Welcome to Butterfly Births with Dr. Amber
Empowering Your Birth Experience
At Butterfly Births LLC, we go beyond traditional childbirth education to provide comprehensive classes that prepare you for the journey of parenthood. We teach you how to help create a positive and empowering birth experience and advocate for a respectful and evidence-based informed birth for you and your baby.
As a board-certified Ob/Gyn I bring a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to our classes to really give you an insider's perspective.
Special areas of interest include first time parents, Advanced maternal age, VBAC, Breech, and Twins.
My Story
My name is Amber Warmsley, MD FACOG
I am a wife, mother, California native, Maryland transplant, global traveler, and Ob/gyn with over 15 years’ experience. I spent my early years in Manhattan in general private practice both in office and hospital setting before transitioning to a mostly obstetrics- based role in hospital in the DC area. After an incredible 2+year experience working abroad in New Zealand, I transitioned back home ready to continue serving families.
I am blessed to have 2 young children. My first was a hospital birth and while it was relatively straightforward, the changed experience from “doctor” to “patient” opened a new awareness in me about my conceptions about birth and I began a very intentional deep dive into re-discovering birth in all its fullness and possibilities. My second was a midwife-attended home-birth that showed me the previously unknown transformative strength and beauty of undisturbed physiologic birth.
As a medical doctor I understand that medical interventions have their place in birth and can truly be life-saving. But I also strongly believe they are vastly over-utilized in most current hospital cultures and many families today unfortunately walk away from their births feeling confused, voiceless, and powerless. Everyone deserves a birth marked by empathy, kindness, respect, dignity and autonomy. Whether it’s an elective scheduled cesarean or intervention free home-birth, EVERY birth is natural and EVERY birth is beautiful.
As an Evidence-Based Birth Instructor, my goal is to help prepare and teach you tools that, regardless of the type of birth, help you feel safe, supported, and empowered!
From both my professional and personal experiences, I am uniquely suited to help educate and guide expectant mothers and families along this journey into parenthood.
I can’t wait to walk alongside you in this journey!
Classes
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In this 6 week virtual group class format, we take you beyond the standard labor preparation class and truly prepare you for your birth with our comprehensive childbirth class to help you feel empowered and confident!
Learn about
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What to expect when you arrive at the hospital
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Evidence on common procedures and interventions
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Comfort measures
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Advocacy and understanding your rights
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**SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTER TODAY OR EMAIL US FOR MORE INFO:
It is generally recommended to take this class between 24 - 32 weeks of pregnancy
(but you can really take it during any point)!
Upcoming Evidence Based Birth Class Dates
Feb 3 - Mar 10, 2025 {Mon, 7-8:30pm, EST}
*This class is virtual/online*
**Private classes also available on request**
Where I speak about my experiences that led me on the path towards truly understanding evidence-based care and shared decision making
Where I speak about my unique decision as a hospital-based Ob/gyn to have a midwife-assisted home birth with my 2nd birth.