You're planning to birth outside the system.
And you're stuck.
Maybe you're planning an unassisted birth at home with your husband. You've done the research. You know your rights. You have conviction. But conviction doesn't tell you what to do if labor stalls. Or how to assess bleeding. Or how to help your baby breathe if she needs it.
Maybe you're working with a midwife — but she isn't values-aligned. She's the best option you could find, but you're already preparing to fight. Rehearsing the conversations. Bracing for the moment you have to decide — right there, in labor — whether to comply or resist.
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Two options. Birth alone, unprepared. Or birth with a provider you're preparing to battle.
Neither one is what you want. What you want is to birth in sovereignty — with competence.
THE SKILLS THAT WERE TAKEN FROM US
Birth knowledge used to live in the village.
Passed down — mother to daughter, woman to woman. The village midwife could feel a baby's position through a belly. Read labor progress without a machine. Catch. Assess. Act. And every woman around her knew enough to help.
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This wasn't a curriculum. It was a lifestyle.
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Then it was taken. The medical system professionalized it, made it credentialed, locked it behind degrees and licenses, and decided women couldn't be trusted with their own bodies. The skills that belonged to every woman were confiscated and called "medical."
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Now you're facing your birth plans with conviction in your heart and no actual skills to navigate what's coming.
YOU DON'T NEED A MEDICAL DEGREE
You never did. The gap between you and practical birth skills is not as wide as the system has led you to believe. It was manufactured — deliberately — to make you feel like you need them.
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The women who came before you didn't have degrees. They had wisdom. They had skills. They had each other. And they birthed for millennia.
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The skills that were taken from you can be restored. They can be learned. They can be put back in your hands where they belong.
Who I am
I'm the mother of four unassisted home births. I'm a trained Birth Guardian. I didn't just learn these skills from a textbook. I learned it from living it — from birthing my own babies, from learning the skills the village midwife used to carry, from being in birth spaces and knowing what to do.
That's what I'm sharing with you.
WHAT'S INSIDE
4 weeks. 8 classes. 2 live review sessions. Homework that's actually practice — real case studies, real scenarios, real situations you might face. This isn't information you download. It's skills you build, with guidance, with feedback, and with families who are taking back what was always theirs.
Week 1
Birthrights & Birth Physiology:
Understanding the natural and legal precedent for birthing on your terms. The hormones of labor. What undisturbed birth actually looks like. What disturbs it. How to create the conditions for your body to do what it was designed to do. Because if you don't understand what your hormones are doing, you can't protect them.
Week 2
Birth Biomechanics & Breech:
Pelvic anatomy. How your cervix actually opens. The cardinal movements your baby makes through your body. Which labor positions actually help and which ones just look good on Instagram. Plus breech — why it became taboo, what the actual evidence says, and what to do if your baby is breech, without panicking.
Week 3
Prolonged Labor & Bleeding:
How to assess labor progress without cervical checks. The Four P's. Shoulder dystocia — what to actually do with your hands. Bleeding after birth — how to prevent it, the Four T's, herbal tinctures, manual techniques, and how to follow up. This is the week that changes how you walk into your birth space. Because you're no longer hoping nothing goes wrong. You know what to do if something does.
Week 4
Newborn & Mother Care:
The golden minute. Danger signs. Newborn respiratory distress, home remedies, when to call 911, how to give your baby breaths. Breastfeeding, cord care, jaundice. And for you — lochia, the necessity of rest, postpartum nutrition, identifying trouble and how to respond to it. Prolapse recovery. Perineal tear care. Because birth doesn't end when the baby arrives. And neither should your skills.
Your Husband
He's either your only support in an unassisted birth, with no skills, or the buffer between you and a midwife you don't fully trust — with no framework for what's normal versus what needs attention. "Be supportive" is not a role. It's a placeholder. He needs the skills too. He takes this alongside you, and he walks into your birth space prepared. A teammate, not a bystander.
HOW IT WORKS
Cohort-based. Limited spots for intentional attention.
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Week 1: First two classes unlock.
Week 2: Next two classes unlock.
Week 3: First live Review Session. Then next two classes unlock.
Week 4: Final two classes unlock. Final live Review Session.
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After the cohort ends, you retain access to all lectures for one week. Final quiz. Receive the Earthbound Field Guide — the quick-reference companion to everything we cover.
CONTRIBUTION
Minimum donation of $444
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Enrollment is always open.
Each cohort is capped at 12 spots — solo or as a couple — so every question and every piece of homework gets real attention in review sessions.
Cohorts run quarterly — join now and you'll be locked into the next available seat.
You have the conviction. You have the rights. Now take back the skills.
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See you in there.
