Forest River Midwifery CPM,LM,CLC

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Lake Orion, Orion charter Township, MI, USA
1295 Kern Road Oakland charter Township Michigan 48363 US

Colleen Maheswaran is a Certified Professional Midwife, Certified Lactation Counselor, Childbirth Educator, and mother of two beautiful girls both born at home. She has assisted over 700 births and educated thousands of families in her eighteen years of experience.

Her experience ranges from working as a midwife in a bustling birth center in Miami fl to working as an early intervention specialist for a state funded program helping underserved pregnant moms, to then working in a busy hospital in Massachusetts making rounds on the postpartum floor. During her years with Healthy Start, Colleen was skillfully trained on topics including post partum depression/anxiety, car seat safety, SIDS, developmental touchpoints, and many more. Colleen also holds a certification in Neonatal Resusitation (NRP), and infant/adult CPR.

In her free time, Colleen is actively involved in her Community and hosts a weekly free forest school session, maintains close involvement with her child’s elementary PTO, and loves talking long hikes when time allows.

Working with mothers and babies is more than a job for Colleen it is truly her Calling.

Services Provided:

Pre and Postnatal care

Homebirth

VBAC

In home breastfeeding support

Breastfeeding and parenting classes