Our Skilled and Diverse Team
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Celestial Midwifery
I was born at home in the 90’s, before homebirth was something most people were talking about, let alone doing. Some twenty years later, I had my first baby at home with the very same midwife who had caught me. I remember knowing with a certainty that is difficult to explain that this was exactly what I was meant to do.
I spent some time immersed as a birth doula and birth photographer, and was content to support families and witness birth from a different perspective. Until my second birth changed everything. It was complicated, required interventions, and absolutely rocked my world. Through the skill and intuition of my midwives, we were able to navigate all of the unexpected and ultimately welcome my daughter at home. That experience changed me in a profound way, and renewed my knowing that I was meant to do this work.
Today I’ve had the privilege of attending nearly 400 births as a midwife, and every story continues to shape me as a midwife. My approach is routed in evidence, informed consent, autonomy, clinical skill, and above all; relationship. I want my clients to feel deeply known and genuinely heard. I want you to understand your options, I want you to feel confident asking questions, changing your mind, and making decisions that feel right for you and your family.
Birth doesn’t always follow the story we imagined. I believe deeply in physiologic birth, and I believe deeply that truly supporting it requires more than simply believing in it. It requires understanding the physiology, recognizing when something is changing, knowing when to act, and having the clinical skill to navigate the unexpected without losing sight of the family at the center of it all.
I’ve experienced firsthand the difference a skilled, steady midwife can make when birth asks even more of you, and it is a perspective that I carry into every birth I attend, whether it unfolds as planned or takes an entirely unexpected turn.
Birth brought me here long before I had the words for it, and I am incredibly honored that it continues to be the work I get to do.
Holding Space Birth
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Holding Space Midwifery
My love for birth began as far back as I can remember, watching it unfold in nature on our horse farm. While this initially led me to work with animals as a certified veterinary technician, once I started growing my own family, it reignited my passion for everything pregnancy and birth. My first hospital birth left me desiring more and once I found midwifery care, I never looked back. Shortly after my second birth I became a doula, attending nearly 50 births before pursuing a degree in Midwifery.
Holding Space means support free of judgement, to sit with someone on their journey. It involves a conscious and deliberate choice to put aside our own agenda. This is my philosophy in birth, it’s your journey but I will walk alongside you, supporting you. I believe that women have the innate ability to create, grow, birth and sustain their baby and I believe birth is inherently safe, most of the time needing little to no intervention. I also have a healthy respect for birth and know there are times where extra support may be necessary. I am passionate about creating a safe and supportive environment that honors the unique needs and preferences of each individual. From prenatal care to postpartum support, I offer holistic and evidence-based care that prioritizes respect, trust, and collaboration. I am here to hold space for you and your family as you navigate the transformation of pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. By combining expertise, intuition, and compassion, I strive to help women and families feel seen, heard, and empowered every step of the way.
Firefly Matrescence
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Firefly Matrescence
“Matrescence” is the transformation of a woman into a mother—a beautiful process that begins years prior to baby’s arrival. It starts with your first hopes and dreams of becoming a mother and continues the rest of your time on Earth. While the birth of each child is a seminal moment in this transformation, there is such beauty in the experiences both before and after. My passion is providing care for these mothers and their growing families along this lifelong journey including pre-conception, pregnancy, and afterwards.
I fully subscribe to the midwifery model of care that relies on informed consent throughout your pregnancy and birthing time. While I offer all the medical amenities available in conventional maternal care, I also will walk with you step-by-step through the benefits and risks to assist you in making the best decisions for yourself and your baby. I trust that when given complete knowledge, you know what is best for your family. Additionally, your prenatal care will include in-depth conversations about lifestyle factors such as nutrition, movement, stress, connection, and sleep in order to encourage a healthy low-risk pregnancy.
