Whole Mother Show – Whole Mother

Mike Loomis is a nurse, a father, and the founder of OB1Health, a startup focused on developing applications to achieve better outcomes for patients and families. With over 18 years of experience as a registered nurse in maternal-child health, Mike has supported and empowered families during some of life’s most transformative moments. After witnessing firsthand the unique challenges and gaps in resources faced by new fathers, he decided to create Call of Dad Duty to provide guidance and support alongside humor and experience.

Mike Loomis, Nurse, OB1Health

BIRTH Fair is coming up on October 5, at United Way, 50 Waugh Drive, from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Please be sure to listen to this show and learn what the 20th annual BIRTH Fair can do for our community!!!!

We hope you’ll attend our free event. See you there!

Christine Diaz, Co-Executive Manager
Shay Wallace, Marketing/Publicity/Community Outreach Coordinator
JacQue Colson-Smith, Family Area Coordinator
Kiwis Apeh, Volunteer Coordinator
Debbie Hull, Doula, Speaker Coordinator
Jackie Griggs, CNM, RN, Midwifery Liaison
Natalie Guzman, Fashion Show Coordinator
Randy Holmes, DC, logistics coordinator

BIRTH Fair 2024

Kathleen Wilson is a founding member of TLC Doula Group, owner of Labor Enabler Doula Services and Co-Owner of Rebel Birth Education and Resource Haven. She has been a doula since 2003. She has not only taken several doula trainings, but is the founder of the Labor Enabler Doula Apprenticeship Program. She spends her time teaching and volunteering within the reproductive community. Kathleen loves working in all environments and with all care providers to ensure her clients have their best possible birth. Kathleen was married in 1997 to her very supportive spouse. She has four amazing children. She loves to cook and travel. She is one of the luckiest people in the world.

Kathleen Wilson, Doula

Melissa Nealy, CPM, IBCLC, has been a part of the out of hospital birth community for the last decade and found her love for midwifery 14 years ago prior to the birth of her oldest daughter. She has presented at local and national conferences on the topic of lactation complications for midwives. Spending 5 years as an IBCLC she is thrilled to be able to exclusively be a midwife for the last two years. She is a homeschooling mother of 3 stunning and bright children, husband to the most supportive man (you have to be supportive if you’re married to a midwife) and the family hosts 11 mammal and reptile friends in their home. (cats, dogs, mice and snakes). She is always thrilled to speak more about her passions

Melissa Nealy, CPM, IBCLC

Whole Mother continues the conversation about the layoff of the midwives of Women’s Specialists of Houston at Texas Children’s Hospital Pavilion for Women. Dr. Ginger Breedlove discusses the economic realities that do not point to financial reasons for the layoffs, despite Texas Children’s Hospital’s official position.

Dr. Ginger Breedlove, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN of Grow Midwives