We are a collective of passionate, progressive Latinx doulas who believe every person should have a
Operating as usual
07/19/2022
One of our community partner's msvwatx] is seeking volunteers to help operate their support programs and organize special events through the summer and fall. If you’ve ever wondered how you can show up for Black and brown parents and directly impacted families, we invite you to attend their volunteer orientation next month! Find the registration link in their bio msvwatx]
04/25/2022
Birth Comadres is proud to introduce partera Janixa Ramos Almodóvar CPM, LM. Janixa is Puerto Rican and Spanish speaking serving folks in the greater Austin, TX area. She will be talking about her offerings and answering your questions regarding midwifery care and home births.
Las Birth Comadres estamos orgullosos de presentar a la partera Janixa Ramos Almodóvar CPM, LM. Janixa es puertorriqueña, habla Español y sirve a gente en el área metropolitana de Austin, TX. Hablará sobre sus ofrendas y responderá a sus preguntas sobre su trabajo de Partera y los partos en casa.
03/19/2022
En Círculo is a monthly circle for mamás, folks who want support and/or women who simply want to be in community, be heard and seen in a safe environment during this time of change and awakening with our Madre Tierra.
We thrive in comunidad and our healing space is safe to share and learn to connect with our sacred hearts, elements, and the love of our ancestors.
This month's theme, Reset & Reconnect: Spring into self-care w/ el Rebozo
Host + guest speaker, Irasema Reza Bailey, will be talking about the cosmovision of the rebozo and going over a brief history and the importance of self-care using this unique cloth.
This is an opportunity to give yourself permission to reset and learn practices of self-care for your wellbeing.
We are not alone and when we reconnect with others, the elements, and with our mind, body & spirit, we allow space in the subconscious mind to evolve.
Get your círculo pass aquí:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/301962908187
03/18/2022
In this workshop with Irasema Reza Bailey, we will be talking about the cosmovision of the rebozo and go over brief history and the importance of textiles and weaving to the indigenous people of Mexico. We hope you can join us!
Visit www.razapsychology.org to register & learn more!
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03/04/2022
We’re here to answer any questions related to pregnancy, birth or postpartum. We’ll share how we can support you through the process and what it means to hire a Birth Comadre.
Register here:
https://www.birthcomadres.com
Nos vemos!
02/02/2022
We’re here to answer any questions related to pregnancy, birth or postpartum. We’ll share how we can support you through the process and what it means to hire a Birth Comadre.
Register here:
https://www.birthcomadres.com/event-info/comadre-meet-up-2022-02-05-11-00
Nos vemos!
12/31/2021
Adiós 👋🏽 2021 ~ we are grateful to all of you who supported us this year. It’s been an honor to be a part of your arrival journeys. 👶🏽
Our first Saturday meet up has been moved to 2nd Saturday for January only. Please invite anyone interested to come meet us 1/8/22. Register on our website: birthcomadres.com 🤰🏽
Wishing you and beloved a feliz año nuevo filled and abundance of peace, love and pan dulce 😊 Sending you all mucho amor ✨💕
12/03/2021
It’s 1st Saturday, 12/4/21, join us!
Birth Comadres holds free monthly meetups for pregnant folks looking for support during their birth journey.
Register on our website to join us for an info session and learn more about who the Birth Comadres are, and how we differ from other birth worker collectives.
We are here to answer all yours and your partner’s questions too!
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Birth Comadres organiza reuniones mensuales gratuitas para embarazadas que buscan apoyo durante su viaje de parto. Regístrese en nuestro sitio web para unirse a nosotros en una sesión de información y aprender más sobre quiénes son las Birth Comadres y en qué nos diferenciamos de otros colectivos de trabajadores de partos.
También estamos aquí para responder a todas sus y su parejas preguntas!
10/24/2021
🤰🏽🤰🏼🤰🏿We love our mamás ♥️💜💙
58 Stunning Photos That Show The Bond Between Moms And Doulas These images capture the amazing bond between moms and doulas.
10/23/2021
We believe, the more support provided by the community to birthing folks the more likely they will be involved in their community. Which is essential to creating sustainable change in our communities and societies.
We feel it's important that all birthing people have access to care and support especially the undocumented community. Austin is a "Sanctuary City" and we have a large community of undocumented people, who often have trouble advocating for themselves due to living in fear of deportation.
Birth Comadres new project "Home away from Home" or "Cuidado como en Casa" will offer recovery body care after baby or loss of pregnancy. This will include womb/abdominal care, binding/fajadas and rebozo movements. We will offer herbal support and provide the binders and rebozo. This type of care is birthing person centered care not just baby care. We are aware of the physical changes of the body during the birthing process and how it affects our emotional wellbeing. Intentionally listening and holding space for their transition into parents in a new place.
10/19/2021
Nos vemos Wed at 6pm!
We love sharing postpartum care and can’t wait to answer all your preguntas??.
