The sovereign childbirth path

I guide women and families for out-of-system physiologic birth. This is radically different from any mainstream childbirth education programs. All of sovereign childbirth education is included for my birth keeper and midwife clients.

Sovereign birth education is for:

- Women and families who plan to freebirth* 

- Women who're exploring various childbirth options

- Women who plan in-system delivery and are just curious about all this

- Birth workers who'd like guidance on how sovereignty in birth plays out.

I invite you to sign up at any point in your pregnancy or fertility journey, or at any point in your sovereignty journey.

These sessions are 2 hours, choose from the options below:

-$ 200 per session 

-$ 575 for 3 sessions

-$1500 for 8 sessions.

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Here's some things we do in sovereign childbirth education. Everything is optional.

* Walk together, we literally take walks together.

* Clarify the difference between in system and sovereign homebirth.

* I get acquainted with your family and your other birth supporters.

* Clarify prenatal care options: wild pregnancy,** self-testing, some in system tests. 

* Clarify variations of normal and "what ifs" on:

         - pregnancy

         - fetal position

         - labor 

         - baby's emergence/the moment of birth

         - placenta birth

         - newborn breathing

         - newborn appearance

         - what "normal" means in the first place.

* Nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, embodiment, meds, and how these are unique to each person.

* Untangle your dreams, fears, whatever else needs untangling. 

* Birth story integration if you've birthed prior.

* Clarify the facts about hospital transfer.

* Clarify your postpartum visions and plans.

In person or virtual, ask how this works. 

For group meetings we can set up a package where each person/couple pays less than the 1:1 rate. 

You can use the sessions starting prior to pregnancy and up to one year post birth. Venmo, cash, or check prior to our first session. If you switch to birth keeper or midwife, then what you've paid to date counts towards that investment.

To connect with me, please sign up on the main page here for a discovery session. Or, if you've already decided to take sovereign birth education, please email me with your availability and we'll get started. 

Option for me to be on call for virtual support during your birth is an add-on service, ask about this. This is set up prior to labor and is dependent on availability.

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Postpartum

- Clarify what you want, and clarify what's realistic

- I sit with you and listen

- Ceremony

- Birth story integration

- Help with breastfeeding, baby care, chores, siblings

- I may go with you to appointments

- Explore keeping your newborn wild or how to present her/him to the system.

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

You may have questions, been told "You cannot homebirth,"  been excluded from licensed midwife care, or need more information to see if sovereign birth is for you. We sort this out.

*To my knowledge, Jeannine Parvati-Baker coined the phrase "freebirth."

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

Sincerely, Martha

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