What is a Private Membership Association?
A plain guide for Private Membership
The short answer:
A private membership association is a community of people who choose to join, agree to shared values, and receive member-only access.
We aren’t quite a country club, as we are a bit more eclectic and laid back than that.
Think of our functions as meeting up with some girl friends at one of their houses.
You get to know one another, and generally share values (or you would not have such awesome friends in common).
You are free to participate as little or as much as you’d like.
Membership is FREE.
We are feeling our way as a private membership association and seeking to be a nonprofit unincorporated association…
Honeycomb is not trying to become a public store front with a membership sticker on it, like Costco. People joined for a common purpose: real world and holistic education, mutual aid between mothers, faith-respecting care, and the rebuilding of community, under shared governing principles.
We gather members, support one another and like-minded groups and organizations, and build something that can outlast a single shop or personality.
The Vision
Why this Moment in History Matters
Women alive right now in America are among the freest, most powerful women ever to walk the earth. We were put here now, and that is not an accident. It is a responsibility.
When my mother was around my age, she could not purchase property, buy a car, or take out a credit card without a male co-signing for her. I am part of the first generation of women born into a society that fully acknowledge me as a complete citizen. That is powerful. It is also easy to forget and take for granted.
What we do with this power matters.
Women have always been the embodiment of the feminine image of God. But now, the state does recognize women as full fledged members of society, with all the rights and responsibilities of men. Yet, we have been placed within a system wholly created around a different worldview. The results are sometimes disastrous. Many women exist in isolation, turning to social media and search engines for answers to life’s most intimate questions. Women have been separated from other women, and most importantly, from ourselves.
The knowledge of freedom is a blessing and a tool: to help restructure society toward equality, without pretending equality means sameness between the sexes.
Men and women are not interchangeable. We are complementary. Real equality makes room for that truth instead of erasing it. Both divine images coming together to create a family is a most sacred process. This was the truth millenia before America was born.
What women are called to build now...
Women are called to build each other up, to support one another in how we do business, how we care for each other, how we birth, how we mourn, and how we reestablish integrated communities.
Honeycomb exists inside that call:
• members gathering by choice
• mothers supported without being reduced to patients or customers
• practitioners and educators meeting families inside a private community in the power of agreement
• mutual aid toward one another and other like-minded groups and organizations
• a long vision of education that forms people who can serve life with skill, conscience, and freedom
This is bigger than childbirth ed, a retreat weekend or a workshop...
Decentralization as the long work...
Ultimately, Honeycomb wants to support and create a different future for our children where people rarely even need to hire outside help, because we take care of one another. Skill without conscious connection is not enough. Conscience without formation is not enough. Honeycomb’s gatherings are one doorway into that larger work: forming communities who can serve life with competence, freedom, and reverence for mothers, babies, and families.
Why private membership has constitutional weight...
The most important American story about membership privacy is not a wellness group. It is the civil rights movement.
In 1958, in NAACP v. Alabama, Alabama tried to force the NAACP to turn over its membership list. The NAACP was organizing against systemic racism and segregation. Naming members would have exposed people to lost jobs, economic punishment, threats, and violence. The Supreme Court held that the Association did not have to hand over that list: people may associate privately so they can work together without the state making them easier to persecute.
That is the precedent we point to: membership privacy and free association.
Privacy is our best protection against unconstitutional interference and persecution from the state. We live in a time where our most fundamental human rights are constantly under attack, science has been sold out to special interest groups, the commodification of the essence of humanity has taken place to the point where people don’t know who they can trust for information or support.
Hallmarks of Our Private Membership Association
Shared purpose: maternity mutual aid, education, faith-respecting family support
Written governing principles: Bylaws + Membership Agreement
Selective membership: application, review, acceptance or declination
Member-determined policy
Members and bona fide guests only
Privacy of membership
Benefits of Private Membership
Members gain access to:
Honeycomb Retreats and Gatherings
in-person events designed to nourish, restore, and connect women intergenerationally.
Private education and health consulting
Resources, conversations, and access to practitioners you won't find through a public search.
Community who shares your values
Women who believe in bodily sovereignty, informed choice, and the kind of care that actually sees you.
Member-only communications
Updates, early access, and invitations that never go to the general public.
Your privacy is protected.
Everything shared within the Honeycomb community — your information, your conversations, and any information about you — stays within the Association. It is not subject to reporting requirements, data sharing, or third-party oversight.
You choose what you receive.
No service, product, or recommendation within the PMA is forced, pressured, or coerced. You come as a sovereign adult who makes her own decisions. The community is here to inform, support, and walk alongside you; not to tell you what to do.
You are part of something intentional.
Every member has read and agreed to the same values: freedom of association, personal responsibility, respect for the sanctity of life, and the belief that real care happens in real community. When you walk into a Honeycomb gathering, every person in the room has made that same choice.
The practitioners you meet are your fellow members
They bring their gifts and training to the community as members, not as agents of a public health system. That means a different kind of relationship; more direct, more honest, more personal. Honeycomb Members assume no responsibility for you, your health decisions, or liability.
