midwife birthkeeper

I walk with women and families as a birthkeeper* or as a private midwife. Ask about joining our membership.

HERE'S WHAT I OFFER AS A BIRTHKEEPER OR MIDWIFE.

We create a trust-based relationship during your pregnancy at our pre-birth connection sessions. We may do the following. Everything is optional.

* see why birth is designed to work best when it's undisturbed

* clarify the difference between in-system and sovereign homebirth

* I get to know your partner and family

* clarify prenatal care options: wild pregnancy,** self testing, some in system tests 

* clarify variations of normal on pregnancy, labor, birth, placenta birth, newborn appearance, and more

* untangle your dreams, fears, whatever else needs untangling +

* birth story integration

* go over the facts about hospital transfer 

* create a postpartum plan

AT YOUR BIRTH SPACE

I'm present in my own authority as an intuitive and experienced birth witness. You are centered and exalted as you move freely through your birth process, give birth, and begin mothering your child earthside. 

I may:

- support you during your birth process/aka labor

- support you during baby's emergence, placenta birth, and more

- hold the energy and clear the energy if needed

- help with children, partners, food, drink, clean-up 

- share my opinion 

- sometimes I'm in another room the whole time

- I stay with you after your baby is born until you're snuggled in with your baby, things are cleaned up, and you're okay with me heading out.

POSTPARTUM

I offer post birth support during the daytime, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a few days or weeks post birth. Usually these sessions are two to three hours.       

I may:

- nourish you

- listen to you, and then listen to you some more

- breastfeeding support + help with everything newborn

- help with older children, pets, errands.

- explore keeping your newborn wild or ways to present her/him to the system.

MORE

 - Birth tub 

 - Placenta encapsulation 

 - Travel midwife

Your offering, aka the fee: $3600 to $3900. This covers unlimited prenatal meetings, unlimited phone, email, and text beginning after your first payment, on-call to come to your birth from about 36 weeks pregnant until whenever you give birth, presence during your labor, birth, and at least a few hours post birth, and follow up postpartum visits for about a month. 

There's no time limits on any of this. I come to you when YOU call me to you. 

The fee range is primarily determined by a one-time mileage fee and some other things. 

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Travel birthkeeper means I come to you at an agreed date, 39 weeks gestation for example, and stay at an airb until a few days after you birth. There's an additional fee for this. 

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If you do not have access to the amount of money stated above, let me know and we'll work something out. When we're called to walk together money will not divide us. 

To connect with me, please email doulawoman@gmail.com or sign up on the main page of this site for a discovery session. This free discovery session is for women who're already familiar with the concept of sovereign birth. 

Any woman may birth in sovereignty. This means "may birth," and not that anyone "should" do this.

 * To my knowledge Jeannine Parvati Baker coined the term "birthkeeper."

** To my knowledge Yolande Clark coined the phrase "wild pregnancy."

Sincerely, Martha