Caeli Werner, CPM

My midwifery journey began when I watched Robin care for my mother. My mom delivered all of us with out-of-hospital midwives. Robin’s gentle energy was contagious. I loved to hear the whoosh of the doppler as we listened to baby. Then and there, I decided I wanted to be a midwife. This passion was reenkindled when my sister-in-law began to look for a homebirth midwife to attend the deliver of her first. In 2020, I took a definitive step and began a full time apprenticeship in Virginia. The practice was a busy practice offering home and birth center births to 90-100 families a year. I learned under four incredibly talented midwives, Misty Ward CPM LM, Emily Friar CPM LM, Kai Lyons CPM LM and Danika Johnson CPM LM. About 8% of the mothers we cared for were VBACs. I participated in the care of two planned breech deliveries and four sets of twins. While at Brookhaven, I fell in love with home birth. As a provider, I preferred knowing a mother was comfortably laboring in her own space as I drove to her and, that, after she welcomed her little one, I would leave her tucked in bed surround with food, family and familiarity. No car rides there or back! No need to worry about transitioning into new spaces. I am so excited to offer this opportunity to mothers my home state, Missouri!

I have been a certified professional midwife (CPM) since fall 2022.