Meet Cameron Taylor of Liberty Midwifery

Today we’d like to introduce you to Cameron Taylor.

Hi Cameron, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
I am a midwife who works in the home birth space, serving families in Middle TN. While I’ve been in the birth world for almost 5 years, I have recently started my own practice in the field. However, my story begins as a 6-year-old, attending the birth of one of my younger brothers. My mother had a traumatic hospital birth in 1999 that sent her searching for better options for her next delivery. In 2001, she decided on a birth center delivery with midwives and had 6 babies there, all of which was able to attend. At 15, I was able to catch one of my brothers as he was being born, and that piqued my interest in birth even further. I became a Christian in 2011 and felt the Lord calling me to the mission field 4 months later. I was 16. Many people encouraged me to pursue midwifery, saying I’d make a great midwife; but college simply didn’t appeal to me. I was going to be a missionary.

I spent 6 months in Asia with missionaries at age 18 and knew Asia was where I wanted to serve as a missionary. But just 6 months after returning, the Lord practically dropped midwifery in my lap, nudging me that this could be an outlet to serve overseas. I followed the prompt. In 2018, I moved to the Philippines and spent almost 3 years serving in a low-income area at a high-volume clinic where we served thousands of women a year with prenatal care, birthing in a safe and loving environment, and postpartum care. All of their care was offered as a charity, and they simply paid about $50 for their birth supplies. I learned the language and became part of many families who I had the privilege to serve. Graduation in 2020 brought my time there to an end, and I left a huge part of my heart with the work there, having attended 200+ deliveries and having grown so much in my faith and passion for serving families through midwifery.

In 2021, I was invited to join a group midwifery practice in OK, where I spent a year learning how to serve American families under the model of American midwifery, which – as you can imagine – is very different than serving in a third-world country in Asia. The Lord has since opened the door to serve families in the area that I have called home my whole life, and the plan is to use it as a service to families in the area, particularly to the Amish community that surrounds me. It’s been an exciting journey!

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The challenges of midwifery are many, but the rewards are overwhelming. Midwives have a huge call and opportunity to reach people with education and are invited into the most intimate part of their lives. For me, midwifery is more than a profession but is a way to bring everything full circle in that, as a Christian, I have the opportunity to share with families the Jesus Christ that I know has set me free and given my life purpose, direction, and hope when the world offered none. Midwifery touches every aspect of life from relationships, emotions, spirituality, etc. When women feel supported and educated, they are better able to step into their design as a woman and give life. The largest obstacles have been the many transitions I’ve encountered.

I’ve practiced in 2 countries and 3 states. Each has brought its own challenges of adapting and learning, stretching and growing. Culture shock, language, learning new rules that prohibit us from allowing birth to happen as designed, nutritional challenges women face that create risks to them and their baby, and learning how to communicate well in languages not my own – then learning to communicate in English when I didn’t learn midwifery speaking it to patients I served.

Now the struggle comes with starting up a business, establishing a reputation in the area, building into a network already established but unknown to me with birth workers in TN, and practicing without a group around me to hold me accountable and spur me to constantly learn.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Liberty Midwifery LLC?
Midwifery is a profession like no other. Midwife means, “with a woman”. This means from cradle-to-grave. We don’t just “catch babies” as the profession leads many to think. That’s just the cherry on top. When people ask what I do, I reply that I’m an educator. I educate women about their options regarding birth. I teach women about their hormones; how to regulate their blood sugar with food; how their body is designed so intricately and created to grow a baby and deliver it. Encouraging women to recognize their ability to birth at home and that this can be one that sets them up for an entirely different motherhood than they may have imagined otherwise. Birth doesn’t have to be traumatic. It’s a beautiful event when a baby is born, and it can be in a peaceful environment surrounded by those you love and have chosen to be with you during this moment in time, in your own home. Pregnancy can be enjoyed and filled with anticipation of birth and postpartum. I have the freedom to meet families where they are and lay an instant foundation for trust and success. In-home care throughout pregnancy sets me apart because families don’t have to leave their homes. They can get blood work done with me and order their supplies online for birth.

If there’s one thing that I could relay to women reading this is to become educated about birthing at home, because the medical system is not individualized or caring. Midwives are mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmas, and friends. We come alongside you to encourage you to step into your potential and speak life over and into you. And even having experienced a previous c-section doesn’t mean you can’t have a home birth or successful VBAC. But midwives also have received education on out-of-hospital birth and low-risk prenatal care. Our education is vast and our resources are offered to you without a second thought.

What makes you happy?
Happiness for me is offering hope to those who have none, or quelling fears mothers may have. Offering resources for answering questions, further than just a blanket answer.

I appreciate that my experiences and expertise in my field allow me to help mothers achieve birth at home, or even make a smooth transition if a hospital birth needs to occur for different reasons. I enjoy helping families understand what’s happening around them and why, and equip them to make their own decisions regarding the care they receive.

Pricing:

• Prenatal care, birth + birth team, postpartum = $4200

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libertymidwiferytn/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LibertyMidwiferyTN