The Collaborative Doula Collective

The Collaborative Doula Collective A dynamic and supportive community of passionate birthworkers.

The Collaborative Doula Collective has grown from its roots in supporting families in the London, ON area to now serving communities across southwestern Ontario.

Be empowered. Be informed. Birth your way.WTF Prenatal isn’t your typical prenatal class.No scripts.No one-size-fits-all...
04/02/2026

Be empowered. Be informed. Birth your way.

WTF Prenatal isn’t your typical prenatal class.

No scripts.

No one-size-fits-all advice.

No pressure to birth a certain way.

This is a real, raw, and interactive experience designed to meet you exactly where you are.

Whether you’re planning a home birth, hospital birth, working with a midwife, doctor, or doula…

this class is about your choices, your body, and your confidence.

Inside, we go deeper than the basics:
🌿 understanding your options (all of them)
🌿 building trust in your body and intuition
🌿 learning comfort measures that actually work
🌿 navigating informed consent and decision-making
🌿 creating a flexible birth plan that reflects you
🌿 preparing for postpartum, not just birth

Because birth doesn’t follow a script.

And there is no “right” way, only your way.

This is the kind of education that leaves you feeling grounded, informed, and ready, no matter how your birth unfolds.

✨ Join us from wherever you are

Private + group options available (in-person & virtual)

Ever found yourself wondering… what is the Collaborative Doula Collective all about? 👀🌿This is your chance to peek behin...
04/01/2026

Ever found yourself wondering… what is the Collaborative Doula Collective all about? 👀🌿

This is your chance to peek behind the curtain.
Our founder, Amy, is hosting a Discovery Call where you can come as you are, ask questions, and get a feel for what we’re building together.

No pressure. No expectations.

Just a conversation.

Whether you’re:

• curious about joining

• looking for community

• wanting to expand your work

• or just feeling that little pull toward something more…

This space is for you.

✨ Friday, April 3rd at 10AM

Come chat, connect, and see what we’re all about.

You might just find exactly what you didn’t know you were looking for.

💌 DM us for the link

Join Delanie, doula and co-owner of The Collaborative Doula Collective, for our upcoming virtual group classes!We have t...
03/17/2026

Join Delanie, doula and co-owner of The Collaborative Doula Collective, for our upcoming virtual group classes!

We have two WTF Prenatal classes and one WTF Lactation class coming up in April on Zoom. Grab a snack, a warm beverage, get cozy and learn all about birth and/or lactation from the comfort of your own home.

If you are an expectant parent, we would love to see you there! The sweet spot to take a class is during your second trimester, but you are always welcome any time 🤍

Why WTF? Because we know that's what you're whispering under your breath when people drop more information and opinions in your lap 😉

Register on our website. Link in bio.

Investment: $150 + HST

Today we're celebrating the IBCLCs on our team ♡An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant is the gold standa...
03/05/2026

Today we're celebrating the IBCLCs on our team ♡

An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant is the gold standard when it comes to infant feeding support. From latching challenges to pumping questions, supply concerns, or more complex feeding journeys, IBCLCs bring both deep clinical knowledge and compassionate care to the families they support.

Feeding your baby isn't always easy and no one should have to navigate it alone.

We're incredibly grateful to have IBCLCs within The Collaborative Doula Collective who are dedicated to meeting families exactly where they are, offering guidance, reassurance, and support every step of the way.

We also thank them for answering our doulas questions and helping us trouble shoot with clients within our own doula scope. Collaborative care in it's truest form.

To our IBCLCs: thank you for the patience, wisdom, and heart you bring to this work. The impact you have on families is immeasurable.

If you're looking for feeding support, our IBCLCs are here to help. Send us a message to learn more about working with our team.

There are books you read.And then there are books that read you back.Over the next couple of months, The Collective Thou...
02/13/2026

There are books you read.

And then there are books that read you back.

Over the next couple of months, The Collective Thoughts Book Club is diving into Thriving Postpartum: Embracing the Indigenous Wisdom of La Cuarentena by Pānquetzani and this one is not a skim and shelf situation. This is a slow sip. A margin-filled. Highlighter in hand. Circle up and unpack it kind of read.

This book invites us to rethink postpartum not as something to “bounce back” from, but as a sacred threshold. A season of protection. Nourishment. Community. Ceremony. It brings forward traditional Indigenous wisdom around La Cuarentena and asks us, as doulas, birth workers, parents, and advocates:

What would it look like if we truly honoured postpartum as a rite of passage?

What if thriving was the expectation, not survival?

And here is the part we are most excited about…

✨ On April 26th from 5 to 7 PM EST on Zoom, we will be joined LIVE by the author herself, Pānquetzani, alongside Amy Silva, Founder of The Collaborative Doula Collective, for an open and powerful conversation about the book.

We will:
• Reflect on key teachings from the text
• Explore how this wisdom can shape modern postpartum care
• Ask questions directly to the author
• Sit in dialogue about culture, ceremony, rest, and reclamation
And so much more!

This gathering is open to everyone. Doulas. Midwives. Birth workers. Parents. Students. Community members. If postpartum matters to you, you belong in this room.

Come as you are.
Bring your questions.
Bring your curiosity.
Bring your reverence for the fourth trimester.

Let’s move beyond surviving postpartum.
Let’s talk about thriving.

Save the date:
📚 April 26th
⏰ 5 to 7 PM EST
💻 Live on Zoom

Registration details in the link in bio.

Tag someone who needs to be in this conversation.

