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  • Audra Karp- Co President
  • Tara Kenny- Co President
  • Joyce Kimball- Vice president/membership/website
  • Rebecca Beck- Treasurer
  • Danielle Shields- Midwifery Consumer/website
  • Charity Parrott- Student Midwife
  • Kirsten Lane- Western Massachusetts Rep.
  • Paige Eastman- Board member/ Continuing education
  • Jessie Groneman- Secretary

As part of this website, www.massmidwives.org, Massachusetts Midwives’ Alliance (MMA) provides a listing of local midwives and birth professionals. MMA provides this information “as is”; as it is given to MMA by the midwives/birth professionals listed. Although MMA attempts to deliver only accurate information to its users, MMA assumes no responsibility for and makes no representations with respect to the accuracy of the information. MMA makes no claim to quality of the services provided and takes no responsibility for the services or products offered by the midwives/birth professionals it lists. We recommend you interview several midwives while you are seeking a midwife that best fits you and your family. MMA’s website, www.massmidwives.org, contains links and references to many third party websites that are not under the control of MMA. These websites do not operate under MMA’s privacy policy. We recommend that you visit the privacy policy of all third party websites you visit.

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Sybille Andersen, CPM, LM, EMT
  • 29 Skyline Drive
  • Nantucket, MA 02554
  • 508-325-2953
  • 508-228-5553
  • sybille.andersen@gmail.com
  • www.nantucketmidwife.com
  • Homebirth services includes complete prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care, lactation consultation, childbirth classes, well woman care, Spanish & French proficiency, waterbirth, VBAC assistance for homebirth & lending library
Rebecca Corliss Beck, CPM
  • 9 Worcester Avenue
  • Turner Falls, MA 01376
  • 413-863-9930
  • rebeccamidwife@gmail.com
  • Full midwifery services, including preconception, prenatal, labor & birth, and postpartum care. Hospital labor support. Childbirth classes.
Kim Bradlee, Midwife, Midwife, HBCE, LLLL
  • 30 Valley View Farm Road
  • Bradford, MA 01835
  • 978-521-5270
  • alternativebirthcare@juno.com
  • www.alternativebirthcare.com
  • Homebirth midwifery care – including waterbirth and VBAC, HypnoBirthing childbirth classes, Labor Support Doula services, Labor/Birth Tub rental & Breastfeeding Support
Marnie Cabezas-Skorupa, CPM
  • 58 Bullard Pasture Road
  • Wendell, MA 01379
  • anicca2@aol.com
  • Full Service Homebirth & Midwifery Care
Pam Campbell, CPM
Gillian Daley, Midwife
Paige Eastman Dickinson, CPM
  • Serving Cape Cod, Southeastern Massachusetts and Boston
  • 508-324-3444
  • birthcare@hotmail.com
  • www.birthcaremidwifery.com
  • Personal and Respectful Holistic Prenatal, Birth and Postpartum Homebirth Care; VBAC; Waterbirth; Home IUI; Well Woman Care; Professional Doula Care for Labor Support and Postpartum; Breastfeeding Counseling; Some Spanish and Arabic Spoken.
Laura Donnelly, Direct Entry Midwife, Birth Doula, CBE, LLL
  • 35 Williamsburg Ln
  • Scituate, MA 02066
  • 781-412-4121
  • lauradonnelly29@gmail.com
  • www.WithChildMidwifery.com
  • Holistic midwifery care including: homebirth, prenatal and postpartum care, breastfeeding support, waterbirth if desired, lotus birth if desired, VBAC, fertility awareness and counseling, preconception counseling. All ages, religions and cultures welcome.
