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Midwife
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Julie Carlson
LM, CNM, MSW
I became a midwife because I want health care to be a positive, empowering, and transformative experience. Whether it be a check-up or home birth, we all have the right to be treated with compassion, respect and as the leader of our care. I am a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and am a Licensed Midwife (LM) in NYS. I graduated from nurse midwifery school at the University of California, San Francisco Nurse Midwifery program in 2007.
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After graduation, I began practicing hospital-based midwifery in the Navajo Nation. After 4+ years I worked in a private practice in Albuquerque. In 2013 I moved to New York and worked in a hospital-based practice in Central NY. I opened my home birth practice in June, 2015. I chose to work in the hospital at the beginning of my career so that I could bring the midwifery model of care to as many clients as possible. I am very appreciative of the diverse experiences I have had in the hospital setting which have ranged from "homelike" experiences to caring for clients with high-risk pregnancies. I moved to home birth to support a wider variety of birthing options for families. I also wanted to have more quality time with clients from the beginning of the pregnancy through birth and into the postpartum period.
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Along with Midwifery, I have a passion for martial arts, traveling, the outdoors, gardening and the healing power of plants. I began learning about herbalism in midwifery school and have continued to explore plant medicine ever since. I am grateful to my ancestors, community, midwife elders, family, friends and plant allies who have supported me along my path.
MY CREDENTIALS
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Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on Midwifery & Women's Health, UCSF
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NYS Licensed Midwife and Registered Professional Nurse
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NYS prescriptive privileges
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American Midwifery Certification Board certification
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
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Bachelor of Arts degree in Women's Studies, SUNY New Paltz
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Master of Social Work with a focus on community organization and planning, Hunter College School of Social Work
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Heartstone Herbal School apprentice graduate
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DONA International doula training
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Wachakuy: Sacred Birth Way hoslitic doula training program with focus on Andean birth wisdom, Pisac Peru
Midwife Assistant
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Deb Alt
LPN
More about Deb's amazing super hero self coming soon...
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MY CREDENTIALS
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Licensed Professional Nurse (New York State)
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Basic Life Support/ CPR
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Neonatal Resuscitation/NRP
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Lactation Consultant
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Certified Doula
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Midwife Assistant
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Isabelle Haines
LM, CNM
As a midwife, I seek to provide personal and empowering care for my clients and their families. I was welcomed into the world at home with the help of a midwife, and raised to view birth as a normal, yet profound experience.
Feeling lost after college, I went to first a doula course and then a long term midwives’ assistant course taught by home birth midwives. It was during these courses that I decided to become a midwife to expand care options for people in my community. I started nursing school with the singular goal of becoming a homebirth midwife. After three years working as a labor, delivery, and postpartum nurse, I left to welcome my first child and start midwifery school, graduating from Frontier Nursing University with a Masters in Nurse Midwifery in the Spring of 2021 just before having my second child.
Outside of midwifery, I enjoy spending time with my family, knitting, cooking, gardening, and playing board games.
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MY CREDENTIALS
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Current certifications:
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Certified Nurse Midwife (AMCB)
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Licensed Midwife (New York State)
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Registered Professional Nurse (New York State)
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Basic Life Support/ CPR
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Neonatal Resuscitation
Mama Bear Midwifery
Offices in Hamilton & Syracuse NY
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