calm, reassuring and flexible

birth support testimonial
Written By Tamara Niedermann

Tamara was a vital member of our birth team. She was calm, reassuring and flexible...all super important when it comes to birth!

We decided to add Tamara to our team to support us in the birth of my 4th child...primarily to take the burden off of dad. We were also considering doing a home birth (the other 3 were either birth center or hospital). As it turned out, we did decide to attempt a home birth since we lived very close to a hospital in the case of an emergency and everything was looking great on ultrasound and with my health. It was by far the best birth!

We were able to set up the room EXACTLY the way I wanted it. I truly "nested". With traditional Chinese music softly playing in the background, to the glow of my salt lamp, in my own bed, with the support of my partner, the backing of my highly trained midwife Katrina, and encouragement of my doula, Tamara, I gave birth to our beautiful, 9lb 2oz, bundle of joy.

The recovery was a dream-being able to leisurely cuddle with my little one, no rush, every moment a lasting memory with no medical procedures interrupting the bonding. Daniel had his first breastfeeding while the umbilical was still attached and he was able to get ALL the wonderful stem cells from the placenta. No wonder he is so happy and healthy!

Thank you, Tamara, for coming into our lives! You will forever be part of the most beautiful day of my life!

Lisa and Baby daniel born september 17, 2016

Tamara Niedermann

hi! i'm tamara, creator and owner of the kindred feminine. i have always known i am at my best when i was in support of the people around me. i surrounded myself with deep connections -- people who i could know and live life with. that desire for deep relationship is what has guided my journey to birth work, herbalism, and supporting the birthing and bleeding people in my community.

six years ago, when my younger sister and her husband started their parenting journey, she started sharing the things she was learning about pregnancy and labor. i watched documentaries with her. i read the books she recommended, and i realized that there was another way to birth your babies. until that point, the idea of home birth and midwives and doulas were sort of a joke. in movies and television they portray midwives as the hippy lady with incense and beads -- which to be fair that midwife exists and now i strive to be worthy of her -- but she's played as a joke. it took these books and documentaries, and new perspectives to show me that midwifery and doulas are legitimate callings, and home birth is a legitimate option.

simultaneous to my birth worker journey, i was coming into a better understanding of my womanhood and i wanted to have more holistic options for interacting with my fertility. so, i transitioned from hormonal birth control to the sympto-thermal method of fertility awareness to track my cycles, and then i switched out my single use menstrual products for reusables. both of these changes gave me a deeper knowledge of my cycles and my body

my growing love for fertility and body literacy combined with my heart for birthing and bleeding people and pregnancy, started me on this incredible journey of learning, and growth, and stewardship of the wisdom that has been passed to me.

the kindred feminine serves all birthing and bleeding people by supporting pregnant people prenatally, attending out of hospital births, and in the postpartum time. tamara teaches bodily autonomy through the fertility awareness method. i processes placentas, and makes herbal preparations including teas, baths, salves, and tinctures and elixirs.

i'm a bisexual cis woman who uses the pronouns she, hers, and her. i’m a newlywed in my early thirties. i'm the daughter of an immigrant single mother. i'm an advocate for fat positivity, body hair acceptance, lgbtq families, body literacy, and bodily autonomy for all people. i'm a birth keeper, and an herb

https://thekindredfeminine.com
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