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Black Sisters Birth Academy® BIRTH: It's What We DO

BIRTH: It's What We Do.

Become a Certified Birth Assistant with Black Sisters Birth Academy®

Are you an aspiring Black midwife or aspiring Black birth assistant looking for a pathway to work with community midwives attending births in out-of-hospital settings? If so, you're in the right place.

Black Sisters Birth Academy®

Black Sisters Birth Academy® trains aspiring Black midwives and aspiring Black birth assistants to become certified birth assistants to community midwives attending births in out-of-hospital settings through a proven step-by-step online curriculum-based program intentionally designed with you in mind.

Black Sisters Birth Academy® Online Birth Assistant Program

Why Black Sisters Birth Academy®

The truth is, a growing number of aspiring Black midwives and aspiring Black birth assistants who want to work outside the hospital setting are looking for Black-led midwifery assistant trainings that will teach them how to work with community midwives and our birthing families.

They are looking to learn in a space with women who look like them and have similar lived experiences as they do.

 

They are looking to reconnect and reclaim the natural birthing experience for themselves and for our mothers and babies. 

 

They are looking for a place to call HOME.

 

Black Sisters Birth Academy® was created for you, the aspiring Black midwife and the aspiring Black birth assistant, to have a safe place to call home; to build your skill set as you learn to work side-by-side with community midwives as a birth assistant.

A birth assistant (also known as a midwife's assistant) is one who is specifically trained to assist a community midwife with births in out-of-hospital settings (home and / free-standing birth center settings).

Birth assisting is a natural first step into midwifery care. 

If you are being called to join this movement and return Back to Birth 

Join Us Now at Black Sisters Birth Academy®.

This work is my mission. 

Hi, I'm Christina Jemine, a licensed, Certified Professional Midwife on a mission to train YOU, the aspiring Black midwife and aspiring Black birth assistant, through the art of birth assisting.

I was where you were once, excited about becoming a midwife and searching for the best pathway to become one. I never heard about a career as a birth assistant until I was in midwifery school. It was not a profession openly advertised and to be honest neither was midwifery but soon I learnt that a birth assistant is a vital member within the birth team. I wish I knew about birth assisting when I discovered midwifery as a teenager, 22 years ago. I would have ran towards an opportunity to be nurtured by a Black midwife and work with her as her assistant. I have learnt now why that option was not widely accessible to me then and for others now.

Currently, there are only a few Black midwives scattered across the United States due to years of institutionalized racism in this country and within the profession of midwifery that was intentionally designed for our demise. It is my mission to amplify your ancestral gift as a birth assistant through this comprehensive program as you unearth your skills to help our community midwives and birthing families.

This program works and it is a natural first step into midwifery care for those who are ready to become birth assistants. If you are not committed to doing the work you are called to do, do not apply. For those who are committed to doing the work, welcome home sis. Let's Get To Work.

Black Sisters Birth Academy® Midwife Christina Jemine, LM, CPM
MISSION, VISION & MOTTO

MISSION, VISION & MOTTO

Mission: To train aspiring Black midwives and aspiring Black birth assistants to become certified birth assistants to community midwives in out-of-hospital settings.

 

Vision: To increase the amount of professionally trained Black birth assistants nationwide to work alongside with community midwives to promote safer births for Black families outside of the hospital setting.

 

Motto: BIRTH: It's what we DO.

HEAR WHAT MY PHENOMENAL GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY

Black Sisters Birth Academy® Olivia

"Christina's birth assistant training was so valuable. I learned so much in a loving and nurturing environment. Without a doubt if you are thinking of her training, do yourself a favor and take it! Such an amazing experience!"

- OLIVIA HARPER

Birth Assistant, Student Midwife, Birth Doula, Certified Lactation Counselor & Birth Justice Advocate

Black Sisters Birth Academy® Althea

"Participating in this training solidified for me the necessity of safe spaces and for competent trainers. Midwife Christina exemplified professionalism. Her organization of the materials and activities was unmatched. Her passion for her students was evident from the moment we met. I am totally grateful for my time in the Black Sisters Birth Assistant training."

- ALTHEA HURD

Birth Assistant, Childbirth Educator

PROGRAM DESIGNED WITH 
YOU in mind.

This program is designed to help you through 3 Key Elements:

CURRICULUM (Black Sisters Birth Academy® Online Birth Assistant Program)

COMMUNITY (Private Facebook Community)

COACHING (Optional: LIVE Virtual Group Module Reviews and Skills Day Sessions)

As a result of this program you will become a competent birth assistant and in turn you will become a SOURCE of support to community midwives and birthing families. 

Black Sisters Birth Academy® 3 Key Elements
Black Sisters Birth Academy® Leslie

Students In Training

Student Birth Assistants Equipped To Support Their Community Midwives & Birthing Families. 

Are you ready to do the work you are called to do?

Join us now at Black Sisters Birth Academy®

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BENEFITS OF BLACK SISTERS BIRTH ACADEMY®

Black Sisters Birth Academy®

AFTER THIS PROGRAM YOU CAN...

  • Seek employment as a certified birth assistant with community midwives

  • Take vital signs of mother and baby

  • Assist with medical documentation

  • Set up birth related equipment

  • Keep the birth space clean and organized

  • Provide assistance in obstetrical emergencies

  • Assist with breastfeeding and other essential birth assistant duties

HEAR WHAT MY INCREDIBLE GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY

Melody Cunningham-Lopez

Firstly, it was catered to me...I was completely armed with all of the tools that I needed to effectively help my midwife and to be there for the mothers who are having their babies.

Wanda Harvey Evans

I gleaned a lot from her so much that looking for a preceptor or mentor or midwife I was able to be a birth assistant actually for two midwives.

 Ama Grant 

I promise you will leave feeling confident, feeling trusting in your skills, in your education and your ability most of all to be a birth assistant.

CAN THIS PROGRAM WORK FOR YOU?

Watch A FREE Training On 3 Things YOU Need To Know Before Becoming A Birth Assistant. 

JOIN US AS WE CHANGE OUR WORLD ONE BIRTH AT A TIME.

Together We Win.

BIRTH: It's What We DO.

Black Sisters Birth Academy® Class of 2019
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