Vermont Birth Network

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About Us

Vermont Birth Network, LLC is an independent forum providing information, education, support, and advocacy on healthy, normal birth in Vermont. We know from experience that choosing pre-natal care is the first major step in the journey of motherhood. Understanding your options for care and being empowered to assert choice during your pre-natal care as well as during labor and delivery will instill a sense of centered strength and confidence that will carry into early parenting. As passionate birth advocates, we will gather and share outstanding evidence based research on the importance of making informed choices from pregnancy to birth to post-partum and breastfeeding.

Vermont Birth Network can help women create the birth they want, drawing in all of the knowledge and support they will need to enter into birth on their terms and with an open heart. Because current hospital practices often do not support normal birth processes, birthing women must be informed about the birth process and all possible interventions they may encounter in a hospital or homebirth setting. Women are in control of their birth experience and have the right to accept or deny any intervention offered.

As mothers of young children we recognize the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the birth. It is a normal, natural process with inherent transformative power. We believe that every woman has a right to engage with all of these elements when creating a space where she can bring her child into the world.

Blessings on your birth!
Laura and Linda

Our bios—

Linda Pruitt is co-creator of Mama Says, a Vermont based publication started in 2004. MS is a vehicle for the voice of the mother comprised of shared stories exploring both the light brilliance and the dark shadow of mothering. In 2006 she launched the political/social action component Mama Says Action. Mama Says is poised to become a non-profit in late 2007. Linda is the owner of Vermont Diaper Company, a growing manufacturer of organic cloth diapering supplies and menstrual alternatives. She has been a pre-natal yoga and pre-natal bellydance teacher as well as a librarian/revolutionary. She lives in Montpelier with her husband, daughter, and ill mannered cat. You can read her work at www.mamasaysnews.blogspot.com .

Laura Peer has a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. She has experience in international women’s health and child survival. Her primary interests are in promoting and protecting the wellness model of maternity care and in helping create a more breastfeeding-friendly culture in the United States. Laura is a La Leche League Leader in Central Vermont. She lives in Montpelier with her husband and two young daughters.

All content on this website is for informational purposes only. Vermont Birth Network, LLC does not endorse or recommend any provider or service in particular. It is the responsibility of each consumer to educate herself about the qualifications and services offered by providers and make an informed decision that best meets her needs.