FREE 45-MIN DISCOVERY CALL
Let's talk about your birth.
Whether you're carrying something from the first one, or fear about the one ahead, this is where to start. No pressure. No pitch.
If you're here, something is pulling at you.
- You had a first birth nobody has really let you talk about, and it's still in your body.
- You're pregnant again and the closer it gets, the more the fear shows up.
- You haven't conceived yet, but you already know you don't want what happened to your sister, your mother, your friend.
- You're early in this pregnancy and something inside you is saying: I need to do this differently.
HOW THE CALL WORKS
Three things happen, in this order.
No script. No assessment forms.
You talk. I listen.
About the birth you had, the one you’re carrying, or the one you’re afraid of. No agenda. Camera off if you’d rather.
I tell you what I see.
Honestly. Whether I can help, what working together looks like, or whether something else might serve you better.
You decide. Or don’t.
If it’s a fit, we keep going. If not, we don’t. No follow-up sequence. No nurture emails. No circling back.
Pick a time.
45 minutes. Free. Times shown in your timezone. Reschedule any time.
Trouble with the calendar? Email therese@howtobirthamother.com.
Why work with me.
I'm not a midwife. I'm not a therapist. I'm the person who sits with you in the room nobody else stays in, the one before the birth, and the one after.
My work isn't about breathing patterns. It's about helping you remember that your body knows what to do, and helping you find people around you who won't get in its way.
200+
mothers supported
7 yrs
first-time and trauma-after-birth mothers
DONA
International, IBLCE pathway
SV/EN
Swedish and English
WHY I DO THIS
“My first birth went the way most births go in this country. Fast, fluorescent, full of people I didn't know. By the time I was holding her I had stopped trusting my own body to do anything.”
“I started this work because I wanted to be the person I needed in that room. Someone who would have told me what was happening, what my rights were, and that what my body was doing was right.”
“I am that person now. For other women. That's the whole thing.”
THERESE
What other mothers say.
I cried for the first ten minutes. Therese didn’t try to fix it. She just stayed there with me. By the end I knew exactly what I needed for this birth.
MARIA, MOTHER OF TWO
I booked the call thinking I needed a doula. What I actually needed was permission to be angry about my first birth. She gave me both.
ANNA, FIRST-TIME MOTHER POSTPARTUM
Before you book.
The questions women actually ask.
Book anyway. A lot of the women I work with come to me months before they conceive. Earlier is better, not worse.
No. If I think I can help, I’ll tell you what working together looks like. If you want to keep going, we keep going. If not, we don’t. There is no follow-up sequence.
Many do. That’s not a problem. That’s information.
Yes. I work in both Swedish and English.
Yes, encouraged. The people who will be in the room during your birth should be part of this conversation too.
You don't have to be ready.
Just honest.
That's the whole prerequisite. Pick a time on the calendar above, or write to me if that feels easier first.
“The body remembers what the mind tries to forget. The first step is letting someone hear the story without flinching.”
THERESE