The Birthways Family Support Team

Christina Holmes is a Mother, Midwife, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Massage Therapist, and Birth Photographer. She graduated from the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy in 1995 and began her work as a doula in 1997. She received her Doula Certification through Doulas of North America (DONA) in 1997.

Christina is a Florida Licensed Midwife and a Nationally Certified Professional Midwife. She graduated with highest honors from the Miami-Dade Midwifery program in 2002 with an Associates Degree in Midwifery specializing in home birth. She is certified in CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation.

Christina lives in Sarasota with her husband (her sweetheart since middle school) and three children. Her first child was born 7 weeks early in the hospital with a doctor and spent 2 weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She chose a midwife for her second pregnancy and gave birth 5 weeks early. Her third baby was born full term in the water at HOME after a two-hour labor!!!

Christina Holmes has been serving and honoring Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte County families in homes, hospitals, and birth centers since 1997. She is one of the founder of the Sarasota Doula Association and the Natural Family Co-op. Recognizing the need for more birth options for families in the Sarasota area, she opened the Birthways Family Birth Center in 2007.Christina is also volunteers on the Healthy Start Coalition in Sarasota and is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Sarasota. Call or email for more information or to schedule your free consultation.