Leila Wyatt

Midwife

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Leila Wyatt, CPM, LM, BSM, MPH, CLC, CD, a Louisiana native, was born at home in Lacombe with midwives, and grew up around the normalcy of birth as an everyday occurrence. Without knowing that a hospital birth even existed, Leila birthed both of her babies in a birth center in Florida and describes her births as “orgasmic and life changing”. After becoming a doula, spinning babies parent educator, lactation counselor, birthing from within mentor, prenatal yoga teacher, and midwife assistant, it was clear that Midwifery was her calling. 

 Leila considers her spirituality to be nestled in duality; a Christian and highly aware of the nuances of spirit, soul, and energy. 

She took her education seriously and became a traveling midwife in order to experience a wide variety of clinical attitudes, communities, and philosophies. This allowed her to become a well-rounded, culturally respectful, and skilled provider. Leila has attended over 500+ births, and is skilled at twins, breech, VBAC, waterbirth, and birth in every type of environment. With a high respect for preventative care and physiology of birth, Leila blends both screening and intuition to serve in achieving the best birth experience. Leila graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery from Midwives College of Utah, plans to complete her masters in maternal child public health this year, and is a Certified Professional Midwife through the North American Registry of Midwives. She is licensed in Louisiana among many other states. 

Tenants of Devotion Midwifery’s care are that we believe in autonomy, support licensed midwifery with full scope care, traditional midwifery, and attendants rooted in a lineage of cultural tradition, freebirth, and medical birth as desired. We believe in sovereign birth, that birth is a natural, normal, physiological event, and when respected, feared, and understood, rarely needs medical help but maintain skill and tools to do so and will not hesitate when needed. We believe in seamlessly blending evidence and intuition. We believe in anti-racism, inclusivity, and freedom.