Dear Community,
In the past week, many people have been deeply impacted by the “Open Letter to MANA” promoted by "Women-Centered Midwifery" in response to the shift to inclusive language in MANA’s Core Competencies. Some have clearly recognized the harm in the ideas represented in the letter, others have struggled to understand why it is harmful, and still others have signed on to the letter in agreement. The purpose of this response is to explain why and how the Open Letter is harmful to transgender, genderqueer and intersex people, why midwifery documents should be gender inclusive, and why people of all genders should be welcomed into midwifery care. While we are focusing on birth-related care in this letter, it is important to notice the subtle and insidious ways the "open letter" attempts to erase the lives and narratives of transgender women and other women who cannot or do not give birth. Parenting, including mothering, represents a diverse set of experiences that may or may not include giving birth.
The authors of this letter would like to preface our response to the “Open Letter to MANA” by conveying the following:
We honor and uphold the right to self-determination and bodily autonomy for all people. We believe that as midwives, our purpose is to support parents and babies throughout the childbearing year, taking into account the unique physiological, psychological, and social well-being and needs of each client. It is our work to provide individualized education and counseling, as well as client-centered prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care. We understand the importance of providing compassionate, holistic, and culturally sensitive midwifery care, and we strive towards making the Midwives Model of Care™ accessible for every person and family who seeks it, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We acknowledge the disproportionate effects of transphobia on those with other marginalized identities such as being a person of color, low-income or disabled. Many racial health disparities that concern midwives and impact our communities are experienced in greater numbers by people who are both Black and transgender. These lives especially are in need of the kind of respectful, compassionate, and individualized care midwives can offer. We assert that we can honor the power of the female body and at the same time extend this reverence to all people who are pregnant and giving birth, and that to do so is in full alignment with the heart of midwifery.
We refute the statements put forth in Women-Centered Midwifery's "Open Letter to MANA" because:
The Open Letter denies the existence of transgender and genderqueer people.
The letter refers to, “accelerating trends in our culture to deny material biological reality,” and asserts that, “We know as midwives that biological sex occurs at the level of our DNA and the gametes we produce, and is immutable.” As healthcare providers, it is not our place to decide whose self-expression is legitimate and whose is not. As midwives, our role is to understand the people we are caring for, to provide care that is sensitive to individual differences, and to take into consideration the evolving nature of our society. The fact is, transgender and genderqueer people do exist. Furthermore, as health care providers it is our obligation to keep in mind the full range of human physiology, including the existence of intersex conditions, in which a person’s DNA may not match their external sex characteristics. This naturally occurring human genetic expression is a reminder that humans are not binary beings, (not always just male or female) physiologically or otherwise.
The Open Letter asserts that the bodily possession of a uterus and the ability to give birth makes a person female, and nothing other than female.
“By embracing the idea that any human other than those in a class called women carry offspring to term, give birth to them and nurse them, we are prioritizing gender identity over biological reality.” The statement rejects the autonomy and self-determination of any person who gives birth and does not identify as female or as a woman.
The Open Letter dismisses and invalidates the self-knowledge and experience of transgender, genderqueer and intersex people.
“Pregnancy and birth are distinctly female biological acts; only women and female-bodied people can give birth.” The authors and signators purport the point of view that if a person has a uterus and gives birth, that person is inherently a woman. The Open Letter denies the existence of, validity and lived experience of an entire group of people who know themselves to be male or to be other than “woman” and give birth.
The Open Letter asserts that using language that includes people of all genders erases the inclusion of women.
“We are also contributing to the cultural erasure of women’s wisdom that the physiological power encoded in our female bodies is what creates, nourishes, and births live offspring and transmits culture.” The MANA core competency that relates to this statement does not erase the existence of women, it simply extends it to all people who give birth. The MANA core competency states, “The biological wisdom to give birth is innate, it has been held throughout time, and is experienced across cultures by all pregnant people.” Furthermore, it stands to reason that women identify as people, therefore women are not excluded by the use of the word “person” to refer to them. However, there are pregnant people who do not identify as “women” and feel excluded or misidentified by the use of the word “women” in reference to them. Therefore, use of the word “people” is inclusionary, while use of the word “women” is exclusionary.
The Open Letter conveys a lack of understanding about gender identity and gender expression, reducing the term “gender” to binary sex role stereotypes.
“Sex is natural, biological and objectively factual. Gender refers to societal roles and expectations placed upon members of each sex. Gender is cultural and gender norms vary across the globe. Gender is in fact synonymous with what not so long ago were called sex-role stereotypes.” Transgender and genderqueer people and their allies have worked to educate the world so that there is a greater understanding of the difference between sex and gender, and the nuances of gender. Below are some helpful terms to broaden understanding.
These terms apply to all people, not just transgender, genderqueer, or intersex people:
Sex: A medical term designating a certain combination of gonads, chromosomes, external gender organs, secondary sex characteristics and hormonal balances. Common terms are “male, “female” and “intersex."
Gender: A socially constructed system of classification that ascribes qualities of masculinity and femininity to people. Gender characteristics can change over time and are different between cultures
Gender Identity: An individual’s internal sense of being male, female, or something else. Since gender identity is internal, one’s gender identity is not necessarily visible to others.
Gender Expression: How a person represents or expresses one’s gender identity to others, often through behavior, clothing, hairstyles, voice or body characteristics.
These terms apply to people whose gender identity and expression are not in full alignment with their sex:
Transgender: A term for people whose gender identity and expression are different from those typically associated with their assigned sex at birth.
Genderqueer: A term used by some individuals who identify as neither entirely male nor entirely female.
Intersex: A term used for people who are born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy and/or a chromosome pattern that does not fit typical definitions of male or female.
While the differences in the definitions of “gender” used in the Open Letter and in trans-positive communities are subtle, note that the second definition refers to “qualities of masculinity and femininity” which is different than sex role stereotypes, i.e. “That dress is so beautiful and feminine.” (a quality) versus “Women are good at cooking and cleaning.” (a sex role stereotype). Also, gender can be more fully understood by the terms “gender identity” and “gender expression.” The authors and signators of the Open Letter demonstrate a lack of understanding of the nuances of gender.
The Open Letter claims that transgender people are "unnatural."
“The whole concept that a man can give birth is premised on the supremacy of technology over women and nature, and the primacy of ideology that is detached from our animal, natural selves.” This statement claims that a pregnant person who identifies as male is somehow asserting dominance over nature and detaching themselves from the natural world. We assert that there is nothing more natural than knowing oneself.
The Open Letter denies the experience of gender identity by all people who give birth.
“We believe that it is a mistake to define the experiences of pregnancy and childbirth through the lens of gender identity…We are allowing gender identity to be the primary way that we refer to one another, even for a biological process like birth.” By claiming that birth is merely a biological process, devoid of one’s experience of their gender, the authors and signators are overlooking the fact that everyone has a gender identity, and we all experience our gender identity as an inherent part of who we are, including when giving birth. Gender identity is central to one’s lived experience, both for those who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth and for those who do not; we believe in the importance of respect for the gender identities of all people, including women.
Along with inaccurately using the word “gender,” the Open Letter also erroneously asserts that all transgender people take hormones:
“Gender, as used today, also refers to the results of consuming powerful steroid hormones to change secondary sex characteristics, and therefore the perception of one’s sex." Some transgender and genderqueer people take hormones, and others do not. Some have surgeries to alter their bodies, and some do not. Some people take hormones for a while, and then stop - including those who are seeking pregnancy or find that they have become pregnant. The decision to take hormones and to undergo a hormonal transition is very complex. It is often guided by a person’s need to feel safe in the world, physically, psychologically and emotionally. Simply put, it saves lives. Think of a transgender teen, going through a puberty that is the opposite of who they know themselves to be. Is it no wonder that nearly half of all transgender teens attempt suicide? The rate of attempted suicide remains at 45% throughout the childbearing years. In fact, a 2014 study by the Williams Institute showed that the suicide rate is highest for transgender men of childbearing age and people of color.
The Open Letter promotes a double-standard regarding the rights and privileges of women that they are not willing to extend to all people.
“Women have a right to bodily autonomy and to speak about their bodies and lives without the demand that we couch this self-expression in language which suits the agenda of others who were not born female.” We support the idea that everyone has the right to bodily autonomy and to speak about their bodies and lives in ways that suit them - this right does not only extend to women. As an international organization, MANA has the responsibility to craft core competencies that encompass the totality of midwifery care. Midwives do not only care for women. Midwives care for people of all genders who are pregnant and give birth. Nothing about using inclusive language removes the right of women to refer to themselves in ways that feel appropriate to them.
The Open Letter recommends that midwives question the appropriateness of serving people who have undertaken gender affirming treatments, including common medications and surgical procedures.
“We wholeheartedly endorse inclusivity, which above all requires midwives’ provision of the particular care that transgendered people need. Toward that end, we see the need to gather more information on the ways in which body modifications, puberty blockers (Lupron), and long-term synthetic hormones may affect midwifery care in pregnancy and birth. Midwives are well aware of how body dysphoria can negatively impact pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. Before uncritically supporting gender transitioning, MANA should be calling for evidence precautionary to its long-term effects, especially in light of the younger and younger ages at which it is occurring. Before rushing into ‘inclusivity’ we need to focus on the clinical needs of transgendered people and an open reflection of whether and how these particular needs fit into the scope of practice for all midwives.”
No one has the right to determine the validity of a transgender person’s choices regarding their own transition-related care. We agree that more research needs to be done on the long-term effects of gender affirming medications and procedures. However, that research should be done in the spirit of ensuring that transgender and genderqueer people are getting the safest and most culturally relevant, respectful and life-affirming care possible, rather than in the spirit of attempting to prove that gender affirming care is clinically irrelevant or that having received gender-affirming treatments puts someone outside the scope of midwifery care.
