Around the world, about 385,000 women
are giving birth right now.
10,000
women give birth every day in the United States alone.
50%
of families report wanting an alternative to medicalized birth environments.
$340 million
is spent on maternity services every year.
What is MatriBirth?
/mahtriberth/
- Latin, combining form of māter mother or the prefix of “matriarch”, matri- meaning “relating to women” ; with birth, the process of bearing or bringing forth new life.
The MatriBirth Directory is dedicated to placing birth back into the hands of women. We are at the forefront of a movement that centers mothers as powerful creative beings who deserve the utmost respect, honor, and reverence. We support the proliferation of nonheirchchal support from wise woman professionals.
The MatriBirth Directory:
- Aims to offer a safe place for sovereign birth professionals to connect with like-minded clients
- Aligns itself with the consciousness of freebirth and sovereign women’s health-care
- Is devoted to the preservation of families and the motherbaby dyad through intentional supportive care
- Brings women together all over the world
- Offers different tiers of professionals based on certification status and their training history with Free Birth Society
We are bringing birth back to women.
The Four Categories of MatriBirth Support
Prenatal and
Birth
Support
This is your highly sought-after directory of sovereign, non-medical radical birth keepers around the world, who will honor birth as a normal and biological event that does not inherently require medical management. Connect with women who have been trained in the teachings of sovereign midwifery by Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark of Free Birth Society, as well as those who have been called to village midwifery by their communities. This is the only directory for birth attendants who truly practice in the consciousness and integrity of the freebirth movement, entirely outside of the medical paradigm.
Postpartum
Support
Find a postpartum support professional in your area or online to care for you as you move through the fourth trimester with honor and reverence for the motherbaby dyad. You’ll find practitioners who are committed to protecting and nurturing the sacred 40-day postpartum period, the golden opportunities of postpartum healing, and the lifelong health for you and your baby through in-home physical support, online coaching, breastfeeding education, and a variety of other postpartum offerings.
Fertility and
Cycle
Coaching
Fertility and cycle coaches offer a variety of transformative services on the wide spectrum of holistic female health, from healing menstrual complications outside of the medical system, to conscious conception, to addressing issues like PCOS, infertility, or endometriosis. Find a coach who understands the profound connection between the spiritual and the physical world, who embraces a truly natural cycle, and who knows how to guide women back to harnessing their inner-power through hormonal balance and fertility awareness.
Birth Trauma
Integration
Sessions
These sessions are intended to be a safe space to share your unfiltered birth story and gain clarity on any areas of confusion, as well as process any trauma associated with your birth. Commonly known as “Birth Trauma Debriefs”, this method of healing was coined by Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris Clark and is now offered by countless women around the world.
The Six Tiers of Our Birth Professionals
MatriBirth Mentor
This is the highest level of education and certification one can achieve through Free Birth Society at this time. To become a MatriBirth Mentor, one must have completed our year-long sovereign midwifery school, The MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, completed the required reading list, have passed the examinations, and have had attended at least 6 sovereign births.
MatriBirth Guide
A MatriBirth Guide, is a woman who has completed The Radical Birth Keeper School, attended 3 sovereign births, completed our required reading, and passed the school exam.
MatriBirth Guides have completed an 8-week foundational program introducing the important concepts of sovereign midwifery and what it means to truly center a woman during birth.
Non-FBS Affiliated Professional
A Non-FBS Educated Professional is a woman who has not completed any of the trainings, schools, programs, or institutes provided by Free Birth Society. These women have not taken Free Birth Society’s birth training programs or been intimately involved in our mentorship-based professional community. We support women to pursue their calling towards birth-work outside of any educational requirements, and these women self identify as a sovereign birth-workers, have paid their membership dues, and are in good standing with Free Birth Society.
MatriBirth Midwifery Institute Graduate
These are women who have graduated from The MatriBirth Midwifery Institute.
Blood Mysteries School
Graduate
These are women who have graduated from the Blood Mysteries School.
Radical Birth Keeper School Graduate
These are women who have graduated from The Radical Birth Keeper School.
Not Alone Anymore
“Doing a birth trauma debrief session with Angela (a MatriBirth Guide and graduate of The Radical Birth Keeper School) was a big step in being able to put the pieces together of my birth and finally feel like I could move on.” – Amanda C.
The Birth of My Dreams
“Working with Athena (a Radical Birth Keeper Graduate) was such a blessing. I couldn’t believe there was someone right in my very town that would attend my sovereign birth and offer such wonderful postpartum support to my family.” – Lydia S.
Excited to Finally Conceive
“Working with Vanessa, (a Blood Mysteries School Graduate) showed me the way to healing my womb – my cycle is on time, my periods are pain-free, and my husband and I are ready and confident to conceive our first baby next year!” – Lauren M.
Looking for more of our most frequently asked questions? Here you’ll find our FAQs for members and FAQs for professionals.