Prior to becoming a midwife and labor & delivery nurse for 7 years, Michelle spent 12 years in birth work as a doula, supporting and advocating for childbearing families. She spent time in Portugal and was involved in birth work. She was integral to introducing the community to birth alternatives, which included education on the benefits of doula support in labor, waterbirth, and physiologic birth- which in Portuguese and Spanish is "dar a luz"- meaning to give light.

 

She is the mother of 5 children and has benefited from midwife attended births in the hospital and homebirth settings. 

 

She practiced as a Certified Nurse Midwife for 4 years at Glens Falls Hospital caring for a variety of patients desiring midwifery care. She loves providing continuity of care to clients in the operating room and is certified to First Assist in Cesarean Sections and has co-managed high risk patients in the hospital setting.

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Michelle has been studying Women's Integrative and Functional Medicine and is excited to be able to provide integrative and complimentary approaches in practice that get to the root of chronic women's health problems.