Kate Palmer

Having my children lit a fire in me to support women who know at a primal level their body and baby can birth without intervention or medicalisation. My births were wonderful, but I needed that deep, primal knowing alongside me. So, I took that fire and gave it to the hundreds of women who have trusted me to support them. 

For many years I saw the sadness, anger, rage and trauma women experienced having trusted the system to give them the birth experience they so dearly wanted. My heart couldn’t take anymore. I knew without a shadow of doubt that outsourcing your birth to a system is too big a risk and offered the worst outcomes. When a woman is harmed in childbirth it affects her whole family and alters her forever. I am fierce about protecting the sacredness of birth so it isn’t traumatic. It doesn’t need to be. Even when outcomes are tragic, there can still be respect, honour and empowerment.

I now only support women who birth at home either with an independent midwife or unassisted. Sadly, even home birth midwives are not free to trust birth and all too often bring fear and the system into a woman’s home. Birth, when surrounded by trusting, safe, support, is the most normal experience in the history of humanity and I believe this experience needs to be reclaimed the world over.

Do I go with a mother if she has to transfer to hospital during labour? Yes! Birth choices change in the event of an unexpected challenge and I support my clients to make the best of the changes. Their safety and experience remains paramount. 

You can text, email or book a discovery call via my website to connect with me. Intuition and instinct are essential when choosing a partner for something as lifechanging as the birth of your child so trust that we will both ‘know’ if we are meant to work together. I can connect you with clients who will be happy to share their experiences of working with me.

I can sometimes support women free of charge so please enquire if you feel called to. I also accept payment in the form of goods/services/trades so do not allow money to be a barrier.