Below you can read about each of the Mama Love midwives and their unique histories. To schedule a
    consultation or interview call our voicemail number 707-921-7440.  
Contact: Mama Love Midwifery   490 Pitt Ave, Sebastopol, Ca 95472    707.921.7440  
info@mamalovemidwifery.com
As a homebirth Midwife it is important and necessary to be humble, pay
attention and stay in the moment. I have been attending births for more than
thirteen years. I followed my homebirth apprenticeship with internships in a
high volume birth center and a Jamaican hospital, which solidified my
midwifery skills. In these settings, resources and pre-natal care were limited.
As a result I developed the ability to discern the difference between a woman
who is in an uncomfortable situation, and a woman who is in an unsafe
situation. I apply my training in Ayurveda and the elemental theories to
support clients in their ongoing health during pregnancy and postpartum. My
approach to the practice of homebirth midwifery is not just theory. I have given
birth to two sons. My first birth was a cesarean delivery and my second a
homebirth VBAC. My personal experience has given me the trust and
understanding of the power, struggle, grace and amazing transformation that
occurs for babies, women and families at birth.

Colette Mercier is a Licensed Midwife (LM) and Birth Doula,  
specializing in home birth and hospital labor support. Colette went to her first  
birth in 2003 and was so moved that she enrolled in a doula training that  
weekend. This training led her to study midwifery. She apprenticed  
at the Northern New Mexico Midwifery Center in Taos, NM and graduated  
from the National College of Midwifery in 2006.

Colette has attended births with a diverse population of women, including  
volunteering as a midwife in the Philippines. She brings insight into how culture,  
expectations and the mind/body connection can shape a woman’s experience
of  birth. She is committed to empowering parents with nutritional counseling,
prenatal education and  informed consent, believing that the parents know what
is best for their  baby and family. Colette works with clients emotionally,
spiritually and physically,so that the babies have as joyful and gentle
beginnings as possible.

Colette is also a Certified Ayurvedic Practioner and has studies with Deanna
Batdorf at the Dhyana Center of Health Sciences. For more information visit
www.colettemercier.net  
In early 2004 I attended a friend's birth and felt my life change. I started working
immediately as a Postpartum Doula where I help new families get to know
eachother, and ease the transititon so all there is to do is fall in love. This has
grown to a speacialty in supporting families with multiples.

After that same birth I began studying midwifery right away. I completed
Elizabeth Davis' Heart and Hands Intensives later that year.
I trained in a homebirth apprenticeship locally as well as in a high volume birth
center on the Texas-Mexico border. I did my academic studies with The National
Midwifery Institute.

I believe that birth is a natural process, and that the most effective way for
women to birth is to step into their power. While we are well trained midwives,
our primary job is to create the space you need and the support necessary for
you to birth powerfully.

One of the things that I love about Mama Love Midwifery is that because there
are three of us, there is plenty of support for our clients' needs to be met. We
choose to work in a team of three as away of practicing from an abundant
energetic place.

tidbit: AManda drew what was to become our logo for the first time about five
years before it became "Mama Love".

    About Us:

    Colette Mercier
    KathRyn Barry
    AManda Elderkin
AManda Elderkin
Homebirth Midwife
Colette Mercier, LM, CPM
KathRyn Barry
Homebirth Midwife