For the people around a pregnancy.
Most pregnancy content is written for the pregnant person. Almost nothing is written for everyone else — the partner who wants to help and doesn't know how, the grandmother who wants to knit and not overstep, the best friend composing a text and deleting it. If someone you love is pregnant — maybe they just invited you to their Village — these are for you.
Logistics and relationships only. Zero medical advice — that's what their provider is for.
How to actually help in the first trimester
The months nobody announces, when she feels the worst and you can do the most. Specific, unglamorous, genuinely useful.
EveryoneWhat to say (and what to skip)
Pregnant people hear a lot of strange sentences from people who love them. Here are better ones — and the handful to retire.
New Village membersHow the Village works, for family
You got an invite code and a link. Here's what this board is, how to join, how reactions and moon letters work, and what to do when the labor alert goes off.
Grandparents-to-bePreparing to be a grandparent
A role you've been ready for since forever, and a rulebook that changed since you played. How to show up big without stepping on toes.
Parents of the big kidHelping the big sibling become a big sibling
The other person whose life is about to change completely is three feet tall. Ways to make the promotion feel like one.
Family & friendsThe day of: waiting well, visiting well
What to do while you wait for news, what to bring to the hospital, how long to stay, and how to be the visitor they're glad came.
Why these exist.
When Megan got pregnant, the question I heard most from our families wasn't about her — it was "what should I be doing?" Good people, genuinely asking, with nowhere to look it up. The app gave our families a window (the Village). These guides are the instruction manual nobody shipped with the window. The set will grow.