Find a Midwife Near Me in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Hi! My name is Karissa Langan and I am a Certified Professional Midwife serving Schuylkill county, PA and surrounding areas! I am passionate about helping families discover true autonomy and power in their pregnancy and birth journey. My goals while providing care are to prioritize my client's wishes while minimizing risk, and accomodating my clinical skills and expertise to obtain a low intervention birth.

Hi! I’m part of a team of wonderful traditional midwives, doulas & placenta prep specialists. We would be honored to support you! We have one office in Marysville (Harrisburg) and one office in Lancaster. We can serve up to 1.5 hours from each of our offices.

My name is Tykarah, and I am a traditional birth attendant and a devoted student of indigenous midwifery. With Jamaican (paternal) and American (maternal) roots, I embody a rich heritage that includes Irish immigrants, Creek, Maroons, and Syria. As a BLACK Afro-Indigenous woman, my spiritual and professional journey is deeply intertwined with my membership in the Divine Sisterhood Circle, a BIPOC women-led community dedicated to creating sacred, inclusive spaces where families feel safe, seen, heard, and supported. I am also a proud member of the Traditional Community Birth Workers (TBCW), focusing on preserving ancestral wisdom and traditional birth practices without the use of legend drugs or ultrasound. My offerings include a comprehensive range of services such as emotional, physical, and spiritual support throughout the birthing process. I provide energy work, massage therapy, traditional womb care, yoni steaming, belly wrapping, herbal teas and salves, placenta rituals, hip closing ceremonies, and meal preparation. Having completed extensive training in lactation consulting, birth assistance, holistic midwifery skills, and full spectrum doula work with a concentration on reproductive justice, I am committed to empowering and healing families through culturally affirming modalities. My philosophy centers on the sacredness of birth as a transformative ritual, where each family’s unique experience is honored and supported. By following the path of my ancestors and integrating the teachings of the Psalms, I strive to guide families through a journey of personal and collective growth, while fighting against systemic oppression and fostering holistic well-being.

I am an out of hospital midwife who has attended the arrival of more than 1000 little lives. I offer comprehensive care from pre-conception thru postpartum. I hold a bachelor's in midwifery from Mercy In Action College of Midwifery and remain certified in neonatal resuscitation and CPR. I also have been trained in breech birth through Breech without Borders. I am an AWARE practitioner thru Spinning babies and working on certification in herbal medicine through Chestnut School in Virginia. Even with all of the training I have I consider my most invaluable teachers have been the mothers I have served. It is an honor to "mother the mothers" and support them thru this most important chapter of their lives!

Hello-my name is Lesley Franco. I am a licensed Certified Professional Midwife located in Asbury Park, NJ and serve families in the 1 hour vicinity. I offer respectful, individualized care for folks wishing to birth in the comfort of their own home, as well as The Birth Center of NJ. I offer a "Hello Visit" - a free, 1 hour consultation in my office - to get all of your questions answered and allow us to see if we're a "good fit".

I have been attending births since 1996, first as a doula and childbirth educator and since 2008 as a licensed midwife in NJ and 2010 in NY. I have been in private practice and partnerships with wonderful midwives and have mentored many students through the process of becoming a midwife in the apprenticeship model. I believe birth is sacred, and that the sovereignty of the birthing person must be kept in mind throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Keeping reproductive justice at the forefront of the work midwives do is critical to reducing maternal and infant mortality in the United States. I believe that midwives have a responsibility to that work and are the answer to the maternal mortality crisis we are facing. I have had multiple leadership roles at both state and national levels and continues to volunteer helping to move midwifery forward in both NJ and NY with the goal of recreating systems so that birthing people can have access to the equitable and culturally congruent care they deserve. I am the mother to five amazing adult children and Grammy to four precious grandchildren. The birth of a child is an amazing mixture of physical happenings, emotional ups and downs and spiritual and personal growth. It brings with it the realization that we are powerful and powerless at the same time; that we can be in control while surrendering; and that nothing else at that moment, hour, day or even days matters, only the intensity of the work we have to do to bring this precious life from us, to us. It is a true blessing and an honor to be present, and I feel privileged to be a part of the journey.

My calling for birth work started with a traumatic first birth, but has opened my eyes to the beauty that is child birth. I began educating myself which resulted in discovering what a doula was. I felt in my heart if I was able to rewrite my birth narrative, then I can be that person for others. I began attending births as a doula in November 2021. Along this journey, I became pregnant with my third child and was able to experience the difference the midwifery model of care can make. As I carried my child in my womb, attending mostly hospital births as a doula, I saw so many women not being heard or respected. I felt this urgency to become a midwife myself, because all women deserve to be supported. Birth is a natural event that sometimes needs medical attention and not the other way around. I was so inspired to make this my life’s work that I enrolled at the National College of Midwifery September 2022. I have not only been a victim myself but witnessed how our culture has stripped women of their birthing power. I have had three very different personal experiences with three very different births myself. One very medicalized birth turned into cesarean, one unmedicated vbac in a hospital and my last birth was at a birth center ! My hope and passion is to help other women feel the power that comes when their autonomy is left intact! I believe that birth is sacred. I believe in you and your ability to birth. I hold space for the spiritual, the physical, the emotional. I am here to help you with your fears, your hopes, and your dreams. In January 2023 I decided to attend a reiki 1 and 2 training. I have been incorporating this spiritual modality when requested. The pairing on energy work within the birth space has had a magical impact on my clients and my own personal enlightenment. I believe that every woman deserves to birth in a way that is safe for her and her baby, in a way that assures she feels honored and supported.

