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No mother should walk her pregnancy alone. Yet across this country, millions of women are doing exactly that: driving an hour for a check-up, waiting weeks for answers, or giving birth in a town where the labor and delivery unit quietly closed last year.
In 2027, we're doing something about it. The Doula Mixer Tour 2027 is a national, city-by-city tour that brings doulas, families and maternal-health providers into the same room, so the support a mother needs is no longer a matter of luck or postcode.
“Let’s work smarter, not harder. It really does take a village, and it’s going to take everybody to improve the quality of maternal health.”
What the Tour is
It's an experience, not a conference. The core set travels from city to city, and local doulas, providers and community voices make every stop their own. Each Tour day runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., local time.
Nobody gets handed a pile of flyers. Every space invites you to do something, discover something or meet someone.
The Tour's virtual home is My Bump Hub (opens in a new tab), where families can find doulas by location, specialty, language and cultural background.
Where we're going
The Baton Rouge gala is hosted by Mary's Hands Network and celebrates the doulas in lavender jackets who support Louisiana mothers. My Bump Hub is proud to be its presenting partner. See every date on our Events page →
Why now
Louisiana, where the Tour begins, shows what that looks like close up: one in three Louisiana parishes is a maternity care desert (opens in a new tab), affecting nearly 64,000 women and about 4,000 births a year.
The same doula study found a 29% lower risk of preterm birth and 46% higher odds of attending a postpartum check-up. It was observational, so it shows a strong link rather than proof of cause, but it matches what families have known for generations: having someone there helps.
Doulas can't replace a hospital that has closed. What they can do is help a family understand their options and speak up.
What we're trying to achieve
- Connect families with doulas they can actually reach, in person and on My Bump Hub.
- Build local care teams of doulas, midwives, OB-GYNs, lactation consultants and community groups.
- Make support visible, so every mother knows where to turn.
- Grow the village, with around 1,000 people at every stop.
This grows out of what we already do: free reassurance scans through Worry-Free Wednesdays & Fear-Free Fridays, Bump Essentials and Bump Movement classes. Our founder, Charlotte Williams, is a UK NHS-trained midwife with 20+ years of experience who led COVID-19 healthcare operations in New York.
Be part of it
Doulas: complete your My Bump Hub onboarding and volunteer for a stop near you. Brands and donors: partner with us or give to keep community access open. We are a 501(c)(3) public charity.
The production travels. The village grows. We'd love you to grow with us.
If you are in crisis or worried about your mental health, call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262). In an emergency, call 911.