Connie Mullen, LM, CPM, ICCE, CCCE, CPCE has been in the childbirth profession for over 22 years. She has attended births both here in Florida and in Jamaica in the home, hospital and birth center setting. She is a Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, and Certified Childbirth Educator (ICEA, CAPPA & Advanced Birthing Concepts). In addition she holds certificates as a childbirth assistant, breastfeeding specialist and fitness instructor. She is a Regional Coordinator, preceptor and faculty member of the Florida Outreach Childbirth Education Program and also serves as a midwife preceptor for the Miami-Dade Community College Midwifery program and the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery in Gainesville. Connie offers home births and water births in the Palm Beach and Broward county areas. She also offers childbirth classes and trainings for childbirth educators.

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Birthroot, A Wise Woman's Place

Linda Wilson, Director
Phone: 305-582-5454
Email: zooeywilson@earthlink.net
Website: www.birthroot.com

Linda Wilson is director & women's reproductive health educator of Birthroot, a Wise Woman's Place in Miami, Florida. As a Birthing From Within Mentor she teaches Birthing From Within® & Birthin' Again childbirth preparation classes. She also refers clients to area midwives & birth centers as well as being a referral service for doula care, belly casting, pregnancy photography, breastfeeding support & attachment parenting support. Linda moderates a virtual village, Birthroot Village, (birthrootvillage@yahoogroups.com) which connects like-minded area mothers. Linda also teaches early pregnancy, fertility awareness, herbal preparations & menopausal alternatives classes on a demand basis. Linda's bliss has been having the honor to work with birthing women & their families since the early 1970's. Her work is a blend of theater, art & healing modalities as tools to facilitate care, healing, self-responsibility, self-discovery & self-recovery in the area of women's reproductive health with stress on the unity of the physical, emotional & spiritual components of the body. She passionately supports the midwifery model of care as the best & safest, evidence-based practice of maternity care available in south Florida, the United States & the world. She strongly believes that how women birth & raise their children directly affects all else that happens in society.

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Heart 2 Heart Birth Center, Inc.

Michelle Gawne, LM
1301 South Park Avenue
Sanford, FL 32771
Phone: 407-322-9944
Fax: 407-322-9947
Website: www.h2hbirthcenter.com

Heart 2 Heart Birth Center, Inc. provides complete & personal maternity care to low risk women seeking an out of hospital birthing experience. Natural childbirth with a midwife team can be one of the most incredible experiences in your life, with your loved ones at your side, birthing your baby, your way. Our Victorian home invites you for peace and comfort during your prenatal visits, soak in our luxurious Jacuzzi tubs during your Pampered Mama Spa Day, or make new friends at our free monthly Materni-Tea Parties, as well as the beautiful birth of your new little one. Schedule your free consult and tour of our Center today! Hypnobirthing classes, breastfeeding assistance, cloth diapering and baby wearing instruction all available here also!

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Birthways Family Birth Center

Christina Holmes, LM
Birthways Family Birth Center
4222 McIntosh Lane
Sarasota, FL 34232
Phone: 1-941-366-2229
Fax: 1-941-706-1534
Email: SarasotaMidwife@yahoo.com
Website: www.BirthwaysFamilyBirthCenter.com

Birthways Family Birth Center specializes in family centered care seeking to assist mothers & their families to safely have the birth they desire. Birthways offers the option of birthing at home or in the birth center. Water birth is available in both locations. Childbirth education and natural parenting classes are held regularly and Birthways is the hostess of monthly La Leche League meetings as well as a mom-baby playgroup & baby-wearing group serving as a resource to birthing and newly born families. Doula services are available to all our families in addition to those choosing hospital births. All our classes are open to the public. Free tours & consultations are available. Insurance & Medicaid are accepted.

Licensed Midwife & Certified Professional Midwife, Christina Holmes, owns & operates the Birthways Family Birth Center. In addition to being a Midwife, she is the mother of 3 children, a Massage Therapist, Doula, Childbirth Educator & birth photographer. She has been assisting birthing families since 1997 and has been a Florida Licensed Midwife since 2002.

