About

Welcome!  I’m so glad you’re here.  I’m Connie Lambeth, a Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife, and Certified Community Herbalist.  My love and awareness of urban community birth started as a child when I would hear family birth stories.  My great grandmothers birthed their babies with midwives in their homes in Naples, Italy,

Italian Harlem, and Queens, NY.  I remember feeling the connection to something bigger, and didn't realize until becoming a mother that I felt called to continue the lineage of being an ethnic urban midwife.

 

I had the ability to receive midwifery care during both of my pregnancies, births, and postpartum experiences.  Directly benefiting from midwifery care lit the fire in my life of what is possible for individualized holistic healthcare.  I’ve been professionally involved in birthwork since 2015, first as a certified doula and Hypnobirthing childbirth educator, and now as a midwife.  I earned my midwifery degree from the National College of Midwifery based out of Taos, NM, and studied my hands-on learning over an intensive 2.5 years.  I had the honor of apprenticing with two home birth midwives in the Madison area, and at a high volume out-of-hospital birth center in Milwaukee under the guidance of five midwives and one doctor.

 

Before becoming a midwife, I was a teacher (I’ve taught early childhood to adult learners, from Public to Montessori), with a Master’s Degree in Educational Research. As a lifelong learner and experiential educator, I see pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting as life’s greatest experiential lessons.  Although I don’t teach in a classroom anymore, I use my background as a teacher, educator, and researcher to help families to make informed choices and feel supported while they grow. 

 

I’m committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in my practice of culturally competent and comprehensive midwifery care.  I value each individual navigating their childbearing year tremendously and strive to do everything I can to support them in reaching their goals.  Helping individuals and their families during one of the most influential transitions of their lives speaks to my values and most natural skill set: compassion, empathy, and openness.