Liberated Birth
Massachusetts restricted midwifery care, limiting birth choices for families. My heart breaks for those impacted. Learn how this affects my care.
Homebirth Midwife Massachusetts, Also Serving New Hampshire & Maine
I’m Khadijah Cisse, a homebirth midwife in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine with Midwife at Your Doorstep. As a classically-trained traditional midwife, I’m honored to support families throughout Boston, Cambridge, Portland, ME, Portsmouth, NH, Manchester, NH, and surrounding communities who are seeking a sacred, autonomous birth experience at home. While I have been an independent midwife for 20 years in MA, I am currently pursuing licensing in NH and ME, and work under the supervision of CPMs and a CNM.
At the heart of my practice is a deep respect for families and their choices. I believe that every birthing parent is the true decision-maker. My role is to walk alongside you, offering support, knowledge, and wisdom while honoring your autonomy and the sacredness of your birth experience.
As a homebirth midwife, I specialize in VBAC and VBAMC support, breech birth, twin homebirth, freebirth support, and traditional postpartum care. My passion is to provide safe, supportive, and informed experiences tailored just for you.
Informative Birth Podcasts:
FaQs
Here you will likely find over 90% of the answers to the most common questions I get. Anything I have missed we can discuss in an initial no-cost consultation.
Childbirth Prep Class
Birth is intuitive and such a normal thing to do! Many of my families don’t take any classes because they feel very informed, but I made these videos specific to homebirth to answer a lot of the common questions that I get from first-time homebirthers.
“Autonomous birth is the realization that birth is not a medical procedure, but a profound rite of passage. A woman’s body is her own best expert.”
Testimonials
All I wanted from my first birth was for my wishes to be respected and to use my body the way it was designed to be used. But what I got was a nightmare of unecessary interventions. Khadijah helped me to reclaim my power again and have my next birth my way.
Emily J.
Khadijah was the only one I talked to that told me I could plan for the birth I really wanted when I learned that my baby hadn’t turned head down. I felt safe and confident during my breech birth. It was a beautiful experience and I proved to myself that I was not broken!
Sarah T.
I never thought Iʼd have a natural birth after I was forced into a cesarean, not once but twice, but with Khadijah’s support, I had the most empowering experience of my life! She taught me how to prepare myself physically and mentally. I overcame years of depression.
Jessica L.
Why Families Are Choosing a Homebirth Midwife in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine
Families across New England and throughout the world are increasingly choosing homebirth because they desire to labor freely, move as their bodies call them to move, and birth without the institutional interventions that so often disrupt the rhythms of labor. Homebirth rates are rising! At home, you are held in the reverence you deserve. You birth in your own space, surrounded by those you love, in the comfort and privacy of your own home. In a metanalysis of over 14 studies on homebirth, including over 500,000 births, the research on homebirth safety is overwhelmingly positive that there is no Increase in adverse outcomes with planned home birth!
What Midwives Offer
When searching for homebirth midwives in Massachusetts, it’s important to find someone who aligns with your values and respects your autonomy. As a classical traditional midwife, I provide comprehensive care throughout your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey—including prenatal visits to monitor your health and prepare you for birth, skilled attendance during labor in your home with a hands-off approach that honors natural process, and postpartum home visits to support healing and breastfeeding. Unlike many providers, I welcome variations of normal birth that are often turned away elsewhere: VBAC and VBAMC after cesarean, breech presentation, twin pregnancy, and freebirth consultation. I offer evidence-based education, free childbirth preparation classes, and deep emotional support—especially for mothers healing from traumatic births. A homebirth midwife is not just a clinical provider; I am a guardian of sacred space, a holder of wisdom, and a believer in your strength.
Major Areas Served
Portsmouth, NH and Manchester, NH
“It is ideal to live life with a focus on the evidence of potential for things to go well, rather than on the small chance that they won’t go as hoped. If every decision we made were built around the worst-case scenario, we would rob our soul of some of life’s greatest joys and triumphs.”
