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 5 adorable grandbabies, 2 grandsons and 3 granddaughters.
Ildiko Baugus, Senior Apprentice
My interest in home birth began long before I became a midwife. I am the mother of 4 children ranging in ages from 13 to 24 and with each one I did a little more research and investigated my options, especially after some very disappointing and frustrating hospital births. By my fourth child I had decided there was a better way, a way that respected my wishes and desires to make my birth a beautiful experience and not just an industrial exercise. This meant giving birth at home and in water. As it turned out, the labor and delivery was so relaxed and comfortable that our 12-pound baby came very quickly; it was my fastest and easiest delivery by far. If I can do it you can too and EVA Homebirth is here to help.
The other significant event in inspiring me to become a midwife was our trips to Africa. My husband and I have made two trips to Africa; one to Uganda in 2012 and then to Malawi in 2015. After seeing some of the conditions people are living in and the scarcity of medical services, especially for pregnant women, I decided I had to do something to help, especially since our involvement in Africa was only going to increase over the next few years.
Soon after my return from Malawi, I got in touch with Chrissy and the rest as they say is history. I began my formal Midwifery training in February 2017 and am expected to take the NARM exam during the Summer of 2019 at which point I will be a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). But that is not all, during my training I have become certified in NRP and CPR. I have attended seminars on breech birth, water birth, postpartum hemorrhage and am getting certified as an Essential Oils Birth Consultant with Brilliant Birth Academy. I will also be certified to offer Homeoprophylaxis by the Summer of 2019.
The other significant event in inspiring me to become a midwife was our trips to Africa. My husband and I have made two trips to Africa; one to Uganda in 2012 and then to Malawi in 2015. After seeing some of the conditions people are living in and the scarcity of medical services, especially for pregnant women, I decided I had to do something to help, especially since our involvement in Africa was only going to increase over the next few years.
Soon after my return from Malawi, I got in touch with Chrissy and the rest as they say is history. I began my formal Midwifery training in February 2017 and am expected to take the NARM exam during the Summer of 2019 at which point I will be a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). But that is not all, during my training I have become certified in NRP and CPR. I have attended seminars on breech birth, water birth, postpartum hemorrhage and am getting certified as an Essential Oils Birth Consultant with Brilliant Birth Academy. I will also be certified to offer Homeoprophylaxis by the Summer of 2019.
Savanna Williams, Junior Apprentice
Savanna is the newest member of our team. She is the oldest of 10 children and has been present for the births of nearly half of her siblings even helping "catch" a few times. She is nearing the end of Phase 1 of her training, of which there are 4 phases.
