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Using Your Voice

While doctors and other providers are trusted professionals, you know your body best — trust your instincts! If something seems wrong or feels off, it is in your best interest to speak up for a safe and comfortable pregnancy.

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Sources of Support

Sources of Support

It takes a village to raise a child, and it is an incredible act of self-care to ask for help. This film looks at ways to build a support system with family, friends and skilled birth workers who will be there for you each step of the way.

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Using Your Voice

Using Your Voice

While doctors and other providers are trusted professionals, you know your body best — trust your instincts! If something seems wrong or feels off, it is in your best interest to speak up for a safe and comfortable pregnancy.

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Considering Cesarean Birth

Considering Cesarean Birth

A cesarean birth can be a life-saving procedure, but it can also impact your health for the rest of your life. Every person needs information and support to decide if it’s the right choice for them.

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Unpacking the Postpartum Experience: What Do New Parents Need?

Unpacking the Postpartum Experience: What Do New Parents Need?

The care you receive after birth is just as important as during your pregnancy. Meet doctors, midwives, doulas, lactation consultants and new parents who share what the postpartum period is really like and how to find the support and care you need.

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Asking Questions About Cesarean Birth (Spanish)

Asking Questions About Cesarean Birth (Spanish)

A cesarean birth can be a life-saving procedure, but it can also impact your health for the rest of your life. Every person needs information and support to decide if it’s the right choice for them.

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Finding Affordable (or Free!) Doula Support
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Finding Affordable (or Free!) Doula Support

The priceless support doulas provide is often out-of-reach for people who can’t afford their fees. But more and more, there are ways to find low-cost or even free doula services. This article provides a roadmap to finding the support you need and deserve.

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What Matters Most During My Prenatal Care?

Making decisions about your prenatal care is easier if you have sorted out what matters most to you. Use this worksheet to think about your priorities so you can weigh your options.

What Matters Most During My Birth?

Coming up with a birth plan and making decisions will be easier if you have sorted out what matters most to you. Use this worksheet to think about your priorities so you can weigh your options.

My Plans, Preferences, and Priorities for Birth

Use this worksheet to organize your birth plan and share with your support team what matters most to you during labor and birth.

Affirmations for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Print or share these words of encouragement so you can get a boost of confidence when you need it. The set includes blanks where you can write your own affirmations.

Finding Affordable (or Free!) Doula Support

The priceless support doulas provide is often out-of-reach for people who can’t afford their fees. But more and more, there are ways to find low-cost or even free doula services. This article provides a roadmap to finding the support you need and deserve.

What You Should Know About Potential Complications & Warning Signs

Use these resources to become familiar with maternal health warning signs and possible complications.

Know Your Rights! 4 Powerful Resources for Childbearing People

Use these resources to become familiar with your rights during pregnancy and childbirth and to practice tools for self-advocacy.
Using Code Words to Ask for Pain Relief

Using Code Words to Ask for Pain Relief

Picking a code word ahead of time will help ensure that you are the one who ultimately decides when you’re ready for an epidural or other pain relief.
Choices for People Having a Cesarean Birth

Choices for People Having a Cesarean Birth

Having a C-section can still include delayed cord clamping, skin-to-skin contact, and many other options you typically see with a vaginal birth.
Explore Your Options with the B.R.A.I.N. Technique

Explore Your Options with the B.R.A.I.N. Technique

B.R.A.I.N. is a useful technique that can help you weigh the pros and cons of any decision during pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
The Six Key Steps: Making Pregnancy and Birth Decisions

The Six Key Steps: Making Pregnancy and Birth Decisions

When deciding what’s best for you and your baby, following these six steps will help you ask the right questions and make choices with all the information you need.