Additionally, midwives routinely provide care to people who have taken a wide range of medications and undergone various surgical procedures. The intent of these treatments should not be used as justification to offer or deny care. The fact that gender affirming treatments are under-researched is evidence of institutionalized transphobia, but it is not unique. Many gender affirming medications and surgeries are commonly used for a wide range of other indications, both medical and cosmetic.
Our goal in writing this letter is to debunk some of the myths and misinformation in the "Open Letter to MANA" by Women-Centered Midwifery. It is also to remind people in the midwifery, birth work and reproductive justice community that trying to secure safe spaces for women does not mean having to de-legitimize the rights and very existence of transgender, genderqueer, and intersex people. We hope that you use this letter to:
Start conversations with other midwives and birth workers about what it means to support transgender, genderqueer and intersex people in your practice.
Reach out to the authors and signators of the open letter and tell them that they do not speak for you.
Learn more about providing sensitive and respectful reproductive health care for transgender, genderqueer and intersex people. The education around gender and sexuality should also include intersectionality with race and other social factors which impact people's reproductive health.
Post this letter on social media.
The signatures below indicate affirmation and respect for people of all genders; full agreement regarding the use of gender inclusive language in the MANA Core Competencies and in all documents regarding the profession of midwifery and provision of midwifery care; and the welcoming of transgender, genderqueer and intersex people into safe, culturally sensitive, shame-free reproductive health care. We do not refute the “life-giving power in female biology.” Rather, we support a larger vision that includes the provision of midwifery care to all pregnant and birthing people.
Sincerely,
Kristin Kali, LM CPM - MAIA Midwifery and Fertility Services, MAWS Board Member
Angela Carter, ND, Midwife - Clinical Director and Board Chair, The Equi Institute
Alice Ruby, Executive Director of the Sperm Bank of California
Annie Kennedy, Simkin Center at Bastyr University
Krystel Viehmann, LM, CPM, AP
Anna Caffrey, LM, CPM, MSc
Jaqxun Darlin, CPM
Ryan Pryor, Midwife, FNP-BC
Marinah Farrell, CPM, MANA/PACH
Lucia Leandro Gimeno, MSW - Queer/Trans* People of Color Birthwerq Project
Simon Adriane Ellis, RN, CNM, ARNP
Trevor MacDonald, trans community advocate
Miriam Zoila Pérez, Doula, Writer, Founder of Radical Doula
Sara S. Howard, LM, CPM
Jamarah Amani, LM, CLC - Director, Southern Birth Justice Network
Marijke van Roojen, LM, CPM, MPH
Jeanette McCulloch
Ray Rachlin, Student Midwife
Elizabeth Montez
Carrie Murphy, Doula, CD(DONA)
Jennifer Linstad, MSM, LM, CPM
Lucia Brosgart, Student Midwife
Olivia Arakawa, RN, SNM
Camie Goldhammer, Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington
Andriana Perrachon, CPM
Erin Fisher, Doula
Caitlin Wheaton, LM, CPM, MSM
Rose Williams, CPM
Alexandra Brosius, Graduate Student - Atmospheric Science
Marianne Bullock, Director/Lead Doula The Prison Birth Project
Mary Hill, Northwest Association for Postpartum Support, National Association of Social Workers
April Durham, Student Midwife
Joelle Ceremy, LM
Deborah Gleisner, ND, LM, CPM
Julie James, Homebirth Parent, Herbalist
Kay Jackson, CNM, ANRP, Owner of Off the Grid Midwifery & Women's Health
Angela Torres, CD(DONA), CBC(CBI), Dip CBEd
Tiffany Irvin, CCD (BCDC)
Kimberly Luong, Graduate Student - Electrical Engineering
Angie Bond, PhD(C), MS, CLM
Barbara Herrera, Retired LM and CPM
Angela Ertel, Doula, Birth Assistant
Kimberly Spencer, Midwife
Bree Herndon, BSN, RN, SNM
Kate Palmer, MPH candidate, Full Spectrum Doula
Emily Morgan Miller, Student Midwife
Micah Kehrein,
Cindi Thompson, Member of Midwives Association of Washington State
Treesa McLean, LM
Emily Kossila, Doula
Erin Walker, Student Midwife
Kristin Cavuto, LCSW, IBCLC
Elana Story
Megan Hill, CPM
Carolyn Moffatt
Aaminah Shakur, Doula
Gerene Young
Danny Waxwing, Doula, Student Midwife, Program Coordinator for The Prison Doula Project
Stella Rose
Kelly Gillis, Client/Parent
Jasper Moon, CPM, LMT
AnnMarie RianWanzeck, LM, CPM
Tina Clere
Megan Hill, CPM
Sonya Bishop, Birth & Postpartum Doula
Kelli Barr-Lyles, Counselor, Doula, Doula Trainer, Childbirth Educator, Childbirth Educator Trainer
Amy Boelter, DONA International
Skye Morrisey,
Shift Hailey, LGBTQ Perinatal Wellness Associates
Amy Moy, Cornerstone Doulas
Carie McDonough, Foothills Family Doulas
Eva Lorenz, Midwives Association of Washington State
Emily Stevenson, Student Midwife
Barrie Rein Thunemann, Certified Birth Doula, Certified Childbirth Educator
Eve Bogdanove, MSW
Sarah Butterfly, CPM, LM, MPA
Gwen Kiehne, Doula
Patricia Ross, CPM, Episcopal Dean
Shawna Zylenko, RN, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Childbirth & Parenting Educator
Janine Stiles, CPM
Jessica Laing, Midwifery Consumer
Gloria Bauta, Student Midwife, Doula
Susan Buckley, CPM
Cara Montgomery, Lamaze, PALS Doulas, APPA
Kristina Kruzan, Doula, Childbirth Educator, World Changer
Sophia Perez, Doula
Sarah Lavelle, BAI Certified Doula
Sandy Caldwell, Doula
Chandra Fischer, Student Midwife
Lena Wood, RN, SNM, M.Ed
Madeleine Portuondo, ND Midwife
Dana L Woodruff, Community Herbalist and Menstrual Health Educator
Rachael Viehmann
Meghan Eagen-Torkko, PhD, CNM, ARNP
Aimee Fairman, LM, CPM
Denise Hibben, Traditional Birth Servant, Mother Earth Birth Services
Sofi Harnish, Doula, Community Health Worker
Nikki Jacobson
Kelly Ewell, Student Midwife
Wendy Jolliffe, Accident Investigator
Jessica Norris
Jessica Christen, LM, CPM
Samantha Hillstrom, Doula, Childbirth Educator
Jhoanna Galvez, Student Midwife
Alice Elliott-Sowaal
Amanda Cagle, Doula
Teresa Prothero
Kait Moon, Birth Rights Advocate, Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, Author, Genderqueer Mother of Four
Leisa Masters
Rachel Helfenstens, CD(DONA), CIES(IPPA), Student Midwife
Winn Asay, IBCLC, RN
Kasey Gardner
Laura Isabel Serna
Rachael McGraw
Yolanda Fortin, IBCLC
Wendy Gordon, LM, CPM, MPH
Tracy Broxterman
Amber Stinnett, Birth Doula, Student Midwife
Kayla De Los Reyes, Postpartum Doulx
Sarah Tomastik
Candice Fletcher-Pacheco
Danielle Soffer
Jenni Huntly, CPM
Benjamin Pittman
Alice Barrus
Nikita Mitchell
Deepa Philips, MPH, Doula
Jhenene Dawkins, Certified Doula
Sky Connelly, LM, CPM
Kristina Statler
Kristen Bonnette, Student Midwife, Doula, Holistic Childbirth Educator, Herbalist
Sarah Combellick-Bidney, Augsburg College
Jacqueline Elliott
Margaret Ladner, RN, SNM
Marin Fahey, Doula
Melanie Sinclair, Homebirth Parent
Meg Novak, LM, CPM, Bella Luna Birth Services
Ceniza Reed, Student Midwife
Ismoon Maria Hunter-Morton, Librarian
Cassandra Hall
Kathryn Dimpfl
Serena Burr
Sarah McElligott, Student Midwife
Bethany Ewers, Doula, CLC, Home Birther
Rachel Anne M. Libon
Stephenie Ignacio, Doula
Sylvia Novakov
Michele James-Parham, Traditional Midwife, Communications Coordinator & Midwifery Skills Instructor for Midwives Alliance of Pennsylvania
Susan Parker
Sara Ohgushi, ND(OR), LM(WA)
Chela Delgado, PhD
Dawn Haney
Kara Neff, LM
Jennifer Morgan, CNM, ARNP, MSW
Calen Winn
Corrie Wilder, CNM, LCSW
Katie Rohs, CD(DONA), LCCE
Allison Bravo
Elizabeth Camber -- neé Hillman, Retired CPM and doula, RN, CNM Student
Jackie Kleber, Doula, Placenta Professional
Stacie Walker, SNM
Alicia Hubbell, LM, CPM
Alissa Wehrman, Birth Doula, Parent, Midwife Consumer
Daisy Hamory, Birth Doula, CLEC
Kim Porter, CNM WHNP-BC
Alexandra Rounds, Doula, Breastfeeding Counselor (CBI), Student Midwife
Johanna Hatch, RN, LCCE
Shareef Elfiki
Amelia Berry
Tessa Curtis, Full Spectrum Reproductive Support (Doula)
Lara Dill
Sarah Doherty
