You've read all the research... Listened to the podcasts... Probably spent more hours than you're willing to admit trawling Instagram for 'positive home birth stories', trying to convince yourself  "If they can do it, why not me?"

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And then your old friend 'Self Doubt crashes the party. Again.

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Maybe it started with your last birth; the one that didn't go the way you'd hoped.

 

You know, rationally, that it was the system that failed you, not the other way around -  but every now and then it just hits you. Perhaps it's mid-school run or while you're looking at your eldest's face as they're falling asleep... that heavy feeling settling in your chest...

 

"I wish I had done more" You're not sure you've ever said that out loud to anyone.

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And now you're growing this baby, and you know... you know - what you want this time.

 

But you're keeping those home birth plans slightly hidden, mentioning it in passing and holding your breath as you wait for the grimace disguised as a smile.

 

"Oh, you're brave..." and your sense of self confidence quietly unravels over the course of the day. 

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Deep breath my love; the problem isn't about finding the 'right statistics' to defend yourself at your next appointment, or consuming so much knowledge that you're basically trying to get a midwifery degree in the next 6 months, just to re-assure yourself (again) that you're not going mad for wanting this. 

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What stands between you and that moment of pure elation... as you bring your baby up to your chest, your hands interlocked with your partner's - a lifetime of love forged and that redemptive feeling of "I flipping did it" ...

 

Is the gap between knowing what you want and truly believing you're capable of it.

 

Of having the ancestral 'wise woman' birthy wisdom, and a partner on board who really gets it - leaving you free to focus on your inner preparation without worrying that you need to manage their 'stuff' or that they'll bottle it at the last minute. 

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It's in trusting yourself so deeply that a confronting Instagram post or a difficult appointment doesn't send you into a spiral; you have the tools to connect with your intuition & to come home to yourself again and again. 

 

It's time to honour your journey, with you at the centre of it -  so that you step into Motherhood from this place of deep inner knowing and trust. So that you can soften into those early postpartum days, weeks and years, becoming the strong, powerful matriarch that you know, deep down, that you are. 

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That's exactly what this space is for; Welcome to the 'Home of Home Birth'...