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(413) 388-4477

Sacred Start Doulas & Birth Services
  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Contact
  • Community Babyshower
  • Doula Training
  • Community Resources

Doula-Led Community Workshops

"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."

"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."

"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."

 Learn about your healthcare rights, birth options including home birth for low-risk families, informed consent, and your rights regarding your placenta after birth. Gain the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions throughout your pregnancy and birth journey. 

"Postpartum is more than the first 6 weeks..."

"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."

"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."

 Explore what real postpartum recovery looks like beyond the six-week checkup. Learn about physical healing, emotional wellness, rest, nutrition, community support, and cultural postpartum traditions from around the world. Together, we'll discuss nourishing foods, practical self-care, and ways to support your body, mind, and spirit throughout the postpartum journey. 

"Supporting Perinatal Mentally and Emotionally"

"Understanding your body, your rights, and your choices."

"Supporting Perinatal Mentally and Emotionally"

 Explore the emotional journey from a girl's first period through fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, pregnancy loss, and menopause. We'll discuss cultural traditions, stigma, mental wellness, and ways to build support and resilience through life's many transitions. 

Interested in an upcoming workshop?

Contact us to be added to the list! Most workshops will be in person, transportation vouchers may be provided if necessary. Refreshments and child friendly activities are always available.

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Sacred Start Resource Guide

For families in Western Massachusetts + Connecticut

Your Partner in Perinatal Care

Homebirth & Midwifery

  • Seven Sisters Midwifery and Community Birth Center
    → Free-standing birth center with water birth, prenatal + postpartum care
  • River Valley Midwives
    → Homebirth midwife  services serving Western Mass Massachusetts
  • Connecticut Childbirth & Women's Center (Danbury CT Birthing Center

              → Birth center in Southern CT

Hospital Systems

 Western Massachusetts

  • Baystate Medical Center
    → Classes, lactation support, midwives, parenting education  
  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital
    → Known for midwife-integrated hospital births 

Connecticut

  • Manchester Memorial Hospital (part of ECHN)
    → Offers doula support programs within hospital system  
  • Hartford Hospital 
  • Yale New Haven Hospital

Parenting + Family Support (Western MA + CT)

  • Advancing Chicopee Together
    → Family support, WIC, food access, parenting programs  
  • OK2Pause Inc (501c3)
    → 24/7 support for overwhelmed parents  
  • Lucinda's House
    → Support, education, and maternal health resources

Childbirth Education

We offer a personalized "class" during your prenatal doula visits. This educational experience includes demos, labor management, "when to call", know your rights, etc.

Breastfeeding Support

Krystal is a certified Breastfeeding Peer Support Specialist and can assist you or connect you to an IBCLC in your area that accepts your insurance. 

Postpartum Recovery

Our postpartum recovery services will help you heal and regain your strength after delivery, both physically and emotionally.


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