We catch life
at the threshold.
BU is a member-owned commons for birth workers. Portable credentials, mutual aid, collective power. You hold space for others — we hold space for you.
The system wasn't built for us.
Essential yet invisible
We hold life at its threshold, yet insurance doesn't see us. Hospitals can ban us from the room.
Credentials don't travel
Move states? Start over. Your training, experience, reputation — locked in place.
No collective voice
Independent, scattered, competing. No seat at the table where decisions get made.
No safety net
Client ghosts? Gap between gigs? Your own postpartum? You're on your own.
BU is our refusal made real.
Not a corporation. Not a credential mill. A commons owned by its members and shaped by their participation.
Portable Credentials
Your training, experience, and reputation travels with you. Verified, trusted, yours.
Peer Trust Network
Attestations from fellow birth workers carry weight. Built on relationships, not bureaucracy.
Mutual Aid
When you're struggling, there's a safety net held by people who understand this work.
Local Circles
Regional communities with autonomy. Your circle knows what your area needs.
Rate Transparency
See what others in your region and modality charge. End the race to the bottom.
Collective Voice
When legislation threatens, the network mobilizes. When the system comes for one, it meets all.
What we believe
Birth is a rite.
Not a medical event to be managed, but a threshold to be honored.
Birth workers are workers.
Our labor has value. We deserve fair pay and collective power.
Care is not competition.
There are enough families for all of us. Abundance over scarcity.
The table is round.
No executive board. Consent-based governance. Your voice, your vote.
This is the invitation.
If you've ever felt isolated in this work. If you've been underpaid and told to be grateful. If you've watched hospitals treat you as disposable. If you've burned out because there was no one holding space for you.
We built this for you. With you.
Join BUBU. We've got you.