La Farge Birth &Wellness Center
Serving La Farge, WI and surrounding areas.
the Birth & Wellness Center
Located in La Farge, Wisconsin, the La Farge Birth and Wellness Center is co-owned by midwives Kate Chantry CPM, LM and Angie Boisen CPM, LM. Kate is also the owner of Back to Basics Midwifery LLC and Angie is the owner of Midwife Angie LLC. Melanie Martinez CPM, LM of 13 Moons Midwifery also occasionally shares space and attends births at the birth center.
In the basement of the birth center is the Free Room for gently used maternal and infant items. The Free Room is open by appointment and donations are welcome. Also within the birth center is an informal grassroots donor milk bank prioritizing infants under 3-6 months of age. Donations are welcome, including donations of milk storage bags. To visit or donate, contact Kate (608-632-0833) or Angie (608-293-1081).
Find the birth center at: 111 W Main St, La Farge, WI 54639
More About Our Midwives
Meet Kate
Kate Chantry has been a licensed midwife since 2011. Rooted in La Farge since the beginning of her life as a midwife, she started out working at the La Farge Medical Clinic’s Birth Program that served the Plain Christian communities until it’s closure in 2021. She attended over 400 births that included VBACs, twins & breeches. With the opening of her new practice “Back To Basics Midwifery LLC,” she is enjoying fully expanding into her role as a midwife, offering both home and birth center births, along with offering bodywork as an Arvigo®️ Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy and Spinning Babies®️ Aware Practitioner.
- Back to Basics Midwifery
- [email protected]
- (608) 632-0833
Meet Angie
Licensed in the state of Wisconsin, Angie is a Certified Professional Midwife who achieved her midwifery certification and licensure through didactic education and multiple apprenticeships. She received MEAC (Midwifery Education Accreditation Council) accreditation through Southwest Wisconsin Technical College.
Continuing education and Certifications includes:
- American Heart Association in Basic Life Support (BLS)
- American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics in neonatal resuscitation (AHA/AAP/NRP)
- Midwifery Wisdom Collective
- Breech Without Borders
- Certified Body Ready Method (BRM) Pro.
Angie is a wife and homeschooling mother of 10 children who give her great joy. With her own birth experiences, she has given birth in many settings including a military hospital, large hospital, small hospital, and home. Through her own birthing journey and walking through the birth experience with many other women, she continues to be amazed at the miracle of birth. It is her deep desire to see women embrace the joy of natural childbirth.
- Midwife Angie
- [email protected]
- (608) 293-1081
Meet Melanie
While actively engaging in continued education, personal growth, and paying reparations, she strives to provide culturally congruent, equitable care within her evidence-based practice. As well as being a mother, wife, partner, auntie, loyal friend, and movement & self-defense instructor, Melanie enjoys travel, bee-keeping, gardening, sewing, and being with nature.
- 13 Moons Midwifery
- [email protected]
- (608) 606-6313
Resources
Doulas
Lauren Wiscomb
Doula - Viroqua [email protected] 847-989-8065
Lydia Jones
Birth & postpartum doula - Viroqua 608-606-1804
Woven Birthworker Collective
Doulas: Tyne, Jess, & Erin - Viroqua
Heart & Hands Birth Services
Mary Turner, Birth & Postpartum Doula & Photographer - Richland Center
[email protected]
608-475-1730
Tender Techniques Doula Services
Jenni G, Doula & Birth Photographer - Bangor
608-780-7060
Coulee Health Doulas
Doula & Placenta Encapsulation Services - West Salem
Theresa Bartomeo
Doula Services - La Crosse [email protected] 608-487-2083
Quartz Doula Services
Nicole Mulliken, Doula & Placenta Encapsulation Services - Boscobel 608-778-1570
Earthen Doula
Randi Whiteaker, Doula, Yoga Teacher, & Ceramic Artist - Fennimore
[email protected]
608-485-2987
Abby The Birthworker
Abby Williams, Doula & Childbirth Educator - Prairie Du Chien
619-972-3450
Deana Moore Doula
Deanna Moore , Doula, Childbirth Educator & Midwifery Student - Wonewoc
[email protected]
920-728-7318
Chiropractors
Connected Chiropractic
Dr. Morgan - Viroqua & Lancaster
608-606-4436
Thrive Wellness
Dr. Martin - Cashton
608-654-5200
Watershed Chiropractic
Dr. Tom - Viroqua
608-637-7656
Coulee Health
Dr. Ellyn & Dr. Erica - West Salem
608-612-0777
Dr. Jared Holthe
Hillsboro
608-455-2320
Bodyworkers
Angie Rohtery
La Farge
608-334-5511
Kate Chantry
La Farge
608-632-0833
Sara Dvorshak
Viroqua
608-632-8087