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Dean Insurance Agency, Inc.

Ann A. Geisler, CPCU, AU, AAI, CEO
Phone: 800-721-3326,x202
Email: ageisler@deaninsurance.cc
Website: www.deaninsurance.cc

Ann's insurance career spans over 35 years here in Central Florida. She attained the CPCU designation in 1988 and continues her industry education through the Continuiing Professional Development program. The St. Paul Insurance Company provided many years of training and experience which she has now transferred to the agency business.

As co-owner and C.E.O. of Dean Insurance Agency, Inc., founded in 1994, the agency has grown to eleven employees handling clients here in Central Florida and countrywide. The agency specializes in professional liability programs offered on a countrywide basis.

Ann is very active in the community, and has served on non-profit boards and committees, including Anthony House, American Cancer Society and Rotary. She is also a consumer midwifery advocate with memberships including MANA, MAF, NACPM, ACNM, AABC and CFM. Dean Insurance Agency is a corporate sponsor for the annual MANA Convention each year. She also teaches many CEU programs for midwifery schools and hospital family practice residency programs.

In 2007, as MANA Insurance Committee Chair, Ann developed an affordable health insurance program for MANA members

Most recently, Dean Insurance has sponsored the Out of Hospital Birth Feasibility Study with plans to form a midwife owned professional liability company providing coverage countrywide.

Ann and her husband Pete, have one married son. Father and son operate the family business "Orlando Mustang" and the family shares an interest in classic autos and car shows, travel and farming.

Ann can be contacted at (800)721-3326,x202, ageisler@deaninsurance.cc.

Waves Spa

Waves Spa, A Healing Spa
Isa Ruiz-Marino Spa Director, LMT, Birth Doula, Brennan Healing Practitioner
David Marino LMT, Certified Rolfer, Brennan Healing Practitioner
Phone: 305-348-0190
Email: info@WavesSpaFIU.com
Website: www.WavesSpaFIU.com

Voted 2007 "Best Massage in Miami" by Citysearch and Awarded 2008 "Best Spa in South Florida" by The Best of South Florida television show.

At Waves Spa our signature is for a deep healing of your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. We specialize in Rolfing, Brennan Healing, Customized Massage, Eminence Organics Facial and EB Ion Cellular Cleanse Detox. Whether you need stress relief, pain management, improved athletic performance, mental clarity or emotional release, our professionally licensed staff is committed to providing exceptional care through the transformative potential of our services. Our intention is to make your health a priority in your life.

Expectant moms benefit from Brennan Healing sessions throughout pregnancy as a way to prepare for labor and upcoming life changes. Brennan Healing works on the energetic field (chakras), haric and core dimensions. With Brennan Healing pregnant clients work towards exploring and releasing issues (fears, old wounding, past birth trauma, relationship challenges, limiting beliefs and images) that may interfere with labor and their ability to surrender into motherhood by strengthening the auric body, stabilizing a spiritual connection and safely processing emotional & psychological elements prior to giving birth. In addition, Brennan Healing may assist clients wanting a holistic alternative to medical induction and those who are facing challenges with becoming pregnant.

Waves Spa also offers pregnancy massage and post-delivery massage. Look into purchasing a prepaid series of six massages for a savings of 25%. Prepaid series of massages do not expire and can be used as frequently or as spread out as the client desires.

Book appointments or purchase instant gift certificates on-line at www.WavesSpaFIU.com

Simply by walking in to Waves Spa – your healing begins...

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Dan's Fan City

Dan's Fan City
South Dixie Highway and SW 132nd St., Miami (Pinecrest)
Phone: 305-259-5500
Email: miami@dansfancity.com
Website: www.dansfancity.com

Dan's Fan City is America's Largest Independent Ceiling Fan Retailer and was started in 1979 with a store in Clearwater, Florida. Now in 60 locations nationwide, our Pinecrest location is the largest ceiling fan showroom in the company! Mix and match to build your ideal fan- pick the motor, the fan blades and the lighting kit.. thousands of combinations for every decor and budget. See our national website at www.dansfancity.com and visit our Miami location in Pinecrest located at South Dixie Highway and SW 132nd St., just north of the Falls. Call 305-259-5500 or stop in and say hi to JP, dad to homebirthed Marley and Mallory, and husband to longtime doula and midwife assistant, Mirine.

