Rooted in Experience.

I’m Ev.

Birth obsessed since I was six years old.

In 2022 I stepped away from midwifery after 20 years to support my daughter through a postpartum mental health crisis. I found my way back to birth as a doula, walking beside women making intuitive choices - freebirths, homebirths after complications, births outside guidelines. 

The maternity system is broken. Investigations like Morecambe Bay exposed a ‘normal birth at all costs’ mentality that’s caused harm, yet any discussion around ‘normal birth’ is silenced. Today however, ‘normal’ means induction, augmentation, instruments, caesareans, and rising trauma. Having a natural birth in the system is now a 50:50 chance.

My mission is clear: shine a light on physiological birth - undisturbed, hormonally balanced and safe. I work with passionate birthkeepers, doulas, women and birthing people ready to reclaim natural birth.

I’ve supported births across all settings, including high-risk and out-of-guideline cases. I’m here to help you break free from outdated ideas and reclaim your power. For your own birth or as a wise birthkeeper.

Physiological birth is a human right. It’s our responsibility to keep birth truths alive and fight for the freedom to birth naturally - safely, supported, and with love.

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What is a Birthkeeper?
What is a Birthkeeper?

A birthkeeper holds space for the unfolding of birth as a natural, physiological, and spiritual experience. Birthkeepers draw from ancient wisdom, intuition, and practical skills to provide holistic pregnancy and birth support that nurtures the whole person ; mind, body, and spirit, and offer a ‘wise woman’ presence during labour and birth.

The Wise Woman Doula
The Wise Woman Doula

In 1999, as a student midwife, I read two books that changed everything for me: Wise Woman Herbal  for the Childbearing Year by Susun Weed, and Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin. Alongside these were the works of anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd who named the technocratic model of care in which I was learning and the holistic model that I strived to practice. These each created a foundation for the midwifery that resonated in my bones and their words gave shape to an approach that still anchors my work today: the Holistic Wise Woman model.

What’s the Difference Between a Midwife, a Doula and a Birthkeeper?
What’s the Difference Between a Midwife, a Doula and a Birthkeeper?

A midwife is a registered medical professional who monitors the wellbeing of women, birthing people and their babies during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. A doula is a non medical support who offers education and advocacy for those usually engaging with the medical system. And a birthkeeper is a non medical, holistic support, who often works with those choosing a ‘wild pregnancy’ or freebirth.