with women.
Hi’ I’m Sam Hypes
Christian Traditional Birth Attendant (CTBA)
1 in 3 women experience birth trauma, obstetric violence and abuse. The US maternity system is failing women and it time for thing to shift towards honoring women and their choices. Women deserve way more than standard maternity care. It's time to tune in to hold reverence for the sacred power of pregnancy & birth as something that connects women across space and time to their divine purpose of bringing forth new life.
I was born in Boone, NC and moved to KY with my husband in 2016. I've been a birth worker for the last 5 years and have birthed two of my own babies. One in the hospital (a 36 week induction for high bp) and one at home.
When I was pregnant with my second, I knew I wanted something different for that pregnancy and to avoid another induction for “hypertension”. But I got sooo much more out of the experience than that.
During my second pregnancy I learned that true prenatal care is the things you do for yourself every day and I learned what sovereignty in birth really feels like.
It was a truly life changing experience, as my pregnancy and birth would have looked a lot different with the mainstream model of care.
That's why I'm here to learn and serve you in the way that you need and to be a beacon on your path to reclaiming your own power in pregnancy & birth.
I am so grateful and honored to spend most of my days connecting with and supporting women who are on this journey alongside me.
My Education + Experience:
I have been a birth worker since 2019. I graduated Midwifery School in January 2024. I have spent countless hours sitting with women in the prenatal time. I have served as a doula, student midwife, apprentice and midwife assistant over the last 5 years. I am just me, a multidimensional human being with some birth knowledge and skills. I focus primarily on honoring the physiology and the spiritual, physical, and emotional aspects of birth.
In addition to completing Midwifery School in January 2024, I have continuing education with:
NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) - 2020 (in-person) and 2023 (online)
Twin and Breech Conference Louisville 2023 and 2024
Naolí Vinaver - Art of Birth + Prenatal Wisdom
B.E.S.T - Birth Emergency Skills Training (current)
I prioritize quality over quantity meaning I want to REALLY know/care for the women I walk with, and do not take that role lightly. & I do so with the guidance and support of sovereign midwives and a community of sacred birth workers. I consider myself a christian traditional birth attendant (CTBA) humbly in service of god’s work (or whatever higher power you believe in), and with faith in god (the divine) and those I serve to guide me and teach me.
Watch My Birth Video
I feel really good about sharing since the birth felt so overwhelmingly joyful and emotionally healing for me! Would love for more people to see and know more about births so raw and untouched like that! Pure magic!