"Birth is sacred and transformative, and it is always an honor to be invited to such a personal and powerful space."

The Midwife

Deborah Rumi, CPM

Deborah has been enthralled by pregnancy, birth, and babies for as long as she can remember. She is a mother of six (the last 4 of whom were born at home), and grandmother of seven... and counting! Beginning in the 1990s, Deborah taught childbirth education classes and attended births in a supportive role whenever possible.

In 2013, she became an assistant to a licensed midwife in Montana. When she returned to her native home in Virginia, she continued to work as a midwife assistant, this time with three certified nurse-midwives. In the time spent with these 4 incredibly skilled women and hundreds of birthing families, Deborah expanded her knowledge and skills and moved through a formal midwifery education program.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery, attained the national (NARM) certified midwife credential and became licensed in the states of Utah, California, Tennessee, and Virginia.

A lifelong desire to move west was realized in 2023 when she took a temporary position at a birth center in Utah County. While there, she began a practice in St. George, where she’s been serving families and catching babies since June of 2024. She sees midwifery as a divine calling and has a deep respect for the magnificence of the Creator’s design for pregnancy and childbirth.

Education and Training

  • B.A. Social Work, Mary Baldwin College

  • Former ASPO Certified Childbirth Educator (1995)

  • Midwife Assistant

  • CPR Certified

  • Previous NREMT (2015-2017)

  • EMT-B (VA)

  • Certified in Neonatal Resuscitation

  • B.S. Midwifery, Mercy in Action College of Midwifery

  • NARM Certified Professional Midwife

  • Currently licensed in California, Utah, and Virginia

The Birth Assistant/Doula/Childbirth Educator/Student Midwife

Rachel Britton


Rachel Britton is a wife and mother of three and has been a DONA International–certified doula since 2007, bringing 20 years of experience supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. She has attended births alongside more than 90 providers, including midwives, OBs, and CNMs, in 19 hospitals, multiple birth centers, and dozens of homes across Utah. For more than a decade, she was a partner in one of the busiest and most respected doula practices in Northern Utah and provided personalized, one-on-one childbirth education in families’ homes.

Rachel’s extensive training includes HypnoBirthing, HypnoBabies, Orgasmic Birth, the Bradley Method, and Spinning Babies, along with movement, aqua therapy, acupressure, aromatherapy, guided imagery, therapeutic touch, Mayan Belly Binding, and Closing of the Bones. She has also trained in prenatal and postpartum mood disorders and trauma-informed support. Rachel helped develop and facilitate a college-accredited advanced doula education course for Northern Utah doulas and served on the Utah Doulas Association Board for more than a decade, including leadership and presidential roles. She also founded Opal Hope and Healing, a nonprofit supporting women, including trauma survivors, through education, empowerment, and healing.

Rachel believes every mother deserves support for the birth experience she wants, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. One of her greatest strengths is helping mothers remain focused, confident, and comfortable while honoring their intuition and individual needs. As a doula, she also helps partners understand what is coming next and how to offer the right encouragement, touch, and support at exactly the right time. Rachel considers it a privilege to walk alongside families through one of the most important days of their lives—and to witness the moment a new life enters the world.

Since January 2026, Rachel has worked alongside Deborah as a birth assistant while continuing her education and transition into midwifery. 


The Birth Assistant/Postpartum Support Specialist

Charnae Winsor

Charnae is passionate about supporting women through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the transition into motherhood. As a birth assistant, she provides calm, attentive, hands-on support while helping families feel cared for, informed, and respected throughout their birth experience.

At births, her aim is to create a space where mothers feel heard, nurtured, and supported. She believes maternity care should feel personal, unrushed, and centered around the mother and her family.

She is also continuing her education in lactation support, expanding her ability to help mothers navigate breastfeeding and the early postpartum period with greater confidence.

As a mother of five, she brings personal experience from many different stages of motherhood—from pregnancy and newborn life to raising growing children. That perspective allows her to connect with mothers not only during birth, but through the changing seasons that follow.