Join our village and discover your innate ability to birth & Nurture your baby.

Chicago's Premiere Black and Brown Doula Collective

Congratulations on your growing family!

You've found your way to Chicago's premier collective of culturally and ethnically diverse doulas—experienced birth keepers who blend ancestral traditions with evidence-based care to create a birth and postpartum experience as unique as your journey to parenthood.

Your Birth Village is Ready

Our doulas bring years of professional experience supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and the sacred postpartum period. Each member of our collective has been carefully selected for their exceptional knowledge, cultural competence, and unwavering dedication to maternal care.

Indigenous women and the 40 day confinement period after giving birth

  • Cultural Concordance: Our doulas share lived experiences with the families we serve, creating an immediate foundation of understanding and trust that enhances the birth and postpartum experience.

  • Holistic Advocacy: We will teach you about your rights as a birthing person, and provide you the tools for self advocacy, opening the way to an empowered experience. Us teaching self advocacy isn’t just about empowering you. It’s also about honoring you as a whole human with cultural, spiritual, and emotional needs that deserve recognition in medical settings.

  • Ancestral Knowledge Integration: We draw upon generations of ancestral birth traditions that have successfully supported mothers long before modern medicine—wisdom that complements today's evidence-based practices.

  • Continuity of Care: Your relationship with your doula extends beyond the birth itself, providing seamless support throughout pregnancy, labor, and the critical postpartum period.

  • Community Connection: As part of our village, you gain access not just to your personal doula, but to a network of support and resources specifically curated for families like yours.

What sets our support apart is our commitment to honoring your autonomy while providing the information, encouragement, and cultural context needed to make decisions that align with your values and birth vision.

A Higher Standard of Support

At Our Mothers' Light, we understand that quality, compassionate, and culturally responsive care is often missing from mainstream maternal services. That's why we've created a different model—one where your lived experience is honored, your voice is amplified, and your cultural heritage becomes a source of strength during your birthing journey.

Our collective was formed to address this critical need by providing support that transcends the conventional doula model:

Culturally Rooted & Curated Care

Your personal expert doula will provide:

  • Non-judgmental guidance through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery

  • A harmonious blend of evidence-based practices and indigenous ancestral traditions

  • Advocacy that ensures your birth preferences are respected in any setting

  • Ritual, nutrition, and comfort measures rooted in generations of ancestral wisdom

We proudly serve ALL families throughout Chicago and the South and Western Suburbs, creating a village of support around each birthing person we work with. Your transformation deserves to be witnessed, supported, and celebrated with the highest standard of care—exactly what our collective was formed to provide.

Step into our village. Your ancestors, your baby, and your future self will thank you.

Black/African American fathers need to be nurtured and supported as they work to support their wives and partners as they give birth to ancestors

Welcome to Our Mothers' Light Birth & Baby Village

Where Ancestral Wisdom Meets Modern Expertise

Zetanefert Zipewtu Our Mothers' Light Birth & Baby Village

Our Services

  • Birth Doulas provide emotional, physical, and informational support to expectant people. At OML we provide evidence based care that is fused with indigenous wisdom and birthing traditions.

  • Postpartum often involves assisting parents in adapting to parenthood, offering emotional support, practical guidance, and nurturing care during the weeks and months following childbirth, all infused with knowledge and practices from traditional Africa.

  • Traditional African belly binding is a cultural practice involving the use of cloth or wraps to tightly bind a postpartum person’s abdomen, providing support, promoting healing, and shaping the body after childbirth.

Check out our blog

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"If you want to go fast, go alone but if you want to go far, go together."

~African Proverb

Your Village is waiting for you!