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Anne Margolis

Anne Margolis received her B.S.N. in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, her degree in Nurse-Midwifery from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, and her Master's in Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.
Anne is a doula and a childbirth educator, and incorporates the art of labor support and teaching into her midwifery practice.

Anne Margolis Midwife PC and Associates

Anne has extensive training and clinical experience in women’s health and maternity care, in both in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings, using an integrative approach—one that combines the best of modern medicine with natural, holistic modalities.

Anne is passionately devoted to her homebirth practice, which reflects a more sensitive, personal, humanistic and family centered approach to maternity care, and her confidence in a healthy woman's innate ability to give birth normally and naturally.

Nancy is certified as a birth doula through DONA International, and has been attending births since 2002. She is also a volunteer of Operation Special Delivery, which is a private organization consisting of more than 300 doulas, who donate their services during wartime to women who are giving birth while their partners are on military deployment. Nancy has also volunteered at a local crisis pregnancy center, helping pregnant women and new moms find the support and resources they individually needed. Nancy’s continuing education, include workshops on helping babies get into the best position for birth; working with sexual abuse survivors during labor and birth; and assisting families with bereavement during a birth where they know the baby will not survive.  Nancy attended the Midwifery Home Birth Assistant course in Summertown, TN, at Ina May Gaskin's Farm, and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a labor support doula to her role of assisting in the office and at births.

Nancy is also a postpartum doula, as she understands that the postpartum period can be a very emotional and tiring time for new families. Having the extra help and support can be an overwhelming relief....to know that someone will be there to help integrate the new baby into the household and family life... for mom to know she has someone to talk to, to share joys, anxieties, and, if needed, a shoulder to cry on... for dad to know mom is getting the help and support she needs and has time to relax and let her body heal.

Nancy was the former co-president of the Hudson Valley Birth Network, and currently acts as the secretary. This network is a group of childbirth professionals, including doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, and lactation consultants. They are there to help pregnant couples know of all of the choices they have when it comes to their pregnancy and birth and believe in freedom of choice through knowledge of alternatives.

Nancy’s philosophy towards birth is that birth is a beautiful, sacred life changing event.  She believes every mother should have choices for every part of her pregnancy and birth process and be supported regardless of what her final decisions might be. Nancy is there to support everyone at the birth, not to impose and take over, and remember that it is an honor to be invited to each birth. “The births of my children, were life-changing events.  I was amazed at what my body was capable of doing, and knew I wanted to share that feeling with other women in the world.  Because of that, I find myself on this path that might one day lead me to becoming a midwife myself.  For now, I am thrilled and honored to be able to attend home births, and assist other women slip into the transformative role of motherhood.”

Nancy and Evan

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