Our History
In 2009, a group of individuals began tossing around the idea of starting a collective to support moms in need in our area. While the timing wasn’t quite right, the group continued to meet monthly, exploring all things birth and postpartum. Over the next few years, the community grew, and by late 2011, it became clear that we were ready to collaborate and serve our community more formally.
Thus, the Deep Valley Birth Collective was born with 13 founding members. In early 2012, we hosted our first public event—a screening of the film Doula!—and it was a tremendous success! Since then, the collective has continued to grow, hosting events each year to educate and connect women in Southern Minnesota with skilled practitioners specializing in prenatal and postpartum care.
Current Board members:
President - Kelli Quast
Vice President - Raelene Kovaciny
Secretary - Miranda Winkels
Treasurer - Jennifer Stuvek
Archivist for Events - Bonnie Murphy
Our Mission
Deep Valley Birth Collective (DVBC) is comprised of motivated doulas, midwives, chiropractors, pelvic floor physical therapists, childbirth educators, birth advocates, massage therapists, and other birthy professionals. Our mission is to educate, empower, and connect women and their families through the childbearing years. Our goal is to educate families and the community about normal birth with our mantra “trust your body, trust your baby, trust your birth.”
We endorse CIMS mother-friendly childbirth initiative.
Individual biographies do not represent the views of the DVBC.