Sarah Kelly, CPM, LM
Geneabirth
1149 Thompson Ave E, Suite 215, W St Paul, MN 55118
geneabirth@gmail.com
Phone: 651-331-1921
Hello! My name is Sarah and I've been a birth worker for 21 years here in the Twin Cities I work with my midwifery partner and attend birth in the cities (up to an hour around) and Western Wisconsin
We believe that birth works. Sometimes it happens quickly, and sometimes it happens slowly…but it works. The body was designed to give birth! We have been taught to fear what we don’t know, and we no longer know about birth. Fear of birth has been instilled in us from a young age. It comes from every movie made with a birthing person in it and every TV program, where people are rescued from pain. It also comes from every well-meaning friend who tells us all the reasons we will get our epidural.
We believe in you. We are in awe in the power and vulnerability evident during the birthing process. Wouldn’t it be great to JUST GIVE BIRTH? Every woman is capable of it! For some, it means letting go of pre-conceived notions about birth. It means letting go of their inhibitions. It means a lot of study. For some, it means hiring a doula to attend to her during birth. And for some women, it means they need to birth at home in their own environment.
It is our deeply held belief that everyone deserves care during pregnancy, birth and postpartum that is respectful, caring, collaborative and safe.
You and your partner deserve time to build a trusting relationship with caregivers who will be with them during pregnancy, throughout the birth and during the postpartum period and beyond. This is called continuity of care and it’s a hallmark of midwifery care and part of what makes midwifery care so different from the other healthcare a woman is likely to experience in her life. We believe that decision making power rests with a family and that the community midwife does not act as an outside authority on high but rather as a fellow woman and mother, a trusted adviser who helps to sort through fears, feelings, hopes, dreams, risks and safety information to come to the best decision for each individual family.