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| Susan Smart, LM, CLDT |
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| Susan Smart, LM, CLDT
Susan has been attending births since 1987 when she attended her first VBAC birth as a labor support person. She taught Bradley Natural Childbirth classes for 3 years before beginning her Midwifery Education Foundation studies. She worked with a European trained midwife and a Licensed Midwife for 4 years before she licensed in 1991 to provide primary care to pregnant women and has attended births as a Licensed Midwife in the home since then. She currently works attending births in the home and birth center and serving as doula / labor support for those wishing to have a hospital birth. She provides water birth care, as well.
Susan has become a teacher to those who wish to become doulas and / or midwives. She provides doula training for those wishing to certify as a CAPPA Certified Doula. Doula training courses are offered twice a year in the upstate and in Columbia. She developed and teaches a midwifery training course, Dar la Luz Midwifery Studies, for those wishing to follow a direct entry path to midwifery. This course is a DHEC Midwifery Advisory Council approved course for the teaching of Licensed Midwife Apprentices.
Susan has had three children with hospital, birth center, and home birth experiences. Her home birth caused her to want to offer this option to more women seeking to have good birth memories. Susan is married to Bob, a horticulturist, and they are grandparents to two beautiful grandsons who were welcomed into the world by their grandmother at home. Susan and Bob are quite involved in their church, Sandy Springs Baptist Church, where they are involved in the music ministry, missions, and teaching. They, also, enjoy hiking, biking, and reading.
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| Jami Morris, Licensed Midwife |
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| Jami Morris
Licensed May, 2009, Jami completed Dar la Luz Midwifery Studies and served her apprenticeship with Susan Smart and Tavish Brinton, the midiwfe with the greatest number of years attending births in the state. She served over 10 years as labor assistant with Tavish before beginning midwifery studies and starting her apprenticeship. She is a DONA trained doula as well and serves women at home and in the hospital in this capacity.
She is married to Millburn and they operate their own financial processing business. She has 4 children in which she experienced home and hospital birth and was drawn to serving at home births. She is the grandmother of Kaiden whom she welcomed into the world in 2008. She and her family are quite actively involved in their church, Restoration Outreach Center, in which they serve in church leadership, youth ministries, and prayer ministry.
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| Katie Koehn and son, Levi |
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| Katie Koehn
Katie has completed Dar la Luz Midwifery Studies and has been attending births since 2006. She is expecting to license as a SC Licensed Midwife in 2010. She has worked at Covenant Birth Center in Columbia and joined Smart Pregnancy & Birth in 2009. Katie had DONA labor doula training in 2007.
She is the mother of Levi who was born in 2007 and the wife of Stephen, who is a paramedic with Columbia EMS. She graduated from Columbia International University with a Bible and English major. She and Stephen are involved with their church, Heart's Cry Ministries. Katie also owns her own business in which she sews and sells cloth diapers and diaper covers.
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