  • Birth Doula, Childbirth Classes and Breastfeeding Support
Dina Fraize, Supervised Midwife, Doula
  • 3 Farm House Road
  • Northborough, MA 01532
  • 508-868-7489
  • DinaFraize@yahoo.com
  • Midwife, Experienced ALACE-trained Doula, Retired La Leche League Leader
Barbara Friedman, Supervised Midwife, Doula, PP Support
  • 7 Amherst Road
  • Waban, MA 02468
  • 617-969-9929 (home) / 617-694-3735 (cell)
  • barbara.friedman9@gmail.com
  • Supervised Home Birth Midwife, Birth Doula, Postpartum Support, Private Childbirth Education classes in your home, Counseling Support
  • M.Ed in Counseling Psychology, BA in Education, ALACE trained Birth Doula
Jessie Groneman, CPM, Herbalist
  • Mother Courage Community Midwifery/ Hot Mama Medicinals
  • Located in Montague, MA – Serving Western Massachusetts
  • 617-529-7621
  • greenwoman19@yahoo.com
  • Offering a full array of gentle and wholistic homebirth midwifery care, including VBAC, waterbirth and well woman care. Initial consultation is free and services are affordable. Also offering: herbal consultation, classes and remedies (Hot Mama Medicinals), birth and postpartum doula support, placenta encapsulation, motherbaby blessing ceremonies, fertility and preconception counseling, and group and private childbirth education classes.
Amanda Haddad, RN-BSN, CPM
  • Safe & Sound Midwifery
  • P. O. Box 1224
  • Orleans, MA 02653
  • 508-240-1223
  • haddadaj@aol.com
  • www.safensoundmidwifery.com
  • Prenatal and postpartum care; homebirth services; professional labor support services for planned hospital births. Free Childbirth Preparation classes; free breastfeeding assistance. Serving Cape Cod.
Megan Hill, Traditional Midwife, CPM, CBE
  • Birth Care Community Midwifery
  • 39 Bullard Road
  • Wendell, MA 01379
  • 978-902-2587
  • mhmidwife@msn.com
  • Homebirth Midwifery Services; Prenatal, Birth and Postpartum Care; Childbirth Education; Labor Support
Jennifer Hydefrost, Direct Entry Midwife
  • Village Midwifery Care
  • PO Box 743
  • Greenfield, MA 01302
  • 413-241-7280
  • jennifer@villagemidwifery.com
  • www.villagemidwifery.com
  • Homebirth midwifery care, waterbirth, well woman care, preconception counseling, in-hospital labor support (Dona Certified Doula), fertility awareness workshop
Makeda Kamara CNM, MPH, M.Ed
  • 39 Dracut Street
  • Dorchester, MA 02124-3818
  • 617-282-9783 (home); 617-282-9783 (work)
  • midwifemakeda@hotmail.com
  • Director of Imani Family Life Center. We offer several services including: full scope Women’s Health – well woman, preconception, birth consultations, gynecology, menopause, fertility consults, family planning, mother support, consulting, integrative/complementary women’s health care, family counseling, workshops on healthy relationships, birth assistant (doula) services.
Audra Karp, CPM
  • NE Community Midwifery
  • 49 Firth Road
  • Roslindale, MA 02131
  • 617-522-8383
  • audrakarp@gmail.com
  • www.northeastmidwifery.com
  • Comprehensive homebirth midwifery care with a Certified Professional Midwife including full prenatal care, labor and birth attendance, and postpartum visits. Other services provided include preconception counsultations, nutritional counseling, well-woman care as well as fertility counseling and alternative insemination.
Tara Kenny, CPM
Miriam Atma Khalsa, CPM
  • 169 Forest Street
  • Sherborn, MA 01770
  • 508-655-7885
  • akmidwife@aol.com
  • Homebirth midwifery services including waterbirth and VBAC
Sarafina Kennedy, Midwife
Ann Kilroy, CPM
  • 57 Stevens Street
  • Stoneham, MA 02180
  • 781-438-8791
  • annk7@verizon.net
  • Homebirth Midwifery Services
Joyce Kimball, MBA, CPM, Birth Doula, CCBE
  • 20 Sorrento Street
  • Worcester, MA 01602
  • 508-757-4964
  • jekimball@bigplanet.com
  • www.birthservices.net
  • Compassionate one-on-one homebirth midwifery care with a Certified Professional Midwife including full prenatal care, labor and birth attendance and full postpartum visits. Water birth and VBAC available.
  • Birth Doula, Childbirth Education (Private and Group), Belly Casts, Referal Services.
