Christina Owens CPM, LM
Chrissy & her husband, Rob.
I am a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) having completed the Commonwealth of Virginia requirements for professional practice as a Licensed Midwife (LM).
I attended the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery in Gainesville, Florida. I also completed an apprenticeship at the Birth Center of Gainesville Neonatal Resuscitation and CPR are part of my credentials as per requirements as a CPM and LM.
My experience includes many years of births in the home and birthing center with a great deal of waterbirth experience. I have also spent ten years working as a nurse in a family centered maternity office with several midwives and doctors.
I became a Certified Childbirth Educator in 1998 and completed doula training in 1999. I also offer placenta encapsulation to our clients as well as others.
It is my belief that pregnancy and birth are normal physiologic changes in a woman’s life span that are unique to each woman as well as her desires and wishes for that life changing event. I feel it is a woman’s choice as to how and where she will give birth as well as who will attend her. How your baby is treated during this transition is equally important.
I am the mother of 3 beautiful, grown women and grandmother to 3 adorable grandbabies, 2 grandsons and a granddaughter.
Erin Hammer, Senior Apprentice
Growing up, my mom was an OB nurse. I spent a lot of time in the office with her, reading books and talking to the doctors. I always imagined I would follow in her footsteps and serve women in hospitals. With the birth of my first child, I knew there had to be something different. It's a story almost everyone has heard: Induction at 39 weeks, pitocin and a lot of fear. I had no idea what I was doing and was left to figure it out with books and the internet. My daughter was very different. I was attended by a wonderful nurse midwife. She took time to listen and really get to know me. I decided then that I would become a nurse midwife. After my daughter’s birth in 2007, I started researching how to make it happen. I learned about homebirth and never looked back. If I could safely help women achieve the birth they really wanted, then that is where I needed to be.
I started my journey to become a midwife in 2009. I spent a year volunteering with a local midwife and my mind was made up. I spent the next few years volunteering as a doula, spending time with my 2 kids and reading every textbook I could find. In 2014, I attended the Matrona Holistic midwifery program. In 2015 I joined Eva Home birth as a starting apprentice. In that time, I have learned a great deal and am in the final phases of my apprenticeship. I am NRP and CPR certified. I have met my clinical requirements to allow me to take my certifying exam to become a CPM.
Midwifery truly is a calling. I am honored to be part of the tradition of serving women and their families. Pregnancy and birth are wonderfully life changing. It can also be intimidating for your first, fifth or beyond. I support evidence based practice and hope to serve as a guide through the experience.
I started my journey to become a midwife in 2009. I spent a year volunteering with a local midwife and my mind was made up. I spent the next few years volunteering as a doula, spending time with my 2 kids and reading every textbook I could find. In 2014, I attended the Matrona Holistic midwifery program. In 2015 I joined Eva Home birth as a starting apprentice. In that time, I have learned a great deal and am in the final phases of my apprenticeship. I am NRP and CPR certified. I have met my clinical requirements to allow me to take my certifying exam to become a CPM.
Midwifery truly is a calling. I am honored to be part of the tradition of serving women and their families. Pregnancy and birth are wonderfully life changing. It can also be intimidating for your first, fifth or beyond. I support evidence based practice and hope to serve as a guide through the experience.
Ildiko Baugus, Apprentice
More info coming soon. Ildiko is a homeschooling, homebirthing mother of four children ages 12 to 22. She joined our Eva Homebirth team almost a year ago and is about half-way through her assisting phase of training.
