Thank you for your interest in joining The Birth Chat!
This blog is dedicated to providing informational, evidence-based content on pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and parenting. Our mission is to empower families through education and support, creating a trusted resource for all communities.
📌 What Makes The Birth Chat Unique?
✔ A diverse community of birth workers and parents sharing knowledge
✔ Content that is evidence-based, experience-driven, and full of resources
✔ A platform for collaboration, learning, and support
The Birth Chat is a product of Barksdale Missions, with a continued mission to provide information and resources that help families at every stage of life.
📢 Why Become a Contributor?
✨ 1. Build Your Credibility & Reach
By contributing high-quality, evidence-based content, you’ll establish yourself as a trusted voice in the birth and parenting community. Your knowledge and insights will help families make informed decisions.
✨ 2. Free Marketing – Link Back to Your Website!
We encourage all contributors to include a link to their business website in their posts. Your information will also be featured on our “Meet the Bloggers” page for continuous contributors.
✔ Your posts may be shared across our social media platforms, increasing your exposure.
✔ A clickable signature image can also be included in your posts to direct traffic to your website.
📖 Contributor Expectations
We want to maintain a high standard of content that aligns with our mission of providing accurate, useful, and well-researched information. Here’s what we ask from contributors:
✅ 1. Submit High-Quality, Well-Written Content
✔ Posts must be well-researched and evidence-based (when applicable).
✔ Minimum 400 words per post (Google prefers longer content for search visibility).
✔ Content may be lightly edited for formatting or clarity, but we aim to publish complete, polished submissions.
📌 We encourage contributors to submit original work that showcases their expertise and passion.
✅ 2. Submit Only Original Work
✔ All submissions must be original. Copyrighted or plagiarized content will not be accepted.
✔ If you want to republish an article from another site, email us at info@thebirthchat.com for approval.
✔ If you’ve written for another blog, please confirm permission before submitting duplicate content.
🔹 To ensure accuracy, we ask contributors to include links to original sources when citing evidence-based information.
✅ 3. Submit at Least One Blog Post Per Month
✔ Consistent posting keeps our platform active and engaging.
✔ Additional submissions are welcome but may not be published immediately.
🔹 Need topic ideas? Write about anything related to pregnancy, birth, postpartum, or parenting that fits within our categories. If a category is missing, just ask!
✅ 4. Include an Image with Each Post
✔ People engage more with content that includes visuals!
✔ You may use stock images or personal photos (provide photographer credit if applicable).
✔ If you don’t have an image, we will add one for you—no worries!
🔹 Images help us promote your post on social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.).
💡 Contributor Agreement & Terms
This is a volunteer-based platform, and no monetary exchange is involved at this time. We appreciate all contributors for helping create a strong community through shared knowledge!
By submitting content, you agree to the following:
✔ You irrevocably transfer and assign all rights to your submitted articles.
✔ You will not receive compensation for published articles unless otherwise agreed upon in the future.
✔ You indemnify The Birth Chat from any potential legal liability/damage that may arise from your published articles.
✔ All posts must be reviewed and approved by our editorial team before publication.
✔ If an article is denied, you will receive feedback and have the opportunity to revise and resubmit.
🚀 Ready to Join The Birth Chat?
If you agree to the terms above, fill out the form below, and we’ll send you an email with the next steps!
💬 Have questions? Reach out—we’d love to hear from you!