Heather Rische, ​Matryoshka Midwifery Services
Currently offering:
Birth Story Listening
Birth Art Sessions
​Online Childbirth and Parenting Education

Heather Rische has been involved in midwifery since 1994, and practiced independently in New Mexico from 2002-2022. She was a Certified Professional Midwife  amd Licensed Midwife for 20 years, and was honored to share hundreds of families’ birth experiences with them. She enjoys giving individualized care to a diverse group of mothers and families throughout southern New Mexico. To learn more about Heather, her current offerings, training and experience, testimonies and other details, click on the menu options or contact Heather.

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What Is A Midwife?

A midwife is a trained professional with special expertise in supporting women to maintain a healthy pregnancy and birth, offering expert individualized care, education, counseling and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle. A midwife works with each woman and her family to identify their unique physical, social and emotional needs. When the care required is outside the midwife's scope of practice or expertise, the woman is referred to other health care providers for additional consultation or care. 

The World Health Organization defines a midwife as a "trained professional able to provide the necessary care, supervision and advice to pregnant women, conduct deliveries on her own responsibility and care for mothers and their newborns in the first postpartum months. She is able to detect abnormalities and refer mother or baby to appropriate care. She can implement emergency measures in the absence of medical aid."