A Community of Resources to Help You Grow
These providers mainly serve the Greater Los Angeles area, but many offer virtual support and take on nationwide clients
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LGBTQIA+ Providers
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Newborn Care Specialist
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IBCLC + Infant Feeding Experts
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Disability Justice
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Herbalist + Holistic Healing
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Wellness, Massage + Yoga
Recommended Reading
- Birth Without Fear: The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum by January Harshe (2019)
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, Ann Keplar (2018)
- Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood andTrusting Yourself and Your Body by Erica Chidi, Jillian Ditner (2017)
- The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia by Penny Simkin, Lisa Hanson, Ruth Ancheta (Fourth Edition, 2017)
- The First 40 Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou, Amely Greeven (2016)
- Nine Golden Months: The Essential Art of Nurturing the Mother-To-Be (2022)
- Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts (1998)
- The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding by Kimberly Seals Allers (2017)
- The Birth Partner: 5th Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions by Penny Simkin (2018)
- Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (2018)
- Why Did No One Tell Me This? The Doulas (Honest) Guide for Expectant Parents by Natalia Hailes, Ash Spivak (2020)
- Confessions of the Other Mother: Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All by Harlyn Aizley (2006)