Summary
Organization name
Birthmark Doula Collective
other names
Birthmark Doulas
2011
Address
6100 Canal BlvdNew Orleans, LA 70124
Birthmark Doula Collective is a birth justice organization dedicated to supporting, informing and advocating for pregnant and parenting people and their families in New Orleans. We respect your family's choices, whether you plan to have your baby at home or in a hospital, medicated or naturally, vaginally or via Cesarean. We are committed to you and your family throughout your journey in pregnancy, childbirth and the very first stages of parenthood.
Birthmark Doulas is a New Orleans-based & community-led birth justice cooperative focused on improving the reproductive health outcomes and experiences of pregnant, birthing and postpartum people and their families. We accomplish this through direct birth and lactation support for families, continuing education opportunities and workforce development for people of lived experience, and local and statewide policy and culture change work with communities and health care providers. We are unique in having deep connections across the range of perinatal health stakeholders: community members and birthing families, hospital systems and providers, and other community based organizations.
We believe that doula support is an integral part of creating a safe and positive birth experience, so we aim to make our programs accessible to everyone regardless of income by providing sliding scale and insurance payment options. Our direct client services impact close to 2000 families per year in the greater New Orleans area and our advocacy work and community partnerships extend that reach even farther.
Testimonials
"My doula was crucial to a successful birth for me, when I was stressed at the beginning of my induction, she was there to keep things straight for me. She was amazing at the birth and I can't wait for a postpartum visit with her so we can process the birth. Lactation support was very informative and help me understand I am on the right path. Thanks for everything!"
"My Birthmark doula is amazing, she made me feel so comfortable and supported. Birthmark in general has been such a blessing! I was so worried about not being able to afford a doula and this entire experience has took so much stress off of me and my husband I'm so grateful."
Mission
Our mission is to improve perinatal care and reproductive health outcomes by promoting evidence-based maternal and infant care, advocating for childbearing families, and educating health providers, insurance companies and our communities. We provide birth doula services, postpartum doula services, childbirth, breastfeeding, and parenting education, and lactation support to the New Orleans metro area regardless of age, race, income level, sexuality, ability, religion, or birth preference. We do this through 3 key strategies: Offering low or no cost direct client care via doula and lactation support throughout the perinatal year to New Orleans families; creating evidence-based & trauma-informed education and training opportunities for perinatal healthcare workers and community members; and movement building & culture change work that tackles systemic barriers to care.
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Organization Data
New Orleans, LA 70124