Homebirth Advantages - Gentle Spirit Homebirth Midwifery Service

Who is Sakina O'Uhuru?

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I have been providing services for maternal child health since 1984. I have diverse clinical experience in pediatrics, OB/GYN, Family Planning and primary care. Up until 1996, I practiced as a Certified Physician Assistant providing care to women and children throughout community hospitals and health centers within the New York metropolitan area. In 1997, I earned an M.S. from the SUNY Downstate Midwifery Program. (Board Certified in 1998.) Since 1999, I have served as the Director of the Midwifery Service at Morris Heights Women's Health & Birthing Pavilion (formerly known as the Childbearing Center.) I am the proud mother of a wonderful teenager who was birthed by Midwives at what was then the Maternity Center of New York in 1986.

Gentle Spirit is available to women in the New York—New Jersey metropolitan area. We are committed to serving you by creating respectful relationships and by honoring women's choices for birth.

As your midwife, I am committed to providing comprehensive care that is safe and sensitive to your individual needs. The birth journey is an expected yet commemorative experience. Therefore, emphasis is placed on an outcome that is safe but also gratifying for the family and mother to be.

As your midwife, I offer and expect a trusting and respectful relationship. I support the growth of every couple into parents by offering educational, emotional, mental and physical support.

Gentle Spirit Homebirth Midwifery Service offers the birthing family an opportunity to experience birth in a dignified honorable way. Ultimately resulting in a great sense of empowerment in all aspects of care. Gentle Spirit will continue to be a voice for women who choose alternative birth options.

Sakina O'Uhuru, CM, MS Board Certified