* I am not a nurse and I do not practice nursing or medicine. While 35 37 39 other states recognize my credential and skill in caring for low-risk pregnant women in pregnancy and birth, the state of Georgia continues to lag behind. Please see www.georgiacpm.org for more details and how you can influence Georgia policy!

Certified Professional Midwife*

Knowing she wanted to be a midwife since the age of 12, Missi first became a mother of 5. All of her children were born at home under the care of one midwife. This relationship paved the way for an understanding of what safe, respectful care should be for mothers.

Missi graduated summa cum laude from MEAC-accredited Midwives College of Utah with a Bachelor’s degree in Midwifery. While pursuing her degree, she completed a coveted apprenticeship in a busy homebirth practice, surpassing all experience requirements needed to pursue certification. She is a Certified Professional Midwife, trained specifically in out-of-hospital birth, nationally certified with NARM, and holds a midwifery license in Utah. Missi is the founder of the Georgia State Chapter of NACPM (National Association of Certified Professional Midwives). In this role she engaged in legislative activism for midwifery licensure and worked to ensure access to midwifery training is equitable and available for Georgia’s future midwives.

Missi's clients appreciate her easy-going attitude, empowering effect, and ability to hold a squat for a long time. 

Missi maintains certification in newborn resuscitation and adult CPR. She is also certified in Components of Care for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders through PSI. She also serves on the Standards & Guidelines Committee for the Georgia Midwifery Association.

As a five-time home birther (yes, she has FIVE kids!), Missi experienced empowering natural births and respectful midwifery care first-hand.