Birth is designed to be a peak life experience and deserves to be protected as such.
Holistic Health & Sovereign Birth
My name is Rachel Fracassa. These offerings are a culmination of over two decades of mothering, the process of extricating my family and our health, body, and minds from the medical industrial complex, and discovering the exquisite joy of sovereign birth. This work is not my “profession” but the vocation of my life. Service-based heart-work supporting mothers and their families in the way they want to be supported.
As a traditional midwife and holistic practitioner, I’ve trained through the model of apprenticeship, spent years in circle with wise women and elder midwives, and most importantly, sat at the feet of birthing women themselves for over 12 years. I’ve sought extensive training in various therapies in the realms of CranioSacral Therapy, Maya Abdominal Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Spinning Babies®, and Breech Release. As an unschooler at heart, my path has been eclectic, creative, passion driven, and is ever-evolving.
The Nitty Gritty
With that said, what was once perhaps an airy fairy ideal has been forged by the fire of the real real.
It’s been my experience that birth is both utterly magical and not to be trifled with, that birth demands to be respected with our full presence while calling us to bring forward all that we have as mothers, and occasionally all that we have as birth attendants too. It’s designed to both empower us and to humble us.
So for those who’d like to know:
I’m trained as an EMT.
I stay current on my CPR and NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Certification).
I’ve taken the Birth Emergency Skills Training along with…
Midwifery Wisdom Skills and Drills.
Reteach Breech.
Breech without Borders.
Spinning Babies® Breech Basics.
Spinning Babies® Resolving Shoulder Dystocia.
Multiple Phlebotomy Courses and Trainings.
Multiple Suturing Courses and Trainings.
Twins and Multiples with Dr. David Hayes
and more.
And of course the learning never ends…
What I do Different
I’m friendly to freebirthers who want ala carte support or care. Or just a cuppa tea.
I’m passionate about informed breech care, vaginal breech access, and skilled breech support.
I am highly creative and open minded in what care can look like and meet families where they are.
I know that giving birth can be fun. And that prenatal care can be too.
I include bodywork in my prenatal, postpartum, and baby care.
I’m happy to listen to baby with a pinard or a double-headed fetoscope so we both can listen.
But I love my doppler on baby day.
Here’s a peak of some of my own precious memories of my homebirths, crunchy mom life, and my grandbabies who thus far have all been born at home (and yes, that’s a minivan birth in there 😂) :
Reach out and connect.
If you think we might be a good match, let’s connect and see! Zoom calls, coffee shops, and my kitchen table are all options. I want to hear your story.