honeysuckle
midwifery
Hello -
My name is Sami Lommasson, and I am a Certified Professional Midwife, a Direct-Entry Midwife in Montana, and a Licensed Midwife in Idaho. I am so excited to be with you on this journey, and I can't wait to meet you, your family, and your new baby.
Birth should be an event where you are in charge of what happens around you and within your body. I am simply there as a safeguard for the unexpected, and as a guide when those things seem strange. I monitor you and your baby throughout your pregnancy, offering advice and education about the whole process.
Sami's Story
I started thinking about midwifery when I didn't even know what it was...I had an intense desire to be of help and to make a difference in my career. When I finally found out that midwifery was a viable career choice, I couldn't get it out of my head.
Flash forward to finding a school (Mercy In Action College of Midwifery in Boise, ID), and finally working up the courage to apply, and then beginning to read doula books and watch birth videos - I knew I had found what I wanted to do.
I learned so much in school that translated to the work I was doing in my apprenticeship. It was vivid and applicable, and very tangible in so many aspects. I have loved my job from the moment of the very first birth I attended: watching a woman push on a birth stool in the dim light of her kitchen, light shining down from the high ceiling above, the whole room still and quiet, simply waiting for the babe to be born.
My journey has taken me a lot of places: rural Southern Idaho, where women birth their babies in the hot summer, no air conditioning in the home, with the window open and you can hear the harvest trucks out in the fields, digging potatoes by the ton; all the way to Fairbanks, Alaska, where we caught babies all through the long winter night, and into the bright, never ending sunny days of summer. I can't wait to catch babies in my little hometown of Hamilton, Montana.
Empowerment through this process is so important. I love walking with families and helping give them choices about the process, helping moms and dads catch their own babies, and watching them learn about the process along the way.
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My name is Christiana Bee. I’m a certified doula and a midwife apprentice, earning my Bachelor’s in the Science of Midwifery. Women’s empowerment and autonomy in healthcare are so important to me, and it’s always an honor when I get to walk alongside someone in their pregnancy and birth journey!
Christiana's Story
My mom unknowingly inspired me to become a midwife with her simple philosophy of birth. She birthed 7 out of 9 of us kids at home with no licensed midwife present, and the thought that birth is natural and not an emergency in itself. Although she chose to birth this way, she would often mention that the world needs more midwives.
When I grew into my teen years, I became interested in foraging herbs, making tinctures and all sorts of home remedies for my family with the plants I found locally. I started educating myself on the human body, women’s health, pregnancy, and birth. And then I knew I wanted to be a midwife.
I attended my first birth in 2017, and have been mostly on call ever since! With the guidance of my preceptors and the support of close family and friends, I continue to push forward in my training, inspired by the special scenes of each birth. Each one inspires me to be “with-woman” and shows me how strong women are!
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Hi there! My name is Hannah DeBoer. I am a wife and a mom of two beautiful girls. I attended my first birth in 2016 and I was hooked for life. I am a certified birth doula and a midwife student (with Mercy in Action College of Midwifery in Boise, ID). My passion is to support women’s health and their babies throughout their pregnancy and birth journey.