And if you haven’t heard about our latest project, join us as we’ll be sharing más.
Also, we hold monthly meet ups the first Sat of the month. Another chance to get to know the Birth Comadres.
You can register for both through our website birthcomadres.com
10/15/2021
Planned home birth presents little risk where midwifery is well-integrated In the state of Washington, a planned home birth with a licensed midwife is just as safe as a birth at a licensed birth centre.
10/12/2021
Con Bebé - With 👶🏽 Bundle
❤️5m Rebozo (cut and labeled by Indígena mami in AZ, fair trade fabrics from Mexico & Guatemala)
💛Red and arcoíris calaca mask (from Mexico)
🤎Leather zapatitos (hecho by Maestro Wash de Tenochtitlan)
💙Bombones (Donated from Nuevo Laredo)
💜60 min bodywork session (Donated .martinez.2559 Birth Comadre)
Raffle ticket: 37
Pay via Venmo -DoulaCollective
PayPal [email protected]
Por favor include your name, contact and bundle name - Con Bebe
Winners will be announced November 1st.
If you know any pregnant undocumented folks that could use of support after birth please send them our way. [email protected] 512-831-6606
10/12/2021
La Sirena 🧜🏾♀️Bundle
🤍Quechquemetl/ Mañanita de manta (beaded fringe)
🧡Orange Wallet
💚Deep green Chalina
💛Espejo/ compact mirror 🪞
(All above from Doña Nati Sánchez de Tenancingo 5th generation of weavers)
🤎Frida coasters $(Donated from Nuevo Laredo)
Raffle ticket: $33
10/12/2021
Luna 🌜 Divina Bundle
💜Purple rebozo blusa (Doña Nati Sánchez de Tenancingo 5th generation of weavers)
💓Magenta mother of pearl moon earrings
💛La luna bag
(Earrings and bag artesanías de Mexico, donated by Abuela Yaotonalcuauhtli)
🧡Floral embroidered rebozo (de Oaxaca, donated )
Raffle tickets: $28 each
Pay via Venmo -DoulaCollective
PayPal [email protected]
Por favor include your name, contact and bundle name - La Luna Divina
Winners will be announced November 1st.
10/12/2021
La Magia - The Magic Bundle 🪄
❤️Red with black Calaca 💀mask (from Mexico)
💛Chal bordado Yellow Black (hecho en Hueyapan, Puebla familia Salvador Martinez, through Todo Fresh)
🖤Valerina Black and yellow head band (Doña Nati Sánchez de Tenancingo 5th generation of weavers)
🤍Loose incense (Natty D🍄] )
🤎Mullein torches 3 pack (Natty D🍄] )
Raffle tickets: $22 each
Pay via Venmo -DoulaCollective
PayPal [email protected]
Please include your name, contact and preferred bundle name - La Magia.
Winners will be announced November 1st!
If you know any pregnant undocumented folks that could use of support after birth please send them our way. [email protected] 512-831-6606
10/12/2021
The Birth Comadres has been honored to receive partial funding from the Start the Wave initiative!
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With this funding Birth Comadres will be able to offer body care after birth/loss of pregnancy for undocumented folks in the Austin, TX area.
We only received partial funding and have to put together these raffle bundles to help with the rest of the funds to work with 15 families. We need to raise $3500. If these bundles do not appeal to you we always welcome monetary donations. 💸
Pay through Venmo: -DoulaCollective PayPal: [email protected] with your name, contact and preferred bundle.
Winners will be announced November 1st 🥇
If you know any pregnant undocumented folks that could use of support after birth please send them our way. 🙏🏽[email protected] 512-831-6606
(Individual raffle packages to follow with more details of what’s included and the special folks who donated…gracias.)
09/28/2021
Birth Comadres holds free monthly meetups for pregnant folks looking for support during their birth journey.
Register on our website to join us for an info session and learn more about who the Birth Comadres are, and how we differ from other birth worker collectives.
We are here to answer all your questions too.
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Birth Comadres organiza reuniones mensuales gratuitas para embarazadas que buscan apoyo durante su viaje de parto. Regístrese en nuestro sitio web para unirse a nosotros en una sesión de información y aprender más sobre quiénes son las Birth Comadres y en qué nos diferenciamos de otros colectivos de trabajadores de partos.
También estamos aquí para responder a todas sus preguntas.
09/24/2021
☑️ 2021 Austin Birth Awards
What an honor to be on the judging panel for this year’s honorees, and to meet more of our empowering Birth comunidad workers.
A fun and inspiring evening with a little Latin dance 💃🏽 in the mix. TY Partners in Parenting!
09/24/2021
☑️ 2021 Austin Birth Awards
What an honor to be on the judging panel for this year’s honorees, and to meet more of our empowering Birth comunidad workers.
A fun and inspiring evening with a little Latin dance 💃🏽 in the mix. TY Partners in Parenting!
