La Farge Birth &
Wellness Center

Serving La Farge, WI and surrounding areas.

Kate Chantry CPM, LM

Back to Basics Midwifery LLC

Angie Boisen CPM, LM

Midwife Angie LLC

Melanie Martinez CPM, LM

13 Moons Midwifery

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

head shot of midwife Kate Chantry

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.

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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.

Melanie

Meet Melanie

Melanie is a community midwife offering home and birth center births. Her pronouns are she/her. She became licensed in Wisconsin after completing the Direct Entry Midwifery Program at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. Through this educational model, Melanie observed and experienced a diverse range of midwifery approaches while training with several different senior midwives. She is a current and continual student with The Midwifery Wisdom Collective and Breech Without Borders. Melanie maintains current certifications in Neonatal Resuscitation and Basic Life Support CPR/AED/First Aid for health care providers.

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.

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