Hello and welcome

My name is Ruth Ehrhardt

I invite you to join me for the one-year

Silent Birthkeeper Journey.


I am a mother, traditional midwife, and birth attendant from South Africa.

I have put this course together to share my own journey, learning, stories, and findings on this path of studying midwifery, being a birth attendant, and mother.

I humbly invite you to come, listen, learn and share together.

Together we weave our threads together, keeping the tapestry of birth and birthkeeping alive.

To find out more about me and my work please visit truemidwifery.com

This course is for:


Aspiring midwives, interested doulas, women, and mothers who want to explore and investigate for themselves whether this path is something they would like to consider further.


For those who are already walking this path, this is an opportunity to reflect and immerse yourself more deeply in your learning and to be part of a supportive community of birthkeepers from around the world.

Pricing Options


We offer enrolment in four different currencies, best serving the communities who attend our courses.


You can choose from US dollar, Euro, Great British Pounds and South African Rands.


You can choose between a once off payment for the course, or take advantage of our payment plans.


As always in the True Midwifery learning space, we remain committed to upholding the component of equality and accessibility by ensuring a sliding scale of costs for the courses, as well as making scholarships available to those who need it.


EARLY BIRD, PAYMENT PLANS, GROUP DISCOUNTS and DISCOUNTS FOR PREVIOUS STUDENTS


EARLY BIRD PRICES CLOSES 30 SEPTEMBER 2024

ENROLLMENT CLOSES 4 NOVEMBER 2024


ONCE OFF PAYMENT OPTIONS

PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS


Free Information Session call


Are you interested in joining the one-year Silent Birthkeeper course but you have some questions or would like to get a feel for the course, the facilitators and the content?


You are invited to a free 90-minute Zoom call on Thursday the 19th of September 2024 at 11 am SAST so you can immerse yourself in a beautiful circle and get a sense of the journey.

Please fill in this form to sign up for the call and we will send you the login details closer to the time.


You can expect to immerse yourself in the following over the 12-month journey together:


What is 'True Midwifery'? What does it look like?


A deep look at our collective and personal history as birthkeepers


Exploring and finding clarity on this path


Ceremony, dance, tradition, meditation, and song


Preparing an ideal learning environment for yourself and supporting one another


Listening skills


Self Care


Birth Stories, storytelling, and learning from birth stories


The Basic Needs of a Woman in Pregnancy, Labour, and Birth


Basic midwifery skills, terminology, and record keeping


Antenatal/Prenatal care 


If you are assisting at a birth, what is your role in labour, birth, and postpartum?


Immediate postpartum care of mother and baby


Introduction to care and assessment of the newborn


Breastfeeding


Cultural competency in childbirth and care of women


Sexual Abuse Triggers in Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum


Pregnancy and Birth Complications


Difficult outcomes, grief, and death


Homeopathy and herbs


Connection and support within your birthing community

A Taste of the Silent Birthkeeper Curriculum


  Module One: Welcome and Orientation
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  My Story of True Midwifery
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  Module 2: What is Midwifery?
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  The Birthkeeping Path Ahead: What Does it Look Like?
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  Module 3: Connection and Self Care
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  Module 4: Creating our Learning Container
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  Module 5: Meeting the Basic Need of Pregnancy, Labour and Birth
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  Module 6: The Power of the Birth Story
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  Module 7: Loving Care in Pregnancy
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  Module 8: Attending Births
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  Module 9: After the Birth (MotherBaby)
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  Module 10: Disability and Death
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  Module 11: Sexual Abuse Triggers in Pregnancy, Labour and Birth
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  Module 12: Closing Circle
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Silent Birthkeeper Information Session

We held a Silent Birthkeeper Information Session in 2023 for those interested in joining this immersion.

Here you will get a sense of the course and the community.

DISCLAIMER:


This course will not qualify you to practice as a midwife. This is purely an explorative journey for those interested in pursuing a path of birthkeeping, or to deepen the learning of those walking this path already.

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