The beginning

It started in 1982.

I delivered my first baby at home in 1982. I was young, I was certain, and I had no idea I was beginning a 43-year conversation with the most sacred moments in human life.

What started as a calling became a career. What started as a career became a community. And somewhere along the way, I realized the families I was serving deserved more than just hands-on care — they deserved a system that worked.

Building something real

So I built a birth center.

I designed it. I planned it. I built it. I ran it for 20 years.

In those 20 years, my team and I oversaw more than 4,000 births. We trained 23 midwives. We mentored chiropractors, lactation specialists, doulas, and the clerical experts who would go on to support other practices across Florida. We weren’t just delivering babies — we were building the next generation of midwifery care.

I served as Program Director for a Midwifery Program for three years. I sat on the Florida Council for Licensed Midwives. I was one of the first midwives to test and shape the EHR systems being built for our profession — we were their guinea pigs, and that experience taught me exactly how a midwifery practice should run behind the scenes.

I know what it takes to run a midwifery practice — because I built one from the ground up, and ran it for two decades.

The turning point

And then I saw the problem nobody was solving.

Every midwife I trained, every practice I consulted with, every colleague I caught up with at a conference — they all said the same thing. “I’m drowning.”

Not drowning in births. Not drowning in patients. Drowning in paperwork. Labs that needed reviewing at 11pm. Sonograms sitting unread. Faxes piling up. Charts waiting until Sunday afternoon, when the kids were finally asleep.

They tried virtual assistants — but VAs couldn’t review charts. They tried students — but students couldn’t take liability. They tried billers, schedulers, general office help — but none of them spoke midwife.

So I built what I wished I’d had during those 20 years running my own birth center: a back-office team made entirely of experienced midwives.

Where I am now

This is what I do today.

I review charts. I process labs. I read sonograms. I message your patients with their results. I file your birth certificates. I send your faxes. I send you a daily recap so you walk into clinic already knowing what happened overnight.

I do all of it the way I would have wanted it done for my own practice — with the eye of a midwife who has seen 4,000 births and knows exactly which detail might matter most.

You stay the midwife. I stay in the background. The work gets done.

A career in midwifery

Four decades, briefly told

The moments that shaped how I work today.

  • 1982 The first home birth
    Began practicing home birth midwifery in Florida. The calling that started everything.
  • 2000S Founded a full birth center
    Designed, planned, and built a birth center from the ground up. Ran it for 20 years, overseeing more than 4,000 births.
  • 2010S Trained the next generation
    Personally trained 23 midwives. Served as Midwifery Program Director for three years. Mentored chiropractors, lactation specialists, and doulas who built their careers in our center.
  • 2010S Helped shape midwifery EHR systems
    One of the first practices to test and provide feedback on the early EHR platforms built specifically for midwives. That experience now powers how Virtual Midwife operates.
  • Recent Florida Council for Licensed Midwives
    Sat on the Florida Council shaping the future of licensed midwifery in the state. Continued teaching at annual conferences for continuing education credits.
  • Today Founded Virtual Midwife
    Built the back-office service I wish I’d had during my own 20 years in practice. Now serving midwifery practices across the country.
By the numbers

What 43 years looks like

YEARS AS A PRACTICING MIDWIFE

BIRTHS OVERSEEN

MIDWIVES PERSONALLY TRAINED

YEARS RUNNING A BIRTH CENTER

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What I believe

How I show up for every practice I serve

The three things every midwife I work with can count on.

Responsive, always

Patients hate waiting on results — and so do I. Every lab, every sonogram, every fax gets handled the same day. No exceptions.

Detail-obsessed

One missed result, one overlooked note, one ignored fax can change an outcome. I read every chart like it’s my own patient — because for 43 years, it was.

In the background

It’s your practice, your patients, your reputation. I work where you can’t see me — so you can be where your families need you most.

Credentials & service

Decades of training, teaching, and certifications.

43 years in midwifery isn’t just experience — it’s a network of training, continuing education, and service to the profession itself.

Here’s what’s behind the work I do for your practice.

Florida Licensed Midwife

Active license, in good standing.

Certified in Postpartum Equine Therapy

Specialty certification.

Former Midwifery Program Director

Three years directing midwifery education

Florida Council for Licensed Midwives

Former Council member

CEU Course Instructor

Continuing education courses taught
at annual midwifery conventions

Certified in Postpartum Depression

Specialty certification

A personal note —

From me, to you.

If you’ve made it this far, you’re probably tired. You’re probably reading this between charting and a birth, or after the kids have finally gone to sleep.

I’ve been where you are. I’ve felt the weight of trying to be everything — a great midwife, a present mother, a present partner, a present human. I’ve sat at the kitchen table at midnight wondering how I’d keep doing this.

What I learned, after 43 years, is that you don’t have to do it all alone. Not the births — those are yours. But the labs, the faxes, the sonograms, the patient messages — those can be carried by someone who understands.

That’s all I’m offering. Not a service. Not a system. A midwife in your back pocket, so you can keep being the midwife your families need.

Michelle

Founder, Virtual Midwife

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