Embodied Midwifery
Welcome to Embodied Midwifery
Embodied Midwifery is a private midwifery practice offering holistic, relationship-centered care across the reproductive lifespan. We provide homebirth care — including prenatal, birth, postpartum, and newborn support — as well as lactation services, gynecologic and well-person care, problem visits, preconception care, and family planning.
Embodied Midwifery is owned and operated by Melissa Poole, CNM, who brings nearly 22 years of birth work experience to her practice. Melissa spent the last 15 years working as a Certified Nurse Midwife in both hospital and community settings, and now offers deeply personalized care rooted in trust, autonomy, and embodiment.
We’re honored to walk alongside.
Physiology First
Relationship-Based Care
Evidence-Based, Individualized Guidance
Shared Decision Making
Remember Your Body’s Wisdom
We believe pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum transition are normal, physiologic life events — powerful rites of passage, not problems to be managed. While medical care has an important place when needed, birth has historically been held in community, guided by midwives, and rooted in trust in the body.
The hormones that support growing, birthing, feeding, and bonding flow best where we feel safe, seen, heard, and held — and for many, that place is the community setting, at home.
We honor the transformative potential of every reproductive milestone — from menarche to menopause — and support whole-person care through an integrative approach that blends lifestyle, herbal support, collaborative care, and evidence-based Western medicine.
Our role is not to make decisions for you, but to walk alongside you with compassionate, evidence-based care — supporting your values, preferences, and vision for your health and birth.
My Services
Home Birth Services
Comprehensive Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, Newborn Care.
Single Visit Services
Wellness Care, Postpartum/Newborn Care, Prenatal Care, Home Visits, Limited Ultrasound , Labs.
Consultations
Book a 1:1 consultation with Melissa to get the expert support you deserve as you navigate your reproductive health journey.
Book a Bodywork Session with Melissa .
Book a Bodywork Session with Melissa .
Book a Bodywork Session with Melissa at Flow of Life
Bodywork serves as a beautiful way of directly communicating with your body, baby and nervous system in preparation for birth. Taking time to clue in with what the body and baby are asking by getting to know your body’s signs and internal landscape. Pregnancy holds an opportunity to dive deeper into embodiment. Melissa’s unique perspective blends the clinical, physiological, anatomical and emotional aspects of understanding and preparing your body for birth. You will undoubtedly have a nourishing, engaging and restorative experience with Melissa’s care and touch.
Bodywork Services:
Birth Ready Bodywork
Birth Partner Session
Breech Body Balancing Session
VBAC Prep
Postnatal Bodywork
