What Would We Do Without our Assistants?!
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Aubrey joined us in 2023 as a new Midwifery Apprentice, although not new to the birth world.
Aubrey discovered her passion for birth work after her first pregnancy and birth journey. Her background is filled with caring for young children and supporting their families through parenthood.
After her first birth, she leapt into birth work by becoming a doula in 2017. As a doula, she had the honor to support more than 100 families as they welcome new little ones into their families. During this time, her passion continued to bloom and her desire to become a midwife became very clear.
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Aubrey is now studying midwifery on her pursuit to become a Certified Professional Midwife through NARM (North American Registry of Midwives). She has an innate ability to be adaptable, calming, and instinctual, which makes her a valuable member to any birth team. She has worked with midwives during her pregnancies and has had very different birth experiences each time
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Aubrey is a Certified Birth & Postpartum doula, Certified Placenta Specialist, and Childbirth Educator. She holds certifications in NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation) and CPR-BLS. She is peanut ball trained as well as in other healing modalities. She also loves to talk about homeopathy and herbal remedies.
Aubrey McMillan, Apprentice Midwife
Kendice Hartnell, CPM-TN, Midwife Assistant
Kendice has been supporting both mothers and fathers through pregnancy and birth since 2012. She is the mother of four daughters and the wife to an organic farmer. Kendice loves people and has enjoyed serving women in many different facets of life, but one of the most sacred and humbling ways has been through the art of Midwifery.
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Her journey to midwifery started in nursing school, when she realized the hospital setting limited the way she was wanting to serve families. While in college, she did an internship in Uganda and witnessed midwives who exemplified how imperative the art of midwifery skills were to save lives in any setting, for it was the midwife who has attended birth for most of human existence.
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Kendice is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) and is Licensed in the state of TN.
Kendice is certified in NRP(Neonatal Resuscitation) and BLS/CPR as well as stays up to date on skills learned through BWB(Breech Without Borders), CBE (Certified Childbirth Educator,) Certified Doula/PP Doula, Spinning babies workshops etc.
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Kendice resides in Kingston Springs, TN with her husband and 4 girls and when she is not attending birth, she is playing
with her kids, enjoying music, people and outdoor fun.