Thank you for participating in the Birth Braid project!

Birth Braid is a participatory project that celebrates connections between postpartum people. Anyone of any gender who has been pregnant is invited to participate (regardless of how the pregnancy ended.) We also welcome those who have children through other means than pregnancy to reflect on the early days of the child joining the family. We all need connection and support.

This project helps build connections and share stories about the postpartum time.

What does it mean to participate in this project?

1 - make and mail in a braid.

2 - share a story or reflection and/or helpful resources.

Send in a Braid:

Make a braid out of any materials you have available to you. The braid can be any size, any length, and made of anything you want. The one thing I ask is that you please do not send me any blood, milk, placental or umbilical material, or any other materials that need special storage or are potentially hazardous biological or chemical materials.

Click here to fill out the Braid Form, and mail the braid to:

Birth Braid Project
48 Burchard Ave
Little Compton, RI
02837

If you have any questions or need help paying for shipping, please email me: isabelmattia@gmail.com

Submit a story (or stories):

Click here to read and submit stories to the Birth Braid project. Please note that stories will be posted to the blog, and that some stories may be selected to be exhibited along with the Braid in public presentations. You may choose to share your stories anonymously or with your name attached.

Optional: Utilize and contribute to the resource list:

Click here to view and edit our collaborative resource list. please note that it is a multi-page resource list, with a page for general/national (US) based resources and pages for individual states. Note the tabs at the bottom of the pages to find the correct list. This list is collaborative and open, so I can not claim that all the resources listed are accurate or up-to-date. It is a collective open document.