Imprint Birth
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Imprint Birth
Brianna is a Registered Nurse and Licensed Midwife who brings both professional experience and deeply personal experience to her work with women and families. She is a mother of four, and each of her own pregnancies and births was shaped by the care of community midwives and the experience of giving birth in home and birth center settings. Those experiences profoundly influenced the kind of care she believes women deserve. Her path to midwifery began during her first pregnancy, when she experienced firsthand the difference between conventional obstetric care and the slower, more personal approach of midwifery. She went on to train in midwifery and has spent years learning alongside experienced community midwives while continuing to work part time as a birth doula and nurse. Brianna’s approach to midwifery is holistic, intuitive, and deeply relational. She believes pregnancy and birth are profound experiences that touch a woman’s body, mind, spirit, and family. Her care weaves together clinical knowledge, traditional wisdom, hands-on skills, thoughtful education, and genuine emotional support. Informed consent and maternal intuition are a central part of her care model. As a mother herself, Brianna understands the beauty, uncertainty, intensity, and transformation that come with pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood. She strives to create a space where women feel truly known and supported—where their questions are welcomed, their intuition is honored, and they are encouraged to take an active role in the decisions surrounding their care. When she isn't in clinic or at births, Brianna can usually be found with her four children and husband; spending time outdoors, crafting, enjoying a good book with coffee or tea, or exploring any of the beautiful areas of Southeastern Wisconsin. She brings that same grounded, warm, whole-person perspective into the care of every woman she serves.
Holistic Heart Midwife
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My path to birthwork began when I witnessed a baby born and just wept in awe of the miracle of birth during a clinical rotation in nursing school. I spent 5.5 years working as a Labor & Delivery & Postpartum nurse in the hospital while completing my Nurse Midwifery education. Within my education, I have had clinical experience in both hospital and home birth (with the Génnisi Collective) and fell in love with practicing midwifery model of care in the home birth setting.
I am passionate about supporting and caring for women from preconception and beyond, as CNMs have the ability to care for women from menses to menopause. Continuity of care and individualized care is very important to me because I want my clients to feel empowered and listened to when they bring concerns or questions to me and to know that we are working together as a team. I offer a holistic approach that is evidenced based to support my clients, as it can be overwhelming to have many pressures and flooding advice from many sources. Each woman and her partner should feel safe and comfortable with the choices they make for their child. The journey to parenthood is a sacred and vulnerable one and I strive to honor and respect that every step along the way.
Supporting Midwives
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Community Birth and Wellness
My love of women’s healthcare began during my childhood in Alaska where I was blessed to attend the births of two of my siblings. These experiences helped to guide my journey in becoming a nurse and my passion for women’s health.
I spent the first 10 years of my nursing career working in antepartum, labor and delivery, postpartum, and OB clinic. In 2012, when I became pregnant with my first son, I knew I wanted a more holistic care model than was offered in the hospital setting where I worked. This is what lead me to midwifery care, and after a beautiful homebirth I started the process to become a nurse midwife. Over the next 4 years I earned my Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery from Marquette University and added another little boy to my life.
My goal is to create a partnership with the families I serve –one built on trust and a shared knowledge of physiologic birth and the midwifery model of care. I deeply believe that each person is the creator of their own birth process. No better or worse, just an understanding of personal wants and wishes that, together, I hope we can bring to fruition in a safe and supportive space.
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New Morning Midwifery
It is my wholehearted belief that pregnancy and childbirth is a natural process that a woman’s body is uniquely designed to perform, and that over-management hinders the most efficient workings of this design. The midwifery model of care is one that supports the physical, psychological, and social wellbeing of a woman throughout her pregnancy and into the postpartum period. It emphasizes education, quality counseling, and informed consent at every point along the way. As a midwife, I desire to provide such individualized care, recognizing that each woman has a unique background and needs. My clients are invited to be the decision-makers in their pregnancy and birth journey, and I will always make time for further discussion and questions, when needed.
Time after time, I have witnessed women bring their babies into their arms, triumphing over the hard work of labor, proving to themselves that their bodies and minds are capable of such a task. I count it an honor to be invited into these spaces and love watching families shift and grow with the introduction of new life.