We have done a variety of payment plan options over the years and if we have learned one thing it is that people who ask for payment plans, especially ones that extend beyond the time in our program, are often also the people who already have one foot out the door, and are afraid to […]

BY MARGO BLACKSTONE Yes, thats right, I’m on a roll here, and I’m not afraid to shine my truth beam at every corner of the birth world, even our own. Autonomous/authentic/independent midwives can lack integrity too. Oh boy, this one is hard to write (especially knowing I’m going to get comments shaming me for my […]

Check out this gorgeous final project of IBMS student Rikki! This project was part of the Wise Woman Prenatal Care course and this creation is to showcase Rikki’s vision for what midwifery care can look like. Enjoy! And to learn more about our courses, go to indiebirthmidwiferyschool.org/curriculum

This is one of the first assignments we ask our Indie Birth Midwifery School students to create during their time with us. We wanted to share this beautiful work that Melanie created to give you sense of how amazing our students are, and how deep their “why’s” really are. If you want to join this […]

BY MARGO BLACKSTONE Here in the present moment, in the United States and every developed nation, traditional midwifery is an anachronistic fantasy. Birth does occasionally veer outside the realm of normal and safe. And we DO have access to medical technology that didn’t exist when traditional midwifery developed in cultures across the world. At the […]

This writing is from Julie Hughes! ——————————————- One of the first times that I remember experiencing the tingly whole body vibration, head to toe goose pimples that in my experience comes with that all over “knowingness”, was at 21 years old.  I had started University as a small town, first generation college girl majoring in […]

BY MARGO BLACKSTONE Back in good old 2010 I graduated from Northern Arizona University with my bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies. I immediately started a graduate program in Applied Criminology and my trajectory was to work in domestic violence policy reform, specifically around fatality cases. It was seriously heavy work, and […]

This is a beautiful guided meditation from IBMS student Rikki that she wanted to offer up and share with you all <3 Luscious eternity has been pouring in through a tiny passageway at the top of my head. Down it drips, a sweet nectar that warms and coats all of the unfurling leaflings that grow […]

Guest post from Rikki, one of our newest IBMS students. Midwifery is one of the world’s oldest professions. Since the beginning and across cultures, women have joined other women/birthing people through the ceremony of pregnancy, labor, birth and beyond – offering their wisdom + ancient knowledge, passed down for generations. The midwife was/is more than […]