ABOUT US
Toni Hill, Midwife
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Toni is a Certified Professional Midwife in Northern Mississippi but, according to her clients and colleagues, she's the baddest midwife in the state and a trailblazer for the next generation of birth workers. Toni uses her 20+ years of knowledge and experience to support the entire family as they embrace natural birth, healing, and herbalism. She brings her compassion, patience, and light to every birth. Passionate about her community, Toni is an advocate for those who are often overlooked or uninformed. She is fiercely grounded in issues that advance and uplift maternal health and equity for all. She is an intuitive visionary for creating services and opportunities for the marginalized that make an impact. As a mentor, Toni sees the value in openly sharing knowledge to encourage and empower more like-minded birth workers to safely support families in their own communities with best practices. Both a teacher and a student, Toni strives to seek and speak truth. She is a voice of reason for those who have lost their connection to self and nature, inspiring and planting seeds of wisdom wherever she goes. Toni is approachable and an empathetic listener. In combination with her endearing sense of humor, she is loved and appreciated by many far and wide.
TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS:
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Christa McGrew, Midwife
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Christa McGrew is a direct entry midwife working toward earning her CIM (Certified International Midwife) credential with IRM (International Registry of Midwives). She has worked with Toni since 2013 and has attended over 100 births. She earned a B.S. in Child Development from Mississippi State University in 1999 and completed Certified Lactation Counselor training in 2016. She has also participated in a variety of midwifery skills workshops including B.E.S.T. and S.T.A.B.L.E. Christa maintains current NRP (neonatal resuscitation) and BLS (basic life support) certification and enjoys attending childbirth conferences and teaching childbirth education classes. Having given birth in a birth center, a hospital, and at home, she can honestly say there is no place like home for birth! When she isn’t at a birth, she can usually be found chauffeuring her five children, to various homeschool activities or teaching music to children in the Starkville Homeschool Music Co-op choir. She also likes to cook, work with yarn and fabric, and aspires to be fluent in Spanish and learn to play the piano.
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APPRENTICE MIDWIVES
Lauren Paige Tate, Apprentice Midwife
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Lauren Paige Tate is a mother of four who is passionate about birth, the food that sustains us and plant+fungi medicine. She has served her community since 2013 as a doula, placenta encapsulator, midwife assistant and community based herbalist. She is currently pursuing her certfications as a homebirth midwife/CIM and is under apprenticeship with Blooming Moon Midwifery. Lauren Paige holds certifications in NRP, HBB, Bloodborne Pathogens Training and BEST training. Lauren Paige believes that birthing, plant medicine, foraging and natural foodways are our birthright, therefore we all have rights to the knowledge, understanding and their benefits. Lauren Paige is passionate about empowering families to take hold of their health and well being and is dedicated to serving her community in these ways.
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Susie Cannon, Apprentice Midwife
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Susie Cannon is a mother of two, an entrepreneur, newbie gardener, and student midwife. Susie has been in the medical field supporting birth work as a pharmacy technician, in Labor & Delivery, and family practice. She is enlisted in the US Air Force as an EMT-B. Susie is a full spectrum doula now transitioning into midwifery and holistic medicine as a way to keep her family healthy. She uses her experiences while also learning new approaches to conscious conception.
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BIRTH ASSISTANTS
Sierra Williams, Assistant
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Sierra Williams began pursuing birth work after her first child was born in 2014. She began serving as a doula the same year and completed certification in 2015. Sierra is passionate about serving women and families in multiple capacities which lead her to working with Toni as a midwife assistant in May of 2016. She is current with NRP certification and is working toward more education as a birth worker. Having witnessed and been a part of births in hospitals and in homes, Sierra believes in women and their ability to safely achieve the birth they desire: she has birthed once in a hospital and once at home which has solidified this belief. Sierra received a B.A. in Foreign Language from Mississippi State University in 2010 and hopes to use that to help serve underrepresented communities in Mississippi and beyond. Sierra is married to Ben and they have two children; Park and Norah. They make their home in Starkville, MS.
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Stacey Herrin, Assistant
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Stacey Herrin has been working with Toni Hill since early in 2017. After having her first baby in a hospital, she knew that she wanted something different - something more natural and mother minded - for the next baby. She gave birth to her second baby in 2016 under the care of Toni in the comfort and convenience of her home which is where her love and passion for birth work was born. Experiencing individual and mother-centered care showed Stacey that there were lots of women who do not know that there are other options available. She has since completed doula training, CPR, and neonatal resuscitation with plans to continue educating herself to better provide for clients. Stacey is sharing this life with her husband, Landis, and children, Rowan and Bricker.
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Teffanie Green, Assistant
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Teffanie Green is the mother of five children. Her family comes second in life with God being first. She is a doula for the Northeast Mississippi Birthing Project. Teffanie has an AA degree in business as well as a cosmetology license. It's obvious that she loves working with the public. While she is a fun-loving person, she is also trustworthy and straight forward. She is a hard worker and is always willing to learn and makes it a point to stay teachable. Teffanie is a great leader because she's also a good follower.
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