Are You Pregnant?

If you’re pregnant, now is the time to let your hospital know what you’re hoping will be available when you’re in labor. If you don’t know what these options are, we’re here to answer your questions. And if you need a doula, you’ve come to the right place!

Print a letter to your intended hospital before your birth

Take this opportunity to help improve the way births happen in hospitals.

Make your decisions while you’re pregnant, not when you’re in labor, exhausted, confused, and scared. If you don’t know what your options are, you don’t have any. If you wait until you get to the hospital to make decisions, it’s too late! If you need help understanding what your options are, we can help. Learn from an award winning doula who has attended more than 700 births since 1996. Learn to recognize, understand, and navigate your hospital birth!

Whether you’ve had a baby, are expecting, or planning to be, your voice matters through the Letters Project. It only takes a few minutes to share your preferences and print your personalized letter. Simply mail it to your hospital’s administrator to make your voice heard. And remember, every better birth begins with prenatal education and the support of a doula.

Step 1: Preliminary Information

Fields marked * are required.

First Name *

Last Name *

Address *

Address Line 1

City

State

Zip Code

Hospital *

Expected Delivery Date *

I expect to wear my own clothes instead of a hospital gown during labor and birth

I will prepare a list of preferences (birth plan) for my birth

I would like to be allowed to eat during labor if I am hungry

I plan to use movement and gravity to promote and encourage adequate labor contractions and help the baby descend

I plan to labor in the shower

I hope to be able to labor in a tub at the hospital.

I hope to be able to give birth in a tub at the hospital

I hope to have the services of a midwife at my hospital birth

Are you planning an unmedicated birth?

I want to have photos taken of my birth by a family member, doula or professional photographer

I expect to be allowed full rooming in with my baby

I hope to have skin-to-skin contact with my baby immediately following the birth

I would like the opportunity to initiate laid-back or baby-led newborn feeding techniques on my own, as long as the baby and I are able to do so.

Captcha *

What is the fifth letter of the alphabet?

Name