Building community around pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
For Everyone
The Birth Collective's goal is to help connect parents and birth workers to what they need during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—whether that's education, support, community, or connection with birth workers. We're revealing our community's "best-kept secrets" and making life easier for families.
👨👩👧👦 For Parents & Families
Whether you're expecting your first baby or growing your family, we're here to support you.
Find trusted, local birth workers
Access education and resources
Connect with other expectant and new parents
Learn what to expect at each stage of pregnancy
Build your support village
💼 For Birth Workers
Connect with families who need your expertise and build relationships with fellow birth workers.
Be visible to families in our community
Network with other birth professionals
Contribute your knowledge and experience
Help shape the future of birth support
Connect with families seeking your services
What We Offer
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Pregnancy Roadmap
A trimester-by-trimester guide covering healthcare decisions, physical and emotional preparation, and practical steps to get ready for birth and parenthood.
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Meet Local Birth Workers
Browse profiles of trusted midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, educators, and other professionals in our region dedicated to supporting your journey.
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Quarterly Gatherings
Join us in person in Alexandria to connect with other families and birth workers, share stories, and explore important topics around birth and postpartum.
Our Mission
We're building a supportive community around birth and parenthood in central Minnesota. By connecting parents with resources, education, and each other—and fostering collaboration among birth workers—we're answering the questions families have and filling the gaps in our community's support systems.
Serving Our Community
The Birth Collective serves families and birth workers within approximately 60 minutes of Alexandria, Minnesota—including communities across central Minnesota and the surrounding region.
Meet Our Birth Workers
Local professionals dedicated to supporting you
Birth Workers Directory
Your Pregnancy Roadmap
A guide to what matters at each stage of your journey
Use this roadmap as a planning tool. Every pregnancy is unique—focus on what matters most to you and your family, and connect with healthcare providers or birth workers who can answer your specific questions.
Help Us Improve
This roadmap is built by and for our community. Have a topic you'd like us to add? Know of a great resource? We'd love to hear from you!
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We really appreciate your input and will review it to see how we can improve the roadmap for our community.
Community Events
Classes, events, and opportunities to connect in our community
Find details on Birth Collective Alexandria gatherings, support groups, childbirth education classes, and other related events in central Minnesota. Whether you're expecting, a new parent, or a birth professional, there's a place for you here!
Upcoming Events
More Resources
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Know of an Event?
Have a community event to share? Contact us and we'll add it to our calendar so families in our region can find it.
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Serving Central Minnesota
We share events happening within approximately 60 minutes of Alexandria that support families around pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
About The Birth Collective
Our story and vision for community
What We Are
The Birth Collective Alexandria is two-fold:
📱 Online Community
An online gathering place to build community, ask questions, and connect around pregnancy, birth, and postpartum topics. We value support, connection, empowerment, education, and advocacy. Our dream is to help new families create their village and make it simple to find answers about pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond.
🤝 Quarterly Gatherings
We host quarterly meet-ups in Alexandria, Minnesota to connect in person, share birth stories, network with regional birth workers, and explore deeper topics together around pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. These gatherings are where our community comes alive—where families find their people and birth workers strengthen their networks.
Our Community, Our Energy
We are energized by the response to our first gathering. At that meeting, we shared our personal journeys and heard powerful stories from families and birth workers. We explored what our community truly needs and identified important gaps in support.
We're committed to building something meaningful together. If you're interested in being part of this conversation—as a parent, birth worker, or community member—we'd love to hear from you.
Meet the Founders
Allie Drexler
Prenatal Educator, Registered Nurse
Allie is passionate about creating spaces where families feel seen, heard, and supported. With years of experience in maternal health, she brings both clinical knowledge and genuine care to everything she does. Allie believes every family deserves access to compassionate, informative support—and that our community is strongest when we work together.
Jamie Shelley
APRN, CNM, IBCLC
Jamie is a certified nurse-midwife and lactation consultant with a deep commitment to whole-person and family-centered care. She works at Empowered Midwifery providing midwifery services rooted in shared decision-making and evidence-based practice. She's convinced that life is better lived in community than in isolation, which is why she co-founded The Birth Collective to build a space where families have access to knowledgeable, caring professionals and each other.
Get In Touch
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