About

MATRIA Holistic Midwifery is rooted in a commitment to support the physiology of birth with attentiveness and restraint.

My work has been shaped through lived experience and hands-on training, as a mother of five and as a midwife walking closely with families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Over time, that’s formed a steady conviction: birth is best supported when it’s not overmanaged, but understood and responded to as it unfolds.

I approach each family knowing that birth is not only physiological, but deeply personal, woven into the life of a family as it takes shape.

How I Practice

My approach to midwifery is attentive, relational, and grounded in both clinical awareness and respect for the body’s natural process.

Much of my work happens before labor begins. Paying attention to patterns, supporting overall health, and responding to things early so that birth itself can unfold without unnecessary management. This often includes looking closely at nutrition, rest, stress, and daily rhythms as part of how the body prepares for birth.

I don’t approach birth as something to control. I stay close to what’s unfolding and respond to that.

Some births need very little. Others require more hands-on support. My role is to recognize the difference and act accordingly.

I stay attentive to when something no longer fits within the home setting and when care needs to shift.

Care is built over time through conversation, questions, and shared understanding. Getting to know each family, their story, their values, what they’re hoping for, and what they’re carrying into this experience, is an important part of how I care. It shapes the decisions we make along the way.

I offer guidance when it’s helpful, intervention when it’s needed, and space when it’s not.

Foundations & Training

Before formal midwifery training, I lived many of the questions I now help other women navigate. Several of my own births were self-directed, shaping how I understand responsibility and decision-making in pregnancy and birth.

Much of my path into this work was not linear. I moved through apprenticeship and training while raising my children on my own after being widowed, often piecing things together over time and making significant sacrifices to continue learning.

That experience shaped more than my training. Moving through pregnancy and motherhood in grief deepened my understanding of the nervous system and the way it impacts how women experience pregnancy, birth, and the early years of mothering.

I’ve now walked through many seasons of motherhood, including raising children into adulthood and becoming a grandmother to four. That perspective has given me an intergenerational lens and a deeper understanding of how life events, both expected and unexpected, shape the experience of mothering over time.

My midwifery education developed through apprenticeship with midwives in Central Missouri and the Kansas City area, along with additional trainings I sought out across the country. I was welcomed into the work by women who allowed me to be close enough to learn, who trusted me in their space, and who invested in me over time. I carry what I learned from each of them with me with deep reverance.

Focused Skills & Experience

My practice includes experience supporting a range of births, including VBAC, twin, and breech presentations.

I am a Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner and have pursued additional training in breech support through Breech Without Borders and related programs. My work in this area has continued to deepen through hands-on training in breech bodywork, including Breech Release work with Nicole Morales at ReStory Birthwork.

This work includes hands-on support through soft tissue release, nervous system downregulation, and careful attention to how the baby is engaging within the pelvis.

I hold a particular respect for breech presentation and the insight it can offer into the relationship between the mother’s body and the baby’s position.

I maintain current certification in neonatal resuscitation and CPR, with additional training in emergency skills and EMT training.

I approach birth with respect for physiology alongside readiness for complications.

Training & Certifications

  • Direct-entry midwife (DEM), completing CPM certification in 2026

  • Apprenticeship-trained with midwives in Central Missouri and the Kansas City area

  • Certified in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and CPR

  • Trained in B.E.S.T. (Birth Emergency Skills Training) and EMT Certification

  • Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner

  • Ongoing breech training through Breech Without Borders

Autonomy in Care

Care in this practice is collaborative and rooted in shared responsibility.

Every family brings their own history, values, and way of knowing. My role is to walk alongside you with clarity, offering clinical judgment, thoughtful guidance, and respect for your instincts.

Autonomy here means being fully informed, actively involved, and supported in each decision.

In practice, this includes:

• Honest, thorough conversations
• Clear explanation of risks, benefits, and alternatives
• Respect for your pace and preferences
• Shared discernment grounded in safety

Some families desire more guidance. Others prefer more space. This model allows for both.

Why MATRIA

MATRIA reflects a commitment to supporting women not only in birth, but across the full experience of motherhood.

Much of what shapes a family happens outside of birth. In the daily decisions, the unseen planning, and the ongoing responsibility of holding things together.

Motherhood changes a woman over time. It asks for both strength and surrender, often at the same time.

This work exists to support women within that reality. Not only at the moment of birth, but in the way their health, energy, and well-being shape the life of their family over time.

Reach out and connect.

If you think we might be a good match, let’s connect and see! Zoom calls, coffee shops, and my kitchen table are all options. Let’s chat!