Samantha Haspel, RN, CNM, WHNP
Di Fischer, Public Health Nurse
Colleen Donovan-Batson, MS, CNM, ARNP
Marion Rice, Breastfeeding Coalition of Oregon
Yesenia Guzmán, LM
Laura Whitley
Lucy Page, Labor Support Doula, Midwifery Birth Assistant
Jennifer Barraclough, RN
Elias Kass, ND, LM, CPM
A. Raymond Johnson, Mountain Zen Shiatsu
Michelle Woo, Student Midwife
Amy DePoint, L.Ac, PaATMAT
Abby Hartman
Kylie Brooks, Online social justice activist
Joanna Sullivan, CNM, WHNP
Laura Burnett, LM CPM
Stacy Ricker, RMT, Doula (DTI)
Jessie Hagadorn, aspiring student midwife
La'arni Ayuma, Ayuma Healing Arts
Angela Leon, BA, CLE, Doula, Student Midwife
Nomy Lamm,
Renee Ragsdale, Midwifery client
Lauren Slak, LM CPM
Mily Ron, UC Davis
Melissa Husges, Mama of two babies born at home
Alicia Lundquist, Doula
Hannah Cressy, Doula, SNM
Jasmine Verret, Full Spectrum Doula
Tammy Leeper, Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator
Mollie Thompson-Erney,
Melissa Hughes, LM CPM
Erikka Luitjens,
Agustina Vidal, CLC
Lauri Hughes, CPM, RM, CLC, CD(DONA)
Siri Larson, Doula, Student Midwife
Nandi Andrea Hill, LM, CPM
Hannah Harris-Sutro, Full Spectrum Doula
Karissa Riddle
Tara Brinkman
Kaylie Jones, Student Midwife
TC Duong
Christi Padilla
Kat Potthoff, Student Midwife, Birth & Postpartum Doula
Tracy Simpson, Registered Midwife
Brianna MacDougall,
Alex Hull, Doula
Corey Bohman, Nurse Practitioner
Judith Tinkelenberg, CNM
Tamika Middleton, Student Midwife, Coordinator at Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective
Coco Lam
Sara Flores, CNM, NP, founder ReCLAIM Midwifery & Healing Services
Amy Jo Rist, LDM, LM, CPM
Sara Mittet
Laura Brown, Doula, Babywearing Educator
Katie Towers, RN, CNM, IBCLC, midwifery client
Rachel Zaslow
Adrienne Black, Assisted Reproductive Technology Professional
Tristan Nathe
Nicolle Gonzales, CNM, Navajo midwife
Zoë Etkin, CLD, CPD
Rosie Wiklund, Doula
Catherine Munnerlyn
Emma Pearson, Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga, Postpartum Doula
Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN
Jamie Driggers, Student Midwife
Robin Cutler, RN
Zoe Grieder
Tuck Swords, CPM
Meg Weber Jeske, LPC
Vicki Aphailee, CNM
Dianah de Luna, Midwife
Patricia Couch CPM LDM
Kelly Ballou, birth photographer
J. Brooke Huffman, Naturopathic Physician
Becca Gordon, CLD, CPD, CCCE, CLE
Sara Flores
Melek Speros, Student Midwife
Jenna Noelke, Doula, Midwifery Student
Caitlin Caulfield, RN, Full-Spectrum Doula
Ariel Grucza, Midwife-led birth center mama and former doula
Kimberly Murray, Full Spectrum Doula
Mac Brydum, MSW, CLEC, Postpartum Doula
Nancy Nolin, LCSW
Christy Santoro, PACPM
Olivia Kratzer
Marissa Honey-Jones, IBCLC
Jasmine Swinson, UCSF Nurse Midwifery Student, ACNM Member
Heather Mayer, CD(DONA) Birth and Postpartum Doula
Jamie Friedberg
Jolie Siegel, University of Western States
Wilberthe Pilate, BSN, RN
Heather Schwarz, LM, CPM
Jazzy Blossom, Birth Doula, Abortion Doula, Prison Doula Project
Jessica Morgan, Nursing Student
Kara O'Loughlin, LM, CPM
Derrick Moeller, M.eD
Beth Richman, LCSW
Sara Lewis, ND
Morgane Oger
Annie Kuntz, CPM, LM
Jennifer Mendelson, Doula
Jennifer Oquendo, LM, CPM
Hawk McFadzen, Midwifery Client
Jody Valentine, Birth Doula (DONA), Professor of Classics and Gender Studies, Scripps & Pomona Colleges
Dolores Tejada
Stephanie Etienne, CNM, MPH
Emma Kwasnica, Childbirth and Breastfeeding Activist, Founder of Human Milk 4 Babies Global Network and Informed Choice
Kera Pingree
Anjali Sardeshmukh, LM
Tiffany Decker, Doula
Amber Bell, SNM
Pati Garcia, Student Midwife, Chula Doula, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, Shodhini Institute
Vanessa Ruiz
Emily Northam, CPM, LM
Luna Blossom, OT Student
Stephanie Schaudel
Jessica Bougie, Student Midwife, CD(DONA), CLEC, Placenta Specialist
Grover Wehman
Iara Sapoznikow, CPM
Jennifer Pryal, Midwife
Emily Deckenback, LM, CPM
Zak Sinclair, MFT, Genderqueer Parent
Amy Winterhall
Jazzy Ramsey, Birth Doula, Abortion Doula, Prison Doula Project, Community Sexual Health Educator
Sharin Cooper
Peggy Hinkle, IBCLC, Postpartum Doula
Abigail Mikkelson, Student Midwife
Rachel Wiley
Erica Erney, BSW, MSW, LCSW
Anders Nielsen, Nursing Student
Jill Edwards, ND, LM
Kate Richmond, Student Midwife
Carrie Kenner, Doula, Educator, Mother, Grandmother, Birther, Farmer, Human
Electra Allenton, Medical Student
Arturo Longoria
Juli Tilsner, LM, CPM, Educator, Cornerstone Doula and Midwifery Trainings
Reina Corina Rodríguez, Mama and PhD, Feminist Studies
April May
Maricela Renteria de Rivera, CLEC, Homebirther, Founder of Long Beach Breastfeeds, City of Long Beach Commissioner
Aprik May
Pamela Hines
Poonam Dreyfus-Pai
Rachel Bennett, Student Midwife, Bastyr University
Norma Ritter, IBCLC
Sarah Whittaker Wise, RN, Home Birth Parent
Kristy Rose Leech, RN, SNM
Reina Corina Rodríguez, Mamá and PhD, Feminist Studies
Erica Alvarado
Lauren Brannon, RN, BSN, MA, Student FNP
Paige Atkinson, CNM, RN
Jami Heyting, Naturopathic Medicine and Midwifery Student
Elsa Asher, Full Spectrum Doula, Faculty in Narrative Meducine, Somatic Perinatal Psychology practitioner
Anne Tegtmeier, IBCLC
Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, LMHCA, IBCLC; Director, LifeCircle Counseling and Consulting
Manige Osowski, Angelface Doula Services
mix Xars scocozza, Nurse
Audrey Levine, Midwives' Association of WA State and the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
Renee Lepreau, LM, CPM
Merka Martin, Midwife
Sheila McMullen
Juliet Powell, Birth Doula
Austin J. Austin, ToLABOR (formerly ALACE)-trained doula
Aubre Tompkins, MSN, CNM
Sauda JoAnn Jackson, Artist, Teacher, Mental Health
Catherine Suter, Midwives Association of Washington State
Mika Cade
Angie Herzberger, LM CPM
Lissette Cheng,
Ken MacDonald, Member, Birthing and Breastfeeding Transmen and Allies Group
Lilithe Magdalene
Aubre Tompkins, MSN, CNM
Patricia Thomas, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Certified Lactation Counselor
Ann Olsen, MANA, MAWS
Nicole Seguin, MABC
Dana Churness
Layla Mairleitner, Mother, doula, lactation educator
Eva Goodfriend-Reaño, CNM, WHNP, RN
Nickie Tilsner, Cornerstone Doula Trainings
Melissa Garcia
Hannah Bronsky Pena, SNM, MPH
Caitlyn Klevenow, Trans* Parent
Megan Davis, NAPS
Rachael Ouwejan, Doula
Sasha Sagan, Doula
Stef Maruch
Natasha Crouch, Doula, Midwifery Student
Maya Scott-Chung, Conceptions Consulting
Elliot Long, graduate student
Sylvia Fedyk, Registered Midwife
Kelley Khamphouxay, MSc, Student Midwife
Shannon Lerner
Chelsea Skorka, Doula
Morgan Terres
Tamara Taitt, LMFT
Alice Farrow
Mahyar Nili, MFT Intern
Tessa Brusberg, doula, birth assistant, future CNM
Rebecca Duncan, Doula
Christine Allen, Registered Midwife
Ynanna Djehuty
Joy Wessman, LM
Susy Langsdale
Elizabeth Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Sumayyah Franklin, Sumi's Touch birth and postpartum services
Anne Wright, Former CPM
Rachel Hess, MS, CPD
Elizabeh Wilkins, Lactation Consultant
Red Miller, CPM, BCST, RCST
Teonia Burton, Owner, Divine Wisdom Birth & Wellness Services
Cary Moro-Gronlier
Lauren Duffy, Lesbian Mom
Emily Reynolds, Student Midwife
Regan Brashear
Alicia Ridge, midwifery student
Emily Streich, Licensed Midwife
Jennette Selig, CLEC, PD(DTI)
Rachel Schwartz
Lea Wulfkuhle
Alyssa Brinkman
Kimberly Radtke, Former birth & breastfeeding professional, midwifery & doula consumer
Daniel Everton, Doula for queer/trans/genderqueer folks
Mickey Gillmor, CNM
Maggie Ezzell, Postpartum Doula
Emily Whitsett Pickett, CD(DONA)
Marissa Potter, Doula, childbirth educator, student nurse
Erin Wilkins
Samantha Tamulis, RN, SNM
Amy Davenport, MSN, MPH, CNM, IBCLC
Claudia Booker, Home Birth CPM to all
Ashley Bennett, CPM, RM (Registered Midwife-Ontario)
Nechama Greenwood CPM MA
Jazmon Price, CPM, CLC
Angelle Larks
Sky Dasey, Registered Midwife, Ontario
Christie Satterfield, CNM
Gwendolyn Roberts, Full Spectrum Doula
Emily Hall, RN, Doula, CNM Student
