it's good to meet you
I am incredibly experienced in this Sacred Wild process for women on their journey through the transitions of womanhood as it relates to wellness and health, fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, menopause, and everywhere in between. I have served as a birth worker since 2009 as a nurse, doula, and midwife. I’ve traveled around the world working in these capacities and providing education and learning from so many other wise and experienced teachers—women, mothers, & midwives. I’ve also witnessed it and taken part in it myself as a woman birthing myself into motherhood with the homebirth of my own daughter.
Much of my life has involved diving into profound and sacred spaces, into the subtleties, into the similarities and differences of how women/people of different backgrounds make their transitions into womanhood and motherhood, from maiden to crone, expanding themselves in every direction, in every way, and embodying the most powerful creative force that exists.
Being a midwife is a profound honor and privilege—it is spiritual work. Bearing witness to the strength, captivating beauty, determination, and depth of love women possess is deeply humbling and I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all the women and families that have trusted me to walk alongside them in their journeys on a road that opens them, challenges, and ultimately transforms them physically, emotionally, and in consciousness.
Sarah Green
mama, midwife, partner, friend, adventurer, & explorer of the heart and all its richness
Beyond the clinical and medical experience, there is much more to my work. Just as the name implies, this work I have the humbling honor to provide is Sacred, Wild and dynamic, just like every individual.
Many see the process of birth and transitions between phases of womanhood as standard, bothersome, or something to fear—I see them as incredible. Each transition offers unique gifts given to us and an opportunity to learn deep truths about our present, past, and future selves; an exploration into a vast universe within our bodies and minds. I'm honored by every person who chooses to contact me, whether they choose me as their provider or not. I am in a constant state of amazement and appreciation of the beauty and strength of every person I meet and have the opportunity to serve.
I celebrate and honor each person as they are.
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homebirth is deep in my roots
The call to become a midwife struck me profoundly in a moment of heart-opening expansion at the first birth I witnessed. My sister had an unmedicated, 24 hour natural labor, giving birth to my nephew over 20 years ago. I was so inspired by the strength of my sister at facing this challenge of childbirth with eyes open and trust in herself as well the supportive midwife and nursing staff that attended her. I was with her from early labor through the early postpartum period and it changed my life and feeling of purpose.
My mother birthed myself and two siblings and at home during a time when home birth was far outside the norm here in the United States. I grew up knowing that birthing at home is a very natural, normal event. When I neared the age of menarche, I became enchanted with everything about the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and birth, and women's bodies. I taught my closest friends everything I knew about cycles and how to manage monthly bleeding, an honor I continue to share today.
my education & experience
I became a perinatal nurse in 2009 and began working in high risk labor & delivery, postpartum units with extensive lactation and breastfeeding support in hospitals throughout California and the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona.
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While working as a nurse I began working as a midwife's assistant at the Natural Birth and Women's Center in Los Angeles where I assisted in teaching other assistants and doulas the basics of neonatal resuscitation, fetal monitoring, immediate postpartum, newborn care, and breastfeeding support.
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I then spent time working with a midwife in a low resource clinic in San Ramon, a district of Santiago, Chile providing prenatal, postpartum and gynecologic care.
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I moved to Santiago, Chile for three years, supporting homebirth as a lay midwife, teaching birth education and prenatal/couples yoga, as well as working in a postpartum unit and newborn nursery at a nearby hospital.
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Following this experience, I volunteered and went to learn from Mayan midwives in Guatemala at two birth centers, Manos Abiertas in Ciudad Vieja and ACAM in Quetzaltenango, working with indigenous midwives, learning from the art of midwifery they practice and Mayan abdominal massage as well as use of medicinal herbs that I integrate into my practice today.
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Soon after the birth of my daughter, I completed my clinical hours at Babymoon Inn, a free-standing birth center in Central Phoenix where I supported 100% out of hospital births, and completed my Masters degree in Nurse-Midwifery, becoming certified through AMCB (American Midwifery Certification Board). I worked my first couple of years as a CNM at Babymoon Inn before deciding to start my own practice and from time to time cover shifts at Yuma Regional Hospital.
my own journey into motherhood
During my midwifery training to become a Nurse Midwife, I became pregnant with my first child (surprise!) and had a wonderful and challenging planned homebirth with an incredible midwife in San Francisco, CA.
Becoming a mother and midwife at the same time was strenuous. I realized that despite being present for so many births and postpartum periods, I truly didn't understand the challenges a woman goes through both physically and emotionally in childbirth, postpartum, breastfeeding, and caring for a newborn.
I struggled with postpartum anxiety and months of breastfeeding challenges, in part because my baby decided to come a bit early (37.4wks) and needed a lot of work to breastfeed well and keep her weight up. My relationship with my partner had to go through the pains of adjustment and re-centering, being reborn as well. Becoming a mother has changed me in ways I hadn't anticipated and intensely grew my respect and deep honor for every woman who goes through this sacred process that reshapes her in every way imaginable.