Birth Singing Support: Pregnancy, Labor & Postpartum

Sound is an ancient birthing resource. Long before hospitals, women sang and moaned babies into the world. Reconnect with your voice for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond. The dance of childbirth is eased by supportive song.*

My first birth was a hormonal haze of surrender. The second time around, I was shocked to be so awake and alert. Without the hormone medicine, I resisted the intensity. Singing to myself gently moved me into acceptance and returned healthy contractions, “I know this rose will open. I know my fears will burn away. I know this soul will unfurl its wings. I know this rose will open.”

During pregnancy, voice practices help you inhabit your changing body and emotions, releasing tension and building a sound vocabulary to draw on when labor begins. We meet in sessions to explore sound making and simple wisdom songs that resonate for you and your baby. These vocal tools become a natural and immediate resource during labor, as your body takes over and your thinking mind steps back. After birthing, song continues to ground, heal, and connect in the tender postpartum weeks of bathing in the magical and raw energy of new life. Always present, your voice is a lifelong elemental resource.

I am a certified childbirth educator and vocal coach, as well as a mother of three (two birth center births, one in water)

Sessions are $100 and run 50 minutes. Follow up resources and sales tax are included. A package of four sessions is $320 or $80 each.

Themes: Trust, Water, Loving Support, Five Elements, Moon/Sun, Connection, Lullabies.

* learning resources: womb revolution, The New York Times

“The singing would measure the length of the contraction. I would sing one verse and it would all be OK, the peak of the contraction would fade. It helped me manage the time and the fear,”

-Elena

"When a person opens their throat and her mouth and vocalizes, sings, chants, tones or hums during labor, it helps to keep their bottom and perineum loose and relaxed. 'Loose lips, loose perineum,' I believe that whole-heartedly,"

-Sharon

"Let my child be born (Let myself be born) I think it was when I started singing this song that my labor transformed. I no longer experienced contractions as a sharp pain, I no longer held on to my intellect and rationality,"

-Marissa

"Low-pitched sounds helped me feel that the contraction is my baby giving me a big hug instead of a pain I am fighting against".

-Leandra