Supporting Black birth is not a moment. It’s a commitment. February 2026 and beyond. 🖤In this powerful reflection, Keega...
02/02/2026

Supporting Black birth is not a moment. It’s a commitment. February 2026 and beyond. 🖤

In this powerful reflection, Keegan Prempeh reminds us that perinatal and infant well-being is deeply tied to social justice, cultural safety, and whose voices are centered in care.

This blog explores what it really means to show up for Black families through advocacy, systemic change, and sustained action, not just performative solidarity.

Read Supporting Black Birth: February 2026 and Beyond on our website.
Link in bio.

Learn. Reflect. Commit.


Birth and death are not opposites.They are thresholds.Places where time slows.Where breath is held.Where who we were beg...
01/28/2026

Birth and death are not opposites.

They are thresholds.
Places where time slows.

Where breath is held.

Where who we were begins to loosen,

and who we are becoming waits quietly nearby.
This is where doula work lives.

Not in perfect outcomes or tidy stories,

but in presence. In dignity. In being willing

to stay when things are tender, uncertain, and real.

The Collaborative Doula Collective was built from this same knowing; that care is not meant to be siloed,
and those who hold others through life's biggest crossings
also deserve to be held.

From Hope to Legacy was born from this knowing.
Every birth begins with hope.
Every death leaves a legacy.
And everything in between asks us to show up—together.

This conference is a gathering for those who work at these crossings.
A space for learning, remembering, grieving, celebrating,
and telling the truth about the care we offer and the care we need.
Not just honoring moments.

Honouring thresholds.
Because none of us are meant to hold them alone. 🤍

We are *so* excited to be hosting a Spinning Babies® Workshop with Lisa Cryderman right here in our community. This work...
01/27/2026

We are *so* excited to be hosting a Spinning Babies® Workshop with Lisa Cryderman right here in our community.

This workshop invites a powerful shift in perspective by asking one simple, game changing question: Where’s baby? From there, everything opens. New ways to understand labour progress. New tools to support physiology. Less force. More ease. More room.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
• Support comfort in pregnancy and ease in childbirth
• Improve fetal positioning without manipulating the baby
• Identify challenges sooner and respond gently
• Work with the body’s innate ability to create space and resolve dystocia

Whether you’re a doula, midwife, nurse, educator, or birth worker of any kind, this training offers a practical, embodied lens that can truly change how you show up in birth spaces.

💬 What’s one labour pattern or challenge you’re most curious to understand differently this year? Drop it in the comments.

🎟 Save this post, share it with your birth work bestie, and join us for a day of learning that just might change everything.


Doulas, can we talk about the obsession with being busy?Packed calendars. Overflowing inquiries. Saying yes even when yo...
01/26/2026

Doulas, can we talk about the obsession with being busy?

Packed calendars. Overflowing inquiries. Saying yes even when your body whispers no. It's becoming the norm, and it's burning doulas our faster than ever.

Here's the truth that isn't said enough:
🔥 A burnt-out doula cannot offer grounded, ethical care.
🔥 Saying no is an act of love; for you and your clients.
🔥 Rest is a radical refusal to treat yourself as infinite.
🔥 Community matters. Referrals matter. Boundaries matter.

Seasoned doulas: welcome the newer ones.
New doulas: know that you belong in this work.
All doulas: you are not meant to do this alone.

Before you take on one more inquiry, ask yourself: "If this were my client, what would I advise them to do?"

Honour that answer. Honour yourself.

Busy isn't better. Being well is.

Read more of our thoughts on our blog. Link in bio!

✨ We’re so excited to announce this incredible learning opportunity!✨We are honoured to be welcoming Barbara Harper—inte...
01/26/2026

✨ We’re so excited to announce this incredible learning opportunity!✨

We are honoured to be welcoming Barbara Harper—internationally recognized pioneer of waterbirth and gentle birth—for a 2-Day Waterbirth & Gentle Birth Training 💧🤍

This expert-led training is designed for birth workers who want to deepen their knowledge, confidence, and practical skills in supporting safe, evidence-based waterbirth and gentle birth practices. With decades of experience and global impact, learning directly from Barbara is truly something special.

📅 Sunday & Monday | April 26 & 27, 2026
📍 Location: TBA
🎟 Tickets are officially ON SALE! (Link in BIO)

Whether you’re a doula, midwife, nurse, or birth professional, this is a powerful opportunity to learn, connect, and grow your practice alongside others who care deeply about physiological, respectful birth.

👉 Link to register is in our bio
💌 Or send us a DM if you have questions or want more info!

We cannot wait to share this space with you 💙
ContinuingEducation WaterbirthTraining 

The holidays can be beautiful, and they can also be overwhelming.Expectations rise. Emotional bandwidth shrinks. Old wou...
12/17/2025

The holidays can be beautiful, and they can also be overwhelming.

Expectations rise. Emotional bandwidth shrinks. Old wounds resurface. New boundaries become necessary.

Whether you’re navigating fertility challenges, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, grief, or loss, you’re allowed to protect your peace this season.

✨ You’re allowed to say no.
✨ You’re allowed to choose rest.
✨ You’re allowed to skip traditions that hurt.
✨ You’re allowed to keep your plans private.
✨ You’re allowed to set limits that make you feel safe and supported.

Your boundaries are not a burden. They are an act of care; for you, your baby, your healing, and your heart.

If this season feels tender, heavy, or complicated, the Collaborative Doula Collective is here to support you with grounding guidance, emotional care, and space to breathe.

You don’t have to navigate the holidays alone.

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