It is one of the most blessed experiences in the life of a family bringing a new life into the world.  God makes our bodies to grow life and give birth, and that process usually works very well when it is supported well.  Walking through the journey at home, where you are comfortable and in your own space, is one of the best and safest ways for most women. to give birth  You can move around, eat and drink if you wish, be in spaces that bring you peace and comfort, and control who is present when you give birth at home.
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​Midwifery care is a kind of care unlike any other. Midwifery care supports all that is normal and encourages it to remain normal.  Midwifery care does not treat you like an accident waiting to happen.  Pregnancy is not an illness and pregnant women should not be treated like they are sick.  Midwives recognize this and help you support the natural process your body is experiencing. 
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I am a Christian midwife.  I acknowledge God's design in every aspect of childbearing, from conception, to pregnancy, to labor, to birth, on to breastfeeding and being a mom.  While you do not have to be a Christian for me to care for you, you must understand that I can't compartmentalize my faith.  It is who I am.  I believe birth is a normal process designed by God and my job is to support that.

I began my work in the birth world back in college. While attending Belmont University, I worked on the postpartum floor of a local hospital where I first started to fall in love with helping moms during this precious time of life.  Later, after graduation, I was commissioned into the United States Navy Nurse Corps, and while there I worked in many areas including the Emergency Department, the Mother Infant Unit, and Labor & Delivery.  I also held an extra job at a local hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where I developed skills to help babies having trouble during their early life.

After being honorably discharged from the Navy., I did work in many different disciplines including research, infection control, and obstetrical emergency.  But around this time is when I started to realize that most of what I had been taught in my days of working in hospitals was not the best way.....
and that's when everything changed.

In 2011, as I attended training to become a doula, my eyes were opened to how much I had bought into that was not helping moms, but in many cases, hurting them.  I quickly realized I could not stop there.  I decided to go back to school and become a midwife.  I enrolled in Frontier Nursing University where I obtained my Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery. 

After graduation I worked at a birth center/hospital combined practice (where I also completed a large portion of my clinical/practical training) until I stepped away to raise my growing family.  You see, while I was in school, I met and married my husband, Andrew, we had our first child, and I was close to having our second at graduation.  When #3 came, I decided it was time to be home with them.  I love being home with my babies which allows me to raise them in God's ways.  We homeschool, as well.  And while I also love helping mamas in their childbearing time, my babies only have one mama and they need me more.  So that's where I've been....until now...

In 2023, as they got a little older, I started the "Your Birth, God's Way" podcast to help moms across the country (and even the world) find the peace and joy that this process can bring because of God's love for us and His perfect design while still being home fulfilling my most important roles of wife and mom.  Through that work, in 2024, I decided it was time to get back into attending births.....and now here I am and here you are. 

It is my honor that you are considering me to attend your birth.
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​​I attend births within a rough radius of 30-40 minutes of my home in Livingston, Tennessee. Areas I serve include: Livingston and Overton County, Cookeville, Sparta, Crossville, Gainesboro, Celina, and other surrounding communities. In extenuating circumstances, I will consider attending births in other areas if special arrangements are made which may include an increase in the amount for my services.  If you live outside of this radius, we can also discuss the option of ways you could come to me to receive care if you are in an area without home birth options.