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Anne Pico, "Midwyf"

Anne Pico is passionate about midwifery.   She has been assisting women and their families through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period since 1991. She has worked with birthing families in Nevada, Montana, Texas and Utah both through home birth, and in a busy freestanding birth center.   She is also the Utah state representative for Christian Midwives International.

She loves her job.

Utah Childbirth recently caught up with Anne to find out more about her and her Cache Valley midwifery practice.

Utah Childbirth: You have worked with birthing families in many different states.  Was there anything distinctively different about birthing perceptions in other states that has deepened your understanding of birth?

Anne: In the west in general I have noticed a kind of natural rugged individualism and determination. In every state there are all kinds of people. I am blessed to have gotten to know so many caring, intelligent and strong women and families through the years. Fear is the enemy. We find and fight it everywhere.

Utah Childbirth: You are very involved in midwifery advocacy on the state, national and international level.  Does this ever interfere with your job as a midwife, or does it help you?  If so, how?

Anne: No. Anything I can do to educate others about natural and out of hospital birth is time well spent. It helps me, and my children, and all of us in the long run.

Utah Childbirth: Having worked in a free standing birth center, are there any major differences between that and a home birth?

 

 

Beautiful Waterbirth

Anne: A birth center is generally a more socially acceptable choice. It is more convenient for the midwife. There is an illusion of a birth center being safer. I have never understood this though, because there is basically no difference between home birth and birth center birth (same person(s), same skills, same equipment) except the location.

It is more likely that home birth is actually safer, because the mother is in her own environment and therefore less likely to feel stressed. Stress hormones are well known to interfere with labor.

No matter how homelike a birth center is, it is still not “home.” The exception to this, is those who live a great distance to a hospital and have the option of birth center close to one.  I feel this is an area that we need to work on educating people about.

Utah Childbirth: You mentioned that you enjoy raising livestock?  What do you raise?  Are there any experiences you have had in caring for animals that have helped you learn more about life in general?

Anne: We used to run a small working cattle ranch. We have raised almost every kind of farm animal at one time or another. Our children have worked to earn the money for their own horses. We now have 5 horses, 1 Jersey cow and calf, 1 beef cow, 6 momma sheep, 8 lambs, 2 dogs, 4 cats, assorted fish and a gecko. Raising animals has given me many insights into life in general.

Although I have never assisted a human mother with  twins, triplets, or a breech baby, I have assisted many animal mothers in these situations over the years. Working with livestock has taught me  a lot of patience, and  gentleness.

Any farmer knows that a laboring cow or horse must not be disturbed. Every vet knows that it is unwise to move a laboring animal or subject it to unfamiliar sights or sounds. They come to their “patient.” They know the value of good nutrition and carefully chosen supplements for pregnant animals, yet many of these same concepts seem lost in conventional medicine…

Utah Childbirth: How do you find time to do all that you do?

Anne: I have a wonderful family! They understand that this is my ministry and have made many sacrifices for it and for me through the years. I have learned that there are many seasons in life. When our children were small I was much more limited in my midwifery.

In some societies, women were not considered eligible for midwifery until they had raised their own family. I believe it is true that: “God doesn’t call the qualified, He calls the willing, and then He qualifies them.”

Utah Childbirth: You mentioned you are working on becoming a Certified Family Herbalist.  Do you use herbs in your midwifery practice?

Anne: Yes, herbs are a wonderful first line of defense. It is important to choose them and use them carefully though, since some of them have risks.

Utah Childbirth: Is there any one experience you have had in your years working with women that you could share with readers that would inspire them to consider homebirth?

Anne: I would encourage women to do their own research. Learn about all the options. All credible scientific research for the past 30 years bears out the safety of midwifery and home birth. We all have to choose the risks we are willing to accept.

Hospital birth is definitely not risk free – just different risks. As a new mother, people would often say to me: “you’re so brave to have a home birth.” I would reply: “you’re braver to have a hospital birth.”

We need to be where we are the most comfortable during birth, unless there is a very compelling reason to be somewhere else. I wish I could capture and share with the world the joy and strength I have witnessed in many home births. Birth can be a very empowering and healing experience that affects us for the rest of our lives.

Visit Olive Branch Midwifery online or contact Anne via email anne@olivebranchmidwifery.com or call 435-770-6868.

