Tidewater Board Members:

Jennifer Green - Director

With the birth of my first son at home, I became empowered with my body's ability to create a new life. I used my background in education to pass on the knowledge to women in Tidewater their innate ability to give birth. Teaching Bradley Method classes for three years and attending over 20 births has allowed me to experience the miracle of birth again and again. Two more sons later I am still enamored with birth and all its wonder. I look forward to the day that I am catching babies and spreading the miracle of birth to women in my community.

Kathy Hubbard - Co-Director

I first came to birth after my son Zachary was born. I looked up at my husband, minutes after he arrived, and said, "Let's do it again!" I have been a childbirth educator since 1999 and have used my classes as an outlet for my beliefs regarding birth as a normal, healthy part of life. I hope that by being involved with Birth Matters I can help women in Tidewater reframe their belief systems to embrace the power of birth, and realize it can be a beautiful experience with little fear, and lots of love.

Brandy Burd - Treasurer

Amara Minnis - Secretary

Laura Geimer - Resource Coordinator

Heather Edwards - WebSite Coordinator
 

Terri Hewitt - Member-At-Large

Transformed by the birth of my children, I felt called to assist women on their special journey. I have been blessed with the opportunity to work with hundreds of women and their families over the past 14 years. I currently serve as a certified birth doula and a Hypnobirth childbirth educator. As a founding member of Partners in Birth, a professional networking and education group for birth workers in the Tidewater area, I am pleased to share resources in the community.  Along with Birth Matters Tidewater, I hope to educate, encourage and support women so they can birth with knowledge and confidence

Nicole Powell - Member-At-Large

From the moment I realized I was pregnant, I was ecstatic.  I knew that giving life to another human being was the most important thing I would ever do. I have always known I wanted to deliver vaginally, drug free and with minimal medical intervention (because I felt this was the right choice for me and my baby).  Luckily, I was able to do so without any complications.  I really feel that my Bradley childbirth education and my faith in my body empowered me to have the birthing experience I desired.  This is not to say I wasn’t terrified, but I trusted my body and believed I could overcome my fears.  My husband was a terrific support system and his strength throughout the pregnancy, the labor and delivery of our son added to my strength and belief in myself