JBRN - OKINAWA
Japan Birth Resource Network is the Founding Chapter of MBRN, proudly serving the Pacific.
About Us
Est. 2013, Founding Chapter of the Military Birth Resource Network.
The Mission:
The Japan Birth Resource Network, Founding Chapter of MBRN provides a supportive network for military families by developing opportunities for women and their families to be a part of a community that provides pregnancy, labor and birth, postpartum, lactation, and parenting support from one duty station to the next.
What We Offer:
Provider listings: Doulas, IBCLC's, Birth Centers, etc.
Free Birth Talk events which include guest speakers and informative topics.
Events such as movie showings, workshops, Birth & Baby Fairs, Red Tent Events.
Connections with other families in the community.
Support Groups
Meet JBRN’s Chapter Leader Bridget. Bridget has been providing doula support and community in Okinawa for going on 6 years. If you have specific questions, please email JBRN@mbrnpc.org
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SUBMISSIONS ARE now open.
Application has been extended until
May 31st, 2021.
The details
*Five $200 grants will be awarded.
*Grants are available to military families or service members. We encourage to utilize MBRN birth and postpartum doulas. If this is not an option, the non affiliated doula will need to agree to the MBRN SOP and COE.
Check your duty station.
* You will be notified via email/phone upon being selected for a
Helping Hands Grant by May 30th, 2021.
This program was created to help provide financial assistance for military families or service members hiring a birth or postpartum doula.
Below you will find how this program works and what your obligations are as the recipient.
Hiring a birth doula, payment and terms of agreement.
The birth or postpartum doula can be a member of the Military Birth Resource Network or a trained/certified doula in good standings. Not all duty stations have MBRN doulas at their location. If this is not an option, the non-affiliated doula will need to agree to the MBRN SOP and COE.
Chosen recipients will be required to provided proper verification of military service.
It is the recipients personal discretion who they hire within the Military Birth Resource Network listings or at their duty station. Doulas listed on our website do not work for MBRN. The birth professionals on our listings have endorsed the MBRN Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics, have approved base business licenses (if applicable) and preserves our goal; Our goal is to make a positive difference for expecting and postpartum military families and service members through education, nurturing and advocacy, while fostering respect, knowledge and integrity among doulas everywhere. Our doulas support all kinds of birth - unmedicated, medicated, Caesarean, VBAC, home, hospital or birth center. Every individual must make the choice for oneself as to what kind of birth is desired , no matter what our views, should support each other with those choices. There are variations in the philosophies and practices of MBRN professionals. The doulas within our network are fully trained by a national or international organization. It is the responsibility of each consumer to verify the credentials of professionals and MBRN encourages consumers to interview professionals in order to find the care that is right for each individual and family.
We are not responsible nor determine doula fees, contracts or liability insurance if applicable. If the doulas fee is more than the funding provided, it is the responsibility of the expectant mother; recipient, of the Helping Hands Grant to pay the difference to the contracted doula. Any agreements made between the doula and the recipient for any other services, placenta encapsulation, belly casting, breastfeeding classes, birth classes, etc., will be the financial responsibility of the expecting or postpartum family. Any agreements made on payment plans, is not the responsibility of Military Birth Resource Network.
Military Birth Resource Network does not promise or garuntee the availability of the doulas within the network. MBRN is not responsible for the availability or prior commitments of the doulas.
If the birth or postpartum doula services are of a lesser fee than the allocated funding, the amount will only be reimbursable up to the service fee.
Birth Doula vouchers expire 30 days after the delivery of your baby. Postpartum Doula vouchers expire 60 days after the delivery of your baby.
Application