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Birth Your Way - Jacksonville

Cecilia Mitchell Miller, CCE, CD
Phone: (904) 268-9636 or (904) 334-2654
Email: birthyourwayjax@bellsouth.net
Website: http://www.kjsl.com/~cee

Cecilia brings a passion for natural birth, healthy pregnancy and breastfeeding to her work in the greater Jacksonville area. She teaches classes on The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth and is a DONA-certified birth doula. She has been a 'student of birth' since her own first pregnancy many years ago and has an absolute trust in a woman's ability to give birth the way nature intended. Cecilia supports women in creating the birth they envision for themselves and provides them with comprehensive information to facilitate truly informed choices, whether they ultimately choose midwifery care, obstetrical care, hospital, birth center or home birth.

Cecilia is very active in the birth community and networks extensively with other childbirth educators, doulas and breastfeeding advocates. She is a participating member of both the Northeast Florida Doulas and the Northeast Florida Breastfeeding Coalition. After she returned to full-time work when her youngest child was just ten weeks old, Cecilia also developed a special passion for helping working mothers breastfeed for as long as they and their babies want to do so.

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Mama's Cradle

Vicki Taylor, L.M., C.P.M.
9715-B Holsberry Road
Pensacola, Florida 32534
Phone: 850-969-1066
Fax: 850-969-0821
Email: mamascradle@earthlink.net
Website: www.mamascradle.com

Vicki Taylor, L.M., C.P.M. has been a practicing midwife for over 35 years, and has attended births in West Virginia and Maryland, and for the past ten years, in Florida. She has been a Water Birth and VBAC birth attendant for over 30 years. She is also a clinical preceptor for Miami-Dade Community College Midwifery program, the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery in Gainesville, the Seattle Midwifery School and the National College of Midwifery in Taos, New Mexico. She offers Home Births, Water Births, and VBAC services in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties in the Florida Panhandle. Childbirth preparation classes are also available.

Labor of Love Birth Center - Tampa

Bea Rowell, RM, LM
Phone: (813) 949-1185
Fax: (813) 949-1162
Email: labor.of.love.tampa@verizon.net
Website: www.laborluv.com

Labor of Love Birth Center for Tampa opened in the Lutz location five years ago to continue the work begun at our partner Labor of Love locations in Dunedin and Lakeland. The center is now owned & operated by Bea Rowell a Florida Licensed midwife with 8 years experience. Bea is a Registered Midwife who moved here from England, where she completed her midwifery training in both hospital and home settings. Bea is supported at the center by Ricci Bohaboy, a Licensed Midwife and Registered Nurse who has been practicing midwifery in Florida for almost 20 years in birth center, home and hospital settings.

Labor of Love Birth Center offers women a unique birthing experience in a home-like, comfortable environment and has a large Jacuzzi tub for those wishing to enjoy a water birth experience. We give full prenatal care, including an ultrasound if required and offer a range of classes, which include a 5 week labor and delivery series, water birth and breastfeeding classes. Also available are family & friends CPR classes and hypnobirthing classes (at an additional fee). Speakers invited to our classes to give valuable advice and information include Doulas, chiropractors, cord blood banking and cloth diaper distributors.

Home birth is an option for those clients who live within the vicinity. We are also excited to be part of the VBAC study enabling us to offer a VBAC experience to moms who have had previous cesarean sections. Postpartum care is provided with a breastfeeding counselor available on request.

Most insurance companies are contracted with us. We also take Medicaid and have various Self Pay plans. You are welcome to call to schedule a FREE tour and discuss how we may best serve you.

