Privacy policy · Long Awaited Birth Support

What I collect, and when

When you ask for a consultation

Your due date (month), your town and where you plan to give birth, so I can see whether I'm free around your due date and whether you're inside my service area. Then your name, email or phone number, how you heard about me and any note you add. Web3Forms delivers all of it to my inbox, and I reply with times I'm free.

When you download a printable or join my email list

Your first name and email address, stored and sent with Loops.

When you become a client and pay

Stripe collects your payment details on its own secure checkout page. I see that a payment was made, but I never see or store your full card number.

Health information

My website forms never ask for diagnoses, test results or medical records. If you choose to share health details on our call or as a client, I use them only to support you. I keep them confidential, share them with my backup doula only when she needs them to care for you, and never use them for marketing.

I'm a doula, not a healthcare provider, so I'm not a covered entity under HIPAA. I treat your health information with that same care anyway.

The emails I send

If you download a printable, you'll get it by email, plus four short emails over the next two weeks. After that, I send about one email a month with a new guide. You're never added to my list unless you sign up, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe link.

Analytics and cookies

I use Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to see which pages are useful and where people get stuck, so I can write more of what helps. It runs only if you allow it, and your choice is stored in a cookie named labs_consent. If you say no, it doesn't run. I don't record visitor sessions on this site.

This site has no advertising pixels. I never use visits to pages about pregnancy conditions for advertising or retargeting. Fonts load from this site, not from an outside service.

Where this site is hosted

This site is hosted on GitHub Pages. When you visit, GitHub logs your IP address for security purposes, whether or not you have a GitHub account (GitHub Docs).

Who I share information with

Only the service providers that help me run this practice, and only what each one needs:

• GitHub hosts the website.
• Loops sends my emails.
• Web3Forms delivers consultation requests to my inbox.
• Google (Google Analytics 4) measures site use, only with your permission.
• Stripe handles client payments on its own secure checkout page.
• My backup doula, for clients only, when she needs to step in.

I may also share information if the law requires it. I never sell it.

How long I keep things

• Consultation requests from people who don't become clients: up to 12 months.
• Email list: until you unsubscribe, or 24 months after you last open or click an email.
• Analytics: up to 14 months in Google Analytics.
• Client records (contract, payments, intake): up to 7 years after your birth, for tax and legal reasons.

Your choices

You can ask to see, correct or delete the information I have about you by emailing allison@longawaitedbirth.com. You can unsubscribe from emails at any time and decline analytics on this site. The one exception is client records I'm required to keep for tax or legal reasons.

Children

This site is for expecting parents and their families. It isn't directed to children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect their information.

If there's ever a breach

If your information is ever exposed, I'll tell you promptly and as required by Georgia law, with what happened and what I'm doing about it.

Changes to this policy

If I change this policy, I'll update the date at the top. For significant changes, I'll also let email subscribers know.

Contact

Allison Marx, Long Awaited Birth Support, Cumming, Georgia
allison@longawaitedbirth.com · (478) 974-3434