Hi, I’m Lizzie — former math teacher turned birth educator, homeschooling mom of three, and founder of Unmedicated Academy.

My journey into birth work started with my own births — each one opening my eyes to just how important it is for women to feel informed, supported, and in control. For my first two births, I wasn’t a doula or a birth educator. I was a high school math teacher with a big belief in birth and zero clue how much the system would take over my plan. 

It took me becoming a doula to understand how to support birth and I didn't want other moms to have to trial and error their births like I did. I left teaching to stay home with my kids, and I knew I wanted to help other moms walk into birth informed. And that's when Unmedicated Academy was born.

Unmedicated Academy is a comprehensive childbirth education program designed specifically for women who want an unmedicated birth. It’s not just breathing techniques and birth balls, it utilizes the knowledge is power approach. Our moms know how to support the natural birth they want within a heavily medicated hospital setting. We teach women how to support physiology, understand their options, confidently advocate for themselves, and prepare their partner to be an effective support person.

Over the years, the results have spoken for themselves, empowered births, confident moms, VBACs, fewer interventions, and stories that make me cry happy tears.

Now, I’m on a mission to get this curriculum into the hands of even more moms. That’s where our Ambassador Program comes in. We’re partnering with doulas, educators, and birth workers who want to offer high-quality education without having to build it all from scratch. Our Ambassadors use the Unmedicated Academy curriculum with their own clients supporting more moms than ever before.

Whether you’re a mom preparing for birth or a birth worker ready to serve at a deeper level, you’re in the right place. The system won’t change itself, but we can change the way women experience birth.

xo, Lizzie