Robin Elise Weiss, PhD, MPH, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
Corinne Harrison, Doula, Midwifery student
Vicki Hedley, LM, CPM, CM
Maria Dolorico, M.Ed., BCC, CLC, CD(DONA)
Gina Eichenbaum-Pikser CNM
Julie Carlson, LM, Home birth midwife
Jennifer Warren
Sarah Wolfe, parent
Kimberly Perez, ACNM
Fania Bevill, RN, IBCLC
Laura S, Student Midwife
Vicki Hedley, LM, CPM, CM
Melanie Rainbow-Harel, Home birth parent
Leanne Horvath, Student Midwife
Libbey Goldberg
Elise Rose, Student Nurse Midwife
Sara Medeiros
Susan Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC
Katie Dalby, former doula, DC
NKwanda Jah,
Vick Quezada
C.J. Pascoe, PhD
Piya Chatterjee, Scripps College
Elizabeth Nelson
Aimee Brill, Doula Trainings International
Erin Raventree, Raventree Radical Full-Spectrum Doula Practice
Willow Rosen, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Student Midwife
Rebecca Wood
Angela Miller, ULDEM, TM
Elizabeth Syrotuik, MW graduate
Dani Hummel-Sass, Student midwife, full-spectrum doula
Michelle L'Esperance, Warm Welcome Birth Services
Natalie Evans, CCE, Birth Doula
Aundria Radmacher, CPM, CLC
Jen Kowal, Certified Birth + Postpartum Doula, Lactation Professional
Jay MacGillivray, Registered Midwife Ontario, Co-director Positive Pregnancy Programme HIV Toronto
Amber Hines, Birth and Postpartum Doula
Christine Mehl, Student Midwife, Doula, Health Educator
Susan Wheat, IBCLC
A'Maya Ettien, CPM, LM
Mara Collins
Crystal Green, Herbalist
Kira Kim, CLE, Student midwife (traditional)
Catherine McKeown-Lindsey, Doula, Midwife
Sarah Tarver-Wahlquist, Editor, SQUAT Birth Journal
Veronica Jacobsen, BA, CD(DONA), CLC, CPST, LCCE, FACCE
Morgan Merrett, Ontario Midwifery Education Program
Aly Folin, LM, CPM
Mary Bratcher, Doula
Rebecca Moore, RM
Emme Corbeil, CPM, LM, Board Member - Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives
Beth Hartman CPM, LM
Remi Ejiwunmi, Registered Midwife
Erika Maaskant, MW student
Jane Gillette
Isabella Knoth, LGBT+ doula and student midwife
Farrow Ulven
Chloe Lubell, CNM
Donna Gasapo
Martha Aitkin, Registered Midwife in Canada
Gillian Prouse, Student Midwife
Erin Kerr, Doula
Jenna Keehnen, Student Midwife
Hayley Brown, Student Midwife
Sarah McMenamin, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Sylvia Scharf
Jill Parsons, Registered Midwife
Catherine Bush, Registered Midwife
Olivia Bird Scott, Full Spectrum Doula
Megin Charner-Laird
Rachel Scherer
Kate Griffin, CPM, LM
Jesse Rogers
Gayge Maggio, FNP-BC
Melissa Dorsay, Registered Midwife
Mary Martone
Caroline Miklovich, RN
Carleigh-Jo Naylor, Full Spectrum Doula, Sacred Pregnancy Instructor
Rachel Voigt, Student Midwife (Future CPM, LM)
Linsey Kornya, CPM
Corey Bryant, Student Midwife
Michelle Fonte, Homebirth practice and birth center owner
Rachel Brinker, Postpartum Doula
Lee Scheffey, M.Ed.
Marcy Ganoe, Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator, and Student Midwife
Alanna Kibbe, Registered Midwife, Ontario
Stephanie Soderblom, LM CPM
Allison Goessling, CPM, student nurse
Carol-Anne Sheets
Sarah Davis, LM, IBCLC
Jennifer Williams, CNM
Rebecca Barth
Jenny Gruslin, doula
Holly Wiesendanger
Genevieve Drutchas
Jaime Wessler, Student midwife, birth doula
Shannon Klee, Wise Path Birthing Services, LLC
Cora Beitel, Registered Midwife
MacKenzie Moore, Educator
Susan Hubbard
Natalie Watson, Student Midwife
Cicely Smith
Cristi Lewis, LM, CPM, CHom.
Michelle Devlin
Kathy Chinn, CD(DONA)
Laila Tomsovic, ND
Krysta Hatlen, RN, MSM
Kiara Rassoli
Allison Glass, State Director, Healthy and Free Tennessee
Elizabeth Vargas, Montreal Birth Companion-Doula
Elizabeth Reiner, midwife
Elizabeth Donnelly, Student Midwife
Kimberly Allard, CNM
Angela Anderson
Christina Fayall
Allison Virtue, CMO
Emme Corbeil, CPM, LM, Board Member of Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives
Saralynn Finn, Full Spectrum Birth & Postpartum Doula
Palmer Palmer
Kathleen Salisbury, IBCLC, RLC
Natalie Butler, Doula, Birthing Gently Doula Services
Oesa Hauch, Midwives Association of Washington State Board Member
Jessica Mollmann
Joyce Totton
Whitney Evanson, Cypress Hills LDC
Melissa Wiseman, CPM, LM, Arbor Midwifery, Portland OR
Pamela Yenawine, CranioSacral Therapist, Pre and Perinatal Educator
Gloria Anderson, Student Midwife
Alison Fischman, Student Midwife
Sarah Ballard, CPM, LM
Rebecca Fleetwood, Client/Parent
Mandy Jeffries, MSW, HCHI, LD, CLC
Amber McCann, IBCLC
Lauren Korfine, PhD
Hannah Haigler, ND, CNM, WNHP-BC
Jennifer Leonard, Professional Doula
Ruth Castillo, LCCE and doula
Will Brummett
Kelly Fitzmaurice, Registered Midwife with College of Midwives of Manitoba
Meredith Anderson
Ellen Williamson, DEM
Marita Obst, Student Midwife
Vicki Borah Bloom, Full Spectrum Doula
Erin Bockstael, Educator
Danielle Montoya-Barthelemy, MPH
Jupiter Otazo, Full Spectrum Doula, Lactation Educator, RD student
Jennifer Timbs, Midwife
Kait Knauber, CNM
Erin Gardiner, Student Midwife
Chanti Smith, LM, CPM, SEP
Marianne Moore, RN, CNM, PhD
Regine Marton, CNM
Heather Chorley, LM, CPM
Emma Liberty-Langlais
Hilary Gerber, Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident
Chenelle Roberts, ND, LM
Michelle Farber, CNM, ARNP, Vice President, Washington state chapter of ACNM
Sophi Scarnewman, Doula
Neva Gerke, LM CPM
Nicole Mijares, Birth photographer, doula
Marissa Arterberry, mother
Kaity Mole, Planned Parenthood
Hayley Brown, Student Midwife
Edan Thomas, Midwives Collective of Toronto
Cory Ellen Gatrall, Doula, Student Nurse
Anne Ziemba, CNM
Aubre Tompkins, CNM, Clinical Director at Mountain Midwifery Center
Tonja Honsey
Emily Landry, LMT & Doula
Rachael Koffman, mother of two, recipient of midwifery care
Danielle Hoelter, CNM
Hayley Mills, Student Midwife
Leopi Nicola Sanderson-Edmunds, Licensed Midwife and Ortho-Bionomy practitioner
Jenny Claire Hoffmann, LCCE, doula
Katherine DM Clover, writer, mother, ally
Norah Emily
Brenda Burke
Angela Aguilar, Full-Spectrum Doula, Graduate Student, Co-facilitator of Center for Reproductive Rights and Justice Working
Emi Yamasaki McLaughlin, LM, CPM, Journey Midwife Services
Autumn Cunningham, DONA
Lourdes M. Santaballa Mora, IBCLC, RLC, CD (birth and postpartum), CBE, CHHC
Anne Campbell, Green River Doula Network
Julie Colby, LAc, BD
Sunita Iyer, ND, LM
Alex Holding, Fiddlehead Midwifery
Rei Aru
Joanie Lambert, Cedar River Clinics
Chino Scott-Chung, BabyBuds
Kathryn Deiss
Jillian Korolnek, Registered Midwife, Toronto, Ontario
Cullen Raphael, Student Midwife
Erica Kroll, Professional Counselor, Childbirth Educator, Doula trainer
Alyssa Knox, Doula, student nurse
Sharon Schlicher, Traditional Midwife, Owner of Spirit Within Homebirth Services
Natalie Raedwulf, Teacher
Larissa Sheldon, Birth doula
Alison Keohane, Human
Crystal DeCell
Kirsten Kowalski-Lane, RN, MSN, MPA, CNM, WHNP
Dawn Welburn, Doula (DONA cert. pending), LMT
Ulrike Schmidt, Student/apprentice midwife
Leslie Mattes, Midwife, Wise Mountain Midwifery and Family Birth Center, Dominican Republic
Lisa Stotts, MAWS
Laura Skiles-Bundy, Birth Doula
Kyndal May, MFA, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), LCCE, mother, midwifery consumer
Ursa Scherer, Pregnant Person
Miranda Cacek
Dorothy Bourgeois de Apodaca, IBCLC
Kelsie Bedard, Birth Doula
Monnie Reba Efross, RN, MSN Doula Trainer Birth Activist
Lakeshia Montgomery, NAC/BUSINESS OWNER
Anna Deligio, LCCE
Jyesha Wren, CNM
Ann McFarlane, ACNM
Lizabeth Davis
Cassie Dixon
Tyler Colvard
Martina Chwascinska-Szarek, Student Midwife
Zeidy Sanchez
Nikki Skrinak, CNM
Amy Diadiw, Student midwife, birth doula
Michelle Kyser,
Debra Shelden, Certified Doula
Anna Westley, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA)
Tammi McKinley, CPM
Beth Leyba, Parent
Lily Dalke, New York State Association of Licensed Midwives
Rhys Harrison
Meredith Marum, social worker
Aaron Ambrose
AJ Graham, EMT-P, Doula
Carie Ernst
Aubrei Ackerman, Student Midwife
Leticia Rodriguez
Jessica A. Joseph, M.A.
