Jessie is a New Mexico Licensed Midwife who began her midwifery education in 2003 with her first apprenticeship in Colorado. Rebecca is bilingual in Spanish and English. Cindy attended her first midwifery course in 1990 (just five weeks after the birth of her first child) and completed her midwifery education in Austin in 1994. In March of 2018 she transitioned from a senior apprentice to a staff midwife upon receiving her Texas state midwifery license. With steadfast gentleness and always exuding kindness, we could not envision our practice without her. and majored in anthropology at Washington University (B.A.). She has continued to expand her knowledge of wellness care through the study of nutrition, homeopathy, and massage therapy. With the encouragement of her children, she returned to midwifery in 2011 and was delighted to join the team at San Antonio Birth Center in April of 2014. She became a midwife, Mothering magazine editor, counselor for teen moms, Maternal Child Health program manager, childbirth educator, doula mentor, and psychotherapist. Through that mentorship program she was able to study under a local home birth midwife. About A Birth Center Meet Our Staff Birth Center Tour Fees and Insurance Testimonials Services Birth Center Birth Pro Nox Nitrous Oxide Analgesia OB/GYN Care Childbirth Education SonoSmile Sonograms Natural Products The Birth Center is People... working together to respond to your needs during your pregnancy, birth, and early parenting.Meet the Birth Center staff: Leonette A. Clayson Certified Nurse Midwife Family Nurse Practitioner Colleges San  work, especially around all things birth and babies. She returned to her native Santa Fe and joined the field of integrative medicine, incorporating nutritional studies into behavioral and developmental disability therapy. If the birth center is connected to a hospital, medical intervention can be a routine part of their care. I love being able to witness a woman giving birth. ). Her delightful communication style served her well in her former career as a hair stylist, and her attention to detail was honed while working with several local non profit ministries. Born at home herself, she was raised with an awareness of midwives and giving birth outside of the hospital. He is Director of both the Division of Maternal / Fetal Medicine and the Center for Womenâs Health at Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) North Shore LIJ. Our Staff Holly Shearman LM, CPM, Administrator and Clinical Director I love being a midwife. As the mom to 2 active kiddos, she doesn’t get much free time, but when she does she enjoys DIY projects, hiking, missionary work, and Coke Zero. Lucy finds all aspects of birth care -- the emotional, intellectual, spiritual and political -- fulfilling. æ¥å»çã®æ¹åãé«åº¦å°éå»çã®æä¾ãéç¹ã«å°åã®å»çäºæ¥ã¸è²¢ç®ãã¦ã¾ããã¾ãã I wanted the ability to serve families in the home, birth center and hospital setting â wherever people chose to birthâand so I became a certified nurse midwife She developed a course on the history of childbirth for University of New Mexico. The position will be primarily prenatal care, birth and Our focus is to empower our clients through holistic health management and education. Birth Center Staff Toni Kimpel, CPM, LM I am the owner, Director and Senior Midwife at Jubilee Birth Center. Three of my children were born with the Ashland Birth Center midwives. Upon returning to the US she learned most American women chose either a medicated hospital birth (97%), or a home birth (1-3%). The midwives at Santa Fe Birth Center are passionate about their work and excited to serve Santa Fe and northern New Mexico communities. © Copyright 2021 San Antonio Birth Center.All Rights Reserved Worldwide. In 2016 she offered midwifery care and counseling in Europe to the refugees during the refugee crises. She In 2017 she graduated and received her Certified Professional Midwife credential. Naomi has been married to her best friend Ryan for 22 years, and they have 4 amazing kids ages. After completing a doula training course in January 2019, Bella began attending births in an active support role, and she continues to take on private doula clients. After graduating from high school she joined our administrative team (a job she says she loves!) She provides individualized, intuitive care and promotes holistic maternal health and reproductive rights. We welcomed Amber to our Administrative Team in November of 2016, and in the Fall of 2018 she began transitioning to a new role as an apprentice midwife and childbirth educator. She returned to her native Santa Fe and joined the field of integrative medicine, incorporating nutritional studies into behavioral and developmental disability therapy. We joyfully welcomed Jessica to the San Antonio Birth Center Sisterhood in the summer of 2018 and she quickly made herself irreplaceable! She has a passion for serving others, truly loves people, and is an amazing multi-tasker! Naomi felt called to midwifery at an early age. James Ducey, MD is a board certified OB / GYN and Perinatologist (high risk specialist). Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) Karen attended Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, TN, received a BSN from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, and earned MSN degrees from Case Western Reserve University and Frontier Nursing University. Soraya is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and New Mexico Licensed Midwife (LM), as well as a lactation consultant and La Leche League leader. She received her clinical experience and education at Bellevue College and Bastyr in Washington, and Maternidad La Luz in El Paso, TX, the latter of which she loved working with Spanish-speaking clients. Debbie is the owner of Hollywood Birth Center and has been a licensed midwife since 1995. Job Title: Staff Midwife. Victoria Dean was born and raised in Santa Fe, NM. Most families leave the center four to eight hours after birth, compared to 24 to 48 hours at a hospital. ã«ãããã¼ã å»çã¨é«ãå°éæ§ãæã£ãã½ããã»ãã¼ãã¦ã§ã¢ã®ä¸¡è¼ªã§ããæ£è
