OPEN ARMS PERINATAL SERVICES
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Mission Statement
Open Arms Perinatal Services is an innovative nonprofit dedicated to providing strong community-based support for birthing people through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. Our mission is to provide services that nurture strong foundations that last a lifetime. We envision are world of thriving children, healthy families, and powerful communities!
About This Cause
The time around the birth of a baby is a transformational time for birthing people and offers a tremendous opportunity to support families in getting the best start in life. Through doula care, lactation counseling, and early parenting support, we achieve better health outcomes, strengthen parent-baby bonding, and increase parental self-advocacy skills. Our unique services include home visits beginning during pregnancy, attendance at the birth of the baby, and ongoing support, referrals, and education up to two years after a baby is born. We carefully match clients to care providers and work work with birthing people in seventeen different languages. Our work is foundational for perinatal health and early learning efforts. Why focus on pregnancy, birth and postpartum? Positive social and educational support during this time can have a tremendous impact on the health and well-being of new parents and their families. Research shows birthing people who have doula support have fewer complications such as C-sections, lower rates of postpartum depression, and are more likely to breastfeed. When a parent receives good support during birth and early postpartum, they are more likely to attach well to their baby . Parent-child attachment is an essential element in creating a solid foundation that ensures that children thrive in their learning and readiness for kindergarten and beyond.