MIDWIVES

HOME BIRTHS

Serving most cities surrounding Scottsdale

My journey to supporting women began when I attended Grand Canyon University to receive my Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Upon graduation, I began working in the Couplet Care unit as a Registered Nurse where I stayed for a year before moving to the Labor and Delivery unit. I had the privilege of serving women through all sorts of birth stories before I became pregnant with my first daughter. In a last minute switch to home birth, I discovered a new passion for supporting women to deliver their babies at home. That is when I started my journey to becoming a Certified Professional Midwife and Magnolia Midwifery was born in 2021.

HOSPITAL

West Phoenix

Hi! I’m Tracy Burns. Owner and operator of Modern Day Midwife. I am a childbirth educator, Womens health and fitness enthusiast. I love all things women, pregnancy, birth, and empowering women to be their biggest advocates!

HOME BIRTHS AND BIRTHING CENTER

PEORIA

Canyon Midwifery is a birth center and home birth practice with midwives and nurses who all love and follow Jesus and feel called to walk with women through pregnancy, birth, and beyond in a way that honors the Lord and HIs design.

HOME BIRTHS, BIRTHING CENTER, & HOSPITAL

PHOENIX AND SCOTTSDALE

Professional Experience

I graduated with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing in late 2013. After receiving my registered nursing license, I started my nursing career at a skilled nursing facility in Phoenix. In 2015, I began work as a labor and delivery nurse at a community hospital on the Navajo Nation, where I stayed for almost six years. In this role, I obtained my certified lactation counselor training and became the Baby-Friendly Certification Lead, where I learned extensively about breastfeeding support and was responsible for staff training, patient education and promotion of policies that supported positive breastfeeding outcomes. It was here also that I was introduced to “midwives” working in the hospital in collaboration with physicians. I admired how their compassionate care resulted in so many favorable outcomes, even in circumstances where pregnant mothers were considered “high risk”. While working at the hospital, I learned that Certified Nurse-Midwives were similar to Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants, as they have the ability to prescribe medication, work in the hospital and manage low-risk patients independently according to their scope of practice and State of practice. This inspired me to go back to school to become a Certified Nurse-Midwife. 

In 2021, I graduated from Frontier Nursing University with a Masters Degree in Nursing. Shortly after this, I obtained my Certified Nurse-Midwife license through the state of Arizona and my official board certification. My first job as a midwife was at a Phoenix birth center, being trained and mentored by other amazing midwives- both Certified Practical Midwives and Certified Nurse-Midwives. The birth center also offered home births to qualifying patients, introducing me to home birth midwifery. I left work at 38 weeks pregnant with my son and spent about 8 months postpartum home with him to meet my personal breastfeeding goals. I resumed work at a different birth center located in North Scottsdale, where I still assist when available. 

Some of my personal journey... 

My desire to start a mobile midwifery practice stemmed from one of the most emotional moments in my life- becoming pregnant with my son and desiring the healthy and safe delivery of my baby. I was fortunate to have midwives that provided much of the care I needed in my home. I desired Christ to be at the center of my experience (especially with all the unknowns) and I was thankful to have midwives who supported me in my faith. Traversing the pregnancy-labor-breastfeeding-postpartum experience for myself has taught me so much more than any text book could. I would be honored to support moms and families in the way I was supported, as this made for such a wonderful experience. My goal is to serve families with the experience I have been blessed with, to the best of my ability, in the light of living hope. 

HOME BIRTHS

EAST VALLEY

Nancy is a compassionate Certified Nurse-Midwife with a proven track record providing quality, family-centered care in homes, birth centers, and the hospital setting. ​Nancy attended Rutgers University for undergrad where she also received an athletic scholarship to play lacrosse. She completed her graduate school midwifery education through the Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, KY graduating with Honors. Since 2002, Nancy has worked in the healthcare space. Initially starting her nursing journey as a Cardio-Pulmonary Registered Nurse, she has also worked in Perinatal, Neonatal Intensive Care, and IV Team for various hospitals in Pennsylvania and Southern California and now here in Arizona. It was 2018, while growing a baby of her own, that Emergence Midwifery + Wellness was born. With a strong desire to decentralize care and bring quality, individualized, evidence-based midwifery into the homes of those she serves. In addition to perinatal care, Nancy provides well woman care, preconception, family planning, contraception, and miscarriage and loss support all in the comfort of your home. When Nancy is not catching babies, she enjoys camping, hiking, and going to the beach with her family. She is actively involved in her church serving in the Healthcare, Children’s, and Welcome Team Ministries.