“You are a midwife, assisting at someone else’s birth.

Do good without show or fuss.

Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening.

If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped,

yet still free and in charge.

When the baby is born, the mother will rightly say,

“We did it ourselves!”

From the Tao Te Ching

Ruth Ehrhardt
Certified Professional Midwife
Registered Traditional Birth Attendant
truemidwifery.com
Based in South Africa | Working Internationally

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A platform for the continued education and support of birth attendants and families from around the world — honouring the basic needs of the mother and baby.
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The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labour

A concise, powerful guide by Ruth Ehrhardt, honouring the essential needs of labouring women with deep respect for the physiology of birth.

“To bring together what is important in such a small number of pages is a feat… it will be a turning point in the history of childbirth and therefore in the history of mankind.”
— Michel Odent

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True Midwifery Study Spirals
January – December 2025
Monthly, open sessions for global birthkeepers.
Topics include breech birth, pre-eclampsia, closing of the bones, and more.
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The Silent Birthkeeper

5 Feb 2026 – 11 Feb 2027

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The Silent Birthkeeper: One Year Immersion into True Midwifery.

An invitation to return to the quiet presence that honours birth in its most primal, spiritual form.

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