Deidre DeGrado, CPM
Qualifications
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Deidre DeGrado is a wife, mother, and Certified Professional Midwife. She has several children ranging in ages from 6 to 26. Deidre says, “Being a wife and mother is who I am: As a child I was enamored with babies and moms. Thankfully, the Lord gave me children whom I enjoy and love so much.” Most of her children were born at home, and one of them in a hospital and one at a birth care center. Deidre personally loves water for birthing. She is happily married to a chiropractor who has been in practice in Wichita for 30 years.
Deidre is a midwife because it is what God has “called” her to do. Her natural birth philosophy was initially formed after the tragic birth of her nephew that resulted in the loss of her only sister in 1991. In 1994, the Lord began opening the door for her to train as a midwife through traditional apprenticeship with Kathy Brace and Wendy (Lamp) Johnson. She has attended nearly 600 births and been in primary practice for 13 years. She adheres to the Midwifery Model of Care as defined by MANA which affirms that pregnancy and birth are normal life events. Spiritually speaking and it is the way God grows families and creates new life. She is thankful that God has given her a precious ministry that causes her to trust Him, serve others (especially women and children), and see miracles often. She offers childbirth classes where the goal is to seek to honor the Creator of natural birth. Encouraging and educating couples about the benefits of natural birth plus exhorting them to not just plan for their birth but to prepare for it is a focus of her midwifery philosophy. More than anything she loves her Saviour and hopes that couples will seek and trust God as they plan, prepare and birth their baby. She is happy serve couples in the location of their choice in the Wichita metro area and any where within a 60 mile radius. "Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you. Psalm 37:5
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