Joie Broin, Future genderqueer parent
Mumu Mariane Charline, Doula, Student Midwife
Marina Kessenich, Birth Doula
Em Cameron
Ariel Seeley
Jessica Wheeler, Instructor of Anthropology, Tulane University
Audra Phillips
Justine Clegg, LM (FL), CPM, LMHC (FL), CLC
Robin Ciesielski
Lynn Hendrick, midwife
Elizabeth Shatzer
Sandi Lyman, L.Ac.
Alexandra Schott, CNM
Kathleen Salisbury, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Lynettte Pettibone, Student Midwife
Sarah Basse
Fiona Stefanik
Josefa Scherer
Thérèse Greenhow Robinson, LMT, RT, Doula
Erika Bodoin
Susan Paterson, CNM, MS, C-EFM
Giuliana Petoia, Student midwife, full-spectrum doula
Ash Berman, Genderqueer doula
Terrie Rodman, CPD, CLE
Cassie Klein
Kyle Sexton
Caitlin Livingston, Postpartum Doula
Lyn Slayton, Doula
Grace North, Genderqueer parent
J. Renee Racik, Doula
Kelly Burns, Gentle Roots Doula
Amy Frazier, Bastyr University
Tanya Wills, ACNM
Elizabeth Stout
Marisa Reed
Stephanie Tucker
Ericka Quezada-York, LM, CNM
Emi Klemic, Student Midwife, Doula
Amy Frazier, Student Midwife
Catherina Groeneveld
Stephanie Sandwich, RN, SNM
Nicole Donald
Katie McNiven Gladman, Registered Midwife, IBCLC
Susanna Mauzy, CPM
Richard Marler
Monica Dyer, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Herbalist, BA, MPHc, BSN-RNc
Megan Mays, CBI Certified Doula and Doula Trainer, Birth Assistant
Talya Erez, Doula
Emme Corbeil, CPM, LM, Board Member MCCPM Minnesota
Traci Palagi, LM, CPM
Arden Hill
Cortney Baca, Certified Holistic Doula, Certified Babywearing Educator
Leandra D Santos, RN, CNM student
Heather Prestridge, CPM
Emme Corbeil, CPM, LM, Board Member of Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives
Mel MacManiman, Doula and Birth Photographer
Alexis J. Cunningfolk, Herbalist at Worts + Cunning Apothecary + Califia Collective
Rosana Cruz
Emi Klemic, MA, Student Midwife, Doula
Amari Fauna
Katrina Riboni
Emily Wolfe-roubatis, WHNP-CNM student, UPenn
Stephani Currie, Student Midwife
Ekua Adisa, Healing Artist
Sfirah Madrone, Doula, Advocate, Prison Doula Project collective member
Cynthia Belew
Lorie Baltes, Doula
Rowan Moon, Client
Carissa Plug, EMT
Leah Seibert, Registered Midwife, Canada
Max Tardiff
Jaclyn Spittle
Amanda Coslor, CPM, LM
Helen Sinnott
Maya Kokatay, Doula
Vanessa Hammond
Miel Rose Leslie
Hannah Wolfson, LMT, Herbalist
Caitlin Miller, CNM
Crystalin Montgomery, ND, LAc
Laura Darr, Midwifery Consumer
Vivian White, Mother
Irene Eid, ACNM
Breena Furbee, Social Worker
Stephanie Lynn Tanner, CHW, Graduate Nurse, Full Spectrum Doula
Evaly Long
Jordan Ashe, Student Midwife, Birthwise Midwifery School
Georg'ann Cattelona, CD(DONA), LCCE
Ana Bel, Full Spectrum Companion, Student Midwife
Carol Squires
Jillian Denneny, Student Midwife
Dianne Tornay, Midwifery Consumer
Abby Hall Luca, Student Midwife
Emily Stewart-Wilson, Student Midwife
Caitlin Adele Donovan Batson
Kendall Shea
Lizzy Appleby, MSW
Lee Wheaton
Elizabeth Diaz Ordaz, Birth Doula
Beth Anderson CD
Teri Nava-Anderson PhD CD
Valerie Sasson, President, Midwives Association of Washington State
Isabel Crosby, LM, LDM
Nazbah Tom, Somatic Bodywork
Cassaundra Jah, CPM, LM, IBCLC
Rebecca Belenky, Doula
Kara Pravdo, RN, BSN, WHNP Student
Lenore Morimoto, RN, Labor and Delivery
Remedios Martinez-Cantu
Raynah Hale, Student Midwife, Birth and Postpartum Doula, CAMTC
Carolee Hall, LM, CPM
Lucinda Holman
Allynn Carpenter
Erin Beckett, RM
Valerie Perrault, RM
Carrie Kimball, Midwife, OB Nurse, IBCLC
Madeleine Shernock, Nonprofit CEO, Student Midwife
Stephanie Simon-Woodard
Anna Svoboda-Stel
Leah Morrison, FNP
Melanie Crenshaw
Sally Leong, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
Feather Moorhouse
Audra Johnson
Lisa Mary Fanning, Graphic Designer
Sabdha Charlton
Anne Feagin Figge, Doula
Tanya Comerford, Home Birth Parent, Birth Doula
Robin Gray-Reed, CNM, ARNP, IBCLC
Jen Segadelli, JD, Student Midwife
Josephine Jarvis, Occupational Therapist
Erin Gilmer, Birth and Full Spectrum Doula
Felecia Caton-Garcia, PhD., American Cultural Studies, Scholar of Race, Class, Sexuality, and Gender, Mother of Homebirthed Daughters
Cristina Charlton, RN, RM, IBCLC, MCHN
Aileen Larson, Hypnobabies Instructor, Birth Doula
Sue Baelen, LM
Carmen Calvo
Cecilia Duran, Full Spectrum Doula
Haley Clause, RN, WHNP Student
Holly Arends Murphy, CPM
Katel Carmody
Jill Allatta, Midwife
Becky Alford, DONA, DTI, M.Ed
Mama Lynne Tillman, Mother
Nimerta Dhami, RM, Toronto
Lucille Tower, Doula, Student Nurse, Aspiring Midwife
Elizabeth Schroeder, CPM, LDM
Katherine Parker Bryden, MSN, CNM, CLC
Beth Bongiolatti, MA, CPM, NHCM
Audrey A. Miles-Cherney, Childbirth and Lactation Educator, Birth Doula
Seed Biggar, Doula
Phyllis Tomlinson, Mom
Christina McPherson, CNM
Cindy Haag, Midwife
Rebecca Plum, LM, CPM, IBCLC
Brittany Wood, Student Midwife
Amanda Peters
Susannah Wright, CPM, LDM
Rachel Lee
Michelle Kryzanauskas, RM
Ana Hernandez, Teacher
Abbie Wilson, Holistic Doula Practitioner (Bereavement, Birth, Postpartum), Birth Photographer
Sophie Holland
Whitney Falcon, Montessori Infant and Toddler Specialist
Afua Hall
jessika-rae warren
Theresa Cooke
Elizabeth Brandeis, Association of Ontario Midwives
Chelsea Hough
Randi Williams
Brianna Darbel, Birth Doula
Adele McHenry-Koenen
Honoré Mizero
Julia Sanders
Pamela Vrabel, Montreal Birth Companions
Adrian Feldhusen, NHCM, CPM
Caitlin MacIntyre, Homebirth Parent
Erin Schmitt, Community Acupuncturist, Queer Mama to 3, Midwife-Run Birth Center Client
Elin Raymond, OB/GYN
Rachel Hanan, Northwest College, Powell, WY
Amanda Macdonald, LM, CPM
Tamara Ellison
Danelle Aurilio, LM, CPM, MSM
Lexy O'Malley
Jenny Bennett, CD, HCHI
Cheyenne Johnson, Queer Full Spectrum Doula, Minnesota
Patricia Swagart, CNM with ACNM
Danny O'Malley
Hannah Lund
Crystal Gurney, CD(DONA, PALS)
Brigitte Ward
Andrea Zengion, ND, LAc, RN, SNM, Birth Doula
Rebecca Polston, CPM, Owner of Roots Community Birth Center
Aszani Stoddard, CNM, APRN, IBCLC
Alyssa Maynard, Student Midwife
Shannons Stone Porter
Alice Sattler, CNM
Jennifer Chaney
Meaghan Thalia Lawrence
Vicki Van Wagnet, Associate Professor, Ryerson University Midwifery
Padi Sutherland, CNM
Adeline Hill, Birth and Pregnancy Release Doula, Black Rose Doula Services
Brittney Volker, Professional Doula
Anne Wilson, RM, Ontario, Canada
Cadence Fingerholz
Jennifer Moquin, Genderqueer Homebirth Parent, Accredited Breastfeeding Support Volunteer
Amber LaBancz, Midwife
Crystal Barajas Barr, LGBTQI + Full Spectrum Duola
Melissa DeGezelle, Doula, Mother, BAI
Deborah Streahle
Suzie Zawistowski
Cheryl Clearwater, LM
Abbie Vander Horck, Healthcare Professional through REA Bravo
Shaana Sweiven, Secretary
Maureen Murphy, Licensed Midwife
Anne Marie Williams, Third Year Allopathic Medicine Student
Arjuna Greist
Annie Moffat, LM, Owner VibrantMama
Sarah McClure, Student Midwife
Mindy Bergen
Vanessa Stephens Coldwater, Family Tree Midwifery
Adela Griswold, RN, SNM
Sara Birnel Henderson, Full Spectrum Doula
Eowyn Rieke, MD, MPH
Rochelle Robinson
Sarita Bennett, DO, CPM
