Midwives & Home Birth Midwives Near Me in Hattiesburg, MS

Brandi Thompson, LPN, Certified Doula, and Placenta Encapsulation Specialist Brandi Thompson is a compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), faith-based childbirth doula through Childbirth International, and midwife assistant with over 12 years of experience supporting families through pregnancy and childbirth. She is also trained in fetal heart tone monitoring through Midwifery Wisdom School, further enhancing her ability to provide skilled and confident support during labor. Brandi is passionate about empowering mothers to make informed decisions and guiding them to embrace their strength during the challenges of childbirth—whether unmedicated, medicated, or through a C-section, both in hospitals and at home. In addition to her doula work, Brandi has been a placenta encapsulation specialist for 10 years, offering this valuable service to families seeking natural postpartum recovery options. With a heart for service, she has supported numerous families as they bring their children into the world. Brandi and her husband, Brian, have been married for 14 years and are blessed with eight children. They have called the Mississippi Gulf Coast home for the past 10 years. Outside of her professional life, Brandi homeschools five of her children, enjoys playing bunco with her church family, spends quality time on date nights with her husband, and loves reading a wide variety of books. Brandi is deeply committed to helping women make choices that align with their values, and she is dedicated to empowering families to navigate the childbirth journey with confidence and support.

I'm a passionate birthworker since 2020, specializing in Lamaze/Breathology, childbirth education, prenatal yoga, and birth/postpartum doula services. Based in McComb but originally from Cincinnati, I proudly serve the wonderful communities of Southwest Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana In 2024, I took a big step in my career by deciding to begin my midwifery journey, and fully stepping into my midwife era. Now, as an apprenticing midwife/monitriece, I focus on traditional midwifery and herbalism, bringing ancient wisdom to modern birth practice, while still also serving the community as a full spectrum doula. As a homeschooling mom of three energetic, young, vivacious girls, I deeply value the importance of providing comprehensive and compassionate care to families during the childbearing year. I'm dedicated to empowering women and their families to make informed choices about their birth and postpartum experiences, ensuring they feel supported every step of the way.

A Louisiana native, Leila was born at home in Lacombe with midwives, and grew up around the normalcy of birth as an every day occurrence. Leila birthed both of her babies in a birth center in Florida and recalls her births as “orgasmic and life changing”. After becoming a doula, spinning babies parent educator, lactation counselor, birthing from within mentor, and midwife assistant, it was clear that Midwifery was her calling. Leila took her education seriously and became a traveling student midwife in order to experience a wide variety of clinical sites, communities, and philosophies. This allowed her to become a well rounded, culturally respectful, and skilled provider. Leila has attended over 500+ births, and is skilled at twins, breech, VBAC, waterbirth, and birth in every type of environment. Leila graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Midwifery from Midwives College of Utah and is a Certified Professional Midwife through the North American Registry of Midwives. She is licensed in Louisiana. Mississippi currently does not have a licensing credential and recognizes Leila’s credentials as a midwife. Leila maintains credentials as a neonatal resuscitation provider, CPR, Breech without Boarder trained provider, and completes yearly continuing education to always develop skills and competency. Leila owns Devotion Midwifery. “I believe in autonomy for both the midwife and the birthing families, and support licensed midwifery with full scope care, traditional midwifery, and attendants rooted in a lineage of cultural tradition, freebirth, and medical birth as desired. I believe in sovereign birth. I believe in anti-racism, inclusivity, and freedom. My philosophy of care is deeply rooted in these beliefs and will hold them on the highest of esteem in every part of care that I offer. “ - Leila

Hello, Grace Jackson here I am the owner of Grace Midwifery Birth Center and a Certified Professional Midwife, licensed in the state of Louisiana . I am committed to offering pregnant women more individualized, intimate care. I believe that a mother should be in control of her birth experience as an active and informed decision maker every step of the way. From the very first appointment, to the moment she holds her baby in her arms, she is in control. Childbirth, when viewed from an empowered and connected frame of mind, has the potential to be a beautiful, transformative, life changing event. I fully believe that birthing is a normal physiological process in a woman’s life and when supported by a healthy lifestyle, little intervention is ever needed. I see myself as more of a birth guardian who walks alongside a mother, making sure she has the utmost reassurance and guidance. Birth is natural and beautiful; it can be a completely different experience when not approached from a fear based mindset. Instead, we choose to approach pregnancy and birth with positive, evidence based information as a biologically normal experience. After a 4 year comprehensive apprenticeship, I earned my Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) license. This credentialing is the national gold standard for midwifery certification. It is only available after demonstrating the experience and skills necessary to attend an out-of-hospital birth. The candidate that passes an extensive exam administered by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), is required to maintain current certification in adult, infant and neonatal CPR and resuscitation. I am also licensed by the state of Louisiana and recognized by the Board of Medical Examiners as a licensed caregiver. As a midwife, it is my duty to stay up to date with evidence based information as well as ongoing education. To date, I have attended over 270 births.

Moonbeams Birth and Doula Services is proudly servicing the Hattiesburg Mississippi area +70(ish) miles. Doula and Birth photography packages available. Doula support starting at $900. Please reach out if you have any questions. Let’s plan your perfect birth!

Hey there Mama! I’m a childbirth/post partum doula serving mothers in south MS! I am a wife and mommy to three precious gifts from the Lord. (twins + 1) I seek to provide a Safe space to women during pregnancy, birth, newborn stages and beyond to ensure Motherhood is experienced in a Beautiful way. I’m the Mommy that holds the Mommy during one of the most precious times of her life and I can’t wait to serve YOU! Feel free to email or text me anytime! Blessings ❤️

Embrace birth and wellness support families throughout pregnancy, labor, birth and early parenthood. Providing you with Evidence based information to help you achieve an informed and empowered birth. As your birth doula, my goal is to assist you in having the birth you desire to have. I provide continuous support during your labor and birth which include basic massage, relaxation techniques, emotional support, encouragement, positioning suggestions, help with breastfeeding and guiding your partner through your birthing experience. I am available for hospital, home and virtual care.