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Let It Be Birth was founded in 2008 as one place for all families to find many types of perinatal support in the greater Seattle area including King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. We have two outstanding birth doula partnerships, engaging childbirth education classes, postpartum doulas with lactation training and certifications in infant sleep, plus doula trainings with Birth Arts.
All of our doulas are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as of February 2021
Our core values in action:
We offer scholarships and discounted fees both for families of color who need childbirth education and for aspiring doulas of color who want to enroll in trainings with Kate Dewey.
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Throughout our website, paperwork and all media and handouts, we use gender inclusive language and support all birthing genders and family structures.
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A portion of all of our profits go to support this organization helping to train midwives and increase the level of perinatal care in Haiti. Read more about our partnership with them here.
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In March of 2020, Jane Drichta and Kate Dewey teamed up with Camie Jae Goldhammer MSW, LICSW, IBCLC of Daybreak Star Doulas to create a Pandemic Response Advanced Doula Training and are offering it FREE to community doulas and doulas in training. Click Here to access the classroom and materials.
Our doulas doing what they love...
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Okay... why "Let It Be" and what is with the sloths?
The vision for "Let It Be" comes from a variety of sources beginning with Morgan, our dear friend and one of the original doulas in our collective. Morgan and Kate were in the same childbirth class in 2006 with one of the areas most loved instructors, Liz Chalmers, who used the "Let It Be" mantra while guiding her students through birth preparation. When Morgan and Kate decided to form this doula collective, they envisioned a place were doulas were free to work solo or in partnerships and they guide each other through their unique passions within this collective, providing support and a safe space for growth. Supported doulas support their clients best! We firmly believe that ALL birth preferences deserve the same support:
"Let it be...
.... their birth, their way, with their goals in mind."
(psst...this means that we support you no matter where you give birth and wether or not you want pain meds asap or if you want nothing to do with them... your body, your choice!)
We also really just love the Beatles and the line, "And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, 'let it be." It really spoke to us as doulas and birthing mothers who have been in that state of darkness that birth can bring. We relied on the wise voices of our birth team to bring us through that and truly just let each of our births play out as they needed to. Sometimes that meant interventions, or listening to our fears and releasing them... we trust ourselves and we trust the process.
And the sloths?
Ahhhh... the sloths. Cute, right? This was the brainchild of KC and her graphic designer husband, Jeremy. Often in labor, we forget that our bodies know what to do and we are quick to rush the process and frustrated when it takes longer than expected. The sloth, for us, is a mantra in and of itself, reminding us to slow down and trust the birthing body. It is smart and going slow is often the best way to get it done! We decided to make our sloth gender neutral and added a little baby sloth on its chest to make sure all families feel safe birthing with us. Your family is welcome!
"Let it be...
.... their birth, their way, with their goals in mind."
(psst...this means that we support you no matter where you give birth and wether or not you want pain meds asap or if you want nothing to do with them... your body, your choice!)
We also really just love the Beatles and the line, "And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, 'let it be." It really spoke to us as doulas and birthing mothers who have been in that state of darkness that birth can bring. We relied on the wise voices of our birth team to bring us through that and truly just let each of our births play out as they needed to. Sometimes that meant interventions, or listening to our fears and releasing them... we trust ourselves and we trust the process.
And the sloths?
Ahhhh... the sloths. Cute, right? This was the brainchild of KC and her graphic designer husband, Jeremy. Often in labor, we forget that our bodies know what to do and we are quick to rush the process and frustrated when it takes longer than expected. The sloth, for us, is a mantra in and of itself, reminding us to slow down and trust the birthing body. It is smart and going slow is often the best way to get it done! We decided to make our sloth gender neutral and added a little baby sloth on its chest to make sure all families feel safe birthing with us. Your family is welcome!
Areas we serve: Seattle, Magnolia, Queen Anne, Ballard, Fremont, Ravenna, Green Lake, West Seattle, Des Moines, Kent, Renton, Tacoma, Auburn, Enumclaw, Issaquah, Factoria, Eastgate, Sammamish, Mercer Island, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Woodinville, Bothell, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Mountlake Terrace, Brier, Everett, Mukilteo, Arlington, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Monroe, Gold Bar, Sultan and Mt. Vernon. We attend births at Overlake, Evergreen, Northwest, Swedish Ballard, Edmonds and First Hill, Providence Everett, Group Health, University of Washington, Valley Medical Center, Puget Sound Midwives & Birth Center, Center for Birth, Eastside Birth Center, Cascade Midwives & Birth Center, Center for Birth, Sprout Birth Center, Seattle Home Maternity Services and all home births.