Sabrina Flack - Birthworker - Moon Sprout

05/25/2021

friends - everything in me is calling for a break from social media platforms

my mental health really suffers from being on here too much and having to “use it for work” is not a good enough excuse to not take a break

I am pausing for now - not sure how long... my body/mind/spirit will let me know when it’s time to come back

also pausing on birth clients until october // available spaces for birth clients for the rest of the year is: 2 in october, 2 in november and 1 in early december.

other services still available!

head to my website to learn more (link in bio) or email me at [email protected] with any questions 🌿

xoxo enjoy retrograde/eclipse season! 🌝

05/07/2021

I haven’t introduced myself here in a while and the past couple months have brought some new faces! Hello hello 👋🏽. Thank you for being here 🙏🏽.

I’m Sabrina. A mixed race black, pansexual, q***r, cisgender woman & settler living in Chief Drygeese Territory, traditional lands of the Yellowknife Dene First Nation (aka Yellowknife).

Holding those identities, I’ve often felt “in the middle” and never quite settled or fully accepted anywhere.

Every day is a spiritual journey into finding that deeper acceptance and sense of home in my self.

My 🌞 is in Scorpio, my 🌙 is in Cancer and my Rising is in Libra. For those into Astrology this will tell you more about me than you ever really need to know!

I’m a full-spectrum doula which means I support & hold space for people through pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum, including all pregnancy outcomes (miscarriage, abortion, loss).

I’m also the Project Director for , a charitable project I co-founded with some amazing humans in the North.

My role in reproductive wellness support has my Cancer moon in my 10th house (of career/long term goals/public roles) written all over it 😅

I believe that collective community care is everything. I strive to create spaces and services that are inclusive, accessible and centre those who aren’t usually centred in our society. ✊🏽

I appreciate everyone who is here to witness this work I am doing and love to build community through conversation.

Comment or DM me with any questions or curiosities you have about doula work/support for yourself or a loved one 🌸

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05/04/2021

Join Dehga and I in a couple of weeks for a Pregnancy & Postpartum Sharing Circle for the BIPOC community in the NWT.

This is our first offering through the collective and we are super excited to get started on our programming/initiatives.

Many more events like this to come!

We are very excited to announce our first ever Sharing Circle for BIPOC Birth Givers in the NWT. Hosted by Sabrina Flack & Dehga Scott.

We have been wanting to share an offering with our community for a while now, and we figure that with everything going on with the pandemic in the NWT right now, there is no better time to come together and support each other through life’s big transitions.

This circle is for folks who identify as Black, Indigenous, Racialized/Persons of Colour, who are currently pregnant or up to around 1 year postpartum.

It will be a place for you to connect with other parents/parents-to-be, receive peer support from each other, and receive support/resources from Dehga and Sabrina who are both trained and experienced Birthworkers.

Overall, we want you to know and feel that you are not alone. Community is everything!

This first circle will have some conversational prompts, but will be pretty flexible and guided by whatever comes up when we share the space together.

LINK TO REGISTER: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuc-yurT4uEtIm97cwhElyEPqJusNUN4qy
LINK TO FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/520708815612744/

Or EMAIL [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you!

04/22/2021

We believe that climate and reproductive justice are deeply connected.

Our bodies are made of this land and earth and we are reliant on and connected to the health of our planet.

We come to this earth surrounded by water before we are born and take our first breath.

We need this water & this air to be safe.

The birth givers who face the most challenges in reproductive health systems are from the same communities that face the most challenges with climate change.

Reproductive Justice and Climate Justice activists and advocates fight for the same thing: a safer planet to continue life on that is full of joy, health, and reciprocity.

By supporting families to birth in respect, dignity and with their cultural traditions, our communities walk further down the path of healing and that healing directly impacts the treatment and healing of our planet.⁠
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Our research and development lead Dehga shares this quote from her research on Indigenous Motherhood:⁠
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"Our treaties state that “as long as the sun rises, the river flows, and the land does not move we will not be restricted from our way of life”. If you look at the true meaning behind “the river flows” it is referring to a mother birthing her child and her water breaking because as mothers we are giving life to the next generation of leaders. We are resilient and powerful and it is with the next generation we will continue our culture and tradition."⁠
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04/12/2021

This week we celebrate the health, joy, liberation, resilience, power and strength of black women, mothers, birthers, parents, families, midwives, community organizers and activists who work every day the change the narrative around black perinatal health.

If you’ve been paying attention - you know the statistics are bad. I’m not here to reel those into you.

I’m here to remind you to do something this week to honour someone in your life who is doing the work of creating a safer world for black birth givers, and to make sure you are doing the necessary inner work to untangle your internalized white supremacy so that you become a safer person to all black folks.

04/08/2021

Birthworkers/doulas do a lot of things, but one thing we don’t do is promise any specific outcomes for your birth.

We do our best with the knowledge we hold to support you through the variety of situations that may come up during your labour and birth, but we cannot make decisions for you or save you from the decisions you make.

We can advocate for you to be informed about those decisions, remind you of your wishes, and support you emotionally and physically through all outcomes.

Navigating the L&D room is a constant learning process for me as a birthworker. I’ve had a lot of nurses and doctors disregard/put down the suggestions I give, and suggest other things that just lead to intervention after intervention. On the other hand, I’ve had nurses and doctors that just let us “do our thing” and honour the physiological process. I wish there was more of the latter.

I wish that care providers would realize that letting someone know you’re about to do something to their body is not the same as asking them if you can do something to their body. I wish more care providers understood informed consent.

Reminding my clients to take the space to listen to their intuition, asking them if they need anything else before making a decision, reminding them to ask about the benefits/risks/alternatives, and letting them know that no matter what they decide, they are supported, is the best I can do.

This has all been on my mind a lot lately, so I am sharing. I am sharing because I am always learning. The learning doesn’t stop in this work so I expect to still come up against challenging situations with every client I support/birth I attend and taking what I learn and sharing it with every client that comes after.

Ultimately - my hope is that whatever direction the experience goes in, that my clients feel cared for, supported, and listened to through all the moments of their labour and birth.

Any other doulas out there think about all this a lot?!?!?

03/31/2021

today is trans day of visibility.

do something today (and every day) to make the world a safer place for trans folks to show up visibly, as their whole selves, in safety and without fear.

my suggestion: donate to - who are doing incredibly important work in the nwt supporting trans youth.

also, not all people who give birth identify as women. period. 🏳️‍⚧️