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As someone who runs community based groups (online in Covid), my work reaches and benefits thousands of pregnant and birthing women, people and families. These have become a more than full time role.
I facilitate the large Home Birth Support Group UK, the Freebirth And Emergency Childbirth Support Group UK and a number of other pregnancy and alternative smaller groups and due in groups, moving into positive parenting and supporting women and families in their life and parenting journey, in The Village, as well as awareness raising and campaigning through, They Said To Me and The Birth Activist podcast.
These groups and my time help support national and local communities and are a beautiful online community helping thousands of families a year.
My community support goes way beyond what is visible online - sometimes it is covering postage costs, gifts to people in need, free support, or free places on my paid groups and courses. Your donations help facilitate this and the constant support I provide through groups.
Running these groups and pages takes time and energy, their content is vital to so many and all donations help enable me to continue this important work. If you would like to support me in this, and so support women and birthing people, please consider making a one off or regular donation, from £2, all of which are received with thanks and enable me to continue my activism and support in the birth world while supporting my family.
I also love the words and messages you leave me - they mean the world to me.
You are able to download a beautiful sacred pregnancy art colouring page as a thank you - Sacred Pregnancy Art - Jewel In The Lotus Flower Colouring Page
With love and brightest blessings.
Samantha
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Aya
Excited to be apart of this wonderful community :)
Anna
I recently had a BBA after a difficult pregnancy and used the Home Birth and Freebirth support groups as a source of useful information and support throughout. Thank you, Sam!
Anonymous | £10
Thank you so much Samantha, for running such great groups, you really helped me get the empowered physiological birth I wanted!! Couldn't have managed it without all your great guides and content .. I am so grateful for the work you are doing, it's so important xx
Robyn | £10.66
Thank you so much for the online freebirth meetup, it was so good to hear other people's stories. Your work is invaluable!
Amy Lou Hudson | £2.33/M
This group is worth its weight in gold! Thank you always Sam.
Emily Loader | £5
Thankyou for the inspiring home birth group. My homebirth was magical and I want to do it all over again x
Lauren
Wouldn’t have had my successful home birth without the positive impact of your Facebook group and the knowledge it gave me
Anonymous
You might not remember me but about 3 years ago I used your free chat with Sam service after an unplanned pregnancy which I was terrified of the birth. Your validation was phenomenal. First person to listen to my story and agree it never should have happened like that. Sadly I was too far away to hire you as a doula but I did get one and had a magically non traumatising birth and my beautiful little girl is 2 1/2 now. You were the first person that made me believe I could do it. I hope this donation goes a little way to helping you be there for the next woman like me
Zoe | £5
Thank you Sam for making the Village my favourite place on the internet.
Sinéad Bevan | £10
Merry Christmas. Thank you for all that you do 🙏❤️
Portia
Just a little token of my appreciation for the home birth Facebook group. I honestly don’t think I would have had a successful homebirth without the support ❤️
Anonymous | £10.90
Mrs Rosie | £21.07
Thank you Sam for running the Homebirth group and for your Freebirth Course. I had my third birth recently and without the information and support you and the people on your groups provide it wouldn't have been the homebirth of my dreams. The NHS midwives and consultants wanted me to birth in hospital with a cannula and hands on management due to having a high intervention 1st labour that led to a pph (in spite of having a hands off water birth with no pph for 2nd baby). They listed me as birthing at home against medical guidelines. Thanks to your group and support, I was able to make informed decisions at every stage, from declining a GTT at 35weeks, to deciding what medicines I wanted to use postpartum. I never felt pressured or judged by the group but was incredibly coerced and manipulated by NHS staff. My community midwife was clearly under immense pressure from the hospital to induce me and have me agree to scans and tests, stating 'they'll want you to' or even 'you can't have a homebirth unless'. Thank you for helping me unpick the truth from the lies, fact from scaremongering. Your support and group left me feeling empowered and like I wasn't alone in wanting a normal physiological uneducated birth. Your constant reassuring and badass presence is inspiring and I don't know when you find the time to sleep! Thank you x
Angel | £5.70/M
Forever grateful for the knowledge you have shared, all the eyes and minds you have opened, the supportive village you have created! Thank you Sam 🫶🏻
Simply Natal | £2.05/M
Thank you for all that you do xx
Sarah B | £13
Always with you Sam. Thank you thank you thank you.
Kati | £2/W
Louise | £10.90
Sorry that someone betrayed your trust in the invaluable, supportive and important group that you manage. For every one of her there are thousands of others who benefit from the work you do. Never stop Sam.
Tanisha Barnes
Thank you for the work you do, you have no idea how much this group empowered me to have my HBAC & trust in my body. I gave birth to a healthy daughter on Thursday after a very long labour but I didn’t give up. Thank you, Tanisha x
Donna G | £5.70/M
Joanna Blaydes | £31.49
Thanks for all you do Sam, you’re having such a positive influence over birthing uk, i don’t know of anywhere else where I could have got all this info from over the two years I’ve been a follower. This community positively impacts so many babies and mothers. You should be so proud!
Caroline | £5.70
I appreciate the work you do and hope this goes towards that a little x
Caitlin
Thank you for giving me the confidence to learn to say no and question the choices the maternity services tried to make for me. I’ll be forever grateful I came across your group in the pits of my birth trauma. Everyone should have a ‘Sam’ during pregnancy. Sorry it’s not a lot xxx
Amy | £31.48
Laura Whitticase | £2.05/M
Such a phenomenal resource that’s helping me navigate my first pregnancy and birth in such a supportive and informed environment. Thank you!
Emily
Thank you for everything you do. Your time, effort and energy is so appreciated keeping home birth and positive birthing at the centre of your facebook groups has been so refreshing and really inspiring x
Emily Thompson | £5.70
Thank you for the support and advice! Really hoping to achieve my hbac in the next 4 weeks or so (I’m 38 weeks tomorrow!)
Ellie
Thank you for all the work you do Sam xx
Alice LB | £5.70
Ellen Spencer | £5.43
Thanks so much for the work you do. The homebirth group has been invaluable to me at a difficult time xx