Meet Your Provider

I am a hospital and home birther. I am a land and water birther. I am a breastfeeder. I am a survivor of a 4th degree and then 1st degree lacerations. I know what the hospital setting lacks and what safe out-of-hospital birth can do for women, babies and families. I believe that birth is beautiful in any setting and that women should choose the setting and providers that they feel safest with, and a setting that meets the risk needs of each individual pregnancy. Home may be that for some and for others not, and that is okay. There is no best place to birth, only what is best for you. I am a believer in women and in the good of all humans. I believe that access to safe, quality and respectful reproductive healthcare is a right of every person. 

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When I am not at birth or figuring out how to manage this website, business, Facebook or Instagram...you'll find me connecting with my girls. They are my light; I am strong because of them and for them. You might find us watching Gilmore Girls, riding our bikes at Greenwood trails, walking with my besties, being outdoors enjoying sunrises & sunsets, snuggled up reading a good book. My oldest is now a sophomore in college at a university in MN studying economics & dance. My youngest in her second year of junior high is just the right amount of silly, sassy and sincere, she makes all our hearts melt and is finding her voice as a young woman. My late husband is carried in all our hearts and continues to be a light in darkened times.  My partner & I live a long-distance relationship at this time as he finishes studies at the University of Costa Rica, he holds my heart & is a daily dose of joy in my life. We are patiently awaiting our US Immigration system to approve his Visa and allow him to come visit my family here in the USA. I live my personal & professional life leading with my big compassionate heart, sharing and growing from all life's experiences.