Heather Brown Office Manager and Birth Assistant
10-Aug-2011 I am Brookhaven's office manager as well as the birth assistant to our midwife, Misty. I stay current in CPR and NNR along with attending specialized workshops as often as possible to ensure safety and to better serve our clients. I am a Harrisonburg native and currently live in Rockingham County with my wonderful husband and two super busy boys. I decided to become a part of Brookhaven Womens Health & Natural Birth Center stemming from from my own birth experiences and desire for a more natural pregnancy and delivery. I knew from the moment I discovered I was pregnant with both of my children that I would hire a midwife and wanted no drugs or intervention during delivery. There were no birth centers in this area at that time and I hadn't heard of home birth being an option; so off to the hospital I went. Both of my pregnancies and deliveries were very different. After laboring for 8 hours with my first son the midwife declared herself exhausted and called in an OB to perform a vacuum extraction. With my second son I was in the hospital just a little over an hour when I had the overwhelming urge to push, only to be told by my midwife that "I hadn't been there long enough, there was no way I was ready to push". Needless to say I delivered an almost 10lb boy shortly afterwards. Of course I had what would be considered natural by today's standards, I still felt somehow robbed of birthing the way I wanted to, in the position I wanted (who knew you could have a baby without laying flat on your back!) or in water, or at your own pace?! Those options, along with many others, are the reasons I feel blessed to have the honor of helping families achieve the birth experiences that they desire.
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