Keeping Your Power

Self-advocacy for the birth room

What is self-advocacy?

—the ability to understand your needs and speak up for yourself.

Personal Empowerment

  • Builds confidence and self-esteem by reinforcing that your voice matters.

  • Encourages independence, reducing over-reliance on others for decisions or support.

  • Helps you understand your rights, needs, and boundaries more clearly.

Improved Communication + Relationships With Providers

  • Helps you express your birth preferences clearly, from pain management choices to delayed cord clamping or skin-to-skin contact.

  • Makes it easier to ask questions in real time—for example, “What are the benefits and risks of this intervention?”

  • Ensures your symptoms, concerns, and goals are clearly understood.

  • Helps you ask the right questions about diagnoses, medications, and treatments.

  • Reduces the risk of misdiagnosis or overlooked conditions by providing ACCURATE, COMPLETE INFORMATION

More Personalized Birth Experience

  • Allows you to advocate for comfort measures—like mobility, music, or dim lighting—that make you feel calm and safe.

  • Ensures that your cultural, spiritual, or personal values are respected during the process.

  • Helps you feel seen and supported in a setting that can sometimes feel overwhelming or rushed.

Rate:

  • THREE prenatal sessions

  • $500/1.5-2 hours

  • Taught in the comfort of one's own home

  • Holiday rates apply

Better Problem-Solving + Decision-Making

  • Allows you to ask questions, gather information, and make informed choices.

  • Increases resilience by helping you navigate challenges proactively.

  • Encourages creative solutions because you feel safe exploring options.

Greater Safety and Awareness

  • Empowers you to confirm procedures or medications before they’re administered, reducing the chance of errors.

  • Enables you or your support person to pause and request more information before consenting to interventions.

More Personalized + Effective Care

  • Leads to treatment plans that better fit your needs, lifestyle, and values.

  • Encourages shared decision-making, where you and your healthcare provider work as a team.

5. Enhanced Mental and Emotional Well-Being

  • Reduces stress and frustration caused by feeling unheard or overlooked.

  • Builds confidence and calm in an intense environment.

  • Reduces feelings of helplessness by keeping you actively involved in your birth journey.

  • Strengthens the sense that this is your experience, not just a medical event happening to you.

  • Boosts self-respect and emotional safety, as you learn to honor your needs.

  • Creates a sense of agency and control, even in challenging situations.

Stronger Support Network

  • Equips your partner, doula, or support person to advocate on your behalf if you’re unable to speak up.

  • Creates a unified front where your entire birth team knows your wishes and priorities.