CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife, Part time, clinic.
We are holding space here.
Midwives committed to homebirth in Georgetown, Round Rock, and Leander
The Natural Birthing Center staff and midwives are highly trained, dedicated and experienced. We love our calling to birth and families. Our midwives are committed to natural birth, home birth, and water birth in the Pflugerville, Round Rock, Georgetown, Leander, Cedar Park, Belton, Salado and surrounding areas.
" In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength". Is 45:24
Meet our Staff:
Sandra Tallbear, ARNP/CNM
Advanced Registered Nurse Practicioner, Certified Nurse Midwife (ARNP-CNM) Georgetown, TX
Direct clinical care
We work in partnership with you to have a peaceful, calm, safe homebirth. Automony means we respect your ideas, desires and dreams for your birth. Of course we want your birth to be safe. Our goals are to protect your birthing space. Sandra has over 30 years of birthing experience and 25 years assisting moms to have water births.
Professional History
1986- Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN), Harding University, Searcy, AR. Minors in Spanish, Bible. Bilingual in Spanish, Continues to learn French and German.
1987-1989 Artemis Speaks College, with VBAC expert Nan Koehler, Tradiditional Birth Attendant. Sebastopol California
1988-1991 Labor & Delivery. Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane, WA.
1991-1993- University of California San Francisco, San Diego Midwifery program. Graduate Cum Laude May 1993.
1993-1996 Certified Nurse Midwife, Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, Adjunct faculty UTMB Galveston.
1997-2003 Healing Heart Midwifery, Nacogdoches, TX. Home birth midwife & water births.
2002-2004 Travel Nursing Labor & Delivery, several California hospitals.
2004-2005 Austin Area Birthing Center. Certified Nurse Midwife.
2004-2007 Labor & Delivery, North Austin Medical Center, Austin, TX.
2007-2014 Angels Singing Over Me Midwifery, Administrator, CNM, home births and water births.
2007-2010 Scott & White Hospital, Round Rock, TX. Registered Nurse L&D. Charge Nurse.
2011- 2013 Central Texas Birth Center, Gerogetown, TX. Assisted in opening CTBC. Certified Nurse Midwife. Home Birth and waterbirth.
2013- 2021 The Natural Birthing Center, Salado, opened 2013. Home Birth and Waterbirth specialities. Clinical Director and Certified Nurse Midwife. Salado closed June 2021. NARM preceptor.
2017 - Natural Birthing Center Round Rock. Administrator. Clinical midwife. NARM Preceptor.
NRP expires 01/2026 CPR expires April 2025. ACMB certification expires 12/2028. Certified in Acumassage December 2018. Vaginal Breech workshop completed Oct 9 & 10 2019. Completed ANCC CEU's in High Risk Pregnancy's October 2023.
Our Team
Student Midwife
Advanced Student Midwife
Holding space for the next student.
Allison Juarez
Student Midwife Birth Assistant
Allison is excited to be joining our team. She is also completing EMS training. She is currently enrolled in the Utah School of Midwifery.
She has completed the course " Midwives Responding to Disaster" March of 2023. And the cultural competency course 3/1/23
NRP certified exp 1/2025
BLS exp 09/2024
Student Midwife
Student Midwife
Holding space for the next student midwife.
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