About Jo...
I am a mom of 6 amazing children, and have been attending women in birth for over 12 years.
I have worked with and gleaned from several midwives, doctors and other holistic health care professionals in and around Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. I graduated from The House of LaMatrona School of Holistic Midwifery in May of 2005. In addition to my work attending women in birth, I am passionate about teaching and writing. I spend much of my working and free time researching and writing articles that pertain to pregnancy and birth. I am currently working on a creating an educational program specifically geared at healthy holistic pregnancies, as well as natural family planning, breastfeeding, and of course... birth. I also work with a group of student midwives, who are in varying degrees
of their educational and clinical training to become midwives and
traditional birth attendants themselves.
I apprenticed with Kim L. Mosny CPM, LM(VA) of
Home Birth Midwifery Service for a year and a half. I have also written for several online and in print publications including
Motherspirit, The Art & Science of Mothering, and Eve in Hand. I am a volunteer with
THRIVE which strives to meet the needs of women during pregnancy and birth who live in underserved and underprivledged communities as well as a trained and active hospice volunteer. These have been a deeply rewarding and enriching projects to be involved in
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I am a reflexologist and homeopath, certified in Level II Reiki, and an interfaith minister. I have worked in the field of alternative healthcare and spiritual healing for women and birth for about 18 years. In my practice I encourage the use of herbs, nutrition, massage, energy work, reflexology, chiropractics, biofeedback, homeopathy, prayer/meditation and movement/exercise to generate a healthy lifestyle and produce healthy pregnancies, easy births and a wonderful parenting experience.