Demystifying birth through storytelling

Your Birth Story Matters

Birthtok is a community that creates space for families to share their raw birth stories in order to heal, connect, celebrate, mourn, triumph, share and delight in the incredible experience of birthing a human.

We're on a mission to demystify birth and solve our maternal health crisis in the United States that disproportionately impacts Black and Indigenous women. Read more.

Long-form Stories (Podcast)

Now Seeking YOUR Raw and Unfiltered Birth Stories

  • Calling for Positive Stories, Traumatic Stories and Everything in Between

    We want to hear it all and every detail

    • What did you do to prepare, and what did you learn about yourself?

    • What advice do you have for expecting families?

    • What do you wish you would have known?

    Add Your Voice

  • BIPOC

    Birth stories as told specifically through your lens as a Black/Indigenous/Asian/Latin person.

    What did you do to prepare, and what did you learn about yourself?

    What advice do you have for expecting families?

    What do you wish you would have known?

    Add Your Voice

  • LGBTQIA+ Stories

    Birth stories as told by gay/transgender/gender non-conforming/queer folx.

    What did you do to prepare, and what did you learn about yourself?

    What advice do you have for expecting families?

    What do you wish you would have known?

    Add Your Voice

  • C-Section Stories

    We’d love to hear your cesarean birth story.

    What did you do to prepare, and what did you learn about yourself?

    What advice do you have for expecting families?

    What do you wish you would have known?

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  • Unmedicated

    Did you opt out of medical interventions? How did it go?

    What did you do to prepare, and what did you learn about yourself?

    What advice do you have for expecting families?

    What do you wish you would have known?

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  • Home Birth

    Stories of babies you birthed at home.

    What did you do to prepare, and what did you learn about yourself?

    What advice do you have for expecting families?

    What do you wish you would have known?

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  • Rainbow Baby Birth Stories

    A baby born to a parent or family who has previously lost a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death. We would be honored to hear about you and your children.

    What did you do to prepare, and what did you learn about yourself?

    What advice do you have for expecting families?

    What do you wish you would have known?

    Add Your Voice