A Midwife’s Free Guide: 5 Gentle Practices to Help You
Feel Safe, Grounded, and Ready for Birth.

Before you begin your journey to motherhood, take a deep breath.
Unclench your jaw.
Feel your feet on the ground.
You are already doing something sacred, preparing to meet your baby.
This guide isn’t a checklist.
It’s a soft place to begin - a moment to pause, to connect, and to remember what your body already knows.
Inside, you’ll find five simple but powerful practices drawn from my years as a midwife walking beside women
through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
These practices will help you prepare not from fear or control, but from trust and calm, the foundation of a peaceful, empowered birth.
This free guide is for every woman preparing for birth - whether you’re planning a homebirth, hospital birth, or simply want to feel more calm and confident in your body.
You’ll love this if you’re:
Pregnant and feeling a mix of excitement and quiet fear
Wanting to understand your body and birth in a grounded, gentle way
Longing for guidance that feels heart-centered, not clinical
Ready to prepare for birth from a place of calm, trust, and connection
Practice Two:
The 5 Senses of Safety
Discover how your environment - sound, scent, touch, light, and taste - supports your body’s natural rhythm.
Practice One:
The Power of Breath
Learn how your breath can become an anchor of calm through every stage of labor.
Practice Three:
Releasing the Clock
Let go of “due date pressure” and step into the sacred rhythm of your body and baby.
Practice Four:
Informed Calm
Use the BRAIN tool to make decisions from clarity, not fear.
Practice Five:
Connecting with Your Inner Knowing
Build trust in your intuition and remember that birth isn’t about becoming someone new, but returning to who you’ve always been.


Midwife, Educator, Keeper of Calm
I’m Abbey - a midwife, educator, and gentle advocate for women remembering their power in birth.
Over the past 15 years, I’ve walked beside hundreds of women as they moved through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. And in each story, I’ve witnessed the same truth:
When a woman feels safe, seen, and informed - her body opens with trust.
I created The Calm Birth Guide to help you begin preparing for your birth in that same spirit of safety and calm.
Because you deserve to feel confident, held, and ready as you walk toward one of life’s most sacred thresholds.

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Take your first gentle step toward a more peaceful, empowering birth.
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