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 Meet Your Independent Childbirth Community!
Start a birth circle in your community. Encourage women to share their birth stories! Help find a birth friendly careprovider in your community!
If you lead or participate in a healthy, informed birth circle and would like to have your group's information listed here please join us online at Birth Circles to submit a request for listing or go directly to our professionals list group at Yahoo Groups.
If you are a birth professional or community birth advocate and are interested in starting your own healthy and informed birth circle you may be interested in a Trust Birth birth circle. This is a growing national birth advocacy group with birth circles in many states and new ones added continually.
Please note, some mothers first learn more about their birth community through breastfeeding support groups. We encourage everyone to visit La Leche League to locate a leader anywhere in the world.
ON THE INTERNET
Join the online birth book club at Childbirth Reading Room in Yahoo Groups sponsored by AAMI.
ALABAMA
Fort Mitchell
Angel Jackson is a Trust Birth coordinator. For more about Trust Birth click on the link in the text above. You may reach Angel at acjackson3795@msn.com or by phone at (337)261-5091.
Birmingham
This birth information meeting will meet on a monthly basis beginning in May. For more information contact Jill McDanal.
CALIFORNIA
Mission Viejo
The Enjoy Birth Open House meets every month in Mission Viejo. For more information contact Sheridan Ripley via e-mail or call (949) 292-3710.
COLORADO
Colorado Springs Birth Network
A national birth network, the local chapter can be contacted at coloradospringsbn@yahoo.com. Via telephone at (719) 219-0732, 265-1024 or 302-3437
Buena Vista: Dar a Luz
Dar a Luz is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing knowledge, power and support to women during pregnancy. For more information e-mail info@daraluznetwork.com or visit them on the web at www.daraluznetwork.com.
CONNECTICUT
We Birth
Meeting in the West Hartford CT area.
Meets on a monthly basis. E-mail birthct@yahoo.com. All parents in the community are invited to hear couples share their recent birth experiences.
FLORIDA
Melbourne Beach
Judy Machorek is a Trust Birth facilitator. For more information regarding Trust Birth please click on the hyperlink near the top of this page. For more information regarding this monthly meeting contact Judy Machorek.
ILLINOIS
Palos Hills
Poppy is a Trust Birth facilitator. For more information regarding Trust Birth please click on the hyperlink near the top of this page. Meets on a regular basis in Palos Hills. For more information please contact Poppy Street-Heywood or call (708) 974-0255
MARYLAND
Washington D.C. Area
Takoma Birth Circle
This circle is a community-based resource for information, referral, and support to women and their families before, during, and after pregnancy. For more information e-mail larissa@northstarbirth.com.
MINNESOTA
Childbirth Collective
Meeting in various sites: Minneapolis/St. Paul; St. Croix river valley; Northlund/Duluth; Winona/LaCrosse; Fargo-Moorhead. For more information e-mail mom@childbirthcollective.org. or visit them on the web at www.childbirthcollective.org
NEW JERSEY
Dar a Luz
Jersey Shore
Dar a Luz is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing knowledge, power and support to women during pregnancy. For more information e-mail info@daraluznetwork.com or visit them on the web at www.daraluznetwork.com.
NEW YORK
Hudson Valley Birth Network
Check the calendar of events for current birth meetings throughout the tri-state area. Contact Melissa Creighton for more information.
Rochester Birth Network
Homebirth circle meets on a monthly basis. Call (585) 234-0022 for more information.
OHIO
Dar a Luz
Kettering, Xenia and Troy Chapters
Dar a Luz is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing knowledge, power and support to women during pregnancy. For more information e-mail info@daraluznetwork.com or visit them on the web at www.daraluznetwork.com.
OREGON
Lane County Birth Network
Visit the Lane County Birth Network and e-mail birthnetwork@gmail.com for more information!
UTAH
Unmedicated Childbirth Advocacy Network (UCAN)
Visit UCAN on the web and learn more about this birth information network founded by Laura Lund, an independent childbirth educator in Provo.
VIRGINIA
Birth Song
This birth circle will be held on the third Monday of every month at 7pm in Staunton beginning June 15. For more information please contact Darla Brooks.
MEXICO
Guadalajara
Mother-Baby Birth Circle
This warm and friendly gathering occurs the first Wednesday morning of each month. Mothers who have birthed with Plenitud meet to talk about their favorite subject….babies! Their children range in age from newly born to six years. Amidst the breastfeeding, diaper changing and toy sharing the moms exchange ideas, ask questions, and simply enjoy the company of other mothers. Pregnant women are encouraged to attend…what a wonderful opportunity to hear about others’ birth experiences and see what the life beyond birth can be! The door to Joni Nichols’ home in Colonia Seatle opens at 10:00am. “Theoretically” the gathering ends at 2pm but timng depends on what the mother-babies need! More information: joninichols@infosel.net.mx or tel: (33) 3656-8222
Convivió de Mamás y Bebés
Contar con un espacio de compañía y apoyo mutuo entre padres de familia que hemos vivido la experiencia del parto Plenitud es el objetivo de esta reunión. La cita es el primer miércoles de cada mes para platicar sobre nuestro tema favorito: los bebes!! Desde recién nacidos hasta hermanos grandes de seis años. Entre el amamantamiento, cambio de pañales y compartir juguetes, las mamás hacen intercambio de ideas, preguntan y gozan la compañía de otras mamás. Las mujeres embarazadas son bienvenidas…qué oportunidad maravillosa de enterarse de las experiencias de otras mamás y los nacimientos de su bebés y ver lo que la vida puede ser más allá del nacimiento! Únete entre las 10:00am -2:00pm en la casa de Joni en la colonia Seatle. Ven cuando puedes…por eso el horario es flexible! Para mas información contactar a Joni joninichols@infosel.net.mx o por teléfono (33)3656-8222.
PORTUGAL
Dar a Luz Network
Visit the Dar a Luz Network and e-mail zeliamateusevora@yahoo.com for more information!
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