Hi, I’m Ebonie Bailey.
My Approach
My mission is to help systems and organizations reimagine maternity care in ways that are collaborative, culturally thoughtful, and responsive to the real needs of families and the professionals who serve them. This mission is embodied in practice as a doula and a birthwork educator.
Gilligan’s Guide
As a certified Gilligan’s Guide Instructor, I help doulas and birthwork professionals design a plan of care to accommodate optimal fetal position knowledge and therefore increase the chance of a safer, more expedient vaginal birth.
Lasting Impact
Doulas who complete my mentoring program are given tools to help them reach families looking for safe maternity care, affecting not only the families they help, but their surrounding communities.
Ebonie Bailey is a nationally respected birthworker, consultant, and public speaker with over 12 years of experience advancing equitable, family-centered maternity care. She is the Founder of The Birthwork Foundation and Ebonie Bailey Consulting, where her work sits at the intersection of community-based birthwork, institutional systems change, and maternal health advocacy.
Through her private doula practice and nonprofit leadership, Ebonie has supported families across diverse backgrounds while also mentoring doulas to build sustainable, culturally responsive practices. Her lived experience as a wife and mother informs her belief that birth outcomes are deeply connected to family support, workplace flexibility, and access to identity-conscious care.
Due to her extensive knowledge of proven systems such as The Gilligan’s Guide, Ebonie is frequently engaged by hospital systems, public health departments, and community organizations to design and strengthen doula programs, train interdisciplinary teams, and improve patient experience and outcomes. She has presented to medical residents, public health boards, and healthcare professionals, offering practical, evidence-informed strategies for integrating doulas into clinical settings and addressing disparities in maternal and infant health.
As a speaker, Ebonie brings clarity, compassion, and actionable insight to conferences and leadership spaces, helping organizations move beyond awareness toward sustainable implementation. Her work supports institutions seeking to build meaningful partnerships with community-based doulas, strengthen trust with birthing families, and create care models that honor dignity, safety, and balance.
