Village Prenatal and Postpartum Care in a Private Community

By coming together in the PRIVATE realm, we agree to protect each other’s health information and sovereign choices. Each month we’ll share a pot luck lunch, Q&A through an educational discussion, and engage in some actual care.

On the last Saturday of each month (except December), we’ll meet in a cozy home environment from 11am to 1pm.

We'll share a pot luck lunch, talk about all things birth, ask, share, find answers, and care about you and your baby. 

If you like, we can share some some gentle prenatal and postpartum care. You can learn how to listen to your own baby with a fetoscope, track your own health information with self testing of bp or blood glucose, find out what the numbers mean and what you can do to optimise your health. You can bring your baby and get support for breastfeeding and your postpartum recovery.

We'll then say goodbye with some answers to questions, a full tummy, and new friends. 

Each session will be facilitated by Traditional Birth Companions.

All women who are looking for meaningful connection around our childbearing experiences are welcome. Babies are also welcome.

The Village Prenatal Community is a private social group of The Hive Collective – a Private Member Association. Private Member Associations bring together like-minded people who would like to keep their private affairs private, without the involvement of regulatory agencies or government overreach.

We offer this community as part of our commitment to creating safer, saner, and healthier options for pregnancy and birth care. We believe in the power of connection and the healing benefits of coming together as a community.  

Rather than just having a few minutes with a licensed practitioner, the Village Prenatal Community connects women  in a hospitable and private space to share with each other, laugh, eat, ask and answer, and create lasting friendships as they grow in holistic wellness. 

If you’re not already a member of The Hive Collective PMA, in order to attend these village prenatal gatherings, you’ll need to agree to our community guidelines and make a one-time donation of $10 to The Hive Collective. Our guidelines ensure we’re protecting each other’s health information, acknowledge we’re all responsible for our own choices, and understand that this isn’t that. We’re not engaging in medical, midwifery, or nursing care under the Health Disciplines Act. Your one-time donation helps to keep our lights on at the Collective. Existing members of the Collective can skip this part.

As a member of the Village Prenatal Community, you may attend as many or as few sessions that work for you. Each session you attend will require a donation that compensates your elders. The minimum donation is $40 paid in cash or e-transfer before the session begins. Donation requirements are subject to change.

We're here to meet your needs for community, connection, and care. We'll talk about issues that matter to you. 

Here are some topics that we’ve found are often appreciated:

1. Fertility awareness and tracking your cycle 

2. Prenatal nutrition & supplements 

3. Is birth safe? The colonisation of our lady-bits 

4. Using a rebozo and other techniques for labour

5. Caesarean prevention 

6. Prenatal testing – what’s helpful & what’s not

7. Unpacking inductions 

8. The real stages of labour

9. How to rock a VBAC 

10. Preventing & stopping a haemorrhage 

11. Early days postpartum 

12. Breastfeeding essentials

13. The baby wants to breathe 

14. Postpartum moods and their disorders 

15. Recovering from birth trauma

16. Creating a birth plan that works

17.  Unassisted / family birth