Spend your Sunday afternoon immersed in the world and work of the midwife. Six midwives and a doula, ranging in experience from rookies to retirees, will share stories of laughter, shock, heartache, and joy as they reminisce about their service to women and families. You won't want to miss this singular event, another in a series of public programs inspired by the year-long exhibit "Women With Women: a History of Midwifery in Lynchburg and Central Virginia."

This event is both in person and virtual, and can be streamed on the Lynchburg Museum Facebook page.

Panelist:

Katie Page, CNM – MODERATOR

Katie is a midwife of 14 years working at CMG Women’s Center and cares for people from puberty to beyond menopause in Forest and attends births in FarmVille. She has worked in the Lynchburg area since 2013

Erin Baird, DNP, MBA, MS, CNM

Erin is the Executive Medical Director of Women’s & Children’s Services at Centra Medical Group. She joined CMG Women's Center in 2009 and has been practicing midwifery since 2005.

Degra Duane Nofsinger, CPM

Degra is a community midwife who has worked at Traditional Midwifery of Lynchburg and Luna Midwifery. She’s been credentialed as a CPM for 14 years, since 2009.

Leslie Payne, CPM

Leslie has been a community midwife working in Lynchburg since the early 2000’s as a student, and credentialed in 2004. Her practice, Traditional Midwifery of Lynchburg, opened in 2009. Leslie and Julia Bradner, CPM, opened Trillium House, Lynchburg’s first freestanding birth center in late 2020.

Chantel Spinner, Doula

Chantel Spinner is a Lynchburg native, wife, and mother who has been dedicated to serving birthing persons of color for the past 4 years.