She has worked as academic faculty at a nationally accredited midwifery college and has been the preceptor for many students. Rachel is passionate about training midwifery students. Her job as a midwife has taken her all over the globe to countries including the Philippines and India. In recent years, Rachel has been working for the non-profit, Mercy in Action in their work to improve maternal and infant mortality rates throughout the world. She graduated from Birthwise Midwifery School in 2012 after completing her clinical training here at New Beginnings Birth Center! Rachel Mast is an Idaho Licensed Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife. Wallene believes that birth has its own process, and she has observed that the calm produced by seeing her knit or crochet a hat while waiting helps that process along.Įvery day she walks with women through their journey, she is reminded of how strong women are and what miracles are wrought through us. For many years, it has been her practice to give each new baby a hat made by her. When you come to the birth center or she comes to your home for your birth, you will likely find her with knitting needles and a ball of yarn making a hat for your baby. No matter if it is your first baby or your eighth, every woman deserves a personal relationship with the one who is their guide and “lifeguard” through pregnancy and birth. Although she worked for 10 years in hospital practice, she has never forgotten her dream of working one on one with women in their passage to motherhood. That led to a journey of many years, starting with 3 home births of her own, raising 8 children, nursing and midwifery school, then working as a labor and delivery nurse for 7 years. During the time of her friend’s pregnancy and after her birth, she knew she wanted to offer the same type of care Beah did. It was at her friend’s first visit with her Certified Nurse-Midwife named Beah that she was able to see the personal relationship between them-and that the visit began and ended with a hug. After four physician-directed hospital births, she thought she knew all about birth, but was astonished when she had an opportunity to see a friend’s home birth. Wallene’s journey with midwifery began over 20 years ago with a hug.
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