Full Circle Midwifery

I am an apprentice-trained midwife in private practice since 1982, and have personally attended over 1200 home births. I have been certified (CM) by the Michigan Midwives Association since 1983. In 1997, I became a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), credentialed through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). [...]

Hi, I’m Barb Olsen. I am an apprentice-trained midwife. I began training with Patrice in 1995 and have stayed on to work with her in the Full Circle practice.
I became familiar with midwives and home birth while living in Seattle where my last child was born at home. The amazing difference between my [...]

I first came to homebirth and midwifery care as a client. Patrice was our midwife for 2 of our 3 children and after the homebirth of our 3rd child (1987) I became interested in becoming a midwife, someday. This being such a daunting accomplishment and my children being so young, I quickly accepted Patrice’s invitation [...]

I have been interested in wholistic health for a long time, and see midwifery care as an important part of this. I believe it is vital that women have the option of a safe and family centered birth experience. To help support this, I trained as a doula in 2003 at The Center for the [...]

I have always been around home birth, with many friends and family members having babies at home while I was growing up, and I always wanted to have my babies at home. I didn’t know how that would work out since I lived in Indiana at the time. I began contemplating becoming a midwife while [...]