Throughout Lyndsy’s pregnancy journey, she struggled and dealt with infertility, as well as a miscarriage with her first child, feeling untethered from her body and soul. After overcoming that dark chapter, Lyndsy realized that pregnancy and birth are an invitation to heal ourselves – body, mind, and spirit. Her wish for women is that we […]
Natalia is a Puerto Rican, Jewish mother of 3 little girls and wife to an outspoken truth seeker, who lives in suburban home that she lovingly considers her little farm where she works and homeschools her children. After birthing her second child and tandem nursing, Natalia lost two pregnancies in a state of total depletion, […]
Claire is an artist and mother of two daughters, who, during her latest pregnancy, leaned fully into trust her own intuition – amidst developing and being diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 38 weeks. Knowing very well that she would have been labeled as high risk had she chosen to birth within the medical system, Claire went […]
The story that comes below is written by Sarah, a beautiful Indie Birth mama and beloved virtual midwifery client. She is so brave, and smart, and cool, and I just love her so much! I hope you find her words, photos and birth video as inspiring as I do. – Margo …………………… My partner and […]
An edited transcript from one of Margo’s Live Youtube Sessions Talking about Midwifery Skills, Persecution, Licensing, Emotional Work and More! You can watch the video here, or read all the good stuff below. ———— Something that came up during the weekend, last weekend — which honestly comes up every time we do a skills workshop, […]
Guest Post by Alethea Boulet Indie Birth; A Story of Radical Birth Love by Maryn Green and Margo Blackstone is an eye-opening and heartfelt narrative that explores the true beauty, challenges, sorrows, intuition and desires of modern women in pregnancy, labor, birth and midwifery and how it is necessary to reshape culture to better serve […]
Listed below you will find links to the entire library of podcasts from Indie Birth (it is massive!!!) including all podcasts from Taking Back Birth, Midwifery for the People, and the Birth Warrior Podcast. They are grouped by subject to make it easier to find what you are looking for. We have Birth Politics and […]
Guest Post by Sara Philkill I have the pleasure of teaching our Speaking Your Truth: Content Creation for Birth Workers course once a year for the Indie Birth Midwifery School, and I love sharing (with permission!) some of our standout pieces that students create. It is so exciting to see awesome content generated, and to […]