You take responsibility for your own decisions.
This is the heart of what it means to operate in the private domain. Honeycomb members are not passive recipients of care. They are informed, engaged women who take their health, their families, and their choices seriously. The Association provides resources, education, and access, and you decide what to do with them. There is no such thing as a risk free environment. Whether you drive in a car or sit totally still on the couch, you are taking on risk. It is up to each individual to make decisions about the risks they undertake when living. Just like you would not hold a friend responsible for your choices, you may not hold Honeycomb or any other Honeycomb member liable for your choices. The Association will never offer something that carries with it clear and present danger.
The Private Members of Honeycomb do not prevent, diagnose, treat, or prescribe. There is a place for that, which is under the public domain, and outside of the private membership.
Examples of Private Associations
The Rotary Club — one of the largest service organizations in the world, membership-based and operating outside public oversight
The NAACP — essential to the civil rights movement.
The Democratic Party and Republican Party — political parties are private membership associations. They set their own rules, hold private primaries, and control their own membership. Courts have repeatedly upheld their right to do so under the First Amendment.
Private golf and country clubs — Augusta National, and thousands of clubs like it, operate as private member associations with their own rules and access standards.
The American Bar Association, American Medical Association — professional associations that are membership-based and set standards internally, not by government mandate.
Buying cooperatives and food co-ops — member-owned organizations that pool resources and share goods outside traditional retail frameworks.
We list these so you feel the pattern, not to claim every one is “a PMA under one law.”
What You're Agreeing To
Membership requires signing the Honeycomb Maternity Care Private Membership Association Agreement, a straightforward document that outlines the values above, confirms your understanding of the private domain, and affirms that you are joining of your own free will as a private person.
You will receive the membership agreement as part of your welcome once your application is approved. You are encouraged to read it in full and ask any questions before signing.
Membership is free, but it is still quite valuable. It is required to attend any Honeycomb retreat, event, or gathering, and to access any service offered within the community.
Still have questions?
You're welcome to reach out directly to [email protected]
Our team is happy to talk through what the PMA means and answer any questions before you apply. There is no pressure, no rush, and no wrong question.
If this resonates with you: the values, the vision, the community, then you already belong here. The membership agreement is simply the handshake that makes it official.
MEET OUR Foundress
Sierra Emrich Hamm
Sierra Emrich Hamm, RN, concierge doula in Bardstown, Kentucky
For over a decade, I’ve walked alongside hundreds of women through every birth setting imaginable- from high-risk hospital deliveries to peaceful home births. I've worked with OB/GYN surgeons and traditional midwives.
As a former labor and delivery nurse, I’ve assisted in life saving surgeries and managed newborn complications in out-of-hospital settings with extraordinary outcomes.
But birth is not simply a medical event.
I’ve had the honor of witnessing women transform into mothers long before labor begins... supporting their health, their understanding, and their confidence as they step into this role as a maternity coach.
My clinical expertise is sharp, but my true gift is protecting the sacred space of birth where compassion, presence, and trust still belong.
At Honeycomb Maternity Care, I help intuitive mothers like you build unshakable confidence in your choices, understand the realities of modern interventions, and gain practical tools to navigate pregnancy and birth with clarity.
This is more than holistic maternity care.
This is my soul's mission.
When I became a mother in a rural area without a support system, I learned how essential it is to have a community of like minded women, and a guidance from someone who shares your values, understands how to navigate the system, and when to stand firm within your own convictions.
Through clinical wisdom, ancestral knowledge, and Holy Spirit led mentorship, I’m here to help you reclaim birth as a sacred rite, mother your family in sovereignty, and step fully into your role as healer within your home.
Clinical Expertise. Spirit-Led Discernment. Fearless Birth Advocacy
Bridging Science & Spirit to Protect Sovereign Birth
Skilled Hands, a Listening Heart, and Unshakable Faith
Why Honeycomb Maternity Care Exists
Our Mission
We assist women with creating the pregnancy and birth of their dreams through harnessing the healing power of matrescence to overcome the past, realize their innate power, and move forward as mothers...
When moms and families work with me, their experiences are:
Not driven by fear. Not dictated by default systems or hospital protocols.
Centered on love, and nurtured with understanding, intention, and trust
Absolutely transformative and give new definition to life, family, and partnership
Our unique approach educates you and your partner on how to have healthy pregnancy and childbirth, in a way that illuminates all of your options (from medical to totally sovereign). We show you the conventional medical system's interventions, and provide you with the information you need to stay healthy and low risk during your childbearing year. This framework teaches you how to navigate uncertainty
and carry the weight—and beauty—of bringing life into the world.
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The Work we do together
Goes beyond birth...
It is about becoming the kind of mother and family you want to be, before your baby ever arrives.
Whether this is your first or twelfth baby, you will find gems in our process you did not know existed.
If you are here, something in you already knows: there has got to be a better way to birth.
Belong to a community of like minded mommas and access elevated holistic birth education.
Work one-on-one with our sovereign health consultants who have walked this journey personally and with women.
Benefit from concierge-style quantum doula support
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