We are a group of birthworkers & perinatal care providers who believe that nurturing care isn’t the icing on the cake, it is the cake. It is essential, non-negotiable, and fundamental to life with a young child.
We came together in 2025 to create a vision for how we want to collectively move our community forward in our support of parents.
Our Goals
For Parents:
- To increase access to nurturing prenatal & postnatal care for parents
- To reduce unnecessary and unwanted interventions in pregnancy, birth, & postpartum
- To reduce the incidence of PMADs (perinatal mood & anxiety disorders)
- To increase informed consent around separation-based interventions (sleep training, solitary sleep, early night weaning, etc)
- To help parents better understand the services & resources they have access to in the community
- To increase successful lactation & breastfeeding outcomes
- To reduce stigma around postpartum care, especially mental health care
- To advocate for the protection of the dyad
- To increase collaborative care
For Providers:
- To ensure ongoing access to high-quality, nurture-centric continuing education for providers
- To reduce overhead costs for providers through resource-sharing
- To increase warm handoffs & referrals
- To amplify community events
- To increase skill-sharing through barter and other creative means
- To amplify social reach & help grow impact