Hello There, I'm Emma Grace Thomas, a Certified Professional Midwife, and a Certified Lactation Counselor

I was born and raised in the small town of Warrensburg, Missouri which is about an hour away from Kansas City. I currently still live in Warrensburg with most of my immediate and extended family. I have two cats that I love dearly, and a french bulldog that has an attitude the size of the empire state building. Birth work has come into my life through my mother who had a midwife care for her for most of her pregnancies. My mother made it a point to share with all of her children their birth stories and this is how I was first introduced to midwifery. From here I spent the whole of my high school researching about midwifery, contacting and following different birth workers, becoming Doula trained through DONA (Doulas of North America), and ultimately become a student at The Midwives College of Utah where I graduated with a Bachelors in Midwifery and work as Certified Professional Midwife. Through my student education I worked at a Birth center about two hours away from my home, working under several CPM's, CNM's, and Nurses. I have added lactation support to my skills as well as Natural Family Planning, Point of Care Ultrasound education as well as education to look at labs in a functional medicine aspect.  

Why are you passionate about Birth? 

I am passionate about birth because I believe in the power that comes with it. I believe alongside midwifery comes an understanding of how a woman’s body works and the spiritual aspects of birth and how incorporating family and this life changing event are all interconnected. I am passionate about midwifery because midwives bring something different to the table than any other form of health care. They bring love and combine not only physical work but also spiritual work. Midwives work directly with people, they are intimate, personal, and compassionate. They care for their work not because it brings a good paycheck in or because their hours are set or because it comes with incredible healthcare, they pursue it because it is life changing in the end for both themselves and the clients, families, and communities they serve. Midwives have the power to impact change into these areas by promoting the power between these symbiotic relationships. 

 As a midwife I hold tight to the midwives model of care which states: 

• Monitoring the physical, psychological, and social well-being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle

• Providing the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support

• Minimizing technological interventions

• Identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention

Retrieved: Midwives Model of Care©. (2014). Retrieved from https://nacpm.org/about-cpms/midwifery-model-of-care/