Heather Laier, CPM
  • 321 Lowell Street
  • Reading, MA 01867
  • 781-944-2618 / 617-584-6699
  • babycatcher@verizon.net
  • www.homemidwifery.com
  • Home Midwifery Services; Homebirth, Prenatal, and Well Woman Care; Supervise Student Midwives; Overnight Care for Multiples; Labor Support; Birth Tub Rentals
Kirsten Kowalski Lane, Midwife
  • Offices in Northampton and Amherst, MA
  • 413.320.1147
  • 413.256.6616 (office phone)
  • ktklane@comcast.net
  • www.rivervalleymidwives.com
  • Family centered homebirth midwifery services, personalized care spanning pre-conception through postpartum, VBAC and waterbirth, breastfeeding counseling, fertility counseling, hospital doula services also available. Serving all of Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut. Founder/Director of Cradle, a maternal wellness center and pregnancy and early parenting store in Northampton, MA
Shivani Lash, CPM
  • 1499 State Rd.
  • Richmond, MA 01254
  • 413-441-3466
  • shivani.lash@gmail.com
  • Warm, nuturing care for women and families through pregnancy, birth and the childbearing year. Doula services available in hospital or location of choice. Offering comprehensive midwifery care, including water birth, VBAC, breastfeeding and postpartum support, well woman counseling, support through miscarriage and abortion, and support and care for teenage mothers.
Michelle L’Esperance, CPM
  • 31 River Dr
  • Hadley, MA 01035
  • 413-387-0038 (home)
  • 413-203-4479 (work)
  • warmwelcomebirth@gmail.com
  • www.WarmWelcomeBirthServices.com
  • Birth Doula Care for home or hospital; Home Postpartum
    Care; Doula Training Workshops for new and experienced doulas. Doula care for all birth plans and circumstances, including LGBT families, adoptive, loss support, birth after loss, waterbirth and VBAC.
BJ Mackinnon, CPM, CNM
Colleen Maheswaran, LM
  • 32 Oakland St
  • Watertown, MA 02472
  • 305-794-7198
  • colleenorlowski@yahoo.com
  • Pre/postnatal care, childbirth classes, interconceptional
    counseling, breastfeeding support, pre/postnatal doula work, and labor
Ginny Miller, CNM
  • 32 Pine Street
  • Florence, MA 01062
  • 413-525-4700
  • ginnycnm@AOL.COM
  • Prenatal Care, Well Women Care, Infertility, Pre-Conception, Menopause, Peri-Menopause, and Family Planning
Beth Anne Moonstone, Midwife, CPM
  • 37 Thayer Street
  • Amherst, MA 01002
  • 413-230-3918
  • beth@womancraft.org
  • www.amherstmidwifery.com
  • Homebirth midwifery services including VBAC and waterbirth, homeopathy, reiki, and energy healing for the childbearing years. Midwifery education and classes for student midwives through the Womancraft Midwifery Education Program.
Jessica Petrone, CPM
  • 7 Plymouth Road
  • Wareham, MA 01072
  • 508-295-0237 / 508-254-4424
  • birthmatters@gmail.com
  • http://www.homebirthmatters.com/
  • Attending families in Southeastern Mass. and Cape Cod. Services include complete prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care including homebirth, waterbirth, and HBAC. I also offer doula services for out-of-home births including birth plan design and sliding scale fees.
Sarah Proechel, CPM
  • 765 Harlemville Road
  • Hillsdale, NY 12529
  • 518-672-4576
  • sarah@berkshirefamilymidwifery.com
  • www.berkshirefamilymidwifery.com
  • I am a Certified Professional Midwife providing complete prenatal, birth and postpartum care and serving the Berkshires, northwest Connecticut an southern Vermont. I work with licensed midwife for homebirths in New York State. I also offer doula services for hospital birth. Herbal products for the childbearing year available. Hablo espanol. Please see my website for a complete description.
Rebecca Rudner, CPM
  • 18 Florence Street
  • Cambridge, MA 02139
  • 503-504-3697
  • midwife@with-woman.com
  • www.with-woman.com
  • Offering complete midwifery care, including well-woman and pre-conception care. I also provide doula, childbirth preparation and belly-casting services. VBAC and waterbirth encouraged. Expertise in birth preparation for women with trauma histories, including birth trauma and sexual abuse.
