Strong Support Birth Doula Services

15/11/2017

05/05/2017

http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/black-mothers-arent-to-blame-for-high-infant-mortality-20170504

When famous midwife Ina May Gaskin suggested that Black mothers should make better lifestyle choices to have healthier babies, the Black birth world decided they’d had enough.

02/12/2016

In June 2015, the Center for Reproductive Rights partnered with SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective to host Black Mamas Matter, a cross-sectoral convening of leaders on Black maternal health.

11/09/2016

Great news! WIC will no longer have formal relationships with formula manufacturers, and will also be increasing support for IBCLCs and other ways to support breastfeeding parents. Formula will of course still be available to parents who need/choose it, but WIC will no longer advertise formula to participants.

WIC announced it's decision to sever ties with infant formula manufacturers at the their conference in Denver, Colorado this morning. The press release reads: "Denver, CO: This morning, National WIC Association (NWA) Board of Directors Chair, Donna Bister, announced during NWA’s 2016 Nutr

01/09/2016

What a beautiful week of celebrating the amazing power, wisdom, and beauty of black people breastfeeding!

Today marks the final day of Black Breastfeeding Week!
Thank you all for your love and support over this week! We hope to have inspired and encouraged mothers everywhere to breastfeed!
A special thanks to our photographers, Chemetra Keys Monaie Diamond Photography, Lexi Green Ninja + Sox Photography, Brezi Merryman Captured by Brezi Photography, Jennifer Fisser J Benker Photography + Birth Services and Kia Ruiz for their dedication and amazing images!
Black Breastfeeding Week is important and significant on many levels. We are honored that so many mamas wanted to show their beauty, during this sacred time in their lives! You are all an inspiration for mothers everywhere!

26/08/2016

Happy Black Breastfeeding Week!

A group created a community to help fix the low breastfeeding rates among black moms.

26/08/2016

Legal rights for pregnant and parenting students

Many young parents may not know this, but many of the experiences and educational hardships they are facing are actually illegal. One major way teens can help empower themselves is by asserting their federal rights.

02/03/2016

Your cervix is not like google maps

18/12/2015

"allowing for a pause, a slowing of the moment of birth (no matter how this pause happens), gives women the time and space to integrate the work they have just done (labor and birth!) so that, when they are ready, they can turn their full attention to the next thing: the unhurried meeting, welcoming and snuggling in of this baby"

16/12/2015

Please keep this wonderful organization in mind if you are in a place to give money this holiday season.

Home Since 1997, Open Arms Perinatal Services has been providing strong community-based support for women through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. At Open Arms, we believe in the inherent dignity and worth of every mother and baby. We believe in the possibility of every child that is born, and we be…

02/12/2015

magical baby-calming hold

16/11/2015

PSA: untucking your tailbone is super important when giving birth!

A tiny detail we’ve lost since the hunter-gatherer times and how to fix it

16/11/2015

I view holding space as my primary role as a doula, and am always trying to learn to do it better.

Some of my best lessons in what it means to hold space for people came from a palliative care nurse.

09/11/2015

great story of one partner's experience with a doula :)

08/10/2015

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