Birth Should Be
On Your Terms
Birth on your terms means meeting your baby under conditions that you decide
Because you’re in a position of power. Even through the unexpected, you’re in a powerful position when it comes to your baby and body. You don’t have to simply “go with the flow” of fear and overwhelm.
Instead, you can go upstream & set the course for your birth guided by clarity and confidence.
Power
Too many birth stories begin with, “I wish I had known.”
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Do you want to prepare for birth mindfully? If so,
Join us at our next FREE
Empowering births come from mindful preparation.
Mindfulness has a lot to do with exploration.
While many mamas are urged to focus primarily on external factors like birth setting, pain management, or type of practitioner when preparing for birth, too few are asked to deeply explore:
Their beliefs about birth, themselves, and their baby,
Aligning their values with their preferred birth experience, and
How to create a birth plan that’s not based on assumptions and is more than a sheet of paper.
If you’re currently expecting, we understand if you want more support than another checklist or memorizing disconnected pieces of information.
At our Mindful Birth Retreat™, come find a different, more holistic approach to empowering your journey with clarity and confidence to birth on your terms.
Learn more by joining our next FREE | LIVE | ONLINE Mindful Birth Retreat™ from the comfort of your home!
Meet Your Retreat Hosts &
the Hearts Behind
Greetings from Gabrielle & Brittany!
From God’s heart to our hearts to yours — we’re so pleased to share Upstream Birth™ with you! Coming from backgrounds in birth work and healthcare, we know how important it is for mamas to feel encouraged and informed about their pregnancy to postpartum journeys.
We believe it takes more than good intentions to have the truly impactful outcomes that many mamas desire.
So it’s our mission at Upstream Birth™ to embolden and equip mamas with the knowledge, foresight, and support they need to prepare their hearts and minds for their unique birth journey.
An Upstream Birth Meditation
“Birth is a lot like water. We can’t really control it, but we can help guide and direct it in favorable (or unfavorable) ways. The environment around birth affects how it flows. You can relate to birth in an empowering way, or be carried along by the current. But we need to know what lies downstream. We tend to respect water in our lives, from our basic needs for hydration to the powerful currents that can change the course of our lives if we’re not mindful. How much more, then, should we respect birth, which has its own current and flow, and most of all: We all need birth for life. You’re now the conduit for your baby’s journey as the river of birth rises to flow through you. Blessings on your journey.”
Why focus on mindfulness for birth?
The Truth Is…
Without a clear “why” and inner confidence about your birth vision, it’s easy to be swayed by fear or pressure, which is so common in modern maternity care.
But once you’ve done the inner work of knowing what your birth truly means to you, you can have clarity about your “why” and experience greater confidence to pursue your options for birth.
By attending a Mindful Birth Retreat™, you’ll take a valuable step to owning your birth journey for yourself and your baby. It’s far better to prepare yourself with insight and strategies upstream than wrestle with fear and overwhelm further downstream.
So why not invest in yourself with our FREE, LIVE, ONLINE Mindful Birth Retreat™, dedicated to helping you position yourself to birth on your terms?
We trust the return on your self-care investment will surpass your expectations!