Meet the Midwives

Kim Jacob CPM, LM

My path to supporting women through the childbearing process began with the birth of my own children. My first birth was in the hospital with the support of my husband and our wonderful doula. this led to our second birth which was at home attended by midwives. I gained so much during the process of these experiences, and wanted to give the kind of support and love that I had received.

I love empowering parents by helping them sift through all the confusing choices available in order to individualize their options and create the best birth plan for them. Everyone comes to this point in their lives with different experiences, knowledge, power and fear. I like to remind women that normal birth is perfect. We can learn fearlessness through working through our fears with the help of a calm and reassuring caregiver.

There are so many tools and strategies to pull from to manage the intensity of labor. When I work with a woman I like to get to know her well so that when we’re in the middle of the birth process I know better how to be with her and support her in labor. We often talk about and practice several different strategies for coping with labor to fill up her “tool box” for the big day. That way she’ll be able to pick and choose what works best for her at each phase of labor.

I think one of my biggest jobs as a doula or midwife is to remind women that birth is normal and that all the most intense sensations are exactly the way they are supposed to be. Sometimes we forget this when working so hard but the calm and reassuring reminder can help to refocus energy back to relaxing and empowering thoughts about the amazing job of bringing forth a new life into our arms.

I am a:
  • Certified Professional Midwife (CPM)
  • Licensed Midwife (LM)
  • Childbirth Educator
  • Mother of 2 home schooled children

Birth Works Arkansas
Home Birth Services & Doula Services
109 S. Martin Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
(501) 663-2850
kimjacobmidwife@gmail.com

Mary Alexander CPM, LM

Birth is both a physical and a spiritual act. We need to respect and understand them both. Birth is the most safe when the mother is unafraid and allowed to be within her own private, comfortable space, where she can put all other thoughts and cares out of her mind and allow her body to surrender to a powerful and magnificent force which will teach her a very beautiful and personal secret about herself.

I help women find that place in themselves by watching carefully and unobtrusively for all aspects of safety in pregnancy and labor.

I am a:
  • Certified Professional Midwife
  • Licensed Midwife
  • BS-RN
  • Licensed Massage Therapist
  • Lactation Educator
  • Childbirth Educator
  • Certified Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor
  • Director of BIRTH WORKS DOULA and MIDWIFE SERVICES
  • Mother of 1 home birthed son

Birth Works Arkansas
Home Birth Services & Doula Services
109 S. Martin Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
(501) 663-2850
Mary@littlerockmidwives.com