Bernadette Emerson

I am currently not available for new birth clients. I am, however, accepting new clients for in-home breastfeeding support and education. I can travel to your home and meet with you, your newborn, and your family to help support you as you begin your breastfeeding journey together.  This type of support can be so beneficial as you begin to navigate breastfeeding and new motherhood.  Early support can help you to be comfortable, confident, and avoid reaching that 'crisis' point.  Office hours are 7 days a week, from 7am until 9pm. Please contact me for home or phone consultations - I am available and would love to support you!

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I offer holistic, compassionate support and education to birthing women and families. I have received training through DONA, CAPPA, Birthing From Within, and a midwifery apprenticeship. I believe in childbirth preparation as a process of self-discovery, and birth as a rite of passage. My goal is to empower women to birth in awareness, and I support families in embracing the unique qualities of every birth experience.

I strongly believe that women have the right to make informed choices about their birthing. I strive to make education about birth a positive process. In a time when birth is often depicted as a medical event, I hope to create and hold a sacred space in which a woman may give birth and experience this most profound rite of passage.

I believe that through comprehensive education and self-discovery, women and their families will make healthy, satisfying choices about their births. I also respect that one woman's hopes for her birth may be very different from another's. No amount of textbook techniques or obstetrical knowledge will guarantee that any mother will have a textbook birth, therefore it is important to help a family build a foundation of strength to draw from during their birthing process, as well as be prepared for unexpected outcomes. I try to meet each expectant family where they are. I embrace cultural differences, and I enjoy supporting families with both traditional and alternative family structures.

I have experience with a multitude of birth settings, including home birth, hospital birth, cesarean section, birth of multiples, breech birth, and many different birthing techniques. I have been so fortunate to witness many births with no interventions; I have also assisted at births where women received epidurals in awareness, or had very fulfilling and supported cesarean births. Each birth witnessed is unique, and I am honored to be present at that perfect moment, and to help families in their preparation for a new beginning.