Lori has been in private midwifery practice since 2000. When asked why she became a midwife her reply is, “I didn't choose to be a midwife, midwifery chose me. God planted the midwife seed into my tender heart long before I knew what a midwife was. I "played house" like most little girls but I also played "newborn nursery" and cared for my pretend mama's”.
After graduating from high school Lori began to pursue a nursing career to become a certified nurse midwife. Before finishing school she married her husband, started having babies and instead focused on her family and mothering. Each of her births impacted her life but the birth of her third spurred her into the birth world. She became a certified Bradley® childbirth teacher and DONA certified birth doula. After attending the birth of her very first students she knew that she had found her 'calling' and had to once again pursue her childhood dream of caring for women and babies. A couple weeks later she was enrolled in midwifery school, began an apprenticeship and spent time in the Netherlands with her husbands midwife aunt who passed on her wisdom and love of midwifery.