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Can You Be a Birth Worker if You’ve Never Had a Baby Yourself?

Nov 07, 2025

This is one of the most common questions I hear from women who have not had babies themselves

And one that often hides a deeper layer of self-doubt.

“Can I really support women in birth if I’ve never birthed myself?”
“Will they trust me?”
“Am I good enough?”

I hear you.
And I want to tell you, yes, you absolutely can.

Some of the best birth workers I know do not have children themselves. 

 

The Calling Comes First

It begins with a deep fascination with birth, a curiosity about what women’s bodies can do, a longing to be part of something sacred, ancient and real.

Some of the most gifted, intuitive, and transformative birth workers I’ve met have not given birth themselves.

Their strength lies in their ability to hold space, to truly listen, to witness, to trust the innate wisdom of women and birth, without projection, without comparison, without personal agenda.

Actually Not having given birth gives them the advantage of not projecting their own experience onto a woman.

Of co...

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