Darlene Beya

  • “I grew up on my parents 40 acre Mennonite farm. In a family of 9 children, I was the one child my mother gave birth to at home. Naturally, I have always trusted the safety, value & beauty of home birth. From youth, I was captivated by pregnancy, birth and everything having to do with mothers and babies. After becoming a mother myself, that love grew into a passion and lifetime career. I returned to college, and became a Nurse with the sole aim of becoming a Midwife. I worked in labor & delivery before graduating from University of Cincinnati's first Masters class of Nurse Midwifery in 1998. I've assisted over one-thousand mothers through labor and birth on the east side of Cincinnati, helping them listen to, trust & follow the innate ability and strength of their bodies. As a pioneer Trauma Informed Provider, I've facilitated a safe space for, and advocated for women's choices in their birth experiences within the hospital environment. I expanded my scope of care by working within the mental health/psychiatric community, and now bring that experience to helping birthing-women in an encompassing manner. I'm thrilled to have all of my influences come full-circle by now offering home births in OH and KY, and IN.”

    • Registered Nurse. OH license#

    • Certified Nurse Midwife.

    • Licensed Certified Nurse Midwife. OH. KY. IN

  • University of Cincinnati, Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing

    University of Cincinnati, Master’s Degree in Nurse Midwifery

    • Cincinnati Ohio

    • Northern Kentucky

    • Dayton, Ohio

    • Southeast Indiana

Meghan Nowland

  • “I grew up as the fifth child in a family of fourteen, and have always been around babies and loved them. In 2010 I caught my niece at my sister’s home birth in Virginia, which led me down the path of becoming a birth doula and midwife. I have a bachelor’s degree in midwifery from the Midwives College of Utah and moved to Cincinnati with a passion to improve Ohio’s maternity care. I regularly volunteer teaching community childbirth education classes and for the Kentucky Home Birth Coalition, and am a founder of Ohio’s chapter of National Association of Certified Professional Midwives. Before moving to Ohio I lived in San Antonio Texas for two years and worked at Birth Center Stone Oak and with home birth midwives Robin Rabenschlag, Julie Hatfield, and Janet Dirmeyer. I earned my CPM certification in 2014, and have been practicing as a home birth midwife ever since. In 2017 I became certified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Most recently I’ve been involved with legislative efforts to increase access to midwives and serves on the Kentucky Midwives Advisory Council, creating regulations for licensure of CPMs. In August 2020 I became the first Certified Professional Midwife to become licensed in the state of Kentucky!“

    • Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). Issued October 2014. Credential ID 14090007.

    • Licensed Certified Professional Midwife (LCPM), Kentucky. Credential ID 9000001.

    • International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBCLC). Issued April 2017. Credential ID#L-126843

  • Midwives College of Utah, Bachelor’s Degree, Direct Entry Midwifery, 2014-2015.

    Midwives College of Utah, Associate of Science, 2011-2014.

    • Cincinnati Ohio

    • Northern Kentucky

    • Dayton, Ohio

    • Southeast Indiana

India Stringer

  • “I attended my first birth in 2018 and started working as a birth assistant in 2020. Personal autonomy is very important to me. I love to provide well rounded resources and knowledge to our families and see them take an active role in their care. My favorite thing about midwifery is the comfort and ability to have a baby in the safety of your own home.”

    • Certified Birth Assistant (CBA). American Association of Birth Centers (AABC). 2023.

    • CPR (BLS)

    • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

  • Lactation Examination Prep Course. Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre. 2023.

    • Cincinnati Ohio

    • Northern Kentucky

    • Dayton, Ohio

    • Southeast Indiana

Erica Paulson

  • Erica is a CAPPA certified labor doula and faculty doula trainer; certified childbirth educator, and certified midwife assistant. She is waterbirth credentialed, CPR and NRP certified. She is a professional member of CAPPA, Birth Arts International, and the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health. Erica is also a published poet, author, and speaker and holds the title of 2023 Ohio Poet of the Year.

    Erica has served over 1000 families in her tenure as a doula and childbirth educator since 2006. Erica has held board positions with the Cincinnati Area Doula Society, the Buckeye Birth Coalition, International Cesarean Awareness Network, and the Dayton Area Labor Support.

    • Certified Midwife Assistant (CMA). Ancient Arts Midwifery.

    • CPR (BLS)

    • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

    • Certified Labor Doula (CAPPA)

    • Certified Childbirth Educator

  • Ancient Art Midwifery Assistant Training

    • Cincinnati Ohio

    • Dayton, Ohio