I was fortunate to learn the art and skill of midwifery from some of the greatest in the profession, The Farm Midwives. I joined the practice in 2013 and have attended hundreds of births in the home setting. I am a graduate of The College of Traditional Midwifery, a Certified Professional Midwife with the North American Registry of Midwives and am licensed to practice midwifery by the state of Tennessee.
If carrying and birthing your baby feels more like a rite of passage than a medical emergency, then we already have something in common. My practice was built on the radical notion that birth works. It is my honor to serve families as they welcome their babies into a safe and peaceful place. Home.
My passion for taking care of people started as a hairstylist.
Building meaningful connections over deep conversations in a salon chair felt more like the real work. The outward, physical transformations felt like the facade behind which I did did the work I was really called to do. The work we’re all called to do. To take care of each other.
In 2008, I gave birth to my daughter Stevie under florescent lights in a cold, unwelcoming hospital room. And yet, it was beautiful. Being in the business of connections and transformations, I couldn’t shake the idea that such a magical event should happen in a more magical environment. So the transition from hairstylist to midwifery came just as naturally as a childbirth left unprovoked by man.
I couldn’t shake the idea that such a magical event should happen in a more magical environment.
After having our son Silas through the miracle of adoption, my husband Gabe and I relocated our family (kids, grandparents, aunts, uncles… the whole village) from Birmingham, AL to the beautiful hills of Tennessee. Midwifery has many moving parts and I’m grateful to have not answered this calling alone.
