Anne is a certified childbirth educator in Perry, Michigan, with more than 25 years of teaching experience. She is also a doula and midwifery student. As the mother of seven children, she has experience in hospital birth, birth-center birth, home birth, and cesarean birth.
Over the years, she has walked through many different kinds of birth experiences herself. Looking back, she believes Yehovah used those experiences to help her better understand and support women in many different situations — whether their births unfold exactly as planned or take unexpected turns along the way.
Families are helped by both practical preparation and compassionate support. Birth is physical, emotional, and spiritual work. When mothers understand what is happening in their bodies, when husbands know how to lead and support well, and when families approach birth thoughtfully rather than fearfully, the entire experience changes.
Anne believes the Bible has the answers for everything in life. She believes women were created in the image of God and designed with incredible wisdom and purpose. However, she also recognizes that we live in a fallen world where difficulties, interventions, and complications sometimes occur. Because of this, we need both natural preparation and wise decision-making. Anne believes in strong families, strong marriages, and women caring for other women.
Most of all, she wants mothers and fathers to feel equipped, informed, and peaceful as they prepare to welcome their babies into the world.
