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  Marilyn Milestone, Ldem, CPM: I have been attending home births for over 20 years, offering women complete pregnancy, labor and postpartum care. I learned the art of midwifery initially through the apprenticeship model as well as organized study. I continue to learn through participation in midwifery-related classes and workshops. I have had many great teachers--moms and babies. From each birth I attend I glean another bit of wisdom and am reminded that with patience, perseverance and determination, birth works. However, my greatest teacher was my own experience of pregnancy, labor, and birth at home with a midwife. The birth of my daughter taught me so much about what it means to be in labor and to give birth to a baby.  Beth Sagli, CPM: My journey to becoming a midwife began as a slow-growing obsession with birth. Even as a teen, I loved to talk about midwives and I knew I would have home births when I was ready to have children. In 1992, a close friend invited me to her home birth. That experience convinced me that I was going to be a midwife. Eventually, a series of fortunate events brought me and my husband to Portland where I immediately connected with the flourishing midwifery community. I began attending Birthingway College of Midwifery in 1995, becoming one its first graduates. I birthed my own two precious daughters at home in 1996 and 1997. Since then I have been working steadily in the midwifery world, learning the different ways of many experienced midwives in the area. I also continue to pursue birth knowledge through continuing education and I have been a Certified Professional Midwife since 2001.  Ayla Dunn, apprentice: I have been around natural birth all my life. My mom gave birth to all five of her children at home. We were raised with the awareness that birth was normal and a natural part of life. After high school, I moved from my hometown in New York to Arizona to pursue schooling in outdoor education. By chance, I met a midwife who sparked something inside me. I began to educate myself and realize how far most of our society has moved away from natural childbirth. I became passionate about women's health and birth and wanted to be a part of the paradigm shift I felt was, and still is, needed in this country. I soon switched gears, took a doula training course, and began taking prerequisite classes for midwifery school. Before long I moved to Oregon and began the midwifery program at Birthingway College of Midwifery. I have lived here in Portland for three years and am excited to be finishing coursework at Birthingway and continuing on in this journey.
Portland, OR 97211 (503) 239-7069
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