Offering full circle reproductive support the ancestral way.

Traditional Midwifery Package

Traditional Midwifery Package

Black traditional midwife Maryland and Virginia
Traditional midwife

The ultimate package for pregnant families looking for sovereign support. Please note that I am not yet licensed as a Certified Professional Midwife. I currently support families as a traditional midwife and birth keeper.

Service includes perinatal and postpartum support such as:

  • Monthly prenatal appointments

  • Non-invasive assessments of mother and baby

  • Nutrition support

  • Belly Mapping

  • Local recommendations for labs, screenings, and ultrasounds

  • Homebirth prep

  • Support procuring birth supplies and setting up your birth room

  • Placenta examination and ceremony

  • Breast/chest crawl

  • Lactation support

  • Birth space clean-up

  • Meal train set up

  • Postpartum photos, and more!

Investment starts at $4000 plus applicable travel costs.

Services for Families and Women

Maryland Doula and Midwife

Traditional Doula Support

A sacred and safe approach to physiological birth. At least 3 prenatal appointments, hand crafted herbal remedies, learn palpation, ongoing support, active labor support, immediate postpartum, at least 1 home visit, handmade journal, placenta examination, self-advocacy education, support team coaching, on-call at 37-42 weeks. This is ideal for at-home or a birth center, but can be provided for hospital births.

 Investment starts at $1200-$2000

Maryland herbalism and apothecary

Build Your Postnatal Medicine Cabinet

Our community midwives understood the power of plants, so can you. During our sessions, we will help you create your medicine cabinet by filling it with herbs that support postpartum, menstruation, lactation, and/or menopause. I will guide you through choosing the right supplies, plants, and season to get started.

90 mins |  $90-$150  

Birth Support and Postpartum

Birth Listening Session

No matter your birth outcome, your experience deserves to be witnessed. Use this time to process your birth with a traditional midwife who understands your needs and facilitates closure in a confidential environment. You will receive a digital midwifery care package to support your healing journey. There is a space for you.

90 mins |  $90-$150 (2 sessions recommended)

Maryland postpartum midwife and doula

Postpartum Support

After crossing over into parenthood, we integrate. Hire me to support you and your newborn during the first 40 days of your postpartum period. Together, we will develop your postpartum plan that includes 30 hours of in-person support that can include uterus support, vaginal steaming with organic herbs, lactation support, herbal baths, bodywork, meal prep & delivery, home cleaning, overnight newborn support, and more. 

30 hours |  $900-$1250  

Placenta Encapsulation, Prints, and Tincture

Multiple packages and services available.

The placenta is my favorite organ. It’s role is so vital to pregnancy that it should be honored after the baby is born. This service includes a safe pickup from the hospital, birth center, or home. Within 48 hours I will safely prepare:

  • Placenta encapsulation using the Traditional Chinese Method or Raw and packaged (an additional $100)

  • Placenta prints and umbilical cord keepsake with local dried flowers

  • Tinctures (an additional $50)

 Investment starts at $150 per placenta

Birth & Postpartum Ceremonies

All birth and pregnancy outcomes should be honored. This service includes a personalized 2-3 hour ceremony for one of the following:

  • Blessing the Mother & Baby

  • Placenta Burial or Planting

  • Honoring loss from abortion, miscarriage, or stillbirth

  • Postpartum Baths or Vaginal Steams

  • Closing the Body

2-3 Hours |  $350 (includes travel up to one hour)

“Joyell inspires me as a community practitioner to connect as my whole self with the communities I belong and/or that I’m invited in a way that is rooted in justice for all of us. Engaging with Joyell as she grows her art, practice, and person has encouraged my own growth and allowed me to more authentically move through this world holding joy alongside combatting the oppressive world we live within.”

— Allison B. (St. Louis, Missouri)

Black midwife in Maryland and Virginia

Services for Organizations

Birth justice Maryland

Birth Justice Equity Audit

This service is perfect for non-profits, community-based projects, and birth worker communities. Together we closely assess, review, and strategize for how best to position your organization as a leader for birthing justice initiatives. 

Investment starts at $2000

Racial equity consulting Maryland

Consulting

This is ideal for teams wanting to integrate racial and gender equity strategies into their projects and workplaces.  With more than 10 years of experience as a racial equity strategist, hire me to help your organization co-create material change for the Global Majority.

The time is now. Get in touch to request a proposal.

$4000 monthly retainer

pelvimetry in Maryland and Virginia

Lineage in Praxis

Lineage in Praxis is for those who answered the call to be the family creator, cycle breaker, guardian, healer, or birth keeper. Learn to identify and transform your gifts into skills that support your career, communities, and healing practices. This container is meant to move at a slower pace. A handmade journal and a guidebook are included. 

$1500 per person  (3 month commitment)

anti-oppression facilitation and consultant

Community Facilitation

Experience high-quality and custom-designed facilitation at your conference, community focus groups, or next team retreat. Using restorative practices rooted in anti-oppression, I work closely with your team to develop in-person and virtual learning environments for integration and implementation. Get in touch to request a proposal.

Investment starts at $3000

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