Lauren Olson Sidford, Midwife
  • 55 Marlboro Street
  • Newburyport, MA 01950
  • 978-465-2259
  • olfords@comcast.net
  • holisticmidwiferycare.net
  • Midwife, certified birth doula, pre-conception consultation, childbirth education classes, well woman care, certified Reiki Master
Sue Smith, CPM
  • 48 Ironstone Street
  • Uxbridge, MA 01569
  • 508-278-2989
  • midwifesue@charter.net
  • Homebirth Midwifery, including V-BAC; Well Woman Care; Cervical Cap fitting
Rebecca Taylor CPM, CD (DONA)
  • 135 Coles Neck Road
  • Wellfleet, MA 02667
  • 812-606-7887
  • beautifulbirth4u@yahoo.com
  • homebirth midwifery – prenatal, birth, postpartum care in your home, VBAC, waterbirth, certified labor support for hospital or home.
Alexis Topham, Supervised Midwife, Certified Doula, Certified Childbirth Educator
  • 12 Overbrook Terrace
  • Natick, MA 01760
  • 508-653-2160
  • alexis@givingbirth.net
  • Home Birth Midwifery and Birth Doula Care
Nancy Wainer, CPM, CCE, CHCE
Eva Wax, CNM
  • 43 Lakeman’s Lane
  • Ipswich, MA 01938
  • 978-356-0909, 978-273-5195 (cell)
  • waxcav@aol.com
  • North Shore Birth Center; group practice; Water births; Birth Center or Hospital Births; Full Scope Women’s Health Care; Annual Gyn appointments; Birth Control; IUDs; Emergency contraception; Menopause support; Mother’s support group
Nechama J. Wildanah, CPM
  • 94 Westbourne Ter
  • Brookline, MA 02446
  • 617-717-8598
  • motherrootmidwifery@gmail.com
  • www.motherrootmidwifery.com
  • Homebirth, prenatal and postpartum care; VBAC and VBAC
    advocacy; home waterbirth; childbirth education; fertility awareness;
    women’s health education; labor support; clinical breast exams; pregnancy
    journals.

Support Persons

Jen Anders, Board of Medicine Licensed Acupuncturist
  • 214 Market Street
  • Brighton, MA 02135
  • 617-480-1998
  • jen.acupuncture@gmail.com
  • Acupuncturist who specializes in women’s health with a focus on women in the perinatal year. Treats a variety of issues such as nausea, musculoskeleal pain, induction, and turning a breech baby.
Kelly Bancroft, Doula, Massage Therapist
Heather Dietrich Cook, Supervised Midwifery Care, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Certified Lactation Consultant
  • PO Box 1113
  • Warren, MA 01083
  • 413-436-0550
  • heathersletters@hotmail.com
  • www.insidethechrysalis.com
  • Labor Assistant, Postpartum Doula, Certified Lactation Counselor, Supervised midwifery Care, Labor/birth tub rental & belly casting. Service Area: Worcester to the Pioneer Valley
Pauline Delton
Maria Dolorico, Doula, Counselor
  • 92 Worcester Street, #1
  • Boston, MA 02118
  • 617-869-4310
  • maria@amomisborn.com
  • Birth and postpartum doula services, prenatal yoga, new moms groups, peri-natal counseling
Debra Lynne Dwyer
  • PO Box 8333
  • Salem, MA 01970
  • 978-578-8570
  • MaternityMecca@aol.com
  • www.MaternityMecca.com
  • CLC; LMT; homebirth midwifery student; antepartum, labor & postpartum doula; lactation counseling; perinatal massage; infant massage & instruction; childbirth ed.; reiki; art/creative therapy; polarity; newborn care classes; Happiest Baby on the Block classes.
Chana Luba Ertel, Doula, Apprentice Midwife, Childbirth Educator
  • 320 West St
  • Amherst, MA 01002
  • 413-253-9618, 413-221-6224
  • chanaluba@yahoo.com
  • www.maternalwisdom.org
  • CAPPA Certified Labor Doula Trainings; Childbirth Education at BFMC & Cradle; Professional Doula; Apprentice Midwife
Lois Freedman, Med, CCE
  • Sharon and Newton, MA
  • 781-784-1380
  • Lois@LoisFreedman.net
  • www.LoisFreedman.net
  • Individualized counseling for anxiety, loss, grief, traumatic birth experience, cesarean, mother loss, miscarriage, infertility, death of a loved one, sexual abuse.
