BORN TO BE LOVED
Natural Childbirth
FAITH MORIE FREEMAN CPM, LM
Certified Professional Midwife
Licensed Midwife
ABOUT FAITH
- PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE STYLE -
Faith Freeman CPM LM (she/her) has been practicing midwifery since 2006, both nationally and globally, and has developed a wide array of experience and skills in all areas pertaining to holistic birth and wellness.
Faith is known for giving detailed, dedicated and loving care, tailored to each client’s specific needs and desires. She is passionate about all areas of access and equity in healthcare, not only for clients and families, but also for fellow midwives, and is heavily involved in uplifting and improving the deeply imbedded biases and disparities that plague the medical and birthing community at large.
For several years, Faith served as Education Director and Board member for the Midwives Society of Oklahoma, where she is originally from, where she also helped lead statewide grassroots efforts, along with rallying midwives, to ensure proper legislation and bills, and preventing against restrictive and prejudiced laws around midwifery care access.
Faith is also one of the founding members of the BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and Ally’s Midwife Peer Group here in Los Angeles, and regularly attends rallies, events, and panels in support of multiple social justice causes including racism and bias in health care, equity in birth access, and LGBTQ+ advocacy and rights.
Faith is also known for her passion in training resident midwives and promoting safe and equitable teaching environments. Faith has consistently supported expanding the birthing community by teaching and graduating skilled Licensed Midwife providers.
- QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING -
Faith studied Midwifery with the Texas Midwives Training Program from 2003-2006, completing their academic syllabus, while clinically training in both home birth and birth center practices, with a total of fourteen different midwife preceptors. She then chose to expand her experience with an additional out-of-hospital birth residency in Israel with Ilana Shemish CNM, as well as in-hospital mentorships at both Becor Holim and Share Tsedik hospitals in Jerusalem.
Faith is nationally certified through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), and holds a state license in California as a Licensed Midwife (LM).
- PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY -
Faith is originally from Oklahoma, where she was raised on a homestead, the oldest of 10 children, with most of her siblings being delivered at home by midwives. For many years Faith practiced midwifery in Oklahoma and the surrounding states including Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri. Faith has also traveled internationally multiple times to deliver babies as well.
In December, 2017, Faith experienced birth for the first time from "the other side" when she delivered her own daughter, Kisstance Foxx, at home under the care of midwives (see her birth video below).
In 2018 Faith and Kiss moved to Los Angeles, California. They live in DTLA, a few blocks from Mind Body Birth, along with Faith's sister, Esther, and Kiss' puppy Indie, and enjoy biking to the park, dancing in pjs, live music, and lazy days at the beach.
Faith serves the greater Los Angeles region, providing both birth center and homebirth, as well as holistic IUI, fertility and well-person care.
Faith's Homebirth Video
