Providing Individualized and Evidence Based Midwifery Care
“Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”
-Ina May Gaskin
Kati Wickman is a Licensed Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife providing community based midwifery care in Conejo Valley and surrounding areas. She is passionate about educating people about their options during pregnancy, birth and postpartum and supporting families to make informed choices about their healthcare.
Conejo Valley Midwifery provides full midwifery care, which includes prenatal care, home birth services, postpartum care, lactation support, well-person visits and pre-conception counseling.
Our Philosophy
Pregnancy and birth are such raw, natural and magical processes that should be honored and respected. We trust that the birthing person’s body knows intuitively how to grow and birth a healthy baby. The birthing person has options and should feel empowered in their decision making process. We know birth works best when left as undisturbed as possible. A person who feels safe and comforted will birth with more ease on their body and mind. Birth is a big deal, and it should be respected as one.
What is a midwife?
A “licensed midwife" is an individual who has been issued a license to practice midwifery by the Medical Board of California. The practice of midwifery authorizes the licensee to attend cases of normal pregnancy and childbirth, and to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including family-planning care, for the mother, and immediate care (first 6 weeks) for the newborn. The practice of midwifery constitutes the furthering or undertaking by any licensed midwife to assist a woman in childbirth as long as progress meets criteria accepted as normal.