Heather Shelley and Lisa Pugh are the midwives that you will see for your care, we work in a group practice. We feel that this helps us to give our clients better care with less interruption. It also helps us to be better midwives and better mothers to our own children.

Heather Shelley

From my youngest childhood, I have been fascinated with pregnancy. When I became a mother myself, that fascination grew and expanded until I found the role of a doula. Having attended many births both in hospital, birthcenter and at home- and helping women through one of the greatest experiences of their lives, I knew that I had found my passion, to help women through birth.

I started Birthing Your Way after the birth of my second son. I took my doula training through ALACE (Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators) and DONA (Doulas of North America), and my childbirth education through ALACE, Lamaze and CAPPA, and postpartum training through CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professionals Association Years later I enrolled in midwifery school and started on my path to midwifery.)

I am now a Certified Professional Midwife with the North American Registry of Midwives, and a licensed midwife practicing in Utah. I have four beautiful children and a very understanding husband (husbands of midwives need to have a lot of understanding, as we keep odd hours). Through the years I expanded my knowledge of not only birth, but also of breastfeeding and the postpartum care of new mothers and babies. I recognize birth as a natural process of the female body, one that doesn’t require routine interventions.

We have become such a busy society that new mothers and babies are often left on their own without the help of a mentor (this used to be the grandmother’s role) to teach and guide them through the learning processes of parents. This deficit of care can cause a difficult recovery and be a lonely time for the new mother.

I hope to help women through not just childbirth, but also through as much of the childbearing years as I can.

Certifications and Education

• Licensed Midwife with the State of Utah 2009
• Certified Professional Midwife, North American Registry of Midwives, 2009
• Midwifery Associates Degree, Midwives College of Utah, 2009
• Birth of my four children
• EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) 1991
• Childbirth Educator training started with ALACE, Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators, September 2000
• Certified Doula, Doulas of North America, October 2000
• Advanced Doula training, integrating High Touch and Nurturing in the High Tech Birthing Environment, February 2001
• ational Childbirth Institute Conference, March 2001
• ATM (Association of Texas Midwives) Conference and Workshops May 2001
• Advanced Childbirth Educator Training through CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association), June 2001
• Advanced Doula training with Penny Simkin, September 2001
• Postpartum Doula training, October 2001
• Five Day Breastfeeding Seminar, 2001
• Hospital Educator
• ALACE Labor Assistant (Doula) Training, May 2002/May 2003/February 2006
• Certified CPR Instructor, September 2002
• Neonatal Resuscitation Certification, 2003/2005
• Breastfeeding Seminar Updates, 2003
• ALACE Childbirth Educator Training Workshop, 2004
• Optimal Fetal Positioning Class, 2005
• Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator
• Breastfeeding educator Class with TDH, February 2006
• Breech Birth Conference, Vancouver, Canada, March 2006
• Midwifery workshop, October 2006
• Continuing education yearly such as suturing, IV skills, CPR, NRP, etc…

The following midwives are a wonderful group of women who help me out in my midwifery practice. You may see them at your prenatal, your postpartum, or even helping me with your birth. They are my extra set of hands when I need them.

Lisa Pugh

When I was a little girl, I always wanted to be a delivery room nurse. That feeling never went away as I began having my own children. But it wasn’t until my sixth pregnancy that I discovered midwifery and the midwife that would save my baby’s life. I then had a new view on pregnancy and birth. I know for a fact that I would have lost this baby had I been going to an OB.

As soon as my children were all in school, I began my schooling to become a midwife. My desire to help women through this amazing experience has only grown.

Certifications and Education
▪   Attending the Midwives College of Utah, 2007-present
▪   North American Registry of Midwives exam, February 2012
▪   Suturing Workshop, 2011 and 2012
▪   CPR certification, 2010
▪   Neonatal Resuscitation Certification, 2010
▪   Fetal Heart Monitoring Workshop, 2010
▪   Doula Training Workshop, 2007
▪   Quantum Touch Workshop, 2007
▪   Have been attending births since 2007
▪   Birth of my 10 children