support freebirth without fear

Feel grounded and confident, ready to support your clients who choose this out-of-system birth experience

A 7 week program for Doulas and Birthworkers

Join the waitlist for this October start!

(only those on the waitlist will have access to the Earlybird price!)

“Felicity’s teaching is brave, honest and refreshing.

She has gems of wisdom from her years of diverse experience. What I loved most about learning from her is her insights into our unique role as birth workers. She’s someone that understands the subtleties of birth, the nuance of the birth world, combined with a deep trust in women’s ability to birth.”

Esme Shea - Birthkeeper, Devon, UK

This program is right for you if:

  • You’re already serving women or beginning to serve women in the birth space

  • You’re passionate about a woman’s right to make autonomous decisions about her birth, including her option to freebirth

  • You want to feel ready to say YES to women who want your support outside the system, but you’re struggling to move past your fears about it

  • You passionately believe that women’s bodies are made to birth, but you can’t help feeling fear about what to do if a
    birth emergency happens

  • You’re struggling to know where to start with having the hard and important conservations with women as they prepare for their births outside the system

  • You want to feel clear on how to protect yourself and set boundaries, without compromising on developing mutual trust and being a woman’s utter cheerleader

  • You want your presence in the birth space to only add love and calm (not disturbance) to the experience your client has been dreaming of

This program will help you move through your fears about supporting freebirth, so that you can actually feel good about saying yes to women and sink into the joy and magic of witnessing birth undisturbed.

“Felicity offering herself to the birth community is like a soothing balm to the heart, knowing we have a woman with her background, experience and conviction to learn from - I feel deep gratitude to have had the opportunity to sit in her classes and receive from her embodied service to women.

The spectrum of what she covers is diverse, deep, practical, richly educational, full of connection and care.”

Janessa Lew - Writer, Birth witness, Hawai’i

What will the ‘Support Freebirth Without Fear’ program look like?

The 7 week live program will be held weekly, with a total of seven 90-minute live sessions. Each session will be a discussion and reflective space for unpacking a specific fear that is crucial to serving women birthing outside the system.
The sessions have been designed so that you leave each one with a tangible feeling of relief and clarity, as well as practical tools to support your work and deeper fear processing in the future.
There will be time to ask questions in every session, as well as lifetime access* to recorded practices each week lead by Somatic Practitioner and Birthworker, Fiona Sears of Ether and Bone.

Week 1 - Connection and orientation week

Week 2 - The fear of saying it outloud

The harsh inner-critic and judgment from others in the birth world stops most Doulas and Birthworkers from being able to be honest and open up about fears they have about this work. In a judgement free circle, we take the opportunity to name outloud our deepest fears about this work, in a group of women who understand our fears and have been longing to get it off their chests too. This sessions honours the courage and strength it takes to be vulnerable with our peers, to that the exploration can begin. This session is followed by a live guided session by Somatic practitioner specialising in fear release.

Week 3 - The fear of getting in trouble

Society at large, does not culturally approve of or condone the choice to freebirth. This creates insidious fears within birth workers that they too are disapproved of and will be punished for the support they give women. How much of this is perception and how much is truth? What does “getting in trouble” actually mean and look like for you in this work? In this session we will the law, how to take sensible steps to protect yourself whilst not compromising on cultivating trust between you and your clients.

Week 4 - The fear of birth emergencies (part 1)

Doulas and birthworkers often get lost in what feels like complex and detailed teachings on how to support birth emergencies if they happen. It creates feelings of overwhelm and fear about not having medical professionals present. But the way you - a non-medical person - can support a woman in these situations is shockingly simple. This session covers the practical steps that you can take to support a mother and baby whilst help is on the way or even better - support a mother to resolve issues at home BEFORE they even become emergencies. This week will contain lifetime access* recorded sessions about out of system support of; Large blood loss, Placental Abruption, Uterine Rupture, Cord Prolapse, as well as the live session for deeper exploration and questions.

Week 5 - The fear of birth emergencies (part 2)

This week will contain lifetime access* recorded session about the out of system support of; Breech birth, Shoulder Distocia, Supporting Baby’s first breaths, as well as the live session for exploration and questions. You will leave these two weeks feeling calmer and more compitent on how to be helpful in a birth emergency - not medical.

Week 6 - The fear of the unexpected outcomes

You want to be able to continue giving a woman incredible support during her motherhood journey, even if the unexpected and unplanned happens. Whether that’s freebirth transfer to hospital, an unwell mother and baby postnatally, trauma processing after freebirth, social services referrals or the worst of all outcomes, you will leave this session with knowledge of how to have loving, judgement free, important conversations with women in pregnancy about preparation for all possibilities. You will feel less fear about how you can offer continued, grounded, helpful and compassionate support to women in these circumstance.

Week 7 - Reflective practice

A chance to see how far you’ve come and how much your fears have shifted. A chance to look together to your future in this work and tools you have gained to tend to your fears in a sustainable and effective way, allowing you to serve your clients who choose an autonomous birth exactly how you love and want to.

Also includes:

  • Private Telegram group for connection and questions outside of the live sessions, open for 4 months after the course.

  • Replays of live sessions each week for catch up

  • THREE live bonuses to be announced shortly - including a 24hr sign up bonus

  • Exclusive access to further mentorship options and 1:1 work with me (only available to birthworkers who take the program)

“After attending Felicity’s sessions on Birth Emergency First Aid, I feel significantly more confident in my ability to respond effectively in a real emergency.
Her sessions were not just theoretical - they were practical, easy to understand and truly empowering. Felicity has a gift for explaining complex situations in a way that feels clear, grounded and doable, even under pressure.

After working with her, I felt supported and capable of staying calm when it matters most.”

Molly Flam - Doula, Massachusetts, USA

“Felicity is great and shares so many of her tricks of the trade. She’s confident, clear and engaging in what she teaches.
She makes you feel at ease and like you can ask any question.
So many women supporting birth outside the system would benefit from working with her.”

Rosemary, Women’s Circle Mentor, Canada