æ§æ¬ä½ã®å»çãã温ããå»çãµã¼ãã¹ã®æä¾ããç®æãã¾ãã Suite 101, San Antonio, TX 78240. A trained doula and a mother to 3 children â including twin daughters â she brings to herÂ, the life experiences that have taught and molded her, Vanessa loves learning about people, and if you ever find yourself sitting in the reception area. She supports the sacred miracle of birth by empowering gentle birth experiences and attending women and families in the natural unfolding of the birth process. Mother to six (born-at-home) children, she stepped back from midwifery after the birth of her youngest, in 2001, to focus on the needs of her growing family. Amber met her husband in 2005 and they married in 2012. When Gwynne is not helping nursing moms and their babies, you can find her spending time with her family at home on their small chicken farm, at the beach, camping, or exercising. âMy family was so blessed to have our care with Seasons. She strongly values continued postpartum care – supporting the recovery of mama and helping to establish a strong breastfeeding relationship. After over 20 years of wanting to experience birth for herself, Alisa and her husband were transformed in ways they never could have planned through the intensely primal and profound home birth of their daughter in 2014 and again through the joy-filled hospital birth of their son in 2016! She has appreciated working with those who saw their pregnancy, birth and baby through a spiritual lens, full of prayer. She has supported families through pregnancy and birth as both a doula and a midwife in homes, hospitals, and birth centers. Victoria is deeply committed to midwifery care as a means of social justice and addressing the systems of oppression that people giving birth face. Scheduling appointments, answering insurance and billing questions, assisting with payment plans, inventory and ordering, laundry and cleaning⦠there are so many details that go into keeping the facility and our practice running smoothly. Cindy considers herself to be a collector of experiences, and no experience is more real or purer than the moment a family is born. Graduating from Birthwise Midwifery School in 2014, and having apprenticed with both rural and urban home and birth center Vanessa joined our administrative staff in December of 2020.Â, A native of San Antonio, Vanessa has deep passion for her community and gives through advocacy work, especially around all things birth and babies. She is fluent in Spanish and is excited to help us communicate better with our Spanish speaking families.Â, A trained doula and a mother to 3 children â including twin daughters â she brings to her work an empathy for others that has grown deep roots through the life experiences that have taught and molded her.  Â, Vanessa loves learning about people, and if you ever find yourself sitting in the reception area with a few moments to spare, she invites you to share your birth stories with her.Â, Phone: (210) 593-0462 | Fax: (210) 519-29927272 Wurzbach Rd. We could not do what we do and serve our clients in the ways that let them know we care if it werenât for the tender and loving attention to details that these women provide to us and to all of our families. She believes that the real gift of midwifery is the opportunity to build a relationship with women, their partners, and their families. Meria Loeks birth community involvement spans fifty years beginning in Amsterdam, the Netherlands while listening to Dutch women’s unmedicated birth stories. The next few years Jessie worked as an assistant midwife/apprentice doing all aspects of midwifery care and completing the New Mexico Midwifery Apprenticeship Program. AlexAnn grew up in Lane County and is passionate about building a plan for sustainable birth center services in Lane County. The birth center keeps a schedule for clinical staff on call, to make sure that all shifts are covered, day and night, seven days a week. After completing a formal midwifery apprenticeship and academic program in 1993, she worked in many capacities â owning her own home-birth practices, as a partner in a group home-birth practice, and as a staff midwife at this very birth center. In 2014, I started to pursue my dream of being an Indigenous Midwife and I continue to learn with my elders in the Indigenous Midwifery group. Bella’s journey with midwifery began when she was 4 years old as she participated in her mother’s pregnancy and preparations for birth. Alisa was her mother’s midwife and they both have fond memories of being together during midwife visits. Though she was not present at that brother’s home birth, a few years later (in 2010 and 2012) she witnessed her mother birth 2 additional siblings in the comfort of her own home, assisted by Alisa. Volunteers & Staff AlexAnn (she/her/hers) is the Executive Director of Our Community Birth Center. In her down time, Amber loves to spend time with her husband and kiddos and diving deeper into her love of books. As a family, they are enjoying all that Texas has to offer as their favorite pass time is just being together: outside, hiking, biking, kayaking, tubing, jumping waves and drinking coffee. When off call Naomi enjoys traveling and serving families, women, babies, and midwives in Haiti with MamaBaby Haiti. Staff - Birth & Women's Health Center BWHC is staffed by two certified nurse-midwives who are educated in the two professions of nursing and midwifery. She has appreciated working with those who saw their pregnancy, birth and baby through a spiritual lens, full of prayer. In her teaching position at MLL she enjoyed being a preceptor for more than 60 midwifery students. When choosing a birth center connected to a hospital, ask if it has its own staff or is staffed by hospital personnel. After attending her first birth over 25 years ago, she soon became the unofficial âbirth expertâ among her peers. San Francisco Birth Center is seeking a fulltime staff midwife. Itâs evident when you meet the staff at New Life Birth Center that we care about the families we serve. ã«ãããã¼ã å»çã¨é«ãå°éæ§ãæã£ãã½ããã»ãã¼ãã¦ã§ã¢ã®ä¸¡è¼ªã§ããæ£è
æ§æ¬ä½ã®å»çãã温ããå»çãµã¼ãã¹ã®æä¾ããç®æãã¾ãã She lives on a little homestead and is a mother to one feisty toddler – birthed at home with family and midwives in attendance after a long, intense labor. Job Title: Staff Midwife. She received further training from two homebirth practices in Portland and Canby Oregon. When she married her best friend Paul in the Summer of 2012, Alisa became the “half-mom” to four amazing young people. In. As a young child, she was surrounded by many pregnant, birthing, and nursing aunties. She has worked in supporting women and families through managing an integrative medicine family practice since 2009. This⦠Their first 3 children were natural hospital births and their 4th joined the family through the beauty of adoption. 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