Chicago Birth Doulas:

• Mel Haley at Wyld Garden

• Kassi Leachman

• Chicago Birthworks

Websites:

• Evidence Based birth  

• Postpartum Support International

• Improving Birth Coalition

• KellyMom

• Natural Breastfeeding (for an easier start)

• Doula Trainings

• Birth Injury Justice Center

• The Wonder Weeks

Local:

• Chicago Volunteer Doulas

• Chicago Abortion Fund

• Our Mother’s Light

• Chicago Birthworks Collective

• Chicago Family Picnic

• Adri De La Cruz ( birth & family photographer)

• Green Diaper Babies (cloth diaper services)

• Women & Children First Bookstore

• Neb Medical Services (Free breast pumps with insurance)

Social Media:

• @empoweredbirthproject

• @stopcensoringmotherhood

• @blackmamasmatter

• @4thtribodies

• @sexpositive_families

• @leahthedoula

Books:

“Why did no one tell me this? The Doulas Honest Guide for Expectant Parents”, by Natalia Hailes and Ash Spivak

“Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy”, by Angela Garbes