I've been a midwife since 1982, and I love helping low-risk moms and babies have joyful, personalized home birth experiences. I really focus on helping you stay in that low-risk category with exercise, nutrition and other natural suggestions to help you avoid complications. 

I accept about three to four families each month, which keeps my schedule manageable and helps me personalize my care for everyone I support. My practice includes repeat clients, first-time families, women who have experienced trauma (birth trauma or otherwise), and VBACs under the right circumstances. I provide home birth services to several Amish communities and to families throughout Battle Creek, Marshall and Kalamazoo (especially in winter, I try not to travel west of 131).