Terms, medical disclaimer & safety boundaries

1. Educational resource only

The Village After Birth is an educational and resource-navigation site. It is not a medical practice, mental health clinic, emergency service, pharmacy, nutrition practice, or health insurer. Content is general information and cannot evaluate your circumstances, diagnose a condition, prescribe treatment, determine medication or supplement safety, or replace care from a qualified professional.

2. No professional relationship or active counseling

Reading content, using an interactive guide, or contacting the project does not create a clinician-patient, therapist-client, dietitian-client, attorney-client, employment, agency, or volunteer relationship. Counseling, peer support, navigation, provider matching, scheduling, closed-loop handoffs, reminders, and clinical follow-up are not currently offered through this site. A hotline, directory, or outside-resource link is independent. The Village does not send your information, place the call, confirm availability, or know whether you connected.

3. Use your own clinician and judgment

Health information changes and may not apply to you. We aim to use reliable sources, but do not promise that every page is complete, current, error-free, or suitable for an individual situation. Contact your own licensed clinician for medical or mental health advice, especially about symptoms, medicines, supplements, breastfeeding, nutrition, exercise, or treatment decisions. Never delay urgent care because of this site.

4. Public interest intake is paused

The site is not currently accepting support-update or professional-interest submissions. Intake will remain closed until a monitored privacy, withdrawal, deletion, retention, and review process is operational. No site feature is a care request or a monitored clinical message. Do not submit symptoms, diagnoses, crisis details, medical records, government identification, information about a child, license documents, or patient information through another channel.

5. Third-party services

Links and phone numbers may connect you with independent organizations. We do not control their availability, eligibility rules, privacy practices, clinical decisions, or service quality. Inclusion is not an endorsement, guarantee, or referral for a particular person. Confirm important details directly with the organization or provider.

6. Automated listener and artificial intelligence

The Village Listener is a browser-based automated guided support tool. It follows prewritten selection paths that may display prompts or safety information. Its in-tab writing space does not read, analyze, screen, interpret, or respond to what a person types. It is not a person, clinician, therapist, peer-support worker, crisis counselor, emergency service, or monitoring service. No person reads or responds to entries through the Listener. It does not assess or predict risk, diagnose, treat, make safety decisions, or contact emergency services. It will not react to crisis language or symptoms entered in the writing space. Its other prompts may be incomplete, incorrect, or fail to appear. Do not rely on it to recognize a crisis or urgent medical condition, and do not enter names, addresses, medical records, diagnoses, or information about a child.

Some site content may be prepared with AI assistance. It is still general educational information and must not be treated as professional advice.

7. Responsible use

Do not misuse the site, attempt unauthorized access, submit another person's private information without authority, impersonate a professional, interfere with services, or use project materials to offer unverified clinical care. We may restrict access to protect users and the project.

8. Changes to these terms

These terms may change when site features, privacy practices, or applicable requirements change. Material updates will be dated on this page. Any future clinical service would require separate terms, consent, professional oversight, and jurisdiction-specific safeguards.