09/22/2021
Guess who made the list 😉
Check out all the amazing talented people
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09/21/2021
Nos vemos Wed at 6pm! We’re excited to introduce our partera comadre Felisa for our Ask the Partera portion of our talk.
We also hold monthly meet ups the first Sat of the month. You can register through our website birthcomadres.com
09/02/2021
*En Español en adelante
Birth Comadres Doula Collective holds free monthly meetups for pregnant folks looking for support during their birth experience.
In this info session we will go over:
What is a birth companion/doula; We are not midwives
Who are the Birth Comadres and how we differ from other doula collectives
How our identity can have an effect on our care
We are here to answer all your questions
Birth Comadres Doula Collective organiza reuniones mensuales gratuitas para embarazadas que buscan apoyo durante su experiencia de parto.
En esta sesión informativa repasaremos:
Que es un compañera de nacimiento o doula y como es diferente de una partera; No somos parteras
Quien somos; Las Birth Comadres
¿Cómo podemos ayudarte a tener una mejor experiencia de parto/nacimiento?
Cómo nuestra identidad puede afectar nuestro cuidado de salud
Estamos aqui para aydar con todas tus preguntas
08/21/2021
We are grateful to announce this special opportunity to offer postpartum care that feels like home away from home for undocumented people in our communities.
Because we have been working with the underserved community since before our inception, as volunteers and birth workers for non profits who offer free birth care, we were made aware of the community needs and desire to fill in the gaps in the continuum of care.
The funds that Start the Wave have provided us will go towards our Postpartum care packages, which include a series of in-home body care sessions with the traditional Mexican rebozo, herbal remedies, more and most importantly, holding space for birth processing with awareness and sensitivity to their culture and traditions.
Culture and traditions are an important part of the birthing process and healing. Better birth outcomes and postpartum care can create a shift on how that birthing person and baby view themselves nd how they can now move forward as members of the comunidad.
We believe all people deserve positive birthing experiences and postpartum care.
Please PM us if you're aware of an undocumented family in need of this type of care.
Gracias,
Birth Comadres
08/21/2021
We are grateful to announce this special opportunity to offer postpartum care that feels like home away from home for undocumented people in our communities.
Because we have been working with the underserved community since before our inception, as volunteers and birth workers for non profits who offer free birth care, we were made aware of the community needs and desire to fill in the gaps in the continuum of care.
The funds that Start the Wave have provided us will go towards our Postpartum care packages, which include a series of in-home body care sessions with the traditional Mexican rebozo, herbal remedies, more and most importantly, holding space for birth processing with awareness and sensitivity to their culture and traditions.
Culture and traditions are an important part of the birthing process and healing. Better birth outcomes and postpartum care can create a shift on how that birthing person and baby view themselves nd how they can now move forward as members of the comunidad.
We believe all people deserve positive birthing experiences and postpartum care.
Please PM us if you're aware of an undocumented family in need of this type of care.
Gracias,
Birth Comadres
08/17/2021
Join us for our monthly platica this Wednesday, 6 pm/cst.
To register, please visit our website (www.birthcomadres.com) for more info.
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08/17/2021
Join us for our monthly platica this Wednesday, 6 pm/cst.
To register, please visit our website (www.birthcomadres.com) for more info.
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07/21/2021
Join us for our monthly platica this evening, 6 pm/cst.
Check out our website (www.birthcomadres.com) for more info and to register.
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06/30/2021
Are you pregnant or know someone who is?
Please share the following link to RSVP to our monthly meet up:
https://www.birthcomadres.com/event-info/meet-the-birth-comadres-8
Come meet the Birth Comadres and learn how we can support you and your family through the pregnancy, birth, postpartum or loss.
We look forward to connecting with you this Sabado/Sat. via Zoom.
02/12/2021
We follow the guidance of our ancestors who were
taught that a person goes through many spiritual shifts throughout their lifetime, each unique in its own right.
At conception, the womb carrier starts the bearer of life ceremony. Each individual has their own rituals that are made up of your life experiences. Which do have common components like nutrition, the way you care for your changing body, the birth process and creating community.
We as your doula, comadre, can guide you through this life changing ceremonial stage of your life.
We are the only collective fully formed and run by bilingual Latina birth companions in the greater Austin area. We came together to create something that would foster community as well as empower families. We all either work for or volunteer for nonprofits who work with under-served communities, our communities. We've worked with nonprofit organizations such as Mama Sana Vibrant Women, GALS, Casa Marianella, Safe Place and more. These organizations can help pregnant people have better birth outcomes. When there are better birth outcomes, that can creates a shift on how that birthing person and baby move forward as a family, as members of the community. We feel all people deserve positive birthing experiences.
Co·ma·dre [ko máa dray] NOUN
Literal translation from the Spanish language is; co-mother. It's used to show respect to a close friend or comrade. Typically reserved to identify someone who has a special shared responsibility with you, it can also be the person you selected to be the godmother of your child.
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