Anne Monson is a Certified Professional Midwife serving families in West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia.

Anne’s experience has shown her that striving for a healthy pregnancy opens the door to a healthy birth and a positive postpartum experience. To achieve this end goal, Anne approaches prenatal care in the traditional holistic way of the midwife. However, she understands that every mother, pregnancy, and birth is different and she is committed to creating an individualized care plan to meet each family’s unique needs.

During labor and birth, Anne strives to be noninvasive but mindful by remaining attentive and available should the birthing person or family need any support or encouragement.

Anne has had the privilege of serving families in the childbearing year for 23 years. Her support has evolved from infant massage, childbirth educator, and birth doula to apprentice midwife and, later, Certified Professional Midwife. Shenandoah Homebirth LLC was founded in 2020. Over the years Anne has been able to experience birth in home, birth center, and hospital settings. This has afforded her the opportunity to work alongside a variety of different providers with vastly different styles. As a Certified and Licensed Professional Midwife, Anne adheres to all requirements set forth by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) and the states in which she practices. This includes, but is not limited to, continuing education requirements as well as maintaining up-to-date certifications in Neonatal Resuscitation, CPR, Birth Emergency Skills Training, suturing for midwives, and more!

Anne calls the Wild and Wonderful State of West Virginia home, where she lives with her husband of 31 years and their last school-aged child at home. Her other 4 grown children are finding their way in the world. Anne’s first child, a daughter, was born in the hospital. Her other 4 children were born at home with the loving and caring support of home birth midwives.