About Us

Yalad: 

A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage -- bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). 

Our logo is the ancient egyptian hieroglyph meaning "birth".  Shown is a woman squatting upon stones to give birth.  This was one of the traditional birthing position used by the egyptians.  Egyptian writings and wall paintings suggest that delivery was performed in the squatting position, with the woman supporting her arms on her knees, and sitting on two stones.  The stones were traditionally 14 by 7 inches long and decorated with colorful scenes and figures of the birthing process.

This image is reproduced from Woman: A Historical, gynecological and anthropological compendium, by H.H. Ploss, M. Bartels, and F Bartels, of Germany, 1885

Audrey

Audrey - wife to Thomas, mother of 10 (7 of which were born at home, including a set of twins), and grandmother of 4 - has over 18 years experience in the field of natural childbirth and breastfeeding.  She has seen many variations with excellent outcomes while delivering the “Midwives Model of Care”.  Audrey has been a Certified Professional Midwife registered with the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) since May of 1998. Certified in 1989 in the Bradley Method, her studies have included childbirth education, doula training, with Informed Birth and Parenting (precursor of the ALCACE/TOLABOR programs). From 1992-1996, Audrey apprenticed with two different midwives attending home births. She is a “Qualified Evaluator” for students of midwifery programs seeking the NARM credential. Her hobbies include reading, music, cooking, food cooperatives, homeschooling, and raising goats.

For more information on the "Midwives Model of Care" visit: www.cfmidwifery.org/mmoc/index.aspx

Our Midwives

More on our midwives coming soon!

How To Become a Midwife

For more information on how to become a midwife, visit the following sites:

www.mana.org

Midwives Alliance of North America

Click on "For Students"

You will need to contact the 

Student Committee Chair  for 

more information.

www.narm.org

North American Registry of Midwives

www.narm.org/certification.htm

Click on "How to become a CPM"

www.midwiferycollege.org

National College of Midwifery

Click on the link for the desired program.

(list on the left side of the page)   

Options include:

• Associates Program
• Bachelors Program
• Masters Program
• PhD Program