megan specializes in pelvic floor therapy that serves women in the Charleston area and helps patients navigate through pre-natal and postnatal symptoms, pelvic pain and much more! She is dedicated to helping women understand the birthing process and believes that if we could birth better, it allows us to recover faster. Rome Physical Therapy offers in person one- on-one visits as well as their in person/virtual Childbirth Push Prep Workshops, Post baby Pelvic Floor Workshops, and online courses.