hand-selected birth workers
to help your family thrive
Meredith Braudway
Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife
About Meredith | Backup Midwife
Her journey to becoming a midwife began years ago when she attended her first birth as a photographer at a freestanding birth center in Fort Worth. She was already pursuing nursing as a career with a focus in Oncology and after witnessing a birth, she decided to pursue a future of working in women’s services.
She worked in labor and delivery at a North Texas hospital while in school. Seeing the vast differences in birth settings during her years of working in-hospital, she made the decision to become a provider in the out-of-hospital birth setting. Her time in midwifery school was divided between Dallas/Fort Worth and Seattle, WA, providing her with a wide variety of knowledge and experience.
In her free-time she enjoys going to the movies with friends, outdoor activities, attending concerts and educational conferences and visiting Washington when her schedule allows.
She was born and raised in Arlington, TX, and founded the Birth and Wellness Center of Arlington.
About Cait | Backup Midwife
Cait grew up around midwives in her hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska, and knew at an early age that her calling would be caring for families and catching their babies. After marrying her childhood sweetheart, birthing five of her own at home and moving more than 4,000 miles south, she began her apprenticeship in Dallas, Texas. She has trained under ten exceptional midwives in hospital, home and birth center settings, while simultaneously completing her long-distance didactic work.
Between births and appointments, chauffeuring five children and keeping up with the latest science on evidence-based maternity care, she still finds time to sew quilts, cook bone broth, hike Texas' beautiful state parks, attend jazz concerts and sometimes even sneak back home to visit Alaska.
Cait Bourne
Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife
DR. MICHELLE JEFFERSON
Licensed Chiropractor
About Dr. Michelle | Chiropractor
Dr. Michelle is excited to serve and support the families of Birth and Wellness of Arlington! Serving in various clinical settings over the last 8 years led Michelle to begin her house call practice in 2017. Her vision was to serve families whose busy schedules may not fit with traditional office hours. She designed her practice with working parents, new moms, and active kids in mind, providing care in home or office settings. She holds certifications in Webster, acupuncture for pregnancy, labor and postpartum. She continually works on building her tool box with continued education in perinatal and pediatric classes and seminars.
She spent her childhood traveling the world with her family as a military child. She planted her roots in Dallas after marrying her college sweetheart and beginning their family. She has 3 little ones 13, 9 and 7, that keep her busy outside of practice.
About Jaunitta | Doula
My husband and I have two sons and two daughters and a spoiled rat terrier. I have a degree in elementary education with an endorsement in early childhood education.
After my first three medicated hospital births I decided I wanted a different experience for my fourth birth. I partnered with a hypnosis therapist and studied hypnosis for birth throughout my pregnancy to accomplish a beautiful, unmedicated hypno-birth in the hospital. It was an amazing and empowering experience and I decided I wanted to share that empowerment with other women. I became a Birth Boot Camp® Certified Doula and Childbirth Educator and began my career in birth work.
My services are focused on helping women plan and prepare for their ideal birth experience. I will partner with you during pregnancy, labor, and birth. I will spend some time with you postpartum to facilitate those precious first bonding hours, offer basic breastfeeding support, and make sure you are feeling settled and secure with your new baby.
Continue reading below for more information about Doulas.
JAUNITTA TAYLOR
Birth Boot Camp®
Certified Doula and Childbirth Educator
What is a doula?
A Doula is a professional birth companion who offers continuous physical, emotional, and mental support throughout the labor, birth, and postpartum period. A Doula also provides education and evidence based information for birthing persons and their partners in preparation for their best labor and birth experience.
Why do you need a doula?
Studies prove that people who have a Doula benefit from more positive birth outcomes for the birthing person and the baby. Overall, these people are more likely to have successful vaginal births with fewer pain medications, epidurals, vacuum or forceps assisted births and Cesarean sections. Their births tend to be shorter and their babies are less likely to have low APGAR scores. These studies show that both mothers and babies are statistically more likely to have better outcomes when they have Doula support for their births.
Read more on the evidence for Doulas
The Cochran Review of the Evidence Based Birth Study Evidence Based Birth