Nesting Doula Collective offers accessible community-based programs to support culturally diverse birthing families through their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Click through each of our current programs to learn more! Reach out to us at nestingdoula@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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Join our weekly drop-ins for BIPOC families with babies under 12 months.
This is a great opportunity to socialize and meet other culturally diverse families. Connect with our doulas with your pressing postpartum questions, have a cup of tea and some snacks, and find some treasures in our free store. Each session includes facilitated check-ins, peer support, refreshments, and social time for babies. Some sessions may include guest speakers on special topics such as breast feeding, postpartum pelvic health, returning to exercise, starting solids and more!
Weekly: Fridays, 12pm-2pm starting October 10, 2025
Location: The Nest, 1123 Princess Avenue in Fernwood. Ground floor entrance.
Cost: Free or by donation
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Meal planning can be challenging with a baby. So let’s cook together. Join us every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month to batch cook meals and snacks for the week ahead. Take food home and leave some in the postpartum freezer for newly birthing families. All recipes are vegetarian and groceries are provided.
Upcoming Dates:
Oct 26 3pm-5pm
Nov 9 3pm-5pm
Nov 23 3pm-5pm
Dec 14 3pm-5pm
Dec 28 3pm-5pm
Location: The Nest, 1123 Princess Avenue in Fernwood. Ground floor entrance.
Cost: By donation ($10 recommended)
Registration: 5 spots available, registration required for each week.
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Cozy up at our Nest for this small group workshop created to support birthing families in preparation for labour, birth, and postpartum.
We center the needs and preferences of birthing people in planning for the birth they want while empowering participants with information and self-advocacy tools to navigate unexpected situations and the health care system.
Our team of skilled and experienced Doulas and Childbirth Educators host an inclusive and accessible space for Indigenous, Black, POC, trans, non-binary, and queer folks. Participants are welcome to attend on their own or bring a partner, family member, or friend. We recommend that the person you choose to bring with you is the same person who will be at your birth. This is an opportunity to connect with other expecting families as well as birth workers in your community.
Outline:
Community building and getting know each other
The physiological progression of labour and tools for each stage
Coping with pain using non-medical or medical options as well as practice with comfort measures
Birth planning for self-advocacy, informed consent, and the right of refusal
Postpartum adjustment planning and practice skills to care for a new born
Options for feeding your baby and building confidence for breast/chest feeding
Physical recovery and postpartum mental health
Upcoming Dates:
November 1st 9am-3pm
December 6th 9am-3pm
January 10th 9am-3pm
February 7th 9am-3pm
Location: The Nest, 1123 Princess Avenue in Fernwood.
Cost: $100 per family
Registration: 5 spots available per workshop, registration is required.