Sarah Seymour

Primary Focus

I am a licenced homebirth midwife working to support families to have a safe and pleasant birth experience. I combine working within professional boundaries and being non-interventionist; helping mothers give birth naturally, in their own home, under midwifery care. Holistic prenatal care is a cornerstone of my approach, addressing diet, supplements and lifestyle issues, helping the mother achieve maximum wellness before, during and after her birth. I also check up that the pregnancy is developing normally and advise when problems arise. In addition, I offer diaphragm fittings and contraceptive advice.

About Me

I have been a qualified midwife for over 25 years, with my initial training in the UK. After Aliya, I retained and obtained my Israeli lisence. I worked in hospital in the UK and Jerusalem, before leaving the hospital system for homebirths in 2019. I have since been involved in homebirth and to date (2025) have been promary caregiver for over 220 homebirths. I regulalry engage in courses and professional trainings to keep my knowledge fresh and up to date. I believe in the mother's ability to give birth without interventions, doctors and machinery if she and her baby are healthy and low-risk. Women looking for supportive midwifery care in low risk pregnancies, will find a very calm, kind and professional midwife, happy to assist them through this special life event! I have additional training in many areas including birth processing for trauma, spinning babies, hypnobrthing, natural birth and water birth.

Why I Do This

I trained in the UK where home birth and patient-centred care is the norm. In Israel, I found things to be very different and I did not appreciate the way the hospital institution treats mothers; as if they are one of many, just waiting to be processed in a non-feeling system. I believe that a one-to-one, personal approach is the ideal way to support a woman through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum. Once my kids grew up a little, and I could take on the hectic lifesyle of being on call 24/7, l decided to leave institutionalised care to offer women an alternative approach. It's been proven that care from a calm and trusted, professional midwife helps to prevent many complications of pregnancy and labor, especially in reducing the percentage and severity of perineal tears (I have a very low rate of tearing, even for first time mothers!). Women, who feel safer delivering at home, are the best candidates fr homebirth and their outcomes are excellent. Women are very satisfied after a homebirth and most of my cientele today are repeat clients.

My Unique Approach

It is important to me that mothers feel that the birth belongs to them and not to the care providers. Therefore, I make great efforts to discuss with women what their hopes and expectations are for the birth and we work towards those desires as much as possible. Over half of my clients have a waterbirth and I teach mothers how best to utilise the water for pain relief and support. Like I said earlier, in order to reduce tearing, I teach women specific gentle brith techniques which work extremely well.