Hey there! 

I'm Kristen; Michigan transplant, super introvert, wife, mama to four amazing kiddos, two golden retrievers, a cat, two rats, and daily revolving door of toads, lizards, turtles, and bugs. I love being outdoors (when it's not sweltering). Autumn is my season, storms bring me comfort, and I'm of course obsessed with all things pregnancy, birth, and postpartum!

My journey into birth work is one that you hear quite often amongst other women in this profession. It started with the birth of my first son. Nothing went how I had planned or hoped, and I left that experience feeling robbed, feeling shame, and wanting for something so much better. 

After becoming pregnant with my second son, I knew I had to take control, do the work, and find a way to have the healing birth I dreamed of. I began reading birth stories, watching birth videos, chose the midwifery model of care, planned to give birth in a birth center, and took a birth class with a local doula. I went into that experience excited and hopeful, and came out of it changed. Healed, proud, amazed, and incredibly empowered. That birth changed the trajectory of my life. 

Another birth center birth, and the most incredible homebirth later, and I can honestly say that I have never had a deeper passion for something in my life. I truly believe this is where God has led me. I want to share what birth can (and should) be like. Free of fear, coercion, and unnecessary intervention. Full of encouragement, knowledge, and the innate power to take back your birth. You were made for this, mama!