Claudia Carrera, Anthropologist
Grace McGarry, WHNP Student, Reproductive Justice Advocate
Christy Tashjian, CPM, WHNP
Lauren Guy, IBCLC, Full Spectrum Doula
Indra Lusero, JD, Founder of Birth Rights Bar Association and Director of Elephant Circle
Ann Fountain, Parent, Educator
Jessica Gonzales, Full Spectrum Doula, Educator, Placenta Professional, Midwife Assistant
Katrina Kilroy, RM, VP Canadian Association of Midwives
Christine Mamas, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
S. Faith Israel, Appalachian Roots Woman
Demetra Seriki, A Mother's Choice
Amy York
Philomena Kebec, Tribal Attorney
Sarah Lax
O. Kelly D'Elia, RN, CBE
Megan Cook, Student Midwife
Lisa Davis, RN, Student Nurse Midwife
Sebastian Margaret, Trans* GNC (Proud Previous Butch Dyke), Non-Biological Yet Primary Residential Parent of 2 Incredible Birthed At Home Kids
Jennifer Pia-Needleman, CPM, LM, Owner Born Homebirth
Sarah Picken, MMFT
Mijo Lee, Associate Director, Social Justice Fund NW
Mary Bogus, Doula
Brooke Casey, LM, IBCLC
Nicole White, CPM
Gina Bernard, Colorado Doula Project
Stephanie Huston
Nubia Perez
Jennifer Rivera, Doula, Herbalist, CBE
Amy-grace Smith, LM, CPM
Julie Trinder-Clements
O'Nell Starkey, Postpartum Doula
Emnet Getahun, Doula
Shelly Cohen
Anna Sochynsky
Jessica Roach, LPN MPH(c)
Mollie Caka
Teresa Kabat-Zinn
Erin Smyth, RPhT
Dolan Kneafsey, Social Worker
Amy Fiske
Skylar Van Blarcom, Retired WA Licensed Midwife and CPM
Dzhan Wiley
Michelle Borok, LM CPM
KC Bly, CNM, NP
Jewel Buchanan-Boone, Doula
Diana LaPlume
Lisa Smieja
Mary Alice Martin, MANA Student Midwife
Marja Sovero, Birth Assistant
Skye Frome, RN, FNP-BC, DNP
Mireya Moreno
Lisa Benitez, ND
Sarah Records, Nursing Student
Gary Dixon
Willearth Lim
Chinua Dunmore
Caitlin Neely
Uma Rao
Joy Migala Ochse, Abortion Doula
Anamaría Flores
Erin Wright, CNM
Annie Leone, CNM
Shari Wood
Jesseka Rivera
Kimba Griffith, Celebrant, Doula, Deathwalker
Emily-Kate Hunter, Massage Therapist, Midwifery Clinic Manager
Sarah Juliusson, Retired Doula, Childbirth Educator, Nurse
Heidi Ricks, Midwife
Heidi Ricks, LM, CPM
Rebecca Prosser, RN, SNM
Pejmaan Fallah
Kopano Marumo
Anjali Sardeshmukh, LM
Trishala Deb, IDEX
Rowan TwoSisters, Doula, Educator, Placenta Professional, Student Midwife
Dana Gordon, Midwife
Ruth Callahan, DONA Certified Doula, CLC, Doula Service Agency Owner
Nicki Lantz, Doula, CLC
Jennifer Sanchez, Doula, Student Midwife, Student Nurse
Suzy Myers, LM, CPM, MPH
Maggie Bogle, RN, Co-coordinator Open Umbrella Full-Spectrum Doula Collective
Allyson Booth, Midwife
Q Crawford
Andy Inkster, CD (DONA), LC
Olivia Mungal
Kathryn York, Doula
Ginny Brown, Doula
Angel Sandriepe
Oscar Dimant
Stephanie Mottola
Kymberli Zakrzewski
Kari Carlin Aist, Doula, Volunteer Breastfeeding Support Person
Jodi Hammond, Doula
Scottie Buehler, CPM, MA
Juniper Cole-Taylor, Midwife
Pat Maley
Kelly Dobbin, College of Midwives of Ontario CEO
Heather Thompson, Doula, Research Director at Mountain Midwifery Center
Claudia Booker
Adrienne Peters
Laura Jones, Community Birthworker
Gabrielle Joncas-Brunet, Sexology, Doula
Donna Jackson-Köhlin, ACNM
Morgan Conway-O'Neill, Doula, Student Midwife
Sarah Ambrose
Charli Lessard, Doula
Julie Louis, RN, Student Midwife
Kristin Effland, Adjunct at Bastyr University Dept. of Midwifery
Sasha Buchert
Amanda Cooper
Kathryn Ely, Doula
Maya Hawthorn, Midwife, CLC
Rachel Klinger
Amber Tincher
Czarina Bowers, Doula
Bethany Witten, CPM, NHCM
Elena Aurora, Doula, Student Midwife
Amy McGregor, MSW
Liz Abbene, CD (DONA), LCCE, BDT (DONA), IBCLC
Aimee Eyvazzadeh, Fertility Care Physician
Kelly Morrow
Jorden Seguin
Sabrina Rascon
Ellet Durbin, MSW
Emily Bissonnette, National Midwifery Institute Associate Administrator
Erin Ryan, CPM
Rebecca Prosser, RN, SNM
Amy Amina
Alexis Hoffkling, MD Student
Melanie Crowther
Nancy Maldonado, Nurse Midwife
Julia Rothschild, Doula
Loren Robertson
Kelley Ewinh
Kate Robertson
Jane Jones
Andrea Straw, CBE, Doula
Leah Marcus
Andrea Henderson, LM, CPM, IBCLC
Danae Steele
Thea Schnase, Doula
Anna Van Wagoner
Sara Wolfe, Midwife
Jeffrey Germaine
Patrick Cox
Maribel Estrada
Beatriz Tinoco, Midwife
Cory Silverberg, Sex Educator, Author of What Makes A Baby
Elena Letourneau, Sex and Relationship Coach
Piper Bonacquist, Doula
Elizabeth Ordaz-Valenzuela, Childbirth Educator
Rain Hannah, Massage Therapist, Holistic Health Practitioner Student
Tess Clabby, Doula, Student Midwife
Sophia DeVito, Educator
Lillian Hewko
Dana K-Bryan
Brianna Mercado
Angela Hartley, Student Midwife
Monica Larrea, Doula, Lactation Educator, Student Midwife
Staci Denis, Cedar River Clinics Manager
Lela Zimmer, RN, PhD
Rebecca Allen
Soraya Mazloomi, Midwife
Joseph Dhara, Retired Doula, Sex Therapy Student
Erin Gamet, Doula
LIZ Langthorn
Leah Krauss, Doula
Choices in Childbirth
Joyce Thomas, CPM, Midwife, MANA, NARM, NACPM
Bonnie Stewart
Annabelle Mackenzie, NHS, Doula, MPH/MRes Candidate
Shannon Anton, CPM, LM
Simon Knaphus, JD
Sophia Ricci, Midwife
Erika Harrison, LPN, Doula, Lactation Counselor
Adria Cannon, IBCLC
Amy Catania, Doula, Birth Educator, Anti-Violence Trainer
Lauren Heberle
Kathi Valeii, Founder of Birth Anarchy
Michelle Adelewitz, RN, Endocrinology
Isele Harper
Charissa Schaefer
Janet Brooks, Midwife
Dila Perera
Erin Donovan
Laura Duncan, MD/PhD Student, Doula
Sara Petruska, MD, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vivian Gutierrez
Courtney Hooks, RN, Doula, Student Midwife
Sara Dale-Bley, IBCLC, RLC of Ancient Harmony Breastfeeding Services
Megan Del Vecchio, RN
Deborah Bass, RN
Elle Morales
Carly Bendzans
Diane Firtell
Atalanta Sunguroff, Herbalist
Tyler Mostul, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Student
Emily Trotter-Bodie
Stephanie Kleven, Midwife
Louisa Wales, LPM, CPM
Karen Kelly, ACNM
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Doula
Alli Gober, RM, CPM
Becca Marshall, CLC
Kathryn Rolley, Student Midwife
Jaime Jenett
Margy Hutchison, CNM
Monica Basile, PhD, CPM, CD (DONA), CCE
Liz Jones, Doula, Founder of Wildcat Birth
Catriona Munro, Midwife
Karla Fernandez
Jilchristina Vest
Lia Berquist-Fletcher, Doula, Childbirth Educator
Dana Bloomquist
Laura Studebaker, Doula
Joy MacTavish-Unten, IBCLC, RLC, ICCE, MA
Sally Goldner
Lenée Voss, Doula
Misha Heij Mariano
Yazhi Smith
Theresa Maenzo-Tanner
Kurani Marsters HNZCH
Rebekah Arya, LM, CNM
Erin Gerton Wagner
Ashley Fuechsel
Justine Garcia
Miriam Christensen, Doula
Amber Vaughn, Chiropractor
Heather Gautier
Nicole Engel
Rachel Geffrey
Roz Kumari, Doula, Birth/Maternity Photographer
Leia Collins
Rachel Susoeff
Farah Diaz-Tello, JD, Attorney
Liz Green, CD, LMT, CR
Darjee Sahala, Inactive FL LM
Gingi Cleopatri Allen, Doula
J. Aleah Nesteby, Nurse Practitioner
Katie Silvett, Doula
Ravae Sinclair, JD, CD, DONA International Multicultural Director, CLC
Raelene F, Medical Student
Emily Nelson
Megan Felling, CPM
Taylor Hamil, LM, CPM, MSM Owner and Midwife
Kaitlyn Kelly, Student Nurse
Greta LaFleur
Andie Lyons, Sexual Health Educator
Tamiko Lewis-R.
