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Adrian E. Feldhusen, NHCM, CPM is a Certified Professional and New Hampshire Certified Midwife who lives in Southern New Hampshire with her husband, James, and 3 children, Justin, Megan, & Abigail, two of whom were born at home. She currently attends births in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Adrian has been involved with birthing families since 1992 as a midwife, doula, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding counselor.   She is the founder of The Birth Cottage in New Ipswich, NH and co-founder of The Birth Cottage of Milford in Milford, NH, a free standing birth center.

Adrian trained at The Birth Center in Dearborn, Michigan and also at Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, both of which served diverse cultural and ethnic populations of childbearing families.

During her studies for a BS in Community and Human Services with a Concentration in Maternal and Perinatal Health through the State University of New York, Adrian's work has been featured in a variety of publications. She continues to write and teach her art to others.
 
Adrian has been appointed by the Governor to sit on the NH Midwifery Council as well as act as its Secretary and has been instrumental in lobbying for legislation regarding insurance reimbursement for midwives  in the state.

 

 
Since 1977, Tracey A. Bowman, CNM, ARNP has practiced in all types of settings, including home births, high risk centers, community hospitals, and out-of-hospital birth centers. TraceyShe opened her own private practice in 1999 attending births at home and in a birth center, and now is co-owner of The Birth Cottage of Milford. She pioneered waterbirth in New England by performing the first waterbirth at Monadnock Community Hospital where she also helped to develop their extensive waterbirth program. She developed a training program on the use of water in labor and birth for nurses, midwives and physicians. She has spoken nationally and internationally on waterbirth and delayed cord clamping.


Tracey received her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania and her BSN from Rhode Island College. She has precepted several students and is adjunct faculty in the University of RI Nurse-Midwife masters program.




The Birth Cottage  
4 Prospect Street
Milford, NH 03055
603.673.6010

 

Other offices:         

 

374 Union St. #113
Peterborough, NH 03458   

603.924.9883

 
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adrian@birthcottage.com
tracey@birthcottage.com