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to the Village

A sacred & safe space for expectant women and families in St. Louis!

Jamaa Birth Village 4th Annual winter Hibernation

Beginning December 16, 2024, to January 15, 2025, Jamaa Birth Village will pause services to reflect, recharge, and prepare to serve our community with love in the new year. We’re so grateful to be able to take deep restorative rest for ourselves. We’ll still be available for urgent needs—just email us. Otherwise, we’ll see you in 2025 with exciting updates and offerings!

Jamaa Birth Village provides culturally-congruent traditional Midwifery care for Saint Louis area families. Our two-year family care model brings together evidence-based Midwifery + Doula Care, Perinatal Mental Health Support, Breastfeeding Education, Holistic Therapies, Childbirth Education, Family Support Services and so much more!

In the past year, Jamaa families have experienced:

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Vaginal Births
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Full-Term Births
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Breastfeeding at Discharge
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Maternal-Infant Mortality

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 2024

Our Goal: $3,600,000!

Help us expand our current model of care from a traditional Midwifery-Doula care practice, to a birthing and postpartum retreat center model.

Currently there are zero freestanding birth centers in Missouri, a state with rising negative birthing outcomes and disparities, ranking 44th in the nation for maternal deaths. 84% of maternal mortality deaths are preventable, with mental health, SUDS and DV accounting for most deaths. Due to historic mistreatment, disrespect, bias and racism towards Black women, they are 4x more likely to not survive childbirth, in hospital settings. Join us in building a new model of care in St. Louis!

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CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 2024

HELP US Transform Birth for Black Families in Saint Louis

10 Years of Creating Black Birth Excellence in St.Louis

OUR MISSION:Jamaa Birth Village exists to improve reproductive health outcomes, focused on the elimination of birth disparities by lowering prematurity, maternal-infant morbidity and mortality for Black women and babies, through education and a holistic network of health professionals and peers.

MIDWIFERY CARE

Having a baby? Jamaa provides comforting and attentive Midwifery care in pregnancy and postpartum together with skilled doula support during birth. Accepting new patients in June.

DOULA CARE

The Jamaa Birth Village Doula Team includes highly trained, skilled childbirth professionals who are experts in culturally-led maternity care.

DOULA TRAINING

Jamaa Birth Village's Community Doula Training is funded by the Safer Childbirth Cities Initiative and taught by our experienced staff Doulas.

childbirth education

Jamaa's Childbirth Empowerment & Education© class, is centered on individual body awareness and building confidence & trust for the pregnant person and birth team.

OUR RESPONSE TO THE BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS:

African American women are 3 times more likely to die of causes related to pregnancy.

SOLUTION: We provide culturally competent, comprehensive midwifery and doula care through pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

African American babies are 2 times more likely to die before their 1st birthday than white babies.

SOLUTION: Our Jamaa Succeeds Family Support Program provides social, physical and emotional wellness support for two full years so families can thrive.

Less than 2% of our nation’s midwives are Black.

SOLUTION: Our small & mighty staff of midwives and doulas provides Black-led, culturally congruent care to Saint Louis families of color.

Honoring Birth - Empowering Families

Save the dates April 11th-16th for Jamaa’s annual Black Maternal Health Week Celebrations