Rachel Meyers, Midwife
Mary Watt-Morse
Tara Brooke, Co-founder of Doula Trainings International (DTI)
Dallas Newbury, Doula, CLC
Andrea Cipriani
Patricia Madden, DONA
Heather Rische, LM CPM
Nicola Castle-Bauer, Doula
Tracey Novoselnik, RM, BMW, BN
Sandra Seaman, Psychotherapist
Bianca Siravo, SNM
Sabaa Zareena
Karen Jefferson, LM, CM, President of New York State Association of Licensed Midwife
Betsy Alger, Doula
Carissa Szymanski
Shelia Feldman, LM, CPM
Christine Tindal, LM, CPM, MSM
Molly Batchelder
Ananda Phoenix
Glenda Datsko, DEM, Midwife
Lilarose Jensen, RN, SNM
Jennifer Jacquet-Murray
Erin Kinmont, Doula, Student Midwife
Nora Hughes
Jennifer Goldberg, Midwife
Leang Ngov
Beatriz Montalvo
Hannah Carl
Bhavana Nancherla, Doula
Jessica Frechette-Gutfreund, LM, CPM
Jennifer Hendriks
Hannah Bernard-Donals, CPM, LM
Jenessa Payano Stark, CPM, LM
Corinne Westing, CNM
Kelsi Hines, Student Midwife
Luna Wood
Aimee Jones
Janna Schneider
Caleah Heim, Doula
Sand Chang, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Kristina Chamberlain
Kate Zachary, Doula, Midwife Assistant, Childbirth and Lactation Educator
Nathalie Pambrun, RM, executive member of Canadian Association of Midwives
Laurie Walters, Doula
Krista Steinfeld
Ione Chan, Student Nurse
Melanie Anthony
Kiah Bowers
Mae Kowalke
Jennifer Jimenez
Caitlin Miller, Midwife
Selena Green, CPM
Leah Dixon
Erin Kaspar-Frett, LM, CPM, MSM
Wyatt Riot
Jennifer Shannon, Doula
Ihotu Ali, Doula
J Kathleen Jake Marcus, J.D.
Adela Nieves, ADS, CMT, RMT, Student Doula
Jaye Simpson
Margaret Bryans, RN BN, Nurse
Julia Applegate
Adrienne Brown, Doula
Jessica Jude, Doula
Tanuja Jagernauth, L.Ac, MSTOM, Co-Founder of Sage Community Health Collective
Rhyannon Walker, Doula
Allison Barahona
Audrey Devine-Eller
Sabryna Holloway, Student Midwife, Owner of the Colorado Doula Agency & CBE
Melissa Trahan, LPM, Doula
Mary Bowman, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC
Clare Sherley, DNP, CNM
Holly Cost, Midwife, UCSF,
Laura King, Doula, CBE
Rebecca Kraemer
Tanya Foldager, Nurse
Karen Carr
Melanee Knudsen, RN, Midwife
Kinsey Bolen
Kai Morrison, LMT, Student Midwife
Gabriela Rodriguez, Student Midwife
Melissa Rubin, CNM, ARNP
LaShanda Dandrich, IBCLC
Rachel Crites, Doula, Student Midwife
Zoë Broersma, RM
Lauren Vallone, Doula
Erich K. Otten, Perinatal Support Practitioner, Student Midwife
Jessica Hyatt, Doula
Sheri Reimer, RMT, Doula
Stephen Cipolla, Attorney at Law
Jessica Hyatt, Doula
Jessica Booy
Jennifer Fegan-Szalay, LM, CM
Andrea Stone, Holistic Birth Attendant, PE
Triana Kazaleh Sirdenis
Sonja Stone, Doula
Soo Na Pak
Hannah Ford, LMT, MTI, Belly Love Massage Therapist
Hilary Pengelly, Doula UK and HCPC
Wyatt Ferrera
Michelle Maclean, Doula, CBE
Keila Sellers, Doula
Ani Lewis, Doula
Tori Langkamm, Doula
Rachelle Forget
Susan Stiritz
Chelsea Dawn, Doula
Allison Runnalls, Doula
Benjamin Pittman
Taylor Ferguson
Kerry Bebee, Midwife
Moriah Smith
Jessica Isted
Gail Medley
Claire Michelsen, CNM
Denise Cicuto, Acupuncturist
Kathleen Monroe, Interior Designer
Bilen Berhanu, Doula
Kaelee Torbet, Doula
Giselle Lefebvre, Naturopathic Doctor
David Gillese
Rachel Rees, Midwife
Caroline Bourscheid
Dani Michelle
Cherie Harb, Doula
Lori Lucas, Yoga Teacher
Jessie Patella, Doula
Elizabeth Davis, CPM, Author of "Hearts & Hands", Co-Director of National Midwifery Institute, Inc.
Rita Ho-Bezzola
Prajna Choudhury, L.Ac.
Jackie Griggs, CNM
Zaaven Forest, Doula
Jakob Kelly
Briana Green
Danielle Kitt, LMP, CPM
Sylas Wright
Kimberly daniels
Pidgeon Pagonis
Sarah Sparkman, Pre-nursing Student
Sion Jesse
Lauren Moses-Brettler
Mary Lynne Biener, IBCLC
Cindy Calvano, MSEd, Childbirth Educator, Doula, Evidence Based Birth Instructor,
Maria Lameiro, Lactation Consultant
Emily McGahey
Sara Doherty
Sara Cohen, Lawyer
Sarah Bier, RN, Student Midwife
Verity MacKellar, RN, MScN (NP Candidate)
Hannah Wurz, RN, CNM
Patricia Downing, Former MEAC Board and Administrator for Certification for Midwives in California, Founder of Sage Femme Midwifery School
Megan Murray
Kellee Hodge, BN MPH, Sexual Health Coordinator
Lori Blake, L&D Nurse
Karo Chowning, MS, Doula
Sara Hudson, Student Doula
Kari Kohl, Student CNM
Jasmine Redfern, Student Doula
Nancey Rosensweig
Jenna Robertson, Midwife
Pauline Becker, Student Midwife
Jade Fraser
Leah Klein, Midwife
Alexandra Hall, Occupational Therapist
Laura Stephen, Midwife
Stephanie St-Amant, PhD
Stacey Langley, Doula
Poppy Topolovec, Midwife
Lorelei Hammond, Midwife
Katherine Puchala, Midwife
Liz Perloff, Doula
Ariane Blais Ouellette, Doula
Corinne O'Neill
Luke Smith
Abigail Fletcher, LM
Esther Willms, Midwife
Signy Toquinto, SN
Ashlee Gansenberg
Haddie Katz, CPM
Jillian Barovick, Midwife, Student Nurse
Clarissa Herman, MA Sexuality Studies, Student Doula
Rachel Ritter
Christine Borden, SNM, RN
Cameron Goodyear, Doula, Student Nurse
Tracy Franklin, Midwife
Nik Ravely
Nicole bennett
Ruth Bellamy, DONA, Ambulance Service
Alicia Farvolden, LPN, Doula
Rachel Rapaport Beck
Jennifer Thomas, Doula
Christine Robinson, Doula
Sophia Pastore
Martha Roth, LM
Libby Collins, Doula
Anna Blackett, CNM
Amelie Nkodo
Louis Esmé Cruz
Jessica Kuttner, LICSW
Robin Grainer, Former Doula
Kota Harbron, Doula
Cheri Van Hoover, CNM, MS
Hedrey Chu, Midwife
Grace Ying Zhang, Midwife
Alex Hoyt
Lisa M Weston, RM, President of Association of Ontario Midwives
Kristi Warner, Student Midwife
Hana Low, RN
Ana Sofia De Brito, Student Nurse
Libby Ormond, Student Midwife
Amanda Sgrignoli, Midwife
Chloe Levine
Amanda Peters, Doula
Myriam Dumont
Christine Fedusiak, Doula
Tracey Reid, Association of Ontario Midwives
Cassie Sutherland, Doula
Sommer Urquhart, Student Midwife
Jennifer Rector, The Village Midwife LLC
Jennifer Minor, L.Ac., MAOM
Jocelyn Gallagher, Student Midwife
Jessie Blumin, Doula, Student Midwife
Arwen Brenneman, Doula
Tonya Floria, LM, CPM
Jenny Taylor, Doula, Birthing From Within Mentor, Student Midwife
Gina Snyder, CA, CPA, HCHI, Doula
Amanda Cordocedo, Midwife
Heather Douglas, Midwives Collective of Toronto
Megan O'Connor
Maire Prabhakar, Student Nurse
Jacoba Cruz-Rodriguez, Doula, Birth Worker
Jay Humphrey
Devi Krieger, Midwives Collective of Toronto
Jamie Oller, Student Midwife
Tyler Swift, ND, MPH
Courtney Henslee, Former Radio Show Producer of WholeMother on KPFT
Syrus Marcus Ware
Anne Napatalung, Doula
Alida Cardós Whaley, Doula
Alishia Torres, Doula
Kristina Muvceski
Teresa King
Nova McGiffert
Amanda Mack, Doula
Emma O'Brien, Doula, Clinical Herbalist
Raeven Hubbard
Aimee Clark
Safire Naranjo, Midwife
Sage Staggs, California Acupuncture Board
Dian Alarcon, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Katryna van Vliet, Student Midwife
Emily Stephens, MAWS Vice President
Amadi Lovelace, Doula, Childbirth Educator
Catherine Little, Student Clinical Psychologist
Camille Freeman, LDN
Phil Sanders
Melissa Ashmore
Fiona Schubeck
Lora Ashmore, Student Nurse
Lynn Hughes, Midwife
Farrah Rivera, Student Midwife
Sunita Iyer, ND LM, Eastside Natural Medicine
Geraldine Lee, Midwife, Student Nurse
Jean Paul Boisvert, LAc, Eastside Natural Medicine
Marisol Alvarez, IBCLC, Childbirth Educator
Heidi Koss, Mental Health Counselor, Perinatal Maternal Mental Health Specialist
Ariel Caspe-Detzer, LMHC
Charlene Hamilton, Birthing From Within Mentor
Julia Curren, ACNM
Alia Luqman
Cyndi Case
Cheylene Cowgill
Barbara Stratton, VBACtivist, Co-leader of Baltimore ICAN
Arian Navickas, CPM, RM
Caitlin Miller, Midwife
Tamara Dukes
