Afua Hassaine Afua Hassaine moved to Houston to pursue a career in midwifery. She graduated from The Houston School of Midwifery in 1984. Afua is the founder, owner and licensed midwife of The Birthing Place. The Birthing Place is the … Continue reading →
Ryan McAllister Ryan McAllister is the speaker in the classic YouTube video, Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital. The presentation is an honest, gentle look at circumcision, how it came to be performed so frequently in this country and … Continue reading →
Jami Hain NOTE: Audio fixed Jami Hain is a Certified Nurse Midwife and owner of Nativiti Family Birth Center. She has been a nurse for 24 years and a midwife for 5 years. She worked as a nurse at Nativiti … Continue reading →
Jackie Griggs, RN, CNM Jackie Griggs, RN, CNM, has been involved in women’s health care since 1979, when she became a nurse. She has worked in hospitals, clinics, home and birth center settings. She attended UTMB at Galveston for her … Continue reading →
There’s been a new birth on the island! It’s a Birth Center! The midwives of Galveston Birth Center: Lourdes Resendez and Jaymee Jamison Boughton. … Continue reading →
Stephanie Palacio is a Certified Nurse Midwife. Not only does she have experience as a midwife but also has over 17 years experience as a Registered Nurse. She obtained her Masters Degree in Midwifery in 2013 from Texas Tech University in … Continue reading →
Jackie Griggs, Certified Nurse Midwife, and owner of Baby Area Birth Center since 2006 is past president of Association Texas Midwifes and current President of Texas Coalitionof Birth Centers, she is Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She attended UTMB to receive … Continue reading →
Compare and Contrast hospital birth to Birth Center birth and US birth to England hospital birth Kate Lavender is a British midwife now living in Houston and working to obtain her US license. She has attended births at home, in birth centers … Continue reading →
Afua Haisaine was born in New Haven Ct. Graduated from Brown University and Houston School of Midwifery. She has four children all born at home and and breastfed all of them. She has been living in Houston since 1983. She has … Continue reading →
Jackie Griggs, RN, CNM has a Masters in Nursing, specializing in midwifery from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (April 2001(Recipient of the Hazel Corbin Award (2001) from the Maternity Center Association of the United States (Award for best student … Continue reading →