Labor of Love Birth Center - Dunedin

Char Lynn Daughtry, L.M., C.P.M., C.C.E.
Phone: (727) 734-BABY
Email: labor.of.love.dunedin@verizon.net
Website: www.laborluv.com

Labor of Love in Dunedin opened in the Dunedin-Clearwater area in April 1992. The center was founded Char Lynn Daughtry, L.M., C.P.M., C.C.E. who has 28 years attending families in both birth center and home births in Central and West Florida. She graduated from the North Florida School of Traditional Midwifery in Gainesville, Fl. Char Lynn has served 12 years with the State of Florida Dept. of Health on the council of Licensed Midwifery.

Crystal Day, L.M., C.P.M., graduated from Manna School of Midwifery in 2005 and joined The Labor of Love in the spring of 2006. She has been in the “baby birthing” field for approximately 8 years beginning by attending friend’s births and counseling in Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Crystal has delivered babies in both the home setting and at birthing centers. To quote Crystal, “Each birth is a unique celebration of life and I consider it an honor to be there for families during one of life’s most treasured moments.”

The Labor of Love in Dunedin, resembling the appearance of a bed and breakfast, is located ½ block from the inter coastal waterway, with a lovely lane by the water for walking in early labor. The center consists of living rooms with a TV, VCR and DVD players, kitchen areas, private bedrooms and baths with a whirlpool tub.

Labor of Love Dunedin offers full prenatal care, including an ultrasound, if required, and a range of classes, including a labor and delivery series, breastfeeding, water birth and postpartum care.

Our Dolphin Room is a bright, cheerful room with a large comfortable tub and an adjacent room for family and friends.

Home birth is an option for those clients who live within the vicinity.

We are excited to be part of the VBAC study enabling us to offer a VBAC experience to moms who have had a previous cesarean section.

We are contracted with the major insurance companies, Medicaid, and self pay plans are available.

A free tour of the birth center, including a meeting with one of our midwives is available at no charge.

A Loving Start

Mary Harris, LM
3001 West Hallandale Beach Blvd, Suite 200
Hallandale, FL 33009
Phone: (305) 215-8763
Fax: (305) 397-2621

Email: meharris5@hotmail.com
Website: www.alovingstart.com

Everyone is familiar with the idea of giving birth in the hospital with an obstetrician. Some women are choosing to give birth with a nurse midwife, but a growing number of women are choosing to give birth with a licensed midwife. Mary Harris is a Licensed Midwife, practicing in the South Florida area and assisting women who choose to give birth at home or in a birth center. Mary provides continuity of care throughout your pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum. Private pay clients and all health insurances, including Medicaid are accepted. Quality time is spent with each client, individualizing the care plan to your cultural, ethnic, family and lifestyle needs while supporting a normal healthy pregnancy, delivery and postpartum. Midwives are often described as the caretakers or experts of normal pregnancy and birth. Mary emphasizes informed consent and choice during every aspect of your care. A large selection of educational materials (books, pamphlets, movies) are shared with clients so that you can make choices that are appropriate for you, your child and your family. Mary is dedicated to providing clients with the opportunity to birth in the location of their choice - an optimal, customized birth experience. Clients are expected to be an active participants in their care. Participation enables clients to make knowledgeable, empowered choices about their birth and growing family.

In addition to midwifery services for pregnancy and birth Mary also provides preconceptual counseling and, with a referral from a physician, limited gynecological services. Initial visits are free of charge and provide an opportunity to learn more about A Loving Start and about the benefits of midwifery care.

CELEBRATE LIFE...Have Your Baby With A Midwife!