Julie Slyzelia
Bryna Sampey, IBCLC
Abigail Soto
Renee TenBroeck
Taja Kelly
Rowan White
Julia Heinemann, Doula
Kristin Pitt
Emily Mooney, Ontario Association of Social Workers
Rachel Knudson, Midwife
Lou Felipe
Deborah Blue, Midwife
Avital Kline, Doula
Megan Davidson
Lauren Akers, Doula
Jesica Dolin, CPM, LDM
Catherine Akerson Bailey, Midwife, CPM, LDM
Ana Vollmar, CPM
Lauren Smith, Birth Worker
Michele D'Angelo
Katie Spataro, Doula
Stephanie Gentry-Fernandez, RN, CLS, CFCD
Kelly Stadelbauer, Executive Director of Association of Ontario Midwives
Stana Weisburd, Student Nurse, Student Doula
Christine McGraw, CPM, NHCM, Promises to Keep Midwifery
Sarah Burgess, MD, OB/GYN
JoanMargaret Laine, Midwife, Nurse, IBCLC
Terri Simmons, Midwife
Cynthia Whitman-Bradley, Doula
Aashka Patel, CNM, ARNP
Tanya Bullwinkle, RM, CPM
Anne Wagner, Doula
Whitney Moses, Doula, Message Therapist
Stephanie Tillman, CNM
Dolly Browder, CPM, LM
Brenda Reyes, RN, CLC
Chloe Phalan, Doula
Sara Wall, RN
Amy Stetson, CCE, CHt
Giselle De la Rosa Berrio, MD Candidate, Doula
Navin Gopal
Nina Metsovaara, FNP-C, RN
Kat Montgomery, Midwife
Meagan Morse, Doula
Jocey Neveaux
Marian Tompson
Rachel Rees, Midwife
Clare Jacobson, Doula
Allyson Booth, Midwife, Director of Risk Management, Association of Ontario Midwives
Joanna Scheib PhD
Catherine Boshe, CNM
Rose Booth, Student Nurse
Anna Marie Heaton
Ericka Webb, Board Member of Family Tree Clinic
Sonny Nordmarken
Harry Ballsich
Margaret Tezak, Employee at Birth Center
Ginny Cassidy-Brinn, Nurse Practitioner, Educator
Kimberly Cirella, CNM
Clare McNamee-Annett, Student Midwife
Sarah Levitan, CNM
Aliya Caler, Doula, MPH, SNM at UCSF
Taylor Medley, Student Midwife
Rachel Wild, Midwife
Kate Williamson, Doula
Helen Green, Midwife
Nicole Shapiro, CNM
Hillary Schubert, Doula
Carlee Ann Brown, NACPM
Mariel Lugosch-Ecker, Doula
Eleanor Doig, APRN
M Cash, ND, LAc, Fertility and Perinatal Specialist, Faculty at Birthingway College
Erin Gamet, Doula
Mia Crupper, ND, Midwife, Doula, LMT
Karen DeWitt, Naturopathic Doctor
Rikki Wall, Accounting Specialist
Danica Beebe, CNM, MS, RN
Rev. Phoenix Hawelu-Hills, Healer
Victoria Dean, Student Midwife
Jasmine Marotta-Jaenecke, LM, CPM
Holly Pranaat, CNM, RN
Vicki Patsdauter, CPM (retired), RDMS
Sarilyn Zimmerman, RM
Kim Barstow, Student Midwife
Kristina Muvceski
Cliona Lynch
Lauren Strain, MAWS, Student Midwife
Maura Jo Lynch, MA, CPBD, CCCE, CPFE
Ash Dasuqi, RN-BSN, CPM Student
Camille Vanden-Dries, RN
Sylvia Santaballa, PhD, IBCLC, CD, CCBE
Brooklynn Fay, BSN, RN, CLEC
Karyn Mierau, Student Midwife
Shana Norberg, CNM
Jacoba Cruz-Rodriguez, Full Spectrum Birth Worker
Kayla Preece, ND, Midwife
Andrea Laube, Midwife
Jes La Bleu, CPM
Michelle Gilley, CPM
Naomi Ardjomand-Kermani, MPH
Rhiannon McKechnie, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Placenta Encapsulator, Aspiring Midwife
Lauren Asperin, Doula
Judy McLaren, Childbirth Educator
Keila Sellers, CD(DONA)
Clare Zeschky
David Carter-Plake, Apprentice Midwife
Annie Menzel
Lillian Soshnik-Tanquist
Adele Rose, CPM, LDM
Andy Inkster
Tessa Stephens, CNM, WHNP
Tara Marty, Birth Doula
Danyel Bailey
Hazel Casson, RN, ACRN
Lauren Herschler
Claudia Breglia LM, CPM
Angelica Thrasher
Julian Vigo
Erin Joslin-Gay RN, BSN
Lesley Nelson LM, CPM
Annie Kocher, Doula
Dylan Pugh, Doula
Carol Kiesling OB/Gyn, MD, MDiv
Jen Hamilton, CD(DONA, PALS), CLE, Doula
Aly Jones, Midwife
Erika Mitchell, Student Midwife
Andy Sweeney
Deanna Norris, Doula, Student Midwife
Michelle Rey, Student Midwife
Shea Lofrese, Doula, Student Midwife
Katie Hensley, RN
Florence Dent
Lisa Wiley, RM, MSMW
Megan Hannan
Kayley Redgers, RM
Kate Dewey, Doula
Shonagh Strachan, RM
Ann Holland, ND, LAc
Sarah Stetina CNM
Mallory Klocke, RN, SNM
Shel Brosseau, Student Midwife
Margaret Henschel, CNM
Laura Leatherman, CNM, FNP
Cecil Whitney Seferos, Doula
Jeanne Gervais, Doula
Talia Catena
Karen Kelly, LM, CM
Sheila Simms Watson, LM, CPM, MPH, MANA NACPM
Sandra Londino, MSN, CNM, LM
Maria Bjorli, Student Midwife
Lynn Bachelder, Student Midwife
Elizabeth Allemang, Midwife, Teacher, Parent
Jean Garretto, CLD, Midwifery Student
Eliza Burelle, CNM
Naomi O'Callaghan, Student Midwife
Lily Dalke, ACNM, NYSALM, NYC Midwives
Serenity Quiggle, Student Midwife
Jessica Stahle, DEM
Rachel Winsley, Doula
Amy Patel, CPM, LDEM
Rebecca Wooten, Birth Doula, Parent of a Trans Teen
Margarita Anderson, Doula
Erin Fraser, Birth Doula
Heather Holland
Gloria Moore, Midwife
Aurora Christy, Student Midwife, Birth Assistant
Jennifer Powell-Taschetti, RN, CPM
Melissa Smith-Tourville, CPM, LM, MSW
Christine Mehl, CPM
Erin Kaspar-Frett, CPM, LM, MSM
Yvonne Cryns
Krista Miracle, DEM
Beth Hardy, DONA certified doula, board-certified music therapist
Chloe Covey, CPM Student
Sarah White, Doula
Cynthia Hoover, Elephant Circle - Volunteer
Abby Bailey, Midwife
Deanna Drane, Student Midwife
Oliviane Favard, Aspiring Doula
Charlie Anderson, Trans* advocates
Haikanarumi Lara, Student Midwife
Nathalie Vengal, Union representative
Kingsley Strudwick, Gender Diversity educator
Natalya Lukin, LM, CPM
Glenda Barolw
Natasha Matte, Student Lactation Consultant
Celesta Rannisi, Midwife
Kelly Garland, DONA
Mikhaela Dietch
Courtney Durfee, RN, BSN, CLC, CD(DONA) with Hudson River Doulas
Katie Perez, LM, CPM
Kate Luxion, Executive Director, Journal of Reproductive Justice
Elsa Heros, CNM, MSN
Lauren Clark-Boucher, Student Midwife
Cara Del Favero, Doula
Rachel McCloskey, CPM, BFA, ASM, APPAC
Sarah White, Doula
Melody Castillo, CNM, FNP-C
Melissa-Marie Marks, LM, CPM
Melissa Miller, Doula
Lauren Clark-Boucher, Student Midwife, Advocate
Cindy Jewett, Student Midwife
Bruce Wilson, Independent medical writer
Barbara Stratton, mother, former doula, birth activist, queer
Tori Langkamm, Holistic Doula, Aspiring Midwife
Mary Lawlor, CPM
Amber Knoche, CNM
Nikki Macfarlane, Founder, Childbirth International
Edina MacDonald, SBD Birth and Bereavement Doula, Director of Programming for Doula Support Foundation
Lindsay McDonough, Yoga Teacher, Prenatal/Postpartum Yoga Teacher, Doula
Rafeal Newport-Hewitt, Doula and educator
Abra Derbis, Student Midwife, Doula, Mother of Four
Christine D'Esposito, Certified Childbirth Educator, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Doula and Childbirth Educator Trainer, Birthing From Within
Carolyn Prouty, Member of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College
Samantha Chisholm, Midwife
Natalie Sevier, RN - Family Beginnings
Nechama Sammet Moring, CPM, MA, activist, researcher, educator
Coop Reed, Doula
Lauren Robinson, MTS, CD (DTI), & Future CBE
Stacy Lewis, Midwifery Student, Ontario, Canada
Susan Medalie, Physician
Brandy Ross-Bell, ND, LM
Jay Rodriguez BS CD CBE NRP, Male Birth and Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator (DTI), Midwifery Student (MCU) and Paramedic
Erin Wilhelmi, Birthroot midwives
Chris Matera, CPM (NARM)
Alan Belcher, Mechanical Engineering, Manometric Energy Conversion Technology. (Retired)
Cheyenne Varner, Birth + Postpartum Doula; Founder + Editor of Everyday Birth Magazine
Aubrey Corona, Student Midwife
Roxanne Baechler-Gill
Jodi Perelman, MFT, Licensed Psychotherapist
Alia Al-Humaidhi
Alaythea Herr
Luar Wolf, CD (DTI), CBC
Coleen Rae Salazar, IBCLC, LCCE, Doula & student midwife
ramona gutierrez, cappa post partum doula,ob case manager within medicad organization in az
Lisa Rubin, The Good Birth Project
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