The Natural Birth Blog

I get asked this a lot. 

So to answer this question I took the help of a Doula, a Midwife, a Doctor, and a Sacred Birth Worker to explore their journeys into birth work and ultimately their advice to anyone considering this Sacred Line of Women’s Business.

Let’s explore their Stories, Insights and what They would Say to anyone Considering Birth Work!

Birth Work Finds You

One of the most beautiful truths that emerged from our conversation is that birth work often finds you when you’re ready—sometimes when you least expect it. 

For some, it begins with an intense fascination with birth stories. 

For others, it’s a spiritual teacher that arrives through life experiences, offering lessons in trust, sovereignty, and connection to the feminine.

Take Marie, for example. She didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a birth worker.

In fact, her early understanding of birth was shaped by fear and the belief that birth was inherently dangerous.

Then one day, she stumbled upon a natur...

The Paediatrician who left NICU to Serve Women in Sacred Birth Work

The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship attracts seasoned birth workers and health care workers as well as newbies to the birth field.

Today you are introduced to Sophie.

The NICU doctor who choose Sacred Birth Work.

Enjoy!

What I love about being a Sacred Birth Worker

I have witnessed birth many times as a doctor in the hospital system.

Working in the NICU, I have been there in people’s most intimate moments.

I’ve delivered the worst and the best news, faced people’s tears and joy, anger and gratitude.

Their stories touched me always, sometimes shook me to the core and brought tears to my eyes behind closed doors.

I always gave my best, but it was not personal.

I was there as a function, never as me.

Seeing me as the function is reassuring to people.

So, what I love most about becoming a Sacred Birth Worker is this complete shift in the way I do my medicine work.

Truly being with woman.

Building...

From Doula to a Sacred Birth Worker - Jez's Story

 Jez took a mainstream DONA Doula Course and didn't find that it gave her enough knowledge, support or confidence to be the space holder for something so big such as the birth portal. So she decided to come to The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship to deepen her craft.

Here is her story.

The Doula who wanted more...

Enjoy!

What I Love About Being a Sacred Birth Worker

I love being a sister in this work.

I love dreaming with women, romanticizing what they want for themselves, and watching them step into their own power.

I love witnessing the moment when a woman doesn’t just give birth—she births herself.

I love mothering mothers—wrapping them in warmth, in wisdom, in reminders that they, too, are held.

I love sharing evidence-based truths that would have changed everything for my own rite of passage into motherhood.

I love that I don’t clock in, and I don’t check out. This isn’t a job—it’s a way of being. A remembering. A kno...

This week I am starting to introduce some of my Sacred Birth Worker Graduates to you. Giving them the space to share their story about What Drew them to Birth Work, What they Love about it and How they Work as a Birth Worker Today. Giving You an insight into how differently one can work in this vast and magical field.

Today we start with Marie.

Enjoy!

What I love about being a Sacred Birth Worker

I love being a sacred birth Worker.

I love it even more than I thought I would when I started the mentorship.

I love the depth in sacred birth work. 

I love having lots of practical knowledge and resources as well as bringing the embodiment piece into working with women - which I feel is something that is lacking with many care providers.

I love being able to unwind big topics with women and offer them new perspectives on birth and pregnancy.

I love being able to turn questions around to them and assist them in accessing their own inner wisdom instead of needing to convince them...

Birth work is an ancient calling—one that goes beyond certifications, training, or medical credentials. It is a path walked by those who feel the pull to hold space for women in one of the most profound moments of life.

Throughout the ages, for all of time, birth has been women’s business—guided and held by those who understood the rhythms and cycles of nature, birth and death, the rite's of passages and the sacred transitions of life.

Today, that knowledge has been divided into roles: doulas and midwives.

But what if you feel called to something deeper?

This blog explores the differences between doulas and midwives, their training, skills, and limitations, and why many women are now seeking something beyond both—the path of the Sacred Birth Worker.

How to Become a Doula or Midwife

Becoming a Doula

A doula is a non-medical birth worker who provides emotional, physical, and informational support before, during, and after birth.

To become a doula, you typically:

1. Choos...