Spirit of Life Midiwfery

Sheila Simms Watson, LM, CPM
17304 Walker Ave, suite 116
Miami, FL 33157
Phone: 786-287-0484
E-mail: miamimidwife@gmail.com
Website: www.spiritoflifemidwifery.com

My journey into Midwifery began with the birth of my two sons, both births attended by midwives, one in a birth center and one a homebirth. Shortly after my homebirth I began teaching childbirth classes and assisting at births. My journey continued with an apprenticeship in Traditional Midwifery which created for me a strong foundation and knowledge that, "Women know how to give birth, and, babies know how to be born!” I completed my apprenticeship in 1991 and then began my homebirth practice in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I became a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) in 1997 and, a Florida Licensed Midwife in 2001. I currently maintain a diverse, independent homebirth practice, "Spirit of Life Midwifery" in Miami Florida.

I am so honored to be a part of the wonderful tradition of midwifery - supporting, caring for and being "with woman". Pregnancy and giving birth are some of the most magical, powerful times in a woman's life. It is a time of great transformation and change. I know that midwives make a difference. As a midwife it is my mission and my desire to confidently continue to carry on this ancient time honored tradition far into the future.

Spirit of Life Traditional Midwifery offers you…..
• Comprehensive, Personalized, Holistic Prenatal Care
• Choice of Birth Place - Homebirth or BirthCenter
• Waterbirth option & VBAC
• Labor, birth & postpartum support
• Continued care after birth for mom & baby
• Breastfeeding & parenting support
• Well woman care & family planning
• Affordable - Medicaid & Insurance accepted

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BellyMama Midwifery

Your Baby, Your Birth, Your Way

Owner: Corina Fitch, LM, CPM, RN
Phone: 305-308-5900
Email: corina@bellymamamidwifery.com
Website: www.bellymamamidwifery.com

Bellymama Midwifery is a private midwifery practice offering pre-pregnancy counseling, complete prenatal care, childbirth education, blessingways and bellymasks, homebirth, VBAC , waterbirth, postpartum care, and breastfeeding support. Consultations are free and insurance and Medicaid are accepted. Bellymama Midwifery is based on the midwifery model of care which defines pregnancy and birth as normal, natural processes. It results in less chance of complications, fewer interventions, and a healthier birth for you and your baby. Corina Fitch, CPM, LM, RN, is the primary midwife and has been attending births for 13 years and has been licensed as a midwife for 9 years. Corina has attended births both here and abroad in Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Honduras. She is also a registered nurse and specializes in the newborn intensive care unit. In addition, Corina is a mother and professional dancer and teaches bellydance classes for pregnant women.

Fruitful Vine Midwifery Service

Sharon Schmidt, L.M., C.P.M.
Hope Terrell, L.M., C.P.M.
Phone: 904 855-4211
email: mwinjax@gmail.com
website: www.fruitfulvine.com

Fruitful Vine Midwifery Service has been serving Jacksonville and the surrounding counties since 1998. Offering home birth and birth center births, the midwives at Fruitful Vine believe that pregnancy and birth are one of the most important and memorable events in a family's life and should be honored and respected as such.

We offer a free "Meet the Midwives" consult where you can meet midwives Sharon and Hope, get a tour of the birth center, and get answers to all of your questions. Call the office to reserve your space.

Miami Maternity Center

Shari Daniels, L.M., C.P.M. MS Ed
140 NE 119 Street
Miami, FL 33161
Phone: 305-754-BABY (2229)
Fax: 305-754-2212
Email: info@miamibirth.com
Website: www.miamibirth.com

A birth center is a return to the traditional, safer, non-invasive way of giving birth. The Miami Maternity Center is run with a simple philosophy: "Everything we do is for the comfort, health, and well-being of our mommies and babies."

Birth is a natural experience. We allow nature to take its course and allow the pregnancy and labor to develop without intervention. If an indication arises that calls for intervention, only then do we intervene.

The Miami Maternity Center is staffed by midwives, midwifery assistants, and labor coaches. Obstetricians, pediatricians and other specialists can be called if necessary. We provide full prenatal care, labor and delivery in a beautiful home-like setting, and postpartum care for mommy and baby.

We offer water births, free childbirth classes, early pregnancy class, "Daddy Boot Camp," personal care, and an experienced multilingual staff to give you the best birth experience possible. Our new campus is the nicest and largest facility dedicated solely to pregnant mothers and their babies.

We accept most insurances, including Medicaid, and have a generous payment plan option for those that are uninsured.

Please call Miami Maternity Center at 305-754-BABY (2229) for more information, or visit us on the internet at www.miamibirth.com!

Four Gates Oriental Medicine

Dr. Claire Fitch
1189 SW 90th Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328
Phone: 954-326-7310
Fax: 954-680-6728
Email: clairef9@comcast.net

Four Gates Oriental Medicine is a natural healthcare practice offering different modalities for the treatment of a variety of health conditions. Acupuncture, acupressure, Chinese massage (tui na), Chinese herbal medicines, homeopathics, essential oils, allergy elimination (NAET), needle-less acupuncture, reiki, magnified energetic & crystal healing are some of the many modalities offered. Non-surgical facelifts & cellulite reduction (lymph drainage) are also available.

Dr. Claire Fitch is a nationally board-certified acupuncturist & Florida state licensed Acupuncture Physician. She is also certified as a Natural Medicine Physician by the World Organization of Natural Medicine. She has been in the medical field for over 35 years as a clinical medical technologist, public health advisor, midwife assistant & research scientist. This year she was knighted into the Sovereign Medical Order of the Knights of Hospitaller, bringing natural primary healthcare to those in rural & under-developed areas throughout the world. Recently, she began her work as a Medicine Woman/Traditional Spiritual Leader of the Nemenhah Band & Native American Traditional Organization and will soon be offering traditional ceremonies & practices of the Sacred Shahaptian Healing Way.

Natural & Chinese Medicine can be used for infertility, improved success with IVF assisted reproduction, morning sickness, back pain during pregnancy & labor induction. Dr. Claire also works extensively with children for pediatric ailments & allergies. Of course, these methods can be used to treat anyone for such conditions as: respiratory problems, gastrointestinal issues, any type of pain or neuropathy, hypertension, thyroid imbalances, PMS, menopause, regulate menstruation, urinary disorders, shingles, fibromyalgia, anxiety/depression, diabetes management and much more!

Natural medicine is the original medicine used for generations over the millennia. It is safe & effective, reminding us that we can heal ourselves! So if you need to realize good health & balance or just need to de-stress & gather your energy together, make an appointment today!

Rosemary Birthing Home

Harmony Miller, LM
800 Central Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941-330-9966
Fax: 941-330-9921
Website: www.rosemarybirthing.com

Rosemary Birthing Home was established in 2003 and is a homelike setting where you are listened to, nurtured, respected and supported during your pregnancy and postpartum journey. Your care is entrusted to a licensed midwife ( Harmony Miller is the midwife at Rosemary Birthing Home. Her bio can be read at www.rosemarybirthing.com under "care team"), who bases your wellbeing from a holistic approach. Rosemary Birthing Home offers:

•    Personalized Midwifery care
•    Birth Center Births
•    Home Births
•    Water Birth at the birth center or your home
•    Pre-pregnancy nutrition counseling
•    Aqua Natal Fitness Classes
•    Baby Wearing Class
•    Lactation Counseling
•    Childbirth Education Classes - offered to those desiring a home, birth center or hospital birth
•    Other holistic health care provider referrals including: Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, Doulas, Nurse Practitioners, Hypno Birth Instructors, Massage Therapists
•    Cloth Diapering class
•    Free Pregnancy Testing
•    Elimination Communication Group

Our Philosophy

Birth is a sacred, natural journey that will unfold when allowed to on its own. The intimate connection that is established through personal prenatal care between the mother, the family and the midwife enhances the power to give birth that already lies within each woman. She feels supported and safe, allowing her to birth in her own unique way.

We believe that:

•    Birth is a normal process that for low risk, healthy mothers does not require intervention.
•    Babies are fully conscious at birth. Their birth and the moments surrounding its unfolding are essential. This is not only for the baby's development as a person, but is of upmost importance in establishing an intimate bond with their family.
•    Educating women and families empowers them to make informed decisions regarding their health and wellbeing.