Resources
Reading
Labor Prep:
Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body by Erica Chidi
The Birth Partner: Sixth Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions by Penny Simkin
Postpartum Prep:
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou
Thriving Postpartum by Panquetzani
The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson
Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition by Lily Nichols
Fertility and TTC:
Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be by Kristin Liam Kali
Baby Making for Everybody by Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman
Lactation:
Lactation for the Rest of Us: A Guide for Queer and Trans Parents and Helpers by Jacob Engelsman
Community
Families of Color:
Families of Color Seattle: Families of Color Seattle (FOCS) connects families, caregivers, and children of color through peer-led parent support groups, spaces to share culture, skills, and resources, and racial justice education and advocacy.
BLKBRY: A Black-owned and operated Free-Standing Doula Center, and unapologetically and explicitly serving Black people and families. We are building an intergenerational holistic wellness and healing space centering Blackness.
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle: MÁS creates, activates, and strengthens spaces for the connection and healing of individuals and communities through Afro-diasporic ancestral art and values, promoting awareness about the history and cultural contributions of Black, Afro-descendant, AfroIndigenous, Afro-diasporic, Afrolatino, Améfricano peoples from Abya Yala, for social change and racial equity.
Open Arms Perinatal Services: Since 1997, Open Arms has provided community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting to nurture strong foundations to last a lifetime. Through doula care, childbirth education, lactation counseling, and new parent support, we help birthing families achieve important milestones, strengthen parent-baby bonding, and boost long-term parenting skills.
Casa Latina: Nuestro Programa de Educación, Centro de Trabajadores, Comité de Defensa de los Trabajadores y los programas de liderazgo se centran en brindar capacitación, conocimiento y apoyo necesario para que nuestras comunidades avancen hacia una mayor autosuficiencia.
South King County Mutual Aid: We are a collective of people from neighborhoods and communities within the region of South King County & the Eastside building community care and power. We formed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide support to those impacted by the pandemic. We share resources, support survivors in safety planning, and work to provide basic needs to folks, which include groceries, help paying bills, and forming fundraisers for those who need it. We center our work in abolition, that those most harmed by systems of power must be centered in creating new ways of caring for each other, and that our liberation AND our wellbeing are interconnected.
Super Familia King County: Unaccompanied and Undocumented Mutual Aid group working throughout King County to support migrant youth and children.