Below is a list provided to us by from Ozge Stephens at Nesting Doula Collective – a Doula collective providing care and support to Black, Indigenous, and communities of colour at all stages of their reproductive journey, from conception to postpartum.
Please let us know if you have any additional resources or feedback for us!
Miiko Skin Co acknowledges with gratitude that this work takes place on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples of the Coast Salish Nation.
NO COST DOULA SUPPORT
Nesting Doula Collective
Birthing Families Foundation
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION
Vida Doulas
IG: vidadoulas
Mothering Touch
IG: motheringtouch975
Victoria Pregnancy
IG: victoriapregnancycentre
Nesting Doula Collective
Melissa Harris Birth Services
IG: doulamelissa
Harbour City Doulas
IG: harbourcitydoulas
Journey of Birth
Island Health
CULTURAL SUPPORT
Victoria Native Friendship Center
Intercultural Center
Vancouver Island Refugee and Immigrant Center
Rise Bridge Project
IG: risebridgeproject
Central Island Multicultural Society
MEETING OTHER PREGNANT PEOPLE
Mothering Touch Pregnancy Hour
https://www.motheringtouch.ca/baby-groups/online-pregnancy-happy-hour/
Saanich Neighbourhood Place
Parents/Grandparents Support Circles
Harbour City Doulas Pregnancy Group
https://harbourcitydoulas.com/groups/
PRE/POST NATAL MENTAL HEALTH
Psychology Today Masters List
Birthing Families Foundation
Veronica Harris Counselling
Heather Doidge-Sidhu
The Pacific Postpartum Support Society
https://postpartum.org/
IG: pacificpostpartum
Psychology Today Group Therapy
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/groups/pregnancy-prenatal-postpartum/bc/victoria
PREGNANCY LOSS/STILLBIRTH
Still Birthday
https://stillbirthday.com/2011/11/starthere/
Little Spirits Burial Park
https://royaloakburialpark.ca/little-spirits-garden/
ALLIED HEALTH CLINICS
Nurture + Flo
IG: nurtureandflo
Focus Health Clinic
IG: focushealthclinic
Pure Ellements Wellness
Island Optimal Health + Performance
IG: islandoptimal
3 Cedars Wellness Collective
IG: 3cedarswellness
PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
Lauren Sutherland
Laura Werner
Function Center for Health
Natural Balance Massage
ACUPUNCTURISTS
Heart + Hands Community Acupuncture
Hemma Community Acupuncture
Stefanie Miska, R.Ac, TCMP
IG: ritual.medicine
Ozge Stephen, R.Ac
IG: ozge.acudoula
Malakai Button, R.Ac
Sasha Ormiston, R.Ac
Marika Hall, R.Ac
BREAST/CHEST FEEDING SUPPORT
La Leche League Meetups
https://www.lllc.ca/find-group-british-columbia
Mothering Touch Lactation Support
https://www.motheringtouch.ca/consultations-treatments/breastfeeding/
Katie McNiven
https://katiemcniven.com/
BUYING HUMAN MILK
Human Milk for Human Babies
https://www.facebook.com/hm4hbvanisle/
Breastfeeding Matters
http://www.breastfeedingmatters.ca/milk-bank/
BREAST PUMP RENTALS
The Breast Pump Lady
https://www.facebook.com/thebreastpumplady/
Mothering Touch
https://www.motheringtouch.ca/rentals/medela-symphony-breast-pump-rentals/
Forbes Pharmacy
https://www.forbespharmacy.ca/breast-pump-rentals/
London Drugs Pharmacy
BIRTH POOL RENTALS
Island Home Birth
https://www.islandhomebirth.com/birth-pool-rentals
In Her Wisdom Doula
http://www.inherwisdomdoula.com/birthpoolrental.html
Coastal Lifestyle Photography
https://coastallifestylesphoto.com/BIRTH-POOL-RENTALS/1
* Nesting Doula Collective offers access to free birth pools for our clients.
Harbour City Doulas
https://harbourcitydoulas.com/
TENS MACHINE RENTALS
Mothering Touch
https://www.motheringtouch.ca/rentals/elle-tens/
Wellwise Shoppers Drug Mart
https://www.wellwise.ca/en-ca/services#rentalsection
INFANT CPR TRAINING
Safe Beginnings
SEXUAL ASSAULT / DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Anti Violence Project
https://www.antiviolenceproject.org/
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
Credge Transition House
Haven Society: Nanaimo + Oceanside
HARM REDUCTION
Aids Vancouver Island
http://avi.org/our-services/victoria
Harm Reduction Toolkit
https://harmreduction.org/issues/pregnancy-and-substance-use-a-harm-reduction-toolkit/
FERTILITY
Trans Fertility
Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine
https://pacificfertility.ca/our-locations/victoria
VIDEOS
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All my Babies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2djFnp5h0w&t=1s&ab_channel=LibraryofCongress
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Emotional Home Water Birth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulooVEuiaTo&ab_channel=KathlynCeleste
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Raw and Emotional Unmedicated Home Birth Vlog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcSVaUpG1Pk&ab_channel=DorSack
RESEARCH BASED EVIDENCE
Evidence Based Birth
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/
Birth
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1523536x
International Breastfeeding Journal
https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/
Lamaze International
https://www.lamaze.org/pregnancy-resource
Journal of American Medical Association
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama
PODCASTS
Center for Indigenous Midwifery
https://vimeo.com/user116232527
The Birth Hour
Birth Kweens
https://www.birthkweens.com/episodes/
Birthful Podcast
https://birthful.com/allepisodes/
Evidence Based Birth Podcast
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-based-birth-podcast/
BOOKS FOR PREGNANCY + BIRTH + POSTPARTUM
Ina May’s Guide to ChildbirthWhy Did No One Tell Me This: The Doulas’ (Honest) Guide for Expectant Parents
Nurture
The Birth Partner
Birth Without Fear
A Is for Advice (The Reassuring Kind): Wisdom for Pregnancy
The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth
Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother
The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
A Is for ActivistLittle People, BIG DREAMS Series
We Sang You Home
When We Are Kind
My Heart Fills With Happiness
Antiracist Baby
Peanut Goes for the Gold
"More More More," Said the Baby
Go The Fuck To Sleep