Courtnee Booker
Hello! My name is Courtnee and I am a Student Midwife at WHMS.
After experiencing the transformational power of birth first hand and chatting with other new parents about their birth experiences I began to realize that there was a major gap in the level of support and care folks often experience during this time of amazing physical and spiritual growth. The more birth stories I listened to, the more passionate I became about becoming an advocate for pregnant people and their childbearing experience.
In 2016 I attended my first birth as a doula and was hooked! Supporting pregnant folks and their families with holistic, judgement free, and culturally sensitive care during the childbearing year is my life's greatest passion.
Outside of birthwork you can find me exploring local trails with my family, eating way too much chocolate, drinking the blackest of coffee and spending time in my garden.
After experiencing the transformational power of birth first hand and chatting with other new parents about their birth experiences I began to realize that there was a major gap in the level of support and care folks often experience during this time of amazing physical and spiritual growth. The more birth stories I listened to, the more passionate I became about becoming an advocate for pregnant people and their childbearing experience.
In 2016 I attended my first birth as a doula and was hooked! Supporting pregnant folks and their families with holistic, judgement free, and culturally sensitive care during the childbearing year is my life's greatest passion.
Outside of birthwork you can find me exploring local trails with my family, eating way too much chocolate, drinking the blackest of coffee and spending time in my garden.
Madeleine Wisner
My name is Madeleine Wisner, and I provide care to families as Licensed Midwife and a Birth Doula through Welcome Home Midwifery Services, Inc.
I also facilitate trainings for our organization's staff and help to oversee general operations of the organization with our Board of Directors.
I began supporting families as a doula since 2010. I became a doula because when families are supported by doulas during pregnancy and childbirth, these families tend to better advocate for their children, they have better and more secure attachments, and everyone seems to be more healthy. I decided to train doulas to support communities that otherwise did not have access to doula care.
The providers at Welcome Home often teach families for the first time what it means to receive nurturing, empathy, gentle touch, and helpful guidance. We remind families that their voices matter and that they are the experts on their own bodies. We help people ask their providers important questions, and we help families find answers and strengths they do not yet know they have. We help families find other people who also do all of these things. We normalize these behaviors for parents, then we sit back and watch parents normalize them for their children. We have the fortune of watching the world become a little more gentle, kind place one family at a time.
I sometimes have to remind myself that my job is real life because it is just that special.
In 2017, I became a Licensed Midwife (LM), meaning I am licensed to provide midwifery care services (including prenatal care, labor and birth care, postpartum care, and family planning care) to families during the childbearing year. It's truly a pleasure to attend to families as their midwife or as their doula through Welcome Home.
In my spare time, I loves to cook and eat treats, spend quality time with my spouse, and play with my sweet pet bunny named Dennis Hopper.
I also facilitate trainings for our organization's staff and help to oversee general operations of the organization with our Board of Directors.
I began supporting families as a doula since 2010. I became a doula because when families are supported by doulas during pregnancy and childbirth, these families tend to better advocate for their children, they have better and more secure attachments, and everyone seems to be more healthy. I decided to train doulas to support communities that otherwise did not have access to doula care.
The providers at Welcome Home often teach families for the first time what it means to receive nurturing, empathy, gentle touch, and helpful guidance. We remind families that their voices matter and that they are the experts on their own bodies. We help people ask their providers important questions, and we help families find answers and strengths they do not yet know they have. We help families find other people who also do all of these things. We normalize these behaviors for parents, then we sit back and watch parents normalize them for their children. We have the fortune of watching the world become a little more gentle, kind place one family at a time.
I sometimes have to remind myself that my job is real life because it is just that special.
In 2017, I became a Licensed Midwife (LM), meaning I am licensed to provide midwifery care services (including prenatal care, labor and birth care, postpartum care, and family planning care) to families during the childbearing year. It's truly a pleasure to attend to families as their midwife or as their doula through Welcome Home.
In my spare time, I loves to cook and eat treats, spend quality time with my spouse, and play with my sweet pet bunny named Dennis Hopper.
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Welcome Home Midwifery Services, Inc. &
Welcome Home Community Birth Center 4500 47th Ave, Suite 5 Sacramento, CA 95824 Mailing Address: PMB#302 5960 South Land Park Dr. Sacramento, CA 95822 |
Please note: we do not take phone inquiries for services. Contact us online if you would like more information about hiring a midwife or a doula. Fax: 209-336-6814 |
Click here to view the 2020 Welcome Home Midwifery Services, Inc. Annual Report.