Anne Pico, LDEM, CPM, CCE, CD, lives in Cache Valley, Utah with her husband and their six children. Anne is a nationally Certified Professional Midwife,  a Licensed Direct Entry Midwife in both Utah and Idaho, a Certified Childbirth Educator, Doula, and Monitrice. She holds a degree in midwifery through the National College of Midwifery, a MEAC accreditited college in New Mexico.

She has worked with birthing families in Nevada, Montana, Texas and Utah both through home birth, and in a busy freestanding birth center. She encourages families to birth in their own way, supports water births, children at birth, and dads “catching” etc. Her desire is to serve, educate, and empower others “as unto the Lord Jesus Christ” Colossians 3:23-24.

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Academic programs are typically three years in length and require an additional clinical training component which can last anywhere from one year in length to several years.  In addition to earning the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential, an LDEM must receive additional training in emergencies and medication use.  Licensed Direct-entry Midwives practice autonomously and attend births usually at home.

Launa Janssen Campbell
DEM
Sunrise Midwifery Services
Office Phone: (208) 847-1756 / (208) 521-9286
Website: http://www.sunrisemidwiferyservices.com
Everyone at Sunrise Midwifery Services, believe that birth is a normal and natural occurring process that typically does not need medical intervention.  Your birth journey should be a beautiful and spiritual experience.

We are committed to providing safe health care while being sensitive to each family's independent needs, cultural variations, religious beliefs & economical status.

We are here to promote wellness in women, babies and families.

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Heather Johnston
CPM, LDEM
BirthWise Maternity Care
Work
1160 North 1500 West
Layton  Ut  84041
Work Phone: Ogden: 801-644-BABY Salt Lake: 801-860-5931
Website: http://birthwisemc.com
Heather Johnston is the owner and primary midwife at BirthWise Maternity Care, LC.   She is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and Licenced Direct-entry Midwife (LDEM).  She graduated from the Utah Association of Community Midwives in 1995, as a Graduate Domicilary Midwife.  She completed clinical training with an experienced midwife and began independent practice that same year.

She is a member of the Licenced Direct-entry Midwives Association of Utah and has served as President and Vice-President of the Utah Midwives’ Association.  She is a member of the Licensed Direct-entry Midwife Rules Committee for the State of Utah and also serves on the Licensed Direct-entry Midwife Advisory Board.

In her thirteen years as a midwife she has assisted nearly 350 women as they have given birth at home.

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Richelle Jolley
CPM
Benevolent Birth
Office Phone: 801-369-9178


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Melissa Mayo
CPM
Work Phone: 801-553-9233
Melissa Mayo works with Chris Miller, and they were mentioned in the Standard-Examiner online in an article about midwifery.

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Chris Miller
DEM
Work Phone: 801-782-5339
There is a wonderful article on Chris at The Standard Examiner

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Cathy OBryant
CPM, LDEM
Enlightened Birth Midwifery
Work
593 South 300 East
Payson  Ut  84651
Work Phone: 801-465-4021
Website: http://www.enlightenedbirth.com
I am a Licensed Direct Entry Midwife (LDEM) as well as a CPM. I have been delivering babies at home in Utah for the past 27 years. I am the mother of ten children, three of which were birthed at home.

I became involved in midwifery in 1982. I took classes from the Utah School of Midwifery (now Midwives College of Utah) and graduated from the school in 1987 as a Certified Midwife. I apprenticed with a senior midwife for approximately two years before assuming any clients of my own. In 1994, I took the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) exam and in 1996, I became certified with NARM as a Certified Professional Midwife. Most recently (2006) I became licensed with the state of Utah as a Licensed Direct Entry Midwife.

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Anne Pico
LDEM, CPM, CCE, CD
Olive Branch Midwifery
Work
Cache Valley  Utah 
Work Phone: 435-770-6868
Website: http://www.olivebranchmidwifery.com
Anne Pico LDEM, CPM, CCE, CD of Olive Branch Midwifery, lives in Cache Valley, Utah with her husband and their six children. Anne is a nationally Certified Professional Midwife,  a Licensed Direct Entry Midwife in both Utah and Idaho, a Certified Childbirth Educator, Doula, and Monitrice. She holds a degree in midwifery through the National College of Midwifery, a MEAC accreditited college in New Mexico. She is a member of several midwifery organizations and the Utah state representative for Christian Midwives International. Anne is committed to lifelong learning, and enjoys staying current on the many issues surrounding pregnancy, birthing and parenting. She is currently studying to become a Certified Family Herbalist.

