If you're wondering if homebirth is right for you, or how to find the right midwife, you're on the right path. Some next steps to take include:

• Educate yourself about out-of-hospital birth.

  • Read the birth stories on this website and others like it.

  • Read Ina May Gaskin. Check out Citizens for Midwifery.

  • Watch this TedX video with Saraswathi Vedam.

  • Talk to people who have had homebirths.

• Join Meet the Midwives on the second Tuesday of the month from noon - 1:30 pm on Zoom. Register at Natural Resources.

• Meet some midwives. You can find a list of great midwives here.

• Contact me to meet in person

Resources

If you're looking for some resources around your pregnancy, birth and beyond, here are some of the contacts I value.

Acupuncturists:

• Linda Gruber Acupuncture (Sausalito)

• East-West Acupuncture (Glen Park and Bernal Heights)

• SF Community Acupuncture (Mission/16th St)

• Community Acupuncture Works (Mission/24th St)

• Tiny Needles (NOPA)

• Secret Garden Acupuncture (Downtown)

Birth Tub Rentals:

• SF Aqua Doula

• Natural Resources

Chiropractors

• Hayes Valley Wellness

• More Mojo

• Spark Chiropractic

• Northpoint Chiropractic: Eric Rubin
  

Meal Delivery Services

• Three Stone Hearth

• Kitchen Doula

Doulas - Birth

• Collective Hearts Birth: Shannon Padlog

• The Born Collective: Maya, Cherie & Brooke

• Heather Hughes

• Soizig Le Boulch

• Heather Williams

• SF Doula Group

• Gal Givol

• Esther Gallagher

Doulas - Postpartum

• Esther Gallagher

• Beth Rees

• Isa Woodyard

• Sweet Cheeks: Emmylou

Social Media

• Bay Area Homebirth Collective Email List

• Instagram: sbeemw, SFHomebirth Collective, BirthBecomesHer

• Podcast: Doing it at Home

• Podcast: The Birth Hour

• Spinning Babies Your Pregnancy: Week-by-Week email newsletter

• Rockstar Birth (You don’t have to subscribe to the magazine to read lots of good posts, listen to the podcast and more)