Care Resources
We are grateful to be part of a wider community of birthworkers and care providers who support families in many different ways. While some of the resources and individuals listed here have been connected to our work or trained through our nonprofit, the Birthing People Foundation, each operates independently.
We encourage you to take your time exploring your options, asking questions, and choosing the support that feels most aligned with your values, needs, and family.
Doulas & Birthworkers
**Our non-profit, Birthing People Foundation, has had the honor of training birthworkers, however we cannot vouch for their work or business practices. Each person mentioned is an independent contractor. Please take your time to interview potential doulas and ask the questions that best pertain to you, your values and family.
It takes a village to raise a child....
The support of a birth or postpartum doula can aim to help facilitate more focused healing and bonding time for the entire family.
Doulas—and also modernly called birthworkers—are emotional and physical support persons for the birthing person and their family. There are birth, postpartum, infant loss / bereavement doulas who you can book as needed. Doulas are support persons and non-medical providers and are different from midwives. The list below includes many amazing doulas with varying price ranges and availability.
Please click this link so you can get started with interviews to find the right fit for you and your family! You can select a birth or postpartum doula, or both!
Placenta Encapsulation
The placenta is an amazing organ unique to this particular baby. In it you will find the hormones that will support your smooth Transitions from pregnancy to parenting. Your trained encapsulator will clean, steam, dehydrate, group and encapsulation your placenta with the intention of making your placenta medicine. Placenta magic to uplift your mood and immediate postpartum time.