Laurel Yoder, CNM

For Megan, midwifery is her calling. She became a midwife to educate and empower women to take control of their well-being. Supporting women through all of life’s transitions is a fulfilling, humbling and fun job for her. She gets excited to go to work each day as she thinks about the women she will meet and the relationships she will build. Megan is particularly interested in promoting physiologic birth—which tends to be both safer and healthier—and is passionate about working to reduce disparities in maternity care. She speaks Spanish and is committed to improving migrant farmworker health.

Brandi was drawn into this specialty out of amazement for the process of pregnancy and birth. She knew she wanted to be a midwife because she values health promotion and non-intervention in natural processes. One reason she enjoys going to work every day is because of the opportunity to share in the amazing process of pregnancy and birth. She also looks forward to the opportunity to partner with women and empower them to make choices that will optimize their health throughout their lifetime. Brandi’s family has been the biggest influence on her life, as well as becoming a mother of three children. She enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, gardening, yoga, and doing just about anything outdoors.

For coordinated care for children's conditions of the urinary tract or genitals, see Joanna Maynard, NP, at Bronson Pediatric Surgery in Kalamazoo, Mich.