Meet the Midwives

As Southern Oregon's premiere open-model Community Birthcenter, families either see one of the dedicated Rogue Midwives or their own licensed midwife throughout care and then labor & birth at the birthcenter with their midwifery team. The midwives collectively bring decades of knowledge and experience and maintain memberships with the Chamber of Commerce, Oregon Association of Birth Centers (OABC), Postpartum Support International (PSI), Breastfeeding Coalition of Josephine County, Southern Oregon Perinatal Task Force, Southern Oregon Birth Connections (SOBC), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM), Evidence Based Birth Professional (EBB), Citizens for Midwifery, The Big Push for Midwives, American Association of Birth Centers (AABC), and North American Registry of Midwives (NARM).

Megan Pratt CPM, LDM

Facility Director / Midwife
IBCLC (in training)

Nationally-recognized Registered Preceptor NARM, NMI, MCU, & others
Breastfeeding and Lip/Tongue Tie consults
IBCLC-in-training
Childbirth Educator
BEST (Birth Emergency Skills Training)
Reteach the Breech Dr. Stu Fischbein

Katie Petersen, Junior Midwife

Junior Midwife

Staff Birth Assistant

BS Applied Health Sciences Point Loma Nazarene University
Certified Labor Doula ProDoula
Reteach the Breech Dr. Stu Fischbein
CPR & First Aid certified
OR Early Childhood Education certified
OR Personal Support Worker (PSW)

Abi Burnett AUS

Chelsea DeVos AUS

Assist Student Midwife

Graduate Via Vita Midwifery Foundation
BA w/ Distinction Public Administration, Community Health/University of Hawai'i
UH Pueo Award Recipient Excellence in Community Health
Author
Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C)
Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor (HCHI) - Certified
Certified Postural Respiration & Pelvic Restoration/Postural Restoration Institute (PRI)
Functional Nutrition Counselor/Functional Nutrition Alliance (FxNA) in-training
DONA & Hypnobabies Doula
Nationally-recognized Registered Preceptor NARM
NARM Bridge Certification
Certified Childbirth Educator (CBE)

Willa has been blessed to serve innumerable families in multiple states through their journey in pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. In December 2020 she officially went off-call, shortly after her cancer diagnosis. Willa continues to serve families in our valley through Perinatal Mental Health visits, is a certified Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor, handles administrative duties for the facility, and formulates wellness tinctures and balms sold in several locations throughout Southern Oregon.

Willa Woodard Ervin CPM, LDM / PMH-C / HCHI

Facility Owner

Amy Wessner CPM, LDM / PMH

Retired Midwife - Dec 2023

After 25 years of birth work and 16 years on-call Amy made the decision to retire from midwifery. We are excited for her journey the next chapter of her career! "Moving on from the Rogue Birth Center was not an easy decision to make!! I have been so blessed to work with all of our Rogue Birth Center families over the last eight years. You have all become my family and are all etched in my heart. It was an honor to serve over 1000 families as part of this amazing team. I have had the strong calling to transition into being an end of life Midwife. To me, it is the same, just energy moving the opposite direction. Traditional midwives helped with both “coming and going. When I was attending midwifery school, I did both and it felt truly balanced to me. I always imagined making this transition during my midwifery career. Thank you for allowing me to serve you and work beside you for the last eight years. These are the proudest years of my life and career. It was an honor to walk the path with each of you."