“A midwife should have a lady’s hands,
a hawk’s eyes and a lion’s heart.” - Aristotle
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While we are no longer attending births together, we still operate as a team in health care equity.
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Primary Midwife at Fertile Moon Midwifery
She exclusively offers the following services: Craniosacral therapy, holistic gynecology, fertility and insemination, integrative prenatals & postpartum, miscarriage and abortion support.
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Midwife, consultant, teacher
She provides the home postpartum visits for Black and POC folks through our equity fund at Fertile Moon Midwifery.
She is currently providing free prenatal care for Black birthing families through the Birth Workers of Color Collective and Charles Drew University. Sign up here
She teaches Epidemiology online and at Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery
See serves as a midwifery consultant to several public health boards and research grants ongoing.
Connect with all offerings here.
The Midwives
LICENSED MIDWIFE, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPIST, CLINICAL HERBALIST, FOUNDER (SHE/ HER)
Christian Toscano, LM, CPM, CST
Since 2010 she has attended hundreds of births at home, birth center and hospital; many of which were VBACs and water births and provided sexual health care. She graduated from Birthwise Midwifery School, a MEAC accredited 3-year program and trained at a reproductive health clinic providing abortion services, gynecology, pregnancy support and fertility counseling. She is certified in CPR, NRP and BLS. She is trained in Spinning Babies, optimal fetal positioning and body balancing techniques. She studied at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine and assisted the clinical herbalist director at a free community health clinic. She is certified in Craniosacral therapy from the Life Energy Institute and Upledger Institute. She is currently enrolled in a masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine to become a Licensed Acupuncturist. She is queer and an ally of the LGBTQ+ community. She has sat sweats lodges with elders whose visions are approved by Abenaki, Muskogee, Creek and Iroquois nations, studied with Dr.Vagish Shastri tantra meditation and sanskrit in India and sits Columbian dieta with plant medicine. She also has a devoted yoga practice.
PHILOSOPHY
I am guided by my connection to the divine spirit through body practices, prayer, sweat and plant ceremony. My approach is to balance the body holistically so one can flourish through physical and spiritual alignment. I provide tools for connecting to one’s inner wisdom, radical self care, body sovereignty, and pleasure-centered care. I believe healing ourselves is a radical act for our communities and genetic lineages. I am an excellent experienced clinician, utilizing medical intervention when necessary, while respecting healing as a normal physiologic life event. I promote people to operate from their power, demystify healthcare and reconnect to their ancient wisdom.
LICENSED MIDWIFE (SHE/ HER)
JANELL MOORE, LM, CPM
She holds a Masters in Public Health (MPH) and has worked in sexual and reproductive health and advocacy for over 15 years. Prior to midwifery training, Janell was a medical assistant in free and low-cost community clinics in San Francisco and Los Angeles where she provided family planning and reproductive health counseling. After earning her masters, Janell dedicated her career to working in HIV research and prevention, specifically among BIPOC and LGBTQI communities. She worked with HIV-positive pregnant and lactating people in Uganda and the DR Congo as well as coordinated HIV research projects in Cambodia and the US. She trained as a doula in 2017 and in 2019 graduated from the MEAC-accredited midwifery program at Maternidad La Luz in El Paso, Texas. She has attended over 100 births between home birth and birth center practice. She is fluent in Spanish and holds current certification in Neonatal Resuscitation. She practices midwifery with care, competency and professionalism and takes pride in ushering in new life safely and with compassion.
PHILOSOPHY
I believe that people should birth, first and foremost, where they feel safe and cared for. I regard birth as a sacred and monumental event that typically requires little to no intervention. I provide families with evidence-based, culturally competent information so that they can make informed decisions for their health and wellbeing from a place of knowledge rather than fear or mis-education. I believe in and practice the midwifery model of care which centers the physical and emotional needs of the birthing person and allows for the normal physiological process of birth to unfold.