Sarah Kelly, Midwife, LM, CPM

My name is Sarah and I am a mother of five and a midwife that serves families here in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin. I began my journey as a birth doula shortly after the birth of my first daughter in 2000. I trained to be a doula 3 months after the birth of my first baby with Gail Tully and not long after, I started my path to midwifery! I apprenticed with a local traditional midwife here in the twin cities for about six years while raising my babies and also doing doula work. I sat for my NARM exam in 2010. I have been practicing midwifery for 15 years now and have worked in the birth world for 25 years! Four of my five babies were born at home, including my twins. I believe in the informed choice and informed consent that homebirth can provide for families. I also believe strongly in honoring each woman’s vision for her birth and giving information without bullying.

I nursed all five of my children, ranging from a short four months with my first, to three years with some. I think that breastfeeding is an amazing experience and I am ready to support that relationship with every family chooses it! I have had a heart calling to support families as they navigate the growth of their families from the moment I had my first baby. Being a midwife and a mother is what I was put on earth to do. I am incredibly grateful to God for showing me what I was called to do so early in my life and after 25 years and well over a thousand births, I feel even more strongly now about honoring families and their pregnancy, birth and postpartum time than ever before.