As an experienced birth doula in Kansas City, I realized over the years that my clients were not getting comprehensive education from their hospital birth classes — so we made our own community-focused childbirth education series to fill in the gaps!

Looking for a doula in Kansas City? While each of our doulas have their own separate vibes, here are some of our non-negotiable values as a doula agency.

Learn more about our doula-led, virtual childbirth education class on Advocacy and Communication skills for pregnancy, birth, and beyond!

Leaving the house with a new baby can be scary! Here is everything you can expect when attending one of our new mom, postpartum support groups.

If you are planning to welcome a baby in 2026, let’s leave these trends behind us!

Every wondered what a doulas job actually is? Explore with a birth doula the four tenants of doula support — physical support, emotional support, advocacy, and childbirth education.

Heidi’s experience with perinatal anxiety and perinatal depression during her second pregnancy was self-proclaimed, the most difficult season of her life. She shares what she used to cope and make it through to the other side of the experience, as well as other things she’s learned along the way during her time as a birth doula.

While deciding what to wear during your birth might feel like “just clothes” it really isn’t! Learn about why what you wear, and how it impacts your brain during labor, in this blog all about a doulas tips for choosing your labor outfit.

Our childbirth education classes offer comprehensive education to Kansas City families about birth. From coping with labor pain to inductions and c-sections; pick the classes you need to feel prepared for your birth, no matter what labor throws at you!

Meet Kansas City’s local…

Doula Group

Birth Besties

Inclusive Labor Pals

Birth Support Sisters…

You can call us anything, even mean names when you’re in labor ;)

BLOC Doulas Heidi and Emma have been hard at work over the last several months completing their Body Ready Method certification, a program designed to bring comfort to pregnancy, prepare the body for birth, and aid in postpartum recovery. They have been blown away by what they have learned and fully recommend the Body Ready Birth online programs to every pregnant individual to help prepare their mind and body for birth!

Emma shares her journey through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as a single mom and sole provider to her first baby, LynLee. If you’re navigating a similar experience, know that you are not alone and can always reach out for support!

We are well aware of the hesitancies of working with a doula team instead of a solo doula, but did you know the benefits?? After launching our team model at the beginning of 2024, here are a few clear client benefits I have seen from our team model of care, compared to the three years I practiced as a solo doula.

As important as birth preparation is, it is vital you spend time also preparing for postpartum! I highly recommend that pregnant couples sit down and figure out what resources they might need postpartum and write down some notes to have easy access to those resources when in the thick of the newborn days. Check out this blog post and share it with your partner to get prepared for the fourth trimester and beyond!

Three things my unmedicated births taught me… from increasing physical and mental stamina, to learning the importance of supportive relationships… Heidi clues you into her answer as to why someone may choose to have an unmedicated birth.

Morgan shares her reasons for hiring a doula as a first-time mom. From letting your husband relax and enjoy the birth of your baby, to having an advocate in your corner who only works for you, she shares the benefits of adding a doula onto your birth team!

Look at a birth doulas year in numbers! From advocating for low-intervention, to supporting c-sections and inductions, I hope this summary of Heidi’s (Kansas City Birth Doula) 2023 Year shows you that EVERY birth can utilize doula support!

Epidurals are a revolutionary and effective way to manage labor pain, but no birth plan should be limited to “just get an epidural!” Heidi, a hospital-based birth doula, talks about what you need to know about an epidural (before you get one) to help you go into your birth with confidence knowing you’re making the right choices for you and your baby!

1 in 160 pregnancies end in stillbirth, and while this is a guide no one wants to utilize, it represents months of community work, exploration, and experience, to give families the knowledge to navigate a stillbirth, and make best of the short time with their baby, without looking back saying “if only I knew…” (Photo of Amanda and Theo, by Melissa Helmick of The Photographic Storyteller)

Pack your hospital bag with a certified birth doula who has assisted with dozens of hospital births! This hospital bag essentials list is broken down into the bare necessities, the extras, as well as a list for the things you may want for an extended hospital stay due to a high-risk pregnancy or NICU admission.