midwifing soil, bodies + souls
thanks for landing here. i am britt — midwife, herbalist + heart-forward herb farmer. i have grown most of the plants that i work with since 2018 in my first medicine garden, and i wildly forage others when i can or when a spontaneous encounter presents. i now cultivate + tend some acres of land on a farm in sonoma county, a choice and a blessing to heal while raising up babies, chickens, food and medicine.
i love to make medicine, to connect people to plants, to connect with people + plants through midwifery, and to write about and make art with plants. one of my favorite things is to meet a new plant, or deepen with one i’ve already met- their souls + communications are always there, something new to listen to. the energy of the plants is as potent as the physical medicine. honoring these observations, relationships and stories through words, carvings, block prints, and pressed plant art are a pure love. i have deepened with plant medicine through growing from seed to harvest for years now (an always evolving relationship) and also- through shamanic, energetic, alchemical and astrological devotions. through these lenses, I sit with plants, with people, listen, and craft medicine.
my practice includes individual midwifery sessions for anyone, at any point in life, that would like to make connection, work through a transition, celebrate with witness, grieve with company, question and transcend the systems, self-resource, touch your own divinity and unique medicine, all through the vast scape + deepest roots of midwifery. i work with this homegrown and wild crafted plant medicine as catalyst for relationship + healing. through these sessions and conversations, i custom blend a tea or tincture specific to your body, soul + current needs, to tend with for the weeks following our time together.
midwifery is not just for birthing people. it is for everyone. through the era of peri-menopause and menopause, relating to this arc of life as medicine itself. for all the years that follow- of shedding + settling while continuing to become. in adolescence when wanting to understand the body, cycles, blood and power of self. when working through or with a significant life shift or creative birth and seeking witness for that process and integration. when walking through a fertility journey. or desiring to be held through a pregnancy loss. and yes in pregnancy. and birth. and after birth in the weeks, months and years of rearranged and expanded existence + change of self and identity. at the end of life, anticipated or unexpected, with at-home death midwifery care, home vigil, and intimate home funeral ceremony. these are all ways i midwife.
i am also mother to a teenager and two big kids, i am a taiko drummer, i love to make time in my life for hikes + plant walks, hot water soaks, drumming rehearsals, working on a personal writing project that’s becoming a book, and leaning in to any new herbs or food i can attempt to grow on the farm. i thank my great grandma ruth for the soulful gardener that she was, how this runs through and connects us, how i will always harvest raspberry leaves with her on my heart, how her impact touches my children when they go out to pick the blueberries or discover, with reverence, another patch of nettles.
(for homebirth, fertility + inseminations, or end-of-life + death midwifery in sonoma county, please send a message through the contact page).
relationships + stories.
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working with britt was so sacred, more than words. she helped me actually begin to heal in a few months what i had been struggling with for years, with medicine and what she showed me about the healing nature of relationship. what i can say is this. i have never felt so seen and listened to in my care. this is healing work.
-raquel
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i found britt late in my pregnancy, at 37 weeks. i was having trouble finding someone that was comfortable supporting me at home given my daughter's plans. another midwife i spoke to recommended britt and i'm so grateful she did. britt walked edges with me with grace and heart, dove deep with me in the weeks we shared, reminded me of my own steadiness when there had been so much around me telling me to be scared. i wanted a midwife for my birth, and i also found company for my soul with britt. she gave me a lot of space to do things how i needed to, and was right there when i needed her, before i had to ask. she guided my partner in catching our baby, and was so warm and calm with some needed resuscitation for her that it felt like the most natural thing, just like life unfolding. i want everybody to know this is an option.
-erin
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britt is a medicine woman. i have been through many attempts with doctors and other ways of trying to heal some long-standing issues. i booked a session with her as recommended by a friend, and it was so much more than i expected. i learned something just from having the session, she helped me to internally connect the inseparable parts between my body and spirit, asked more questions than anyone else ever asked, even questions i felt were unrelated turned out to be deeply connected/connective. i told her what herbs i had taken before and that i almost gave up trying them because they didn't do much. she said that she thought, for several reasons related to what i had told her, those were not the right herbs for me. she was right. i received a tincture blend two days later, she explained what she put in the tincture and why, and wrote the most beautiful letter along with it, encouraging me to explore relationship to these plants. i love that she grew them, it feels significant to have such a direct connection to where this medicine came from. two months later, and i feel so different, in a positive and rooted way. i have cried tears of relief at finally feeling like my healthy self again.
-natalie
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britt was our family's midwife when my mother was dying. she had been the midwife at a death and home funeral for a friend's baby i attended, and i called her when things were changing with my mother. i can not say enough about how beautiful, powerful and life changing this experience was. britt came in and made us all feel more ease, more appreciation, connection with each other, that even in the grief we don't want to miss or overlook the beautiful things, and, just being with death as another energy in the room, that was something she showed us. she was our mother's midwife, held her hand when we needed to rest, held some ferocious space for us to take root in, as well as the comfort of getting to have this experience without interruption. she was all of our midwife. she helped us understand what to expect, led us in celebrating our mother with story telling, helped us care for her body with tenderness. she sat with us when we knew it was close, and was there with us when our mother died. instead of urgency, there was space, there was no rush. the priority was presence, to be with the process eyes wide open. britt stayed with us, we bathed and wrapped my mother, she brought herbs and flowers that we bundled with and over her. it is hard to put into words what was held for us and the encouragement to be just as we needed to be. britt continued to visit us after my mother's death, to listen, as we went through the first few weeks, to make suggestions that lightened taking care of all the logistics that inevitably come. thank you britt for loving us, for seeing us and our mother through in a pure way, and for reminding us to be with all the feelings, that healing means weaving them in to ourselves to be more full with them.
-molly
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i worked with britt when i was trying to get pregnant by iui. working with her felt like much more than an iui, it was a ceremony. she sat at my feet while i sat over steaming herbs on her birth stool. she listened to my excitement, fears, struggles and joys. her care through plants and her combination of deep wisdom and gentle tenderness made me feel safe and held. i think she helped me learn to love myself more exactly as i am, which i realized was part of my fertility process. it took me some months to get pregnant, and when i did it was celebratory to be able to roll right in to my prenatal visits with her as my midwife. she is earth, an embodied witch, deep as the ocean and a clear and loving presence. i can't wait to give birth soon with her next to me.
-camilla
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my experience with britt was so incredible, i think about having a third baby. after my first son’s traumatic hospital birth, i knew i needed something different. i talked to several OBs, who i felt didn’t listen to what i wanted. i decided to dip my toe into homebirth by speaking to britt. one conversation, and i was confident britt was who i wanted by my side for myself and my baby. i’m so thankful we made that decision. it’s hard to put into words how much she did for me, my baby, and my family. the process was empowering - so unlike my first pregnancy and birth; i almost forget how hard pregnancy is and want to it again… but only if i can work with britt. she was knowledgable with our questions, gentle as i suffered from HG, supportive as I labored for 24 hours, generous with her nourishing tinctures/teas, and just FUN. i felt like she became part of our family, with my dog wanting to go home with her and my oldest son asking about when she’d be back. the after birth care was incredible - i felt cared for, even texting and calling britt during some moments when i needed reassurance. i cried at our last visit and still text her often just to say hi because i miss talking about life.
-ellie
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as someone who was having a vbac, britt’s unwavering belief in me and my body gave me the consistent confidence i needed. i was so grateful for her wisdom, gentle guidance and love throughout my birth journey. i would work with her again in a heartbeat and miss seeing her so often.
-jennifer
