Community Birth Village

Black & Indigenous
Birthworker

Celebrating and supporting the family "village" before, during, and well after birth.

History

In past centuries, the Conjurers, Brujas, Root Doctors, Midwives, and Parteras were a staple in the community. They were more than baby catchers and gardeners. They were also: the lactation consultants, midwives, family medicine practitioners, labor and delivery doulas, postpartum doulas, counselors, health educators, and spiritual healers.The community birth village was founded to support pregnant and postpartum folks. However, it has grown to be the birthplace of developing holistic wellness and support to families at all stages.It is our mission to serve the community and share the ancestral wisdom of our Indigenous ancestors, and reinstate the village community.

Family Wellness Consultation

How to
Re-Introduce
'The Village"?

Want to extend your village? Ricki, our resident ancestral wellness practitioner develops community through the practice of sisterhood. The purpose of this Sister Circle is to rebuild our village and repair the connection with our matriarchs.This FREE community gathering "Birth Your Village" is to repair that severed bond and heal the mother wound. This circle is focused on the healing of black, brown, and indigenous wombs and communities.

Consult a Holistic Wellness Practitioner

Want to discuss what type of support your family needs, and how to begin establishing the village that can grow with your family?

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Home birth Support

Varying Prenatal and Postpartum Sessions

  • Pregnancy Help

  • Postpartum Planning

  • Labor & Birth Support

  • Immediate Postpartum Support

  • Extended Postpartum Support

(Currently accepting families in the Metro-NYC area)

Have an intuitive and empowered birth experience with a birth attendant who honors your birth wishes. Your body and your birth process is sacred and we're here to provide a safe and nurturing environment where your needs will be respected and your ancestral wisdom will be honored.

Sacred Postpartum Recovery

(Currently accepting families in the Metro-NYC area, spring 2024)

In many cultures, the first 40 days after birth are considered a time for rest, prayer, cleansing, and restoration.In the 40 days after your birth, we will call to your spiritual practice to guide your mind, body, and spirit to recovery. This will include nourishing meals, herbal baths, cleansing of your space, ritual prayer and/or meditation, the integration of your village, and movement that reintroduces your consciousness to your new body.

Mind + Body + Spirit Recovery

  • Prayer & Meditation

  • Restorative Movement

  • Belly Binding

  • Space Cleansing

  • Soup Preparation

  • Herbal Food Preparation

  • Birth Aftercare

  • Placenta Burial

  • Village Communication

Meet Our Community Pracitioner: Ricki

Reign is the primary resident birthworker with the Community Birth Village. She is the predecessor of Mamie Hudson, one of Georgia's revered "Granny" Midwives. And her practice serves to preserve the ancestral traditions of her foremothers.She has chosen to support home birth as it aligns with the lifestyle of empowering the mother, the family, and the village to restore ownership of their wellness through farming, food, herbs, education, and birth. Reign also supports the education and rearing of young learners in the home.Reign first entered birthwork with anticipation to be a doula. But the injustice, misinformation, and disempowerment that she saw in the medical system triggered her own memories of medical trauma and abuse. It became clear her pathway was to step into a deeper family wellness mission, which led to her own womb-awakening. The practice of surrender, intuition, gratitude, knowing, love, wisdom, compassion, and observation.Over four years later, Reign still considers herself very young in her birthwork journey. Yet, she has found solace in over a decade of pursuing higher power, self love, radical self-compassion, self-belief, intuition, purpose, and somatic connection. And the most powerful lesson is that she is present, less to impart her knowledge, but instead to sit deeply with your innate wisdom.She states "each time I have the opportunity to observe the mother's intuition, I am able to feel the collective healing and restoration of a wisdom that we, black and indigenous women, were gaslit to question for generations."She is currently prioritizing opportunities to support birth education; birth attendance; postpartum care; newborn, infant, and toddler care; the restoration of the village; and the sharing of knowledge within the divine sister circle.Reign continues to study alongside other traditional and ancestral midwives, rootworkers, gardeners, and experienced mothers. She has a vision for the return of the village where local, connected communities share goals and resources.

Toddler/ Infant Nanny

Currently, I serve NYC as a part-time nanny with a specialty in "littles" (infants, toddlers, and preschoolers). I love the families that I work with, and offer interim, full time rotational, and part time care so that families can have balance, flexibility, and additional support. If you'd like to schedule, click the link below!