My doula clients get the full list of my resources, including all my favorite local professionals for acupuncture, childbirth education, obstetric and midwifery care, massage, psychotherapy, and more.
However, the following awesome resources I freely share with anyone.
Some of the links below will take you to product pages for which I am an affiliate. I am required to state the following: as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. However, I only recommend products I have tested personally and would use for myself or my babies. Moreover, after paying for the cost of hosting this website, I am choosing to donate 100% of remaining income I gain through these links to Every Mother Counts, a four-star charity that funds initiatives focused on improving maternal health and outcomes in the most at risk populations in the United States and globally.
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The Pregnant Person’s Bill of Rights
This document clearly and succinctly lists your rights as a birthing person. I highly recommend printing one to bring with you to prenatal appointments and to your birth. Have your partner review it when you go over your birth plan together.
Breastfeeding Videos
How to attach your baby at the breast (& prevent nipple pain)
How to Hand Express Milk (this is an essential skill used to relieve engorgement, harvest colostrum, and shift towards weaning)
https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding/hand-expressing-milk.html
How to Maximize Pumping Output
Bookshelf & Website Recommendations
Ancient Map for Modern Birth by Pam England
Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols
Spinning Babies – pregnancy and labor techniques to promote healthy positioning
Evidence Based Birth – information to guide your choices for labor
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers – for parents who want be informed about circumcison (also look for an article on circumcision from Evidence Based Birth when you click on the preceding link)
Product Recommendations for Pregnancy &/or Labor
Pelvic floor exercise tool with $25 discount when clicking this link (also useful after postpartum bleeding ceases)
Products for Newborns & the Postpartum Period
The BEST postpartum pads ever! (You can thank me later)
Collecting extra milk on the side you’re not nursing on with this cheap tool or this slightly fancier tool
Helplines
National Breastfeeding Helpline
1-800-994-WOMAN (9662)
Monday-Friday 9am-6pm
La Leche League Helpline
1-877-4LA-LECHE
(1-877-452-5324)
(Crisis Counseling -when you feel a desire to shake your baby) National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-4-A-Child (1-800-422-4453)
Postpartum Support International Warmline (not a crisis hotline)
1-800-944-4PPD (4773)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline (this IS a crisis hotline)
Dial 9-8-8
Abused Women Resources
Harmony House
( 561) 640 – 9844
2200 N. Florida Mango Rd., Ste 102, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
YWCA
ywcapbc.org
Casa Vegso
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA) (561) 265-3797
Teen Pregnancy & Parenting
Hannah’s Home
Hannah’s Home provides young single pregnant moms with two years of residential support plus ongoing mentorship in it’s Christian program. “Through counseling, life skills, and continuing education, we offer hope and transform lives.”
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Teen Mentoring
HMHB offers an array of services to pregnant people and parents of infants, including a “Caps and Cribs” program in which you are paired with a professional woman who meets weekly with you to provide encouragement, support, and resources as you balance motherhood and school. https://www.hmhbpbc.org/mentor
Joann’s Cottage
A ministry of Place of Hope, “Joann’s Cottage provides professional case management, independent living services, parenting classes, access to quality medical care, and comprehensive support services to ensure the safety and well-being of the mothers and mothers-to-be. In addition to this, Joann’s Cottage offers consistent residential care, supervision, and healthy influences that strive to meet each girl’s physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and educational needs.”
Christine Frackelton, CD(DONA), CBS 