We have come together to provide resources for all involved in birthcare to have a space to connect, process, and grow along their journey.
What We Stand For
Our vision for the future is of birthcare communities around the US where diverse opinions, experiences, education, and training are honored & celebrated.
We envision birthing people being enveloped in the unique trauma-informed support they desire without fighting through bureaucratic redtape and navigating complex & archaic power hierarchies.
We trust & respect the experiences of ALL birthing people
& affirm their autonomy in making care choices.
We attest to the rights of every person to receive personalized, respectful care throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum regardless of their age, ability, racial, cultural, marital, sexual, or gender identity.
We recognize there is a long & unfortunate history of birth professionals ignoring, silencing, and othering those in their care, rather than striving for inclusivity and equity. We see the impact and harm this has had on Black, Brown, & Indigenous birthing people. Racism in birthcare continues to fuel disparities in perinatal morbidity and mortality, and must be actively challenged. We further stand in solidarity with trans, nonbinary, & gender nonconforming people who deserve respectful, knowledgeable, and affirming care.
We welcome discussions and feedback on how we can further uplift the experiences and needs of historically marginalized communities in our work.
What We Do
Our aim is to model multidisciplinary discourse that helps all of us to learn and stretch outside of our comfort zones. We encourage birth workers to have conversations within their community outside of their peer groups, as we step out of our silos to truly collaborate for better birthcare.
We are grateful to our colleagues and community who work with us to continue to expand our programs and make a larger impact on the birth world. Please find more information about our current offerings below and learn how you can get involved!
The Imperative of Equitable, Accessible Childbirth Education
We are honored to partner with Black & Brown childbirth instructors to offer fully-funded classes to their communities.
Black and Brown families deserve equitable access to childbirth education classes that prepare them for the realities of birth while bolstering their community connections. They deserve classes where they are safely supported in exploring their goals and desires for birth. They deserve classes that center Black joy in birth. They deserve classes that share the evidence around typical birthcare interventions. They deserve classes that address the racism-driven disparities in birthcare outcomes. They deserve classes taught by members of their community with lived experience navigating these issues; we are so grateful to the phenomenal mentors who are offering these classes.
Trauma-Informed Birth Nurse Movement
We are thrilled to partner with The Birth Nurse and Nurse Brown Girl to create a birth nurse educational program that prepares nurses to act as trauma-informed advocates. We are in the middle of a perinatal and infant healthcare crisis. We have the highest maternal mortality rate among similarly-developed countries, 2/3 of those deaths are considered to be preventable. We have a 3.5x higher pregnancy-related mortality rate among Black birthing folks. We have appalling rates of birth trauma, where 1 in 3 rate their birth as traumatic and postpartum depression and PTSD rates are rising dramatically.
These statistics can be daunting, but we know the collective power of nurses supporting the choices of birthing people can create massive shifts in the way we provide perinatal care. This is an opportunity to be part of a movement that is ready to change the standard of birth care; click the link above to get involved.
You can also hear about our Embodied Trauma-Informed Care Framework that prioritizes well-becoming and healing for patients and clinicians in tandem in a quick video!
Read more about our work and how we’re exploring trauma-informed care as a nursing workforce issue in the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing: COMING SOON!
Learn more about the power nurses have to promote trauma-informed care and stop obstetric violence in our article in Nursing for Women’s Health.
Resources to learn more about Trauma-Informed Care and bringing it into your practice TODAY:
Our Podcast
This was the first step we took to engage in discussions with a diverse array of birth care workers and supporters. We can learn so much from each other when we’re open to discussing birth, acknowledging our biases, and seeking to understand other perspectives.
We encourage you to check it out and scroll back through our episodes. Thank you to all the incredible guests who have joined us in conversation to talk about what we need to change and how we can elevate collaborative birth care!
Support Us
We are a For Purpose, Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization, and we appreciate your tax-deductible donations that power this work and help us share with a larger community.