RESOURCES
Support & Services We Like
At Melanin Milk, we’re committed to providing the information you need to confidently make decisions regarding your birthing process and parenting.
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Below you’ll find carefully curated list of unbiased resources on a variety of topics.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to reach out. We are always ready to help. If you would like to be included on this list please contact us.
Therapy for Black Girls
Black Legacy Now Campaign
SDBFC Foundation
Black Girls Smile
Hear Her Campaign
Perinatal Task Force
BIPOC Doulas + Birth + Body Workers
San Diego Based Only. All skinfolk ain't kinfolk but I definitely trust these Black folx in birthing spaces. If they/you are local and Black but not on the list, email me to ask about it. Unfortunately, I don't recommend all Black birth workers or organizations in San Diego.
Jarrah Foster
IBCLC
Lact Well - Jarrah is the first Black IBCLC in San Diego County, and one of my greatest mentors. Providing breastfeeding/chestfeeding and bottle feeding lactation services with kindness and care.
Rickie
Doula + Lactation Counselor
NOLA doula and lactation services, supporting San Diego clients with the New Orleans touch. Rickie was trained and mentored by me (Charda)
Darynee Blount
Midwife
Birth Roots Babies - offering home birth, water birth, prenatal, postpartum care. I have worked with her several times.
Emma Moreland
Midwife + Birth + Body
Certified Professional Midwife, BirthWorker, Bodyworker, Amateur herbalist, Basically a User of My Hands
Maude
Doula
Full Spectrum Doula. Birthworker. Prenatal, Birth, Postpartum. Bereavement and End of Life. Childbirth Education. She trained me.
Aaliyah Sade
Student Midwife + Doula + IBCLC
Homegirl Midwife -Â Reclaiming pleasure, wellness & joy in the full spectrum of our reproductive & sexual lives.
Jessica
Midwifery Student + Doula
Mamas in Color - The Midwife Bitch aka Midwife Bae - a safe space for BIPoC birthing folx. birth worker + creator of Life&Spaces. decolonization work.
Jamaica
Birth + Placentas + Postpartum
Bump n Beyond - also a mama and former Melanin Milk SD client!
Leondra Smith
Birth + Postpartum Doula
Here to support, encourage, and educate. Birth and Postpartum Doula
Anissa
Doula + Student Midwife + Childbirth Educator
Little Star Birth Services -
Empowering & supporting families through pregnancy & birth.
Tiana Barr
Doula + Yogi + Massage
Bleed to Bloom - Perinatal Massage Therapy. Birth & Postpartum Doula Services. Yogi & Instructor. Plant Food Enthusiast
Angie Ponce Smith
Full Spectrum Doula + Nanny
Mexican & Se Habla Español. Accepting birth & postpartum clients. Nanny services for older siblings. Momma practicing gentle parenting.
Carmen Elida
Birth + Placentas + Postpartum
Duality Heart Work. Queer. Black. Mexican. Ancestral Medicine.
Kashema Catrice
Black Doula + Midwifery Student
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Jasmine Cherry
Apothecary
The Sage Dealer - An Apothecary, Using plant wisdom to create balance