Hello! My name is Anna Fernandez, I am a certified nurse midwife, herbalist, nurse, mother, gardener, kayaker and plenty of other things! :). As a mother, I chose to give birth at home - one on a hot summer night, the other on the coldest day of the year by the wood stove, both with an amazing midwife, family and friends present. This experienced not only created my new self as a mother but also planted the seed that grew into a midwife. I soon became a Certified Professional Midwife through the PEP process with NARM and I worked for years as a CPM with the honor of attending hundreds of births in the home of amazing families. I then got my masters in midwifery at Frontier Nursing University and became a Certified Nurse Midwife, continuing the honor of serving women and families in both the birth center and hospital settings providing prenatal, birth and postpartum care as well as GYN care. As an herbalist, I started Mother Bloom Botanicals back in 1998 when I was living out in the beautiful pacific northwest. At the time, we were homesteading, market gardening, and growing a family. Along side the veggies, I began growing medicinal herbs and made medicines for my community (health food stores, practitioners and farmer's markets) as well as for my clients. I have studied herbal medicine at the Dominion Herbal College, the School for Natural Healing under the teachings of Dr. Christopher as well as completed Aviva Romm's Herbal Medicine for Woman course and I have learned from countless other amazing herbalists over the years. I will always grow my own herbs and make medicines, though currently Mother Bloom Botanicals has evolved to focus on consultations, education via classes and workshops and organizing the annual herbal conference, the Great Lakes Herb Faire.
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Amanda Hallberg is a fantastic MD and is my collaborating physician.
Dr. Amanda Hallberg is a family physician practicing integrative medicine for the whole family. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan where she also completed her family medicine residency. She was on the faculty of the University of Michigan Medical School from 2005 until 2014. She is board certified in Family Medicine since 2005 and Integrative and Holistic Medicine (ABIHM) since 2011. Interests include preventative medicine, women's health, mindful parenting, child development, breastfeeding, bio-identical hormones, and transgender medicine. You can find her here at Integrative Healthcare Providers. |
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Anna Fernandez
Mother Bloom Wellness Clinic Mother Bloom Botanicals Ann Arbor, Michigan 734-395-5868 [email protected] |
