Birthing Body Doula Services

Name

Birthing Body Doula Services

Website

https://ashebirthingservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maternal and Child Health Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Postpartum Newborn Care & Parent Education (NCS) (HSAAACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Feeding Support & Newborn Nutrition Care (NCS) (HSAAACAC), Newborn Developmental Support & Soothing Techniques (NCS) (HSAAACAJ)

Keywords

• Birth doula services
• Postpartum doula care
• Maternal health support
• Lactation consulting
• Doula training program

Headquarters

HQ city

Bronx

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Birth Doula Package: Comprehensive birth support package including prenatal visits, 24/7 on-call support from 38th week, physical/emotional/informational/spiritual support during labor, birth plan assistance, initial breastfeeding support, and postpartum follow-up.
2. Postpartum Doula Package: Nurturing support for new families including baby care, emotional/physical transition support, newborn care education, breastfeeding assistance, holistic modalities, belly binding, and culturally sensitive postpartum care.
3. Postpartum Meal Preparation: Customized meal preparation service delivering nutritious, healing meals to support postpartum recovery. Includes family-style meals, snacks, and herbal preparations. Pricing varies by meal type (vegan/vegetarian vs. seafood/meat) and delivery area.
4. Doula Training Program: 11-week foundational doula training program co-created with Sanctuary Medicine for aspiring and emerging birthworkers of color. Includes in-person retreat and virtual weekly sessions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ashé Birthing Services is a collective of birth workers providing birth doula packages, postpartum doula packages, and postpartum meal preparation to families in the New York City Tri-State area, with a focus on serving families of color. The organization also operates an 11-week foundational doula training program co-created with Sanctuary Medicine and supports a Community Fund that funds doula and midwifery care for BIPOC families.

Product overview

Ashé Birthing Services operates as a collective of birth workers offering full-spectrum doula services to families in the New York City area. The core offerings consist of Birth Doula Packages and Postpartum Doula Packages, supplemented by Nourishing Postpartum Meal Prep & In Home Cooking services. The organization also provides professional development through The Practice and The Prayer: A Foundational Doula Training program, developed in partnership with Sanctuary Medicine. The Bridge Directory, co-founded by a team member, serves as a resource referral tool connecting clients to vetted maternal health professionals. Services emphasize holistic, evidence-based care combined with ancestral practices, with a particular focus on serving families of color in the Tri-State area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Bridge Directory: A community directory connecting families to funding, resources, and support from providers and professionals. Community fund provides access to experienced birth and postpartum doulas and home birth midwives for BIPOC families.

Products and services

• Birth Doula Package Comprehensive birth doula support including a complimentary initial interview, unlimited communication throughout pregnancy, prenatal visits, birth plan assistance, 24/7 on-call support from the 38th week, continuous physical/emotional/spiritual support during labor, and postpartum follow-up including breastfeeding support. Designed for expectant parents seeking continuous labor support.
• Postpartum Doula Package Holistic postpartum support including nurturing new parents, baby care assistance, emotional transition support, newborn care education, breastfeeding/chestfeeding support, belly binding, herbal remedies, meal preparation, and sitz baths for healing. Designed for new families during the postpartum recovery period.
• Nourishing Postpartum Meal Prep & In Home Cooking Customized meal preparation service for postpartum recovery featuring nutrient-rich foods, broths, snacks, and teas designed to promote healing, balance hormones, restore uterine health, and promote lactation. Includes breakfast and lunch/dinner offerings delivered to homes in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester.
• The Practice and The Prayer: A Foundational Doula Training An 11-week hybrid foundational doula training program co-created with Sanctuary Medicine for aspiring and emerging birthworkers of color. Combines 30 hours of evidence-based perinatal education with ancestral and cultural practices, featuring an in-person weekend retreat, weekly live virtual sessions, and a WhatsApp community. Enrollment opens for Fall 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in cesarean rate
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Bridge DirectorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bridge Directory is a community resource partner that provides families with direct access to funding, resources, and support from trusted providers and professionals. Ashé Birthing Services participates in this network to connect families with their Community Fund, which aims to heal unmet maternal healthcare needs by providing financial access to experienced doulas and home birth midwives for BIPOC families.
• Sanctuary MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSanctuary Medicine co-created the 11-week doula training program 'The Practice and The Prayer: A Foundational Doula Training' with Ashé Birthing Services. This hybrid training (30 hours total) is designed for aspiring and emerging birthworkers of color, blending evidence-based perinatal education with ancestral and cultural practices. Led by Emilie Rodriguez (Ashe Birthing Services) and Sevonna Brown (Sanctuary Medicine).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Mahmee: Tech-enabled maternal health platform focused on improving outcomes for Black and Brown birthing people through coordinated perinatal support — addresses the same BIPOC maternal-health gap Ashé serves, but via a software and clinical-services model.
• Cayaba Care: Maternal health company providing in-home and virtual doula, postpartum, and care-navigation support specifically to Medicaid and BIPOC families — competes for the same mission-aligned, community-anchored perinatal care demand.
• Sista Afya Community Care: Black women-led wellness organization offering mental health, doula and postpartum support to BIPOC women in Chicago — comparable service offerings and culturally-grounded model targeting Black women's maternal and community wellness.

Broad incumbents

• DONA International: Largest international doula training and certifying body, setting industry standards and providing the certification credentialing infrastructure underpinning the doula profession — adjacent context player shaping the field in which Ashé operates its training program.

Direct peers

• Carriage House Birth: Brooklyn-based collective providing birth doula support, postpartum care, childbirth education, and doula training workshops — directly comparable service mix and NYC geography to Ashé.
• Ancient Song Doula Services: NYC-based doula organization serving BIPOC and underserved families with birth and postpartum support, cultural competency training, and a community doula training program — directly comparable scope and target community to Ashé.
• The Bridge Directory: Community resource directory co-founded by Ashé's Guramrit LeBron connecting families to vetted maternal-health providers and operating the Community Fund — comparable provider-network and resource-access model focused on BIPOC families in NYC.
• Mama Glow: Founded by Latham Thomas, Mama Glow offers doula training programs and a national doula directory serving expectant families, including a strong focus on BIPOC birth workers — overlapping on training product, services, and community positioning.
• Sanctuary Medicine: Co-creator of Ashé's foundational doula training program led by Sevonna Brown — adjacent provider of perinatal education and culturally-rooted birthworker training within the same BIPOC birthworker ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ashe-birthing-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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