Doulas of Baltimore 2024: A Year of Education & Connection
This year was one of tremendous growth for Baltimore families and the Doulas of Baltimore family alike!
Our Doulas of Baltimore Team
2023 was a huge year of growth for our team that expanded from 10 to 17 members. This year our team has grown again – we now have 23 amazing birth and postpartum professionals!
A team that values balance, we enjoyed outings (like lunches and sports games together) alongside professional development together. We also gathered to celebrate DOB’s 10th Birthday!
Childbirth Education & Parenting Workshops
Our classes and workshops were a big focus of this year and we were able to serve 45 families! We held 18 classes and workshops this year.
The coming year will feature our incredible curriculum in both the in-person and digital format as well as a one-day Yoga and Educational Retreat for Pregnancy hosted in conjunction with Deanna Houston and Jody Barnes. Follow us on social media for updates and find more details on Embrace the Journey here!
Doulas of Baltimore in Frederick
In 2023 we saw a need for high quality, unbiased education for expectant parents in the Frederick area. We made plans to launch in 2024 are proud to say we now offer classes and workshops inside Indigo Physiotherapy! We’re glad to partner with an incredible resource for Frederick birthing individuals.
You can find all of our one-day workshops (Baby 101, Birth Basics, and Comfort Measures) in Frederick year-round.
Birth Doula & Postpartum Doula Support
Our doulas had the opportunity to serve 126 families in 2024! That’s 35 more families than 2023.
We saw the most babies born at Mercy this year with 26 families served. Nearly tying with a difference of one was Hopkins at 25 families. We also were able to serve 19 families at our former top hospital, GBMC, and 13 at St. Joe’s. Overall, we supported families at 15 different birthing facilities!
Our team worked over 6100 hours of in-home postpartum doula and newborn care support. We were honored to serve over 2100 additional hours over 2023! *
(*That’s over 254 days!)
Doulas of Baltimore turned 10 Years Old
We have a full write up on our 10th Birthday Party but turning 10 really had us reflecting this year! After a decade as Doulas of Baltimore we decided it was high time for a birthday party. We planned a fun gathering at UNION Craft Brewing Co and invited all our past and present clients, team members, and our professional network.
Attendees enjoyed appetizers, desserts, and everyone left with a custom engraved beer glass! Taking a pause to celebrate our accomplishments was an incredible and important task this year. Cheers to 10 years, here’s to 10 more!
Giving Back
In addition to maintaining our longstanding commitments to Maryland Families for Safe Birth, Fluid Movement, MOMCares, and The Family Tree, this year we were fortunate to be able to donate over $3500 to both local and national initiatives that support racial birth justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and LGBTQAI+ Families.
We also had a hugely successful supply drive as part of our 10th Birthday Party at UNION Brewing Co.
We collected shelf-stable foods, diapers, and baby hygeine products to benefit two organizations who also celebrated 10 years in Baltimore this year – Baltimore Hunger Project and ShareBaby. Many thanks to all of our generous guests and donors!
We are so grateful to each and every one of you who has joined us on our path to providing the warmest unbiased support for Baltimore families.
Find out our busiest birth month, zip codes with the most DOB clients, and more of our 2024 stats on our Instagram page!