Greetings! My name is Nets Manela. I am a home birth midwife, certified holistic doula, Registered Biodynamic craniosacral therapist, and mother of four. As a doula, I specialize in supporting families planning a natural birth. Craniosacral therapy can be especially helpful for breastfeeding challenges and resolving birth trauma. My service area is the Baltimore region within 50-minutes drive of Reisterstown, MD.

I am a sole practitioner providing relief of Prestress tension and inflammation of joints. B*B ( Before Birth) I provide Reiki Healing , Breathing techniques and natural pain reduction D*B ( During Birth) I come with calming teas , mind control exercised and herbal remedies for Postpartum stress. A*B ( After Birth) I have 30 years of Reiki Healing under my belt. Clearing the Chakras and providing peace by teaching breathing techniques comes naturally. I've developed a 6 step program to heal mind, body and soul called " The Recovery plan" . It involves, * Breathing exercises, mind control technics, self massage, pressure points , self circulation, examples of natural hygiene and cold water solutions, identifying vitamin and minerals in your backyard.aka Garden Salad, dance and vocal cord therapy. (To alleviate stress and provide pure joy) My motto is " get in where you fit in" so I will blend my gifts with yours and create a wonderful birthing experience together with 💘

I am a holistic birth and postpartum doula. I have been serving women for 5 years in this space. I love educating and supporting families through the perinatal period, walking alongside them while they transition into motherhood, and supporting them in the immediate postpartum while everyone settles into their new roles.

Nikita Johnson is a 2nd Year Chief Midwife Apprentice at Althea Midwifery & Charm City Midwives. She has 6 years of hospital based labor & delivery experience as a Certified Obstetrics Surgical Technologist and 5 years as top practicing doula in the DMV. Nikita is a prominent birth doula in the Baltimore community. She is a Doula Trainer & Mentor for The Black Doula Training, Writer for Healthy Mom & Baby Magazine Powered by the Nurses of AWHONN, & Board Advisor for Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Individuals and couples working with Nikita benefit from her multi-skilled background and experience. She has been attending births since 2014 and has attended over 350+ births. My skill set is unique and vigorous. I do not sell you a dream or an experience. I incorporate my OBGYN medical background into doula support to ensure families understand the holistic and medical options related to fertility, birth and beyond. My goal is to ensure birthing people are informed, educated, and feel confident to advocate for themselves throughout pre-conception, prenatal care, labor/birth, and postpartum period.

Nikki Williams is a Certified Professional Midwife licensed to practice in the states of Maryland and Virginia, specializing in the management of normal, low-risk pregnancy and birth in both the home and birth center setting. Nikki Williams strongly supports parents in their right to true informed consent and refusal for all decisions. It is Nikki’s expectation that her clients research all of their pregnancy and birth choices and take responsibility for educating themselves, and for communicating with Nikki whenever there are questions or concerns. Nikki will take the time to make sure that clients are clear and comfortable with all the decisions they are being asked to make during their experience in her care. Nikki respects your ultimate authority over your pregnancy, labor and birth, and baby, and strives to create family-centered birth experiences. During birth, partners or support people will be encouraged and supported to participate as much or as little as they desire. The role of Nikki as a midwife is to monitor fetal growth and development, support the mother to grow a healthy baby and to stay physically and mentally healthy themselves, provide as much or as little information as the family needs, and get to know the entire family in order to foster a positive and optimistic attitude toward birth. At birth, the midwife’s role is to assist with the birth of the baby and the placenta, monitor mother and baby vitals, support a normal neonatal transition to extrauterine life, repair any lacerations, facilitate bonding and breastfeeding, transfer to higher levels of care if needed, and clean up. Nikki’s postpartum support focuses on ensuring a healthy newborn who is feeding effectively, rest and healing of the newly postpartum mother, and integration of the baby into the whole family. Nikki Williams provides care that supports pregnancy and birth as a natural process, which minimizes but does not exclude medical intervention. Nikki carries emergency medications and equipment to manage postpartum hemorrhage, GBS prophylaxis, shock, dehydration, minor perineal repair and neonatal resuscitation at home. Nikki is unable to provide medical induction or pharmacological pain relief at home, but is knowledgeable in the use of herbs and homeopathics to encourage healthy labor and relieve pain. Nikki strongly encourages the use of water in labor and birth (hydrotherapy) and will provide all of the client education and supplies needed to allow water labor and waterbirth. Overall, Nikki Williams became a homebirth midwife after the birth of her only child, after experiencing the profound positive change in her outlook on life and new respect for herself after receiving midwifery care that allowed her to realize her power and capability for the first time. Nikki is now working her dream job that has always been waiting within her, after dedicating her early adulthood to other careers and other college degrees. She is dedicated to helping others achieve their own individual hopes and dreams for their births and themselves, so they can also realize their full power as humans and parents.