Kristin Brennan, LM, CPM

Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife

I have been joyfully accompanying families in their homebirth journeys since 2015. I approach each client and family with an open-minded collaborative spirit that allows us to work as partners and equals. We both bring important insight, wisdom and responsibility to the table. It feels so good to create this deep trust one prenatal at a time and use it as the foundation of our clinical decisions. I look forward to starting that process with you!

My midwifery practice is based on the traditional model of a midwife serving her own community. When we live close to the people we serve, we are invested and accountable. We are better attuned to the culture and values of the place and people. We build connection that can last past the birthing time. We are not only birthing babies, we are birthing a community.

Midwifery Training and Credentials:

  • Attending births as a midwife in a professional setting since 2015, and has assisted in and managed 375 out of hospital births

  • Licensed Midwife with the State of RI Department of Health

  • Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) since 2017

  • Served for 4 years as a partner midwife with River Valley Midwives (Northampton) before starting Greater Springfield Midwifery in 2022

  • Certified in Adult and Infant CPR, Advanced Training

  • Certified in Neonatal Resuscitation

  • Serving on the Board of the Massachusetts Midwives Alliance (MMA) since 2021

  • Appointed by the Governor to the Board of Registration of Midwifery for the Massachusetts licensing process

    EDUCATION:

  • 2 years of full-time apprenticeship with highly experienced home-birth midwives

  • 15 months of clinical training in high-volume birth center, El Paso, TX

  • Graduate of Maternidad La Luz, MEAC accredited school for out of hospital birth midwifery, El Paso, TX

Midwifery requires constant learning, skills practice, and integrating evolving best practices. I continually take advanced classes in a variety of birth topics.

Laconia Fennell, 3rd Year Midwifery Apprentice

Laconia has worked in the health care field in different capacities since 2013. As she has developed her skills, she has become increasingly knowledgeable and drawn toward natural, herbal, balanced methods of health. A graduate of Elms College Nursing Program, she has been a doula for 6 years (Springfield Family Doulas). She practices Reiki, teaches prenatal and postpartum yoga, and has studied herbalism. She has completed the Massachusetts Midwives Alliance Homebirth Midwifery Course and is nearing her midwifery Board exam in 2026. She is a mother of four beautiful children - all of whom have very different birth stories - and can be seen around town with her supportive husband, Justin. She brings calm, openness, professionalism, and an amazing listening ear to every encounter she has.