Anne became passionate about out of hospital birth and midwifery, through the birth of her own children. Four of her children were born at home.  Her youngest child was born at home in 2000. She has been assisting women and their families through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period since 1991. She has worked with birthing families in Nevada, Montana, Texas and Utah both through home birth, and in a busy freestanding birth center. She encourages families to birth in their own way, supports water births, children at birth, and dads “catching” etc. Her desire is to serve, educate, and empower others “as unto the Lord Jesus Christ” Colossians 3:23-24.

When not attending childbearing women, Anne enjoys spending time with her family, reading, writing, baking, raising livestock, and traveling.

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Joyce Simons
DEM
Nephi  UT 
Work Phone: 801.631.0896
I believe that birth is one of the safest “activities” a woman can participate in, and that she is blessed to be in the act of creating a life in concert with God, that He intended for birth to work well in order to bring His children to the earth.  I see the pregnant/birthing woman as the conductor of the process, along with her partner, and the midwife as the lifeguard to make sure that all is going well.  I believe that if we are in tune, God will let us know what we need to know to make the pregnancy and birth exactly the experience God intended for this child, it’s mother , and family.

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Elizabeth Camp Smith
CPM, LDEM
Baby Biz Liz
Work
St. George  Ut 
Work Phone: 435-673-9898
After experiencing my first home birth with my third child, I felt the spiritual calling to become a midwife.  Prior to that, my ambition had always been to be a nurse.

I later learned that I had come from a long blood line of prominent midwives and that my life’s journey had guided me here.  After years of home study and two years of college nursing classes, I began my apprenticeship in November of 1985.

Since that time, I have attended 1,065 successful births, including 12 sets of twins and 11 breech deliveries.

I cannot think of any textbook complication that I have not dealt with.  I love people, expecially babies. I love doing what is right, being involved in a great cause. I love the fulfillment of seeing parents bond with their babies and the joy they feel in their home births.

I love the “love” and lasting friendships. I love the relationship I have developed with my Father in Heaven. I love how midwifery has allowed me to work from home, to pack along nursing babies and to often work while the kids sleep, enabling me to be a good mother at the same time.

I have grown in my understanding of God and truth. I have learned much from the many people with whom I have been privileged to associate.

Midwifery has made me stronger in every way. I have learned that I CAN love anyone through service.

I have been blessed beyond measure.

I look forward to many more years and many more babies!

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Suzanne Smith
CPM, LDEM
Better Birth
Office
560 South State Street, Suite D2
Orem  UT 84058 
Office
3098 S Highland Dr Suite #394
Salt Lake City  Ut  84106
Office Phone: Salt Lake: (801) 363-2448 Orem: 801-225-5668
Website: http://www.betterbirth.com
Suzanne holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Midwifery from the Midwives College of Utah, a Bachelor's degree in Human Biology from Stanford University, and was the first licensed direct-entry midwife in Utah. She founded BetterBirthLLC in 1994, and lives in Orem with her husband and two children. Suzanne habla español.

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Trinette Thompson
CPM, LDEM
Better Birth
Office
560 South State Street, Suite D2
Orem  UT 84058 
Office
3098 S Highland Dr Suite #394
Salt Lake City  Ut  84106
Office Phone: Salt Lake: (801) 363-2448 Orem: 801-225-5668
Website: http://www.betterbirth.com
Trinette received her midwifery training and graduated from Midwives College of Utah. She remains active in special projects for the college and is continuing to pursue an advanced degree. Trinette is an extraordinarily compassionate and attentive midwife. She lives in Saratoga Springs with her husband and six children, all homeborn.

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Tara Tulley
CPM
Select
1156 S State Street Suite 106
Orem  Ut  84651
Office Phone: (801)380-3247
Website: http://balancedfamilies.com
Tara Tulley is a Certified Professional Midwife and holds a Bachelor's Degree from the Midwives College of Utah. Tara is dedicated to providing the safest possible care, while offering a loving, gentle environment. She believes strongly in parents rights to choose their birth place and care provider. Tara has also been an instructor for the American Red Cross, and currently holds certification in Neonatal Resuscitation, and CPR. Tara is a past president of the Utah Midwives Association(2005-2007) and is an advocate for preserving the art of midwifery. Tara has three children who were born at home and loves helping women have empowering births

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