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OUR VIRTUAL LIBRARY 

Resources from birth to postpartum.

English:

  • Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage

  • Shared Decision Making: Bring Birth Back Into The Hands Of Mothers

  • Real Food for Pregnancy

  • The First Forty Days

  • The Fourth Trimester

Blair and Katie’s Recommended Books for the Childbearing Year:

Spanish: 

  • Parir: El poder del parto 

  • Guía para un embarazo consciente

  • Parir en movimiento. Las movilidades de la pelvis en el parto

  • El Arte de Amamantar

Local Support

Midwifery Groups

  • Manos Sagradas – That’s us!

    Maternidad La Luz – Bilingual birth center and midwifery training site

    Luna Tierra – Bilingual birth center serving families on both sides of the border

    Attuned Midwifery – Bilingual home birth practice

    Ambar Aleman Midwifery – Bilingual home birth practice

    Desert Star Midwifery – English home birth practice

  • Manos Sagradas – Still us!

    NaSer – Childbirth education, doula care, and lactation support

    Luna Tierra – Bilingual midwifery and physician team offering home births

Lactation Support

  • Luz Chavez - IBCLC offering in-home lactation support and education

    Breastfeeding Garden - Friday morning breastfeeding circles run by an IBCLC

  • Ilse Moreno - IBCLC who offers home visits to postpartum women, 656 130-3319

We believe informed consent and empowerment start with knowing your options. Below is a full list of midwifery groups serving El Paso and Juárez. We encourage you to explore, meet different care providers, and choose the place where you feel most supported.

Pediatric Support 

  • Desert Pediatrics - Pediatrician with five years of experience working with home birth and birth center families

  • Dr. Guadalupe Loeza - Pediatrician who comes highly recommended from some of our Juarez families, 656 305-4015

Birth Photography

  • April DelaFuente - Family photographer with experience in birth photography 

“Just as a woman's heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth.”