Rooted in Experience.
I’m Evony.
Birth obsessed since I was six years old.
In 2022 I stepped away from midwifery after over 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 I’m here to help you break free from outdated ideas and reclaim your power.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.
“My vision...is to create a community where we weave skills and knowledge, trust and respect; a haven for nurturing the wise women of the future, and a safe space for birthing.”
As Featured in “Weaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy”.
Iolanthe Midwifery Trust - the Mary Cronk Award for Physiological Birth
I was deeply honoured to receive this recognition of my work, connecting me to the lineage of wise women who have devoted their lives to this work. Mary Cronk was a fierce advocate for midwifery and a true wise elder of our time. I had the privilege of learning at her feet as a student midwife and she showed me what it meant to serve birth as a lifelong calling, not a job to retire from.
The Podcast
Welcome to conversations that remember what birth really is.
Here, we talk truth about physiological birth, birthkeeping, midwifery, freebirth, and the messy, beautiful work of walking between worlds.
