Are you a doula or midwife ready to move into true, authentic birth work???
A personal message from
Tiffany,
Founder of THRIVE
If you have come to THRIVE because your family is growing, congratulations on taking this step to owning your birth! If you have come as a doula or midwife and know there is a better way to support families, welcome and thank you for all your hard work and demanding more for women and their babies. Regardless of what brings you to THRIVE, we are about to make history.
In August 2022, I resigned my license as a Registered Midwife in Ontario after more than 10 years, so that I could support families birthing outside the system.
Over these years I have developed a passion for supporting families who are in control of their health care, make informed decisions and own their birth experiences. I can’t wait to pass on to you the tools and skills I’ve learned throughout my own journey, as I went from midwife to mother to Birth Coach/Traditional Birth Attendant and most recently infant Craniosacral Therapist. You have no idea the joy it brings me when families stand up for themselves and their health!
My birth stories
I am not the birth worker I was when my first two children were born.
My firstborn was born via Caesarean Section in 2016, following a two-day 36+5 weeks gestation induction for low amniotic fluid.
My daughter was born in 2019, after another 36+5 weeks gestation induction for the same reason. I fought for a VBAC against both midwifery and obstetric recommendations to have a repeat Caesarean after my first ordeal, and after a quick labour and vacuum delivery due to low fetal heart rate (thanks spinal/epidural), I reached down and lifted my daughter onto my chest.
After a vasectomy reversal in June 2023 and a sovereign homebirth in June 2024, we welcomed another son into our family. He is such a delight.
I honestly can’t wait to have more babies at home! While navigating my most recent pregnancy, it was amazing to “walk the talk” and really tap into my intuition and own my healthcare. Through nutritional healing, health awareness, and radical responsibility I was able to change my birth story and truly let physiologic birth unravel.
Who am I?
I originally grew up in the Niagara region of Ontario, the oldest of six kids. In 2004 I left Dalhousie university after a brief foray in Neuroscience, and started looking into midwifery. In 2008 I completed my midwifery training in the Philippines through an American-run charity-birthing clinic and school, attending more than 200 births and performing over 800 prenatal exams. In 2010 I graduated from Ryerson’s ‘International Midwifery Pre-Registration Program’, which allowed me to practice midwifery in Ontario. In August 2022, I resigned my midwifery license to become a Birth Coach/Traditional Birth Attendant. I have called Chatham, Ontario home since 2010, where I live with my welder husband and three children, the last one which was born at home with a Traditional Birth Attendant. In August 2024 I took an intro course to infant craniosacral therapy, which I offer as an in-home service. I also homeschool and love learning homesteading skills such as growing food and preserving it.