My name is Kathy and I live in Arvada, Colorado, with my husband and two beautiful children (3 and 5 years old).

I am a natural birth advocate! I believe that if more women knew the risks associated with many "routine" birth interventions, natural birth would be much more common in our society.

I decided to become a childbirth educator when I realized that most women I knew had very little knowledge about what a normal birth could and should be. Fear of labor and birth is so prevalent in our culture. I want to help pregnant women overcome this fear and help them achieve safe, satisfying birth experiences.

I received my certification in childbirth education from CAPPA in the summer of 2008. I received my certification in lactation education (also from CAPPA) in the summer of 2011.

Professional Affiliations

• Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association, member
• Colorado Midwives Association, member
• La Leche League, member