Midwife Gennette

Hi! My name is Gennette, and I am a NARM certified professional midwife, licensed to practice in the state of Virginia. For healthy, low-risk mothers, I offer complete prenatal care, labor and birth support at home, and care for both mother and newborn up to six weeks postpartum. If you are planning a hospital birth, you are still eligible for midwifery care. I am also a board-certified naturopath, with special training in herbs and homeopathy. I accept Medicaid for maternity care and offer discounts for those who qualify. 

Areas I serve as a homebirth midwife are Carrollton, Chesapeake, Courtland, Emporia, Franklin, Gloucester, Hampton, Hopewell, Isle of Wight County, Ivor, Mathews, New Kent, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Southhampton County, Stony Creek, Suffolk, Surry, Virginia Beach, Wakefield, Waverly, Williamsburg, Windsor, Yorktown, and Zuni. The office location for Birthside Beginnings is part of the Community Midwives Collective shared space in Chesapeake, Virginia, which includes a birth suite with shower and water birth options. I attend VBAC, breech, and twin births in a homebirth setting.

I have two teenage sons, and we live on a small farm by the James River in Surry County. Birth is my passion! I love supporting mothers during their pregnancies and helping them to have the births they choose and desire. When I'm not at a birth, you can find me cooking, reading, knitting, cycling, or hanging out by the river with my loved ones (and our dogs)!