Offerings
Holistic Childbirth Education
Are you pregnant and looking for childbirth support? Do you dream of giving birth on your own terms? Do you believe that birth should be a sacred and safe space?
Register for our evidence-based virtual class, Courageous Birth: Holistic Childbirth Education, to become well-informed about the birthing process and the postpartum period, no matter if you are a first time mother/parent and or an experienced one.
Courageous Birth will prepare you and your family to have an empowered and grounded holistic birth experience.
Topics covered include:
- The 3rd Trimester: Preparing your mind, body and spirit for labor
- The stages of labor
- Labor management, medical and nonmedical interventions
- Comfort measures in labor
- Developing birth and contingency plans
- Self-advocacy tools
- Healthy nutrition and herbal support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
- Identifying your community of support
- Postpartum & lactation resources
Childbirth Consultation
Our Childbirth Consultation is perfect for expecting mamas, birthing persons, and parents who prefer receiving one-on-one holistic support from a certified midwife throughout the perinatal period to help be prepared for their birthing experience and the postpartum period.
Mutual Aid
Mutual Aid is a way to be in solidarity with our community through sharing collective resources. Community members and partners provide care and support to care for each other. We have items from diapers, wipes, body care products, food and connection to sustainable services and support.
Postpartum Support Group
Community is essential throughout the parenting journey, and most especially within the first year.
Have you been looking for ways to connect with other mamas going through similar experiences as you? Are you looking to gain insight, reassurance, and guidance as you navigate parenthood? Are you looking to be part of a safe space for support from the comfort of your own home?
Join our virtual support group each Tuesday, and use this time to connect, to be held, uplifted, supported, and nurtured by your village.
Postnatal Doula Care
The role of a postnatal or postpartum doula is to provide the new mama or birthing person with a satisfying transition to parenthood. Considered the art of “mothering the mother”, the role of the doula has deep ancestral roots and is vital to providing physical and emotional support, along with tender loving care to the new parent.
With our postnatal care, we honor your cultural traditions and the various traditional practices that hold sovereign and sacred space for your emotional, spiritual, and physical wellbeing.
This type of care has been proven to help reduce your risk of postpartum depression, ease your transition to breastfeeding your baby, and build your strength and confidence in your abilities as a new parent.
Our postnatal support include, but isn’t limited to:
- Lactation and breast/chest feeding support
- Wellness checks
- Providing warm foods and nourishing teas
- How to identify baby’s needs
- Closing of the bones and belly binding
- Sitz baths and body care
- Looking after baby so birthing parent can rest
Lactation Consultation
Are you interested in nursing your little one, but aren’t sure you’re able to, or need individualized support?
Breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and general lactation doesn’t look the same for every mama and birthing person, but we’re here to provide you with the individualized lactation/breast/chest/body feeding support to help you achieve your goals. To do this successfully, we take into consideration your specific needs and desires combined with utilizing our collaborative care model to ensure you develop the knowledge and confidence to nourish your little one.
Perinatal Wellness Check
The journey to parenthood may be filled with new and unexpected challenges. During pregnancy and after delivery, parents often feel scared, anxious, sad and confused. The Bloom Collective believes that every birthing person deserves to receive individual care, resources, and non judgemental support. Our perinatal care does not end with pregnancy. Shortly after giving birth*, a licensed mental health therapist from the Bloom Collective will be inviting you to participate in a confidential postpartum wellness call. During the wellness call, birthing persons are invited to share their birth story, explore their emotional wellness, identify areas where they may need assistance, and offer postpartum therapy, lactation consultations, or group connections. While the postpartum wellness call is completely optional, we encourage our parents to receive comprehensive postpartum care during the “fourth trimester” and beyond.
*grief support is available for those who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss
