🌿 What to Expect from a Traditional Birth Companion

Welcoming a new life into the world is a deeply personal and transformative experience. Whether it’s your first baby or your fifth, the journey of birth deserves care, presence, and unwavering support. That’s where a traditional birth companion—also known as a traditional birth attendant or birth keeper—comes in.

💫 What Is a Traditional Birth Companion?

Unlike some professional and medical roles in birth, a traditional birth companion offers non-medical, holistic support throughout preconception, pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period. Rooted in ancestral practices, this role emphasizes:

• Emotional and spiritual support

• Holding sacred space during birth

• Advocacy and respect for your birth choices

• Physical comfort

• Guidance for partners and family members

The relationship is built on trust, presence, and empowerment, ensuring that you feel heard, respected, and supported every step of the way.

🤍 The History of Traditional Birth Support

Historically, before the medicalization of birth, a local woman was called to be with a birthing woman, often an elder, a sister, an aunt, or grandmother. This woman was recognized in her community for her understanding and her ongoing study of the physical and spiritual process of birth, motherhood, and female and newborn physiology. She was likely taught at the feet of her predecessor, another wise woman of the community, and most often these women were also healers due to their knowledge of nature, ritual, and prayer.

Today, traditional birth companions approach this work as a calling, not just a service. We understand birth as a rite of passage—a moment to be witnessed, protected, and honoured. It’s about holding space, not managing outcomes. We believe birth is not a medical event to be managed by outside authorities.

What that looks like:

• Sitting quietly beside you in labor, offering grounding presence

• Encouraging your strength and intuition

• Helping you stay connected to your body, your baby, and your power

• Supporting your partner and family so they can be present in their own way

  
  

🌸 Is a Birth Companion Right for You?

If you're seeking a more intentional, connected, and supported birth experience, a traditional birth companion may be just what you need. This care is especially meaningful for:

• Families choosing natural or unmedicated births

• Parents looking for emotional/spiritual support

• Those wanting continuity of care through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum

• Anyone who wants to feel truly seen and heard during birth

  
  

✨ Come find us. We are still here, supporting woman through time immemorial, with presence, respect, and love.