The Organization of Labor Assistants for Birth Options and Resources (toLabor) began in Boulder Co in 1977 under the name Informed Home Birth, eventually moving to Ann Arbor MI, where it grew into a larger organization known as Informed Home Birth/ Informed Birth & Parenting. As the organization continued to grow and fine-tune its programs, in 1994 it moved to Cambridge, MA where ALACE took root.
A decision was made in 2009 to separate the ALACE Childbirth Education program and Birth Doula program with the belief that this action would serve all the members of the community best, while maintaining the integrity of both programs. toLabor was born and has been flourishing since.
The women and men who have taken our trainings under the name of ALACE can continue to call themselves ALACE trained/certified as well as toLabor trained/certified.