  • VBAC counseling/ preparation
  • Circle of Women groups/ workshops. For all women, a time to reflect, rejoice and renew
Cynthia Knight, Doula
  • 147 Cedar Street, #1L
  • Somerville, MA 02144
  • 617-591-2168
  • cynthiaeknight@gmail.com
  • DONA trained birth doula serving Greater Boston; lending library.
Amy Kreydin, Doula, Reflexologist
Jocelyn Langer
Erika Laquer, Doula, Student Midwife
Della Lawhon, Acupuncturist, Herbalist, and Midwifery Student
  • 368 Village Street, A-6
  • Millis, MA 02054
  • 508-376-5528 (home); 508-533-0808 (work)
  • gururaskaur@mac.com
  • http://metrowestwholehealth.com
  • Providing individualized care in a community setting at a sliding scale in Metrowest. Chinese medicine is used to enhance fertility, help turn breech babies, manage discomforts of pregnancy, and encourage healthy babies.
Beth Kinsella, Midwifery Student
Taylor LePri, Student Midwife, Postpartum Doula
  • 61 Broadway #4
  • Quincy, MA 02169
  • 617-481-0123
  • 617-750-4889
  • maggie3341@aol.com
  • Student Midwife, Postpartum Doula, Birthing Assistant
Za’Yn Manna
  • Roxbury, MA 02119
  • 617-230-9652
  • birthandwellness@gmail.com
  • As co-founder of The International Birth and Wellness Project, we provide holistic, professional birth services, education and advocacy for women and families worldwide. Our birth services include complete prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care, lacation consulting, childbirth classes, parenting support lines, doula services, Mother/baby Rite of Passage ceremonies, well woman care, specialized adolescent services, waterbirth, V/HBAC, Herbal therapies and extensive lending library.
Carol Mathewson, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Supervised Midwife, Breastfeeding Counselor
  • 98 Moreland Green Drive
  • Worcester, MA 01609
  • 508-752-9796
  • mathewson98@charter.net
  • Birth and Postpartum Doula Services, Supervised Home Birth services, Breastfeeding support services
Stephanie Mosscrop
  • 98 Somerset Road
  • Nantucket, MA 02554
  • 978-846-2225
  • smosscrop@gmail.com
  • Birth Doula, Student Midwife
Charity Parrott, CLD
Lisa Purro
  • 35 R Summer St., Apt. 2
  • Kingston, MA 02364
  • 781-588-0569 (home); 781-588-5141 (work)
  • LRPurro@hotmail.com
  • Birth and postpartum doula services. Lactation counseling and support.
Lia Reilly, Doula, CBE
  • 322 Mendon Street
  • Upton, MA 01568
  • 617-417-9816
  • lia@birth-wise.org
  • www.birth-wise.org
  • Labor Doula, Postpartum Doula, Breastfeeding Counseling, Birth Photography, Childbirth Classes, Birth Art Classes, Infant Massage Classes, Henna Application, TENS Rental
Ellen Seebacher, Bradley-Certified Childbirth Educator
  • 978-838-2218 (home); 978-505-2586 (work)
  • elle@pobox.com
  • Serving students from the entire MetroWest area.
  • Student Midwife
Danielle Shields, MMA Consumer Rep
Catherine McKeown-Lindsey Stamatos, Doula
Erin Sweeney, Massage Therapist, Apprentice Midwife, and Doula
Sharon Watstein, Postpartum Doula
  • 3 Chessman Drive
  • Sharon, MA 02067
  • 781-784-2990
  • www.thefamilydoula.com
  • I am a certified postpartum doula helping families adapt to the challenges of a new baby by offering knowledge and support. I specialize in twins.
Angelique Walls
  • 170 Main St
  • Hinsdale, MA 01235
  • 413-655-8384
  • angeliquew@verizon.net
  • I am a consumer, student midwife, doula, childbirth educator, and placenta encapsulator.
Tammy Wills, Doula, Midwifery Student
  • P.O. Box 84
  • Watertown, MA 02471
  • 610-217-4294
  • river357@aol.com
  • justalittlesweetness.com
  • Midwifery Student, Doula