Hi, I’m Rebecca Williams, a certified nurse-midwife and certified professional midwife practicing in the Salt Lake area. I attend out-of-hospital births in both the home and birth suite setting because I believe women should have safe choices regarding their birth experience.

The births I’ve shared with my families in Utah continue to amaze and humble me. Thank you to all the families who have trusted me with their births. I’m honored to be a part of such a fabulous milestone in your lives.

Women choose an out-of-hospital birth with a certified nurse-midwife because:

• They know they’ll be supported in having the birth experience they desire.
• They want to know and be comfortable with their birth attendant.
• They want to choose their labor and birth positions, including whether they will have a water birth.
• They don’t want harnessed to monitors and IV’s.
• They want a safe birth, without unnecessary interventions.
• They want a C-section rate below 4%, instead of the 25% rate common in many hospitals.
• They want to be in control of what they wear, what they eat, and whom they invite to their birth.
• They want their partners involved.
• They want to birth in an environment that believes birth is a normal, natural process that women have successfully done for countless years, instead of a medical procedure.
• They want to keep their babies near them and breastfeed immediately after birth.

Safety Record

As of July 2008, of the 217 labors I’ve managed in Utah, I’ve only had to transfer sixteen women during labor and three moms after the birth. All my babies have been healthy so I haven’t had any newborn transfers. My maternal and fetal mortality rate is zero.