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Happy Birthday to the fierce heart and unstoppable force that is Bianca Sprague! 🎉 Thank you for building a space that champions reproductive justice and leads with such immense love and authenticity. Your relentless passion changes lives every single day within our community and across the entire birth and parenting world. We hope your day is filled with as much joy, warmth and fierce celebration as you bring to everyone around you. ❤️ Drop some love for Bianca in the comments below! 👇 🎂✨
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We need more doulas!! Comment BOOK to get your free 32 page guide to support your research in becoming a doula. Reproductive violence has a name… and it belongs in your vocabulary. A 2024 UN Women / Global Justice Center paper defines it as acts or omissions that harm someone by interfering with their reproductive autonomy. It includes forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, forced abortion and contraception, denial of abortion care, blocked access to reproductive healthcare, and the destruction of maternity infrastructure. The finding: this harm is chronically under-documented in international investigations. Not because it isn’t happening, but because investigators lacked the mandate, training, or language to record it. What doesn’t get documented doesn’t get counted, funded, or repaired. The barriers they named will sound familiar to birth workers. Stigma around reproductive autonomy. Euphemistic language. Self-censorship. Why it matters for us: we already support folks in the moments where reproductive autonomy is honoured or taken. We already witness what never makes it into a chart. (It’s like screaming into the ether, y’all!!) Precise language is protective. “Denial of abortion care” is a legal category, not a euphemism. Naming things accurately is part of the work. #learnwithbebomia
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What a morning! While recording an episode for @hot_brave_podcast this morning @biancasprague saw this man who had been on the loose for the last 4 days at the bottom of her driveway. He looked around before ducking into the trees and down her neighbours driveway which is hidden from the road. She ran down and locked her doors and called 911… within minutes the police and community supports were searching the lots across the street. He was arrested within the hour and CTV came to interview for the tip that captured a serial rapist. Pretty on brand for Bianca don’t ya think?
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Comment BIRTH to find out about our birth doula training summer sale! Full certification for only $425 this week! The first 10 registrations get a free doula shirt! If you wanna know what ACOG has to say about doulas now, here it is: ACOG’s new committee statement says doula-clinician partnerships improve communication, patient-centered care, and continuity of care, plus better outcomes overall: shorter labor, fewer C-sections, higher birth satisfaction, and more breastfeeding success. It calls out that mistreatment during birth is common, especially for Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous patients, and positions doulas as key to closing that gap. Their five recommendations: 1. OBs should educate themselves on what doulas actually do, 2. build respectful team structures that include them, 3. inform patients about doula options and local resources, 4. understand the patchwork of coverage and payment models, 5. and push for more research on doula-clinician collaboration. It also flags real barriers, like the lack of one universal certifying body and the ongoing struggle doulas face getting reimbursed through Medicaid. #learnwithbebomia
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My weekend musings for y’all. Make your choices that feel right for you. Use your gut…. and it’s not always logical. Don’t go on the third date even though they look good on paper. Pick the daycare that felt right even though it’s 8 mins further from your house. Take the leap and be a doula (ok, biased here, but gosh it’s a wonderful career) Don’t go to the family bbq if you don’t want to. I’m cheering you on… and so is Ms. Winston. ❤️
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ACOG is finally catching up to what doulas have known since forever. If you want to explore becoming a doula, comment TRAINING. Here’s a summary of what dropped today… ACOG’s new committee statement says doula-clinician partnerships improve communication, patient-centered care, and continuity of care, plus better outcomes overall: shorter labor, fewer C-sections, higher birth satisfaction, and more breastfeeding success. It calls out that mistreatment during birth is common, especially for Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous patients, and positions doulas as key to closing that gap. Their five recommendations: 1. OBs should educate themselves on what doulas actually do, 2. build respectful team structures that include them, 3. inform patients about doula options and local resources, 4. understand the patchwork of coverage and payment models, 5. and push for more research on doula-clinician collaboration. It also flags real barriers, like the lack of one universal certifying body and the ongoing struggle doulas face getting reimbursed through Medicaid. Here’s the full article: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-statement/articles/2026/08/partnering-with-doulas-in-clinical-settings
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Check out these 6 books to read this June 🌈 1. Confessions of the other mother, edited by Harlyn Aizley 2. Pregnant Butch by AK Summers 3. The new essential guide to lesbian Conception, pregnancy, and birth by Stephanie Brill 4. The gender creative child by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD 5. Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb 6. Care Work: streaming disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Comment PRIDE for more books, shows and movies to take in this month! #learnwithbebomia #queerowned
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My favourite year so far has been the one spent with you ❤️
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The full schedule for the 2026 Collaborative Doula Conference is finally here. 🌿🐝 From birth to grief. From systems to storytelling. From hope to legacy. This year’s conference was built with deep intention. Every speaker, panel, workshop, and networking space was chosen to challenge us, ground us, inspire us, and remind us that none of this work happens in isolation. Over these three days we will talk about: ✨ care that isn’t neutral ✨ mental health, grief & identity ✨ early intervention & gentle support ✨ collaboration across modalities ✨ food, touch, death care, digital care, NICU support ✨ what this work asks of us… and what it leaves with us And somehow, in between all of that, there will still be coffee refills, teary conversations in corners, new friendships, shared resources scribbled onto napkins, and the kind of connection that changes the way you move through this work forever. 🌙 Whether you are a birth doula, postpartum doula, abortion doula, grief & loss doula, death doula, lactation professional, therapist, educator, bodyworker, student, or someone simply trying to care for people better… there is space for you here. 🗓 May 25-27, 2026 📍 London, Ontario 🎟 Virtual Tickets Still Available
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You do not need to have everything figured out to apply. This scholarship was created for the people who feel the pull toward this work. The ones who keep returning to the idea of supporting others through pregnancy, postpartum, fertility, and reproductive care, even if they haven’t had the opportunity to pursue formal training yet. Maybe you’ve already been showing up for people in quiet ways. Maybe your own experiences shaped the way you move through the world. Maybe you’ve been waiting for the “right time,” the financial ability, or the confidence to begin. This scholarship is for aspiring doulas and future care providers who feel called to this work and may be facing barriers to accessing education. We especially encourage applications from individuals whose voices and lived experiences have historically been underrepresented in doula spaces. You do not need: * Years of experience * A perfectly polished story * To already feel like an expert What matters most is your intention, your care, and your why. Applications for the Future Doula Storytelling Scholarship are now open. Check out our conference webpage for more details & how to apply - link in bio!
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My birth ignited a flame in me. I never wanted anyone to feel like I did in birth. Through helping and protecting others I healed my birth and parenting grief… Doula work beautifully changed and saved my life. It made me a better mom. I’m so grateful for it every single day. If you want to chat about doula work fitting into your life, comment CHAT 😘
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Most moms stop themselves from becoming doulas because they worry if they can make it all work. As a single mom doula for almost 20 years, I promise you can! A few clients a month. Flexible schedule. Work that fills you up instead of draining you. You show up fully for a family during one of the most important moments of their life..and then you come home. To your garden. Your kids. Your dog. Your ‘not work’ life. That’s what doula work looks like. And it’s something you can train for, even as a mom. If you’ve been thinking about this, this is your sign to look into it. Comment EARLYBIRD to learn about our doula training program and I’ll send you the details.
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