Resources

Colage - “COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities.”

“Queer Mama” Youtube Channel

“First Time Second Time” Thoughts on relationships, roles, taking turns, gender and parenting from a queer family

It’s Conceivable Now - “We started It’s Conceivable to centralize the information we wanted from a parenting website. We’re here to provide clear, no frills, pregnancy and parenting information to the GLBTQ community. Our motto: Less rainbows, more advice.”

Peer Support Groups

Trans & Gestating Support Group, Moss the Doula

Virtual Peer Support Group, Love Over Fear Wellness (for parents, expectant parents, and TTC)

Gender Feels in Pregnancy, Love Over Fear Wellness

LGBTQ+ Pregnancy Drop-In Group, LGBTQ Birth

Birthing and Breast or Chestfeeding Trans People and Allies, facebook group

Birth Videos + Pregnancy Stories

Masculine Birth Ritual Podcast (Spotify)

Black Lesbian Couple Birth Video (Birthing Center)

Black Lesbian Couple Birth Video (TOLAC to C-section)

Biff and Trystan

Postpartum Doulas

Tatiana Restrepo, www.nyncs.com

Vicki Borah Bloom, www.wholeselfdoula.com

Susannah Holub, www.goodhumoreddoula.com

Luar Wolf, www.littlemoonlightdoula.com

Claudia Gerbracht, www.claudiagerbracht.com

Childbirth Education

For Your Birth - Queer Family Childbirth Education

Woven Bodies - Acupuncture, Doula Support & Childbirth Education for LGBTQ Families

Fertility Support

Moss, www.mossthedoula.com

JB, www.loveoverfearwellness.com

Midwives

Chloe Lubell & Rachel Robins, NYC, www.cosmosmidwifery.com

Robina Khalid, NYC, www.smallthingsgrow.com

Refuge Midwifery, Philadelphia, www.refugemidwifery.com

Restore Midwifery, Santa Cruz, www.restoremidwifery.com

Sara Howard, Los Angeles, www.horizonmidwifery.com

Health Services

Comprehensive LGBT Health Center at Metropolitan Hospital Center

1901 1st Avenue

New York, NY 10029

212.423.6262

William F. Ryan Community Health Center

110 West 97th Street

New York, NY 10025

212.749.1820

Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center

356 West 18th Street

New York, NY 10011

212.271.7200

The Center: The Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender Community Center

208 W. 13th Street

New York, NY 10011

212.620.7310

Resources for Black Birthing People

Some of these resources include very gendered language. We are working on expanding our research list and finding literature that encompasses the intersections of the black and LGBTQ experience.

Books

Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Frontlines by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, Mai'a Williams

The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding: The Definitive Guide to Nursing for African American Mothers by Kathi Barber

Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization by Khiara M. Bridges

Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race by Clay Cane

Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy and Childbirth (Free PDF Linked) by Julia Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte

Articles

Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis

Fighting at Birth: Eradicating the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap

The Black Birthing Body

Ferguson Birth Village Offers Black Mothers A Safe Space, Trust And Support

Cities Turn to Doulas to Give Black Babies a Better Chance at Survival

Postpartum Doulas

Kia Gianni, www.kiagianni.com

Lene Warren, www.lenesbirthservices.com

Mammissi Birth Services, www.mammissi.org

Birth Videos

Black Lesbian Couple Birth Video (Birthing Center)

Black Lesbian Couple Birth Video (TOLAC to C-section)

Massage and Bodywork

Reiki

The Ph Doula, www.thephdoula.com

Massage

Red Moon Wellness, www.redmoonwellness.com

MaMassage, www.mamassage.com

Cranial Sacral Therapists

Jeremy Quinby, CST NCTMB, www.jeremyquinbycst.com

Joshua Horwitz, MA, BCSP, www.unionsquarewellness.com

Birth Centers

Brooklyn Birthing Center (Sheepshead Bay) & Jazz Birthing Center (Midtown) https://www.brooklynbirthingcenter.com

Acupuncturists

Sarah Coles Mckeown, MS, LAC, LMT, www.bloomacupuncture.org

Herbalists

Salt Woman Apothecary, www.saltwomanapothecary.com

Pregnancy and New Parent Fitness

Jennifer Pettit at Chandrakala Yoga, www.chandrakalayoga.com

Linsey Boisvert, www.linseyboisvert.com/yoga

Ideal Form Pilates, www.idealformpilates.com/classes

Prenatal Yoga Center, www.prenatalyogacenter.com

Unusual Pearl, www.unusualpearl.com

Woven Wombs, www.wovenwombs.com

Websites

Childbirth Preparation

Ten Minute Childbirth Education

Birth Videos

Labor and Birth

Laboring Down

Push in the Squatting Position

Delayed Cord Clamping

Books

Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond by Nancy Bardacke, CNM ;

Nancy Bardacke draws on neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine to that will help birthing people find calm and ease and provide lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.

Pregnancy, Childbirth and The Newborn

This updated 4th edition is written by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, Ann Keppler, Janelle Durham and April Bolding. “This is the ultimate guide to all aspects of birthing. It is a must for all pregnant women and those who love them!” says Christiane Northup, MD

The Birth Partner (The 5th Edition) by Penny Simkin

Now fully revised in its fifth edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide to helping a [person] through labor and birth, and the essential manual to have at hand during the event.

Why Did No One Tell Me This? The Doulas’ (Honest) Guide for Expectant Parents by Ash Spivak and Natalia Hailes

Full of honest advice and inclusive options, Why Did No One Tell Me This? is the funny, personality-filled, illustrated guide to pregnancy, birth, and beyond that modern parents have been waiting for.