Kathleen Vande Giessen has been a Certified Nurse Midwife for nearly three decades, indicating her expertise in providing healthcare and support to pregnant women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. · Masters in Nursing 1995: Obtaining a Master’s degree … Continue reading →
Natanya Champney is a dedicated midwife with over 17 years of experience, transitioning from a thriving practice in rural New Hampshire to her current role as the Staff Midwife and Clinical Director at The Addice Birth Center in North Houston, … Continue reading →
Jackie Griggs, CNM, is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has been practicing in the Houston/Beaumont area for the past 35 years. She is a mom of 5 grown sons, 3 born at home with the help of midwives. – Two … Continue reading →
BIRTH Fair Leadership Team: Christine Diaz, JacQue Colson-Smith, Jackie Griggs, Melina Laverde, Natalie Guzman, Monisha Holley-Cherry, Julie Jordan, Randy Holmes, and Monica Salaz. They’ll preview the 21st Annual BIRTH Fair—Saturday, October 4, 10:30 AM–4:00 PM at United Way, 50 … Continue reading →
Jackie Griggs, CNM, is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has been practicing in the Houston/Beaumont area for the past 35 years. She is a mom of 5 grown sons, 3 born at home with the help of midwives. – … Continue reading →
Andie Wyrick, DNM, CNM, and Kristen Bowers, LM, will tell us about Shire Midwifery Birthing Center and Home Birth Practice, who provide comprehensive midwifery services for families choosing an out-of-hospital birth. They partner from the very first prenatal consultation … Continue reading →
Suzanne Arms is an author of seven books on childbirth and child care. It is such an honor to interview this practical visionary for transformation. Her second book “Immaculate Deception: A New Look at Women and childbirth in America”, … Continue reading →
Debbie celebrates World Doula Week 2025 with labor doula Eleanor Prado, postpartum doula Mackenzie Droll, and Carleigh Joseph, who does both labor and postpartum work. Eleanor Prado, Mackenzie Droll, & Carleigh Joseph
Continue reading →Learn more about finding a midwife or birth center and about the Heal Texas Act and other midwifery favorable legislation. We will also hear about the distance midwifery program and how midwifery clients, supporters and advocates can support access … Continue reading →
Encouraged to support women after the birth of her own daughters, Catrice Harris has been helping families with labor & birth, childbirth education, postpartum, and lactation support since 1992. Her initial Lactation training was through the University of Texas … Continue reading →