Terms of Service

What Homebirth.com is

Homebirth.com is a directory that helps families find and contact birth support: midwives, birth doulas, postpartum doulas and lactation consultants. We help you find and compare practices and pass your request to the ones you choose. We are not a healthcare provider and we do not give medical advice. Using Homebirth.com is free for families.

Sending a request

When you send a request, we email you a link to confirm it. Nothing goes to the practice until you click it. After that, the practice gets your name, email, phone number and your answers, and replies to you directly. During the San Diego beta, only practices that have joined Homebirth.com can receive requests.

A practice decides for itself whether and how to reply. We can't promise a reply, availability, or that a practice is right for you.

Your relationship with providers

Any relationship formed with a provider through Homebirth.com is between you and that provider directly. We do not employ, endorse, or guarantee the quality of any provider listed on the platform. You are responsible for independently verifying a provider's credentials, licensure, and suitability for your needs.

Profiles of practices that have joined are written by the practices themselves. We don't check licences or credentials; a listing or a claimed profile is not a verification, and we can't guarantee accuracy.

Not medical advice

Nothing on Homebirth.com, including intake questions, match results, resource content, or question libraries, constitutes medical advice. Decisions about your birth setting and care provider should be made in consultation with qualified healthcare professionals.

If you have a medical emergency, call 911.

Account responsibilities

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials. You must provide accurate information, including a real email address and phone number, when you send a request or create an account and keep it up to date. You may not use another person's account or create accounts for the purpose of abuse or misrepresentation.

Acceptable use

You may not use Homebirth.com to harass, impersonate, or harm other users or providers. You may not attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or interfere with the platform. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms.

Practice listings

Listings come from two places. Practices that join Homebirth.com write and manage their own profile. Other listings are built by us from public information, such as a practice's own website; those practices haven't joined or agreed to anything, and their listing says so.

A listing is not an endorsement. We work to keep listings accurate, but information can be out of date; confirm details with the practice. Any practice can correct its listing or ask us to remove it by emailing jo@homebirth.com, no account needed, and we act on removal requests promptly. We may remove any listing, particularly where safety concerns arise.

Intellectual property

The content, design, and code of Homebirth.com are owned by us or licensed to us. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without written permission. Your account data is yours; we do not claim ownership over information you provide.

Limitation of liability

Homebirth.com is provided as-is. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the platform, including outcomes related to birth providers you connect with through our service.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the platform evolves. We'll notify you of significant changes by email. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance. If you disagree with updated terms, you may close your account.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email us at jo@homebirth.com.