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I'm a Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife with over 16 years of experience in midwifery. I started out as a doula in New Jersey in 2002 where I also taught Imagery Birthing classes and Happiest Baby on the Block classes. I began midwifery school in Media, PA in 2001 and completed 2 years of midwifery school for home birth midwives. I then embarked on my apprenticeship/internship journey. I apprenticed with several home birth midwives in my area and then went abroad to complete internships in Senegal, Africa and in the Philippines.
I opened my own home birth practice in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania in 2007. While in PA, I enjoyed a thriving practice where I served a rural population in the mountains, the Amish to the East of me, and a more urban population to the South. In 2020, we planned on moving to Wisconsin for my husband's work, but a certain pandemic happened which upended all of our plans. In 2021, we made the decision to move to the Austin area where I began work at Austin Area Birthing Center as a staff midwife while my husband took a transfer to a position in Round Rock. We love it here and are happy to call the Austin area home but I missed home birth and decided to open a practice to offer that option again in 2022. In 2023, Austin Better Birth Midwifery is also offering birth center birth with Lotus Community Birthing Center, where we have privileges. Lotus Community Birthing Center is in North Austin, just minutes away from North Austin Medical Center and located at the Sol Healing and Wellness Center. In 2023 I also completed my Bridge Certificate through the North American Registry of Midwives to fulfill the International Confederation of Midwives educational standards agreed upon by US MERA, MEAC, ACOG and the ACNM. In this business, one is always learning and adding more certificates and CEUs.
In my free time I love sci-fi (I'm a big trekkie), video games, movies, musicals, DIY home improvements, and true crime/cult documentaries. My youngest is 17, home schooled, and we enjoy a true crime streaming fest anytime we can. While I'm not big on the outdoors except for leisurely activities, I do love the beach and until we moved here we went tent camping every summer in upstate NY. My husband and I have a big family, six children, most of whom are now adults so we are down to 2 in the house with us. Four of our children now make the Austin area their home.
Now I have returned to home birth, to what began my passion for maternal/infant health. I look forward to providing you with the personalized service that the midwives model of care entails. Currently we are seeing clients in our NW Austin office. Call or e-mail me to set up a free consultation.
Hi! My name is Mariah Brice. I am a certified Mother Baby Registered Nurse and Board Certified Lactation Consultant. I have been working as a registered nurse in Postpartum for 4 years serving mothers of all walks of life. I have assisted mothers to breastfeed both well babies on the Women’s Unit to infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. My passion for breastfeeding and postpartum care started from my own experience with my first son. I fondly remember trying to make sense of it all, looking for helpful avenues to find factual information. My goal is to empower women through postpartum and their breastfeeding journey. Please check out Mariah's website at: www.lactationtactics.com
Kendra is a full-spectrum doula who left the green North Woods of Wisconsin for sunny Texas 5 years ago. With over 5 years of birth work experience. She started her student midwifery journey a year ago and she is currently in her assisting phase of school. Her passion for helping women started with her love for the outdoors and nature. She feels more connected with the world through experiences that aid women through the most natural experience a woman can have - birth.
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