birth story processing
find healing in your birth experience through 1:1 connection with a certified birth story listener
Birth story listening is a unique method of exploring difficult experiences in birth, pregnancy and postpartum with the goal of finding healing, compassion and resolution.
Birth story listening sessions are private, confidential, and about one hour long. During the session you will be guided in the telling and examining of what happened and how it felt for you. Together we’ll explore the events and beliefs that shaped your experience and discover what lies beneath.
Sessions take place on Zoom and require a private and uninterrupted setting that allows you to focus on your story.
Sliding scale:
$75 tO $125
Stephanie
“My birth story listening experience with Kate was incredibly healing and grounding. Her gentle encouragement, deep listening, and powerful invitations and reflections helped me reframe a story I've been telling myself since the birth of my second son, a story that has been laced with guilt and shame. In the matter of an hour, I was able to find healing & peace in something I've carried for over 3 years with angst and pain. It offered me a fresh start and hope for the future.”
WHO IS BIRTH STORY LISTENING for?
Anyone who has experienced or witnessed a birth (birthing people, partners, birth workers, etc) who has unresolved feelings about the birth may benefit from a birth story listening session.
Birth story listening is designed for those who:
Feel shame, anger, sadness or other difficult emotions about a birth experience
Have difficulty thinking about or accepting a birth experience
Want to explore compassion and resolution around what happened
how soon after the birth is birth story listening recommended?
Healing isn’t linear and each person processes differently, but generally, in the first few weeks and months after birth, you are still integrating your experience and may not be ready to process it.
Some women may be ready to reexamine their birth story as early as 3 months postpartum and for many others it can take years before they’re ready to look at it again.
There is no time limit on reexamining a painful birth experience. I have heard stories from women months, years and decades after they happened.
Is this therapy?
I am not a therapist and Birth Story Listening is not a replacement for therapy. It can be complementary to therapy and offers a unique format for reexamining birth experiences that is different than just talking through what happened and how you feel about it, though it includes that too.
what if I’m not ready to reopen my story but i need support?
If you don’t feel ready, honor that wisdom. There will come a day when you find yourself ready to explore what happened again. Until then, mother’s circles and 1:1 matrescence guidance may help you feel supported and connected. Schedule a FREE INTRO CALL or email me kate@themotherlines.com to explore how you may get support to make your journey through motherhood more easeful.