For birth professionals

A free birth planner to give your clients

For doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, birth photographers and lactation consultants, especially solo practices and small ones. The free TandemBirth birth planner for your client families, a free listing families can find, and a Birth Story gift pack if you want one.

Everything here is free except the gift pack. There are no fees of any kind tied to Medi-Cal clients.

See the free planner Claim your free listing

1. Free for your clients

The free planner, built for two

The free TandemBirth birth planner is built for two: the birthing person and their partner each answer on their own phone, then build a shared plan with birth preferences, a short summary for the care team, questions to ask, and a postpartum plan. No signup, and their answers stay on their phone.

Once your listing is claimed you get your own planner link, tagged with your name, to share with families. Until then, this link works for anyone:

See the free planner How the planner works

tandembirth.com/plan

2. Your free listing

Claim your free listing in the directory

Families search the TandemBirth directory by ZIP code or county, by type, and by what they need help with. Many doulas, midwives and lactation consultants are already listed from public records: the federal NPI registry and state Medicaid doula lists. Find yourself and choose "Claim this listing". A person checks each claim, then the listing is yours to fill in: your services, the needs you support, languages, service area, a short bio, and whether you accept Medi-Cal.

Not listed? Add yourself. Listed and would rather not be? Email info@tandembirth.com and we take it down; later updates do not add it back. We never publish street addresses. Phone numbers and emails appear only when you add them, or when you published them yourself on a state Medicaid doula list. No one pays to be listed or to appear higher.

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3. Partner code

Your own partner code: families save $10, you earn on every one

When your claim is approved you get a partner code of your own. Families who use it pay $39 for a Birth Story instead of $49, and you earn $10 for every one bought with your code. You also get a gift link that opens the gift page with your code already in, and your planner link carries it too, so a family who buys later still counts for you. We pay once a month, by Venmo, PayPal or check. It costs you nothing.

Founding partners: the first 25 professionals approved earn $15 a Birth Story through December 31, 2027.

Find and claim my listing

4. Families near you

Families using the planner can find you

Families who use the free planner and want a doula, a midwife or lactation help they do not have yet can open the directory from their plan, already set to the area of their planned birth place and the kind of help they asked about. Claimed listings near them show first; unclaimed listings do not appear there. Their plan never leaves their phone, so we never pass their details to anyone: they reach you through your website, the email you choose to show, or an introduction they ask us for.

5. Gift pack

Five Birth Stories to give to client families

The one thing here that costs money. Give one to each family you work with. Each family gets their own certificate with their own code, printed with your business name. They tell the story out loud or type it, in short sessions at their own pace, and nothing is final until they approve it.

Birth Story gift pack

$149

Launch price for five certificates. One-time price. No subscription, nothing renews. Five single certificates would be $245 at the regular $49 price, or $195 at the holiday price of $39 through December 24.

Five certificates, each with its own code, printable the minute you buy
Each one says "A gift from" your business name, which you enter at checkout
Type each family's name on its certificate before you print it, or write it in by hand
Print them, or save each as a PDF to email or text
Families claim their code from December 4, 2026; the Birth Story opens December 26
One Birth Story per certificate, for one or both parents

Buy the gift pack

Secure checkout through Stripe. Sold by Jeff Novick, a sole proprietor doing business as TandemBirth, in Northern California. We email you a link to the certificates with every code. Questions: info@tandembirth.com.

Just one family?

A single gift certificate

$39

Holiday launch price, $39 through December 24, then $49. Made out to one family by name, with your note and your name on it.

Printable certificate the minute you buy
Claim it from December 4; the story opens December 26
Full refund any time before they start telling the story
No expiration date

Buy one certificate

More about what families get: the gift page and the Birth Story.

For your clients' partners

A live class to send the partner to

Newborn Prep for Dads & Partners is a 90-minute class on video for the person supporting the birth: a dad, a partner who is a mom, or a parent or friend. What they do during labor and birth, and in the first two weeks at home. The first Wednesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:00 PM Pacific, 12 seats, not recorded, led by Jeff Novick. It is preparation, not medical advice, and it sends health questions back to the care team.

The first session, Wednesday, December 2, 2026, is free. After that it is $45 a seat.

To paste into a client email:

If your partner or support person wants to feel ready for the birth and the first two weeks at home, TandemBirth runs a live 90-minute class on video for them, the first Wednesday of every month: Newborn Prep for Dads & Partners. Dates and booking: https://tandembirth.com/newborn-prep-dads

See the class Print the flyer (PDF)