About

MATRIA Holistic Midwifery is rooted in a calling to protect and honor the physiology of birth with attentiveness and respect.

My work is shaped by both lived experience and dedicated training as a mother of five and as a midwife who has walked alongside families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. These experiences have formed a steady conviction: that birth unfolds best when it is supported with care that is both attentive and restrained, grounded in trust, and responsive to the individual woman.

I approach each family with the understanding that birth is not only physiological, but deeply personal, woven into the fabric of family life itself.

How I Practice

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

Rather than directing or controlling birth, I focus on careful observation, thoughtful assessment, and presence. Some births require very little. Others ask for more skill and hands-on support. My role is to discern the difference and respond accordingly.

Care is shaped over time, through conversation, shared understanding, and trust. I offer guidance when it is helpful, intervention when it is needed, and restraint when it is wise.

Hands-on support may be used when appropriate to support comfort, positioning, or the body’s natural adaptation, but it is always integrated organicaly into care.

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 my understanding of responsibility, discernment, and the weight of decision-making in pregnancy and birth.

My midwifery education developed through apprenticeship with midwives across Central Missouri and the Kansas City area. Each brought a distinct style and philosophy, reinforcing that skilled midwifery is both relational and grounded in sound clinical knowledge.

My early work began in 2007, supporting women in nutrition and daily health practices. This foundation cultivated a long-standing attentiveness to how food, rest, stress, and rhythm influence overall well-being, something that continues to inform my care today.

Focused Skills & Experience

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

I am a Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner and have pursued additional training in breech support through Breech Without Borders and related programs. This work focuses on supporting the body through positioning, movement, and gentle guidance, offered with respect for both the mother’s body and the baby’s timing.

I maintain preparation for unexpected situations through training in NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program), CPR, B.E.S.T. (Birth Emergency Skills Training), and EMT training.

This combination allows me to hold both sides of birth: respect for physiology and readiness for complication.

Training & Certifications

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

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

  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certified

  • CPR certified

  • B.E.S.T. (Birth Emergency Skills Training)

  • EMT training

  • 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 honoring women not only in birth, but across the full experience of motherhood.

Motherhood is often carried quietly, the steady presence, the unseen labor, the enduring responsibility of holding a family together. It reshapes a woman over time, asking both strength and surrender.

This work exists to support women within that reality, not only at the moment of birth, but within the deeper, ongoing transformation that follows.

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!