Pope Birth Services

04/05/2025

12/02/2023

Hi friends, my name is Sarah Pope. It’s been a while since I’ve done an introduction and some things have changed…

I left Long Island and moved upstate last year. I now live between Saratoga Springs and Lake George in a small town called Fort Edward.

I’m a birth and postpartum doula; available to support families in autonomous birth at home. I also support families in brith center or hospital births.

When I was 6 I witnessed my mother give birth at home naturally to my baby brother (all 9+ pounds of him). It will always be one of the greatest experiences of this life for me. It imprinted upon me a deep knowing that one day I could do that too, and so can you.

I believe in our body’s and baby’s innate wisdom in birth. I believe in the normal, natural physiology of birth. When I was 33 I gave birth to my first daughter, River, at home and then 3 years later, her sister, Sierra.

There is nothing I am more passionate about protecting and advocating for, than a woman’s innate wisdom and power in birth.

Beyond birth doula services, I also offer postpartum support, sibling support, prepared meals, and placenta services. I am also a certified yoga and meditation teacher so working with me includes mental and physical practices and guidance to prepare you for birth.

2023-2024 Pricing:

Birth Doula Package: $1,100
Postpartum Support: $25/hr
Placenta Pills: $300
Placenta Print: $25
Placenta Frozen Cubes: $100

All services are subject to additional travel fees when necessary, and this will be outlined in your contract prior to working together.

Pricing is negotiable, payment plans are available and trades are encouraged. I am very willing to work out a price that is reasonable and affordable for your family so that you can have the support you need for your birth. Please reach out to me. ✌🏼🩷

01/28/2022

Almost there 🙏🏼 Feeling grateful and always in awe of my body and just how incredible growing a baby is.

01/28/2022

Nothing better than a prenatal checkup on your couch 🙏🏼

12/24/2021

🖤🖤🖤

12/12/2021

Placenta Power...Baby’s side ➡️ Mother’s side

Did you eat your placenta?

11/12/2021

Teach em’ young. River, my placenta encapsulation assistant.

Preparing my friend’s placenta was so healing for me. I never got to actually see my placenta from River and that was a loss for me. I didn’t feel like it was honored and processed in ceremony which just left me with a sort of longing feeling. Like some part of it was wasted rather than transformed into medicine or an offering to Gaia.

It’s not just “processing” a placenta. It is creating medicine with spirit and earth. Transforming this incredible organ that literally grew a life and connected mother and child into a palatable form for a mother’s healing and postpartum journey of becoming a mother and letting her maiden self die.

It is such important work. I truly wish every mother could awaken to the power of this medicine.

Most people charge $250 or more to prepare the placenta and so many Moms just don’t know it’s value so they don’t do it because it’s another “expense.”

I did this for free because she’s my best friend. Having done it now I completely understand why people charge what they do. It’s quite a bit of work and you really have to have dedicated tools/dehydrator for it.

That said, more women need to have access to this. It’s easiest and most nutrient dense/bio-available to eat it raw but most people are too grossed out to do that. I had mine in smoothies, it was cut into frozen chunks and I had one in each smoothie every morning. You could not taste it at all! But I get that that is not for everyone!

I want to offer this service with a suggested fee AND a pay what you can afford option.

It’s too important! And women are not getting the benefits because they don’t understand the value in it/legitimately cannot afford it.

So if you want help with your placenta please message me and we can work something out that you can afford! Maybe you have something I need and we can trade. It can never hurt to ask.

11/12/2021

Raw dehydration method. Placenta encapsulation. Before and after dehydration.

11/12/2021

Dehydrated placenta sack. The child’s medicine.

10/06/2021

FREE EVENT Coming Up!!!

Hi everyone! I wanted to extend an invitation to a FREE event I am hosting. It's a women's circle for Mothers in all stages of motherhood...whether you have kids on earth or in heaven or are trying or getting ready to try to conceive...

This is a special gathering, where we will have a brief guided meditation, opportunity to share for anyone who wants to, holding sacred space for each other.

We will also have delicious wholesome food and refreshments, as well as, a free raffle with prizes from several local female entrepreneurs.

Please follow the link in my bio to learn more and register!

There is a limited number of spots available so be sure to get on the list. Again, it's totally free to make this super accessible for everyone to receive support on their journey!

It will be held at the HOG Farm in Brookhaven, on Sunday, Oct 17

10/04/2021

My why...is a person 💞

09/30/2021

This episode is all about getting clear about the small actions you need to take daily in order to create the habits which will feed and cultivate the life your are dreaming of. If you fail to plan you plan to fail. It's so damn true. I hate to say it, but it is. We are creatures of habit and if we aren't paying attention our energy will leak into actions that are not in support of who we want to be. Our energy will literally be sucked from us by unconscious thoughts and actions that are not in true alignment with what we want, rather they are manifestations of patterns and programs we have been conditioned with. Sometimes these are healthy and sometimes not so much.
Take the time to get clear about what you need to do each day to feel accomplished and good about yourself so that you can have the tools to take the thinking out of the equation and just follow the plan that gives you satisfaction. This is what builds momentum and subsequently boosts your motivation to evolve and grow yourself.
Having a morning ritual and a bedtime ritual is so crucial! IT WILL SERIOUSLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Nothing changes if you don't. It's true. And it's the little actions you take repetitively that culminate the big changes over time. Rome was not built in a day. One block at a time. Time block that is (pun intended). 
Thank you for joining me here today and for taking this time for yourself. I hope you enjoy the show!
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