Birthsong

“Humanizing birth means understanding that the woman giving birth is a
human being, not a machine and not just a container for making babies.
Showing women—half of all people—that they are inferior and
inadequate by taking away their power to give birth is a tragedy for all
society. On the other hand, respecting the woman as an important and
valuable human being and making certain that the woman’s experience
while giving birth is fulfilling and empowering is not just a nice extra, it
is absolutely essential as it makes the woman strong and therefore makes
society strong.”

- Marsden Wagner, MD, MSPH

BirthSong is a service to honour and support women throughout their journey in life, specialising, but not limited to,  pregnancy, birth and early mothering support.  Sheree works in a gentle, knowledgable and compassionate way and is very passionate about the services she provides.  Along with individual sessions, Sheree offers workshops, circles and classes for women and their babies with the aim to connect women together to share and journey together. Living in the western culuture is often isolating and lonely, which she believes is a key ingrediant to disaster as far as Mum and Baby mental health is concerned. Bringing women together for workshops, circles classes gives women a chance to connect and respect each other and also gives them a space to simply ‘be’ if thats what they need. The services offered by BirthSong are very focased on supporting and honouring women with their needs and wants, whatever that may be, and to Mother the mother so that she is able to effectively and lovingly look after her own children’s needs and wants.

Proven benefits of having an experienced birth attendant:

• 50% reduction in the cesarean rate
• 25% shorter labor
• 60% reduction in epidural requests
• 40% reduction in oxytocin use
• 30% reduction in analgesia use
• 40% reduction in forceps delivery

Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter Easier and Healthier Birth, Klaus, Kennell, and Klaus (1993).

Sheree has had experience in working with diversity. From volunteering in Birth Centres in Cambodia and Ethiopia to working in private inner city hospitals, Sheree has gained much experience working with women and birth. She provides culturally appropriate, sensitive and honest care and support to the families that she works with.

What We Can Offer You:

BirthSong is a support service honouring and supporting women and their families as an alternative to the current ’system’ of birthing our children. BirthSong can offer services for your journey from pregnancy to birth support, mothering/parenting/breastfeeding support, workshops on women’s wellbeing, nutrition, natural fertility, birth debriefing, rebirthing, bodywork, pregnancy and infant massage, theta healing plus more!

BirthSong’s vision is  to create awareness and community and keep the words ‘with woman’ a real possibility to women. And also to honour and celebrate the woman in her journey through life.