Barb Davis, CD-Labor, LCCE, PES (PBi)

Founder & Manager at bFW
PREGNANCY & PARENT education
Potty Training support

Barb is a Dual-Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, and Texas Dept. of Health Lactation Educator, with a background in Early Childhood Education.

As the Founder of birth | Fort Worth and the creator of the award-winning Your Best Birth Class™, Barb strives to educate, inform and inspire each of her clients so that they are able to find strength and inspiration in their birthing experience. As an LGBTQ+ ally, Barb provides support with zero judgment and is proud to guide all families through the prenatal, labor and postpartum stages.

You’ll find Barb behind the scenes at bFW, developing Your Best Birth Class™ curriculum, teaching Newborn Care Basics and birth classes, coaching new and expectant parents via our Pregnancy & Parent Education and answering emails and texts.

Barb does life in Burleson, TX with her husband, 2 kiddos, and Luc the wiener dog. When she’s not teaching classes or homeschooling, she is a member of Tarrant County Breastfeeding Coalition and is a founding member of Inclusive Birthworkers of Tarrant County.

For the last 5 years, she has supported families globally through her work as a Pregnancy & Birth Specialist with Cleo.


BARB'S BIO

  • The Infant & Toddler

  • Child development 3-5 years

  • child guidance & curriculum resources

  • Certified Potty Training Consultant

  • DUAL-CERTIFIED BIRTH & POSTPARTUM DOULA

  • TEXAS DEPT. OF HEALTH LACTATION EDUCATOR

  • PLACENTA ENCAPSULATION SPECIALIST

  • ACUPRESSURE & ENERGY FLOW AWARENESS FOR BIRTH

  • TENS IN LABOR WORKSHOP

  • MATERNITY CARE PRACTICES & THEIR IMPACT ON THE MICROBIOME W/PENNY SIMKIN

  • Placental Birth with Dr. Rachel Reed

  • Breastfeeding Intensive for Birth Professionals

  • Neonatal Transitional Physiology, Delayed Cord Clamping Demystified w/Karen Strange

  • Certified Childbirth Educator, Birth Arts International

  • CREATOR, YOUR BEST BIRTH CLASS™

  • SPINNING BABIES TRAINED w/Gail Tully, 2015

  • Trauma Informed Birth & Postpartum Support

  • IMPLICIT BIAS & SYSTEMIC RACISM IN BIRTH

  • Induction of Labor: Hormonal Costs and Consequences for Mothers & Babies

  • LIFE WITH BABY TRAINING

  • Trauma Informed Fundamentals

  • Birth Disparity Training with Sabia wade

  • Breastfeeding with Ease: The Impact of Infant Reflex Emergence & Integration

  • Trauma Informed Care as the Norm

  • Supporting Families Through NICU Trauma

  • Stirrups Are Restraints: 5 Simple Steps to Overcome Barriers to Upright Pushing

  • VOTED BEST DOULA IN FORT WORTH 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2021

  • VOTED BEST CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR IN FORT WORTH 2019, 2020 & 2021

  • Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator