MEET THE TEAM
At Michigan Midwifery Co
SARAH LYONS, LM CPM
With roots in the Fowlerville area it was with great joy that Sarah, was able to move home while taking her boards to create roots and build community around her midwifery practice. Moved by a desire to create access to autonomous, comprehensive care for every season of life Sarah brings a background in anthropology, social work, and trauma informed care to midwifery.
Sarah began supporting birthing families as a doula in 2013 and followed with studying midwifery in 2016. Following the apprenticeship model Sarah trained in six midwifery practices, affording her the opportunity to be launched into the non profit world working with pregnancy and parenting teens, serve the Amish community, train in breech and twins and work closely with a variety of providers. Sarah’s midwifery training had a concentration on; handling emergent situations in rural areas without access to hospital transfer, trauma informed care, and herbalism. In 2021, she completed the NARM exam and became a CPM. She believes that health and reproductive care should be empowering, individualized, and family/community centered as it truly takes a village.
Evelyn Lyons
Evelyn has been involved in her mom's on call lifestyle since infancy. Often tagging along to events, appointments and admin days. Evelyn has always had an interest in attending births with Sarah. You will see Evelyn working around the office during the summer months, and enjoys being invited to births as a mother's helper and photographer.
Student Midwives
Kaleen Mallon
Kaleen is a doula, who after two beautiful home births of her own felt called to learn midwifery and provide the care to her community that she received. Kaleen attends Southwest tech, and has taken on the role of primary student in our practice, helping to lead and teach less senior students and help provide the patient lead care that we pride ourselves on at MMC. Kaleen offers placental encapsulation with discount for Michigan Midwifery Co patients. You may also see Kaleen in our no charge to patients comfort measures course as she is a trained childbirth educator as well!
Gray Onley
Grey is a home birth mom, local doula, lactation specialist, and child birth educator. Grey is our primary student at MMC and we are delighted to have her gentle and knowledgable presence at prenatals, births and postpartum visits.
Shaunae Moore
Shaunae is our administrative manager and an invaluable member of our team that you'll likely meet in your consultation. She started her professional career in 2011 as a claims representative for an international insurance company. In 2016 she left the industry for an opportunity to travel and work as a naturalist and cave guide. In 2019 she found an opportunity to handle business management with a local therapist and social worker specializing in children and adolescents. In February 2024 Shaunae was able to have her ideal second birth at The Village Birth House with Sarah. Shaunae also attends births as a doula and birth assistant. Shaunae uses her ever expanding variety of experiences to handle all of the billing and administrative aspects of our practice and is always happy to assist you. Reach Shaunae at admin@MichiganMidwiferyCo.com
Administration
At Michigan Midwifery Co our birth assistants serve as a second pair of skill hands. They are trained in neonatal resuscitation, CPR, emergency birth procedures and most frequently ensure that birth sites and charts stay in order and make tea and herbal baths.
Mercedes Reifsnider
Mercedes is a trained midwife (soon to be licensed!), doula, and mother of five. She has long had a passion for pregnancy and birth. Coffee and CrossFit give her the energy she needs to assist us as a junior midwife when needed and we are so thankful for her! Sarah and Mercedes have been attending births together for nearly five years and it has been an honor to watch her grow into a competent, compassionate and down to earth provider.
Audrey Fritz
Audrey is excited to be attending births with us before starting PA school in May 2025. Audrey has a decade long healthcare journey including training as an EMT, obtaining a physiology degree from MSU, offering in home therapy to children with ASD and working in medical offices. It is to our delight that Audrey attended a birth center birth in 2024 and fell in love with the agency, autonomy and intimacy of midwifery care. If you think Audrey and Sarah look a bit alike, you're not imagining things, Audrey is Sarah's baby sister, which only adds to the synchronicity in the birth space.
Birth Assistants