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Grow Midwives, LLC®


Our mission is clear: to scale up and sustain midwifery. We work alongside midwives, hospitals, academic centers, birth centers, and group practices. With more than 70 years of combined leadership and national experience, we bring unmatched expertise in guiding teams through the technical and strategic steps of building sustainable midwifery models. Rooted in collaboration and trust, we partner with healthcare leaders nationwide to turn vision into lasting reality.

70+

Years combined experience

100+

Practices Guided

50+

Speaking Engagements

The Grow Midwives, LLC® Story


Dr. Ginger Breedlove’s lifelong commitment to advancing maternity care. In 1979, she co-founded the Holistic Birth and Growth Center in Topeka, Kansas — one of the first, state-licensed freestanding birth centers in the nation. There, she practiced full-scope midwifery for 15 years alongside physicians and nurse-midwives, laying the foundation for a career dedicated to expanding access to safe, collaborative care.


Her passion for education and leadership soon led her to establish the first nurse-midwifery practice at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, where she directed services and built trust between midwives and physicians. She went on to create the first graduate nurse-midwifery education program at the University of Kansas 10 years and later served as a tenured professor six years at Shenandoah University, influencing a generation of new midwives. 

