Join our village and discover your innate ability to birth & Nurture your baby.
Congratulations on your growing family!
You've found your way to Chicago's premier collective of culturally and ethnically diverse doulas and nannies—experienced birth keepers and childcare providers who blend ancestral traditions with evidence-based care to create a birth, postpartum, and child-rearing experience as unique as your journey to parenthood.
Your Village is Ready
Our doulas and nannies bring years of professional experience supporting families through pregnancy, birth, the sacred postpartum period, and early parenting. Each member of our collective has been carefully selected for their exceptional knowledge, cultural competence, and unwavering dedication to maternal and family care.
Cultural Concordance: Our doulas and nannies share lived experiences with the families we serve, creating an immediate foundation of understanding and trust that enhances the birth, postpartum, and child rearing 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, postpartum, and parenting 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 or nanny, 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 family 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 and child care 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 and parenting journey.
Our collective was formed to address this critical need by providing support that transcends the conventional doula and nanny model:
Culturally Rooted & Curated Care
Your personal expert doula or nanny will provide:
Non-judgmental guidance through pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery, and early parenting
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 family 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.
Welcome to Our Mothers' Light Birth & Baby Village
Where Ancestral Wisdom Meets Modern Expertise
Our Services
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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.
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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.
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Our nanny care service blends time-honored traditions with modern understanding to provide holistic support for your family. Drawing from the same ancestral wisdom that guides our birth and postpartum practices, our nannies serve as more than just childcare providers—they are keepers of tradition and nurturers of the whole family system.
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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.
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Discover the profound connection of the "Doh Doh" - the traditional back carrying method learned from the Tem people of Togo. This ancestral practice is more than just a way to transport your baby; it's a sacred tradition that fosters deep bonding, supports your baby's development, and honors generations of mothering wisdom.
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!