Debbie Schneider
Certified Professional Midwife
Debbie Schneider, founding midwife of DawningLife, began serving birthing women in 1998. It was with the birth of her grandchildren that the call to midwifery was awakened within her; she has since been honored to serve over 900 families as primary midwife. Debbie is a Certified Professional Midwife, trained specifically in out-of-hospital birth, nationally certified with the North American Registry of Midwives. Debbie’s midwifery style is one that effortlessly marries the traditional and ancestral wisdom of the past with the modern wisdom of the present and she strives to integrate love and intuition into all aspects of her care.
Toniann DeOliveira
Student Midwife,
Toniann DeOliveira is a dedicated student midwife currently studying at the Midwives College of Utah. With a passion for supporting women and families during the perinatal and postpartum period, Toniann has found her calling in the field of midwifery.
“I am a midwife, assisting at someone else's birth. My aim is to do good without show or fuss, to facilitate what is happening rather than what I think ought to be happening. And when I lead, I lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge.” — J. Heider
Shoshanah Blaiss
Breastfeeding Specialist, IBCLC
Shoshanah first felt called to birth and postpartum work after her daughter was born in 2011. This birth experience was long & lonely, ultimately ending in a cesarean. Her second birth, a hospital VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), was completely different. It changed her. She walked away from that pregnancy, birth, and postpartum feeling empowered, listened to, and loved because of the care she received from her nurse-midwife. It was then that she felt the passion for birth and postpartum work rise within her!