- Physical changes and healthy behaviors
- Pregnancy nutrition and hydration
- Building your prenatal care team
- Identifying concerning symptoms
Empowered pregnancy starts here
Your Seven Starling expert will guide you every step of the way. Learn with a small group and chat anytime for support. Just $37/month.
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Dedicated
Doula
Get expert support from your dedicated, experienced Doula from day one.
Small Group
Support
Build lasting relationships with your hand-picked small group of 5-10 other families. These relationships will last you well beyond four trimesters, trust us.
Personalized
Curriculum
Ditch the hours of googling with detailed, expert-approved learnings and interactive exercises in digestible, bite-sized pieces.
By your side every step of the journey
Pregnancy
Postpartum
1st trimester
1st TRI
8-11
12-15
2nd trimester
2nd tri
16-19
20-23
24-27
3rd trimester
3rd tri
28-31
32-35
36-40
0-3 months
0-3 mos
1
2
3
4-6 months
4-6 mos
4
5
6
7-12 MOnths
7-12 Mos
7-8
9-10
11-12
you will learn
Navigating early pregnancy
you will learn
Making healthy choices for you and baby
- Changes to exercise, sleep, and sex
- Toxic substances to avoid
- Baby development milestones
- Managing a high risk pregnancy
you will learn
Building your support team
- Preparing for early prenatal visits
- Social and medical support systems
- Navigating stress and pregnancy
- Maintaining pelvic floor strength
you will learn
Preparing your body for birth
- Common symptoms at this stage and how to know what's "normal"
- Preventing infections while pregnant
- Preparing your home for baby
- Managing work while pregnant
you will learn
Managing physical discomforts
- Bonding with baby
- Preterm labor signs and causes
- Diabetes screens and position checks
- Selecting a pediatrician
you will learn
Stages of labor and pain management
- Stages of labor and defining progress
- Medical and non-medical pain management options
- Partner support and engagement
- Maternity leave and work planning
you will learn
Birth interventions and physical recovery
- Common birth interventions
- Postpartum recovery progress
- Warning signs of a health complication after birth
- Postpartum depression and baby blues
you will learn
Newborn care, feeding, and infant safety
- Newborn care essentials
- Breastfeeding, formula feeding, and donor milk considerations
- Infant safety, including safe sleep
- Newborn well visits
you will learn
Settling in with baby and recovery
- Newborn feeding and sleeping
- Postpartum healing and recovery
- Managing early postpartum anxiety
- Tips for partner bonding with baby
you will learn
Navigating your new role and identity
- Newborn development milestones
- Wellbeing and setting boundaries
- Dividing responsibilities
- Re-establishing intimacy
you will learn
Creating and settling into a rhythm
- Evaluating child care options
- Navigating return to work
- Settling into a rhythm and routine
- Sleep structure and schedules
you will learn
Supporting baby's development
- Promoting baby's physical development
- Managing transitions
- Self-care check-in
you will learn
Encouraging new experiences
- When and how to introduce solids
- Re-evaluating your support team
- Traveling as a family
you will learn
Your family's changing needs
- Baby's ongoing development
- Supporting language and vocalization
- Crafting family values
you will learn
A new phase of parenthood
- Nutritional changes
- Your expanding identity as a parent
- Childproofing and accident prevention
you will learn
Nurturing physical and emotional growth
- Incorporating positive discipline
- Introducing sign language
- Engaging your child's evolving senses
you will learn
Preparing for ongoing milestones
- Social-emotional development
- Future family planning
- Ongoing development milestones
... and beyond!
How it works
Meet your Doula
Feel championed. Your Doula will facilitate bi-weekly sessions on a topic relevant to your stage. Between sessions, they will answer your questions via chat in the app. We won’t let you do this alone.
Get paired with your small group
Feel supported. We’ll pair you with 5-10 other families with similar due or delivery dates. Lean on each other for support, ask for advice, and share the highs and lows. You’re not alone.
Build Knowledge
Feel empowered. Explore weekly bite-sized lessons and reflective exercises in the App that provides all that you need to be in control of your pregnancy, birth, and parenthood journey.
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Meet our medical team
Meet our medical team
Dr. Tamara Gayle Blackwood
Board-Certified Pediatrician
Tamara is a pediatrician who has felt a calling to work with kids since she was a child herself. A Floridian who grew up in Jacksonville and trained in Miami, she now is a full-fledged DC resident and loves it. Her passion is provided quality care and empowering Black and Brown families to be able to advocate for themselves and their children. She is a growing public health expert and loves teaching students, collegeues, families, and anyone who will listen. Tamara loves travel adventures with her husband around the world, and they are looking forward to their next adventure adding a baby to their family at the end of 2021.
Happy place
On the beach with the ocean breeze in her face, sipping something cool and delicious.
Daily Fuel
All the fruits, best way to start the day!
Meet our medical team
Dr. Nazaneen Homaifar
Board-Certified OB/GYN, Medical Director
Nazaneen cannot remember a time when she didn't dream of being a doctor. It took some time away from medicine, while in business school, for her to realize that obstetrics and gynecology was her calling. She feels the most impact when she is working to empower women to feel greater ownership over their healthcare decisions. When not using every diplomatic tactic to negotiate with her toddler girls, she enjoys painting and was most proud of a family effort entitled “Lady Quarantina” inspired by lockdown.
Happy place
Basking in the sun, Aperol Spritz on hand.
Daily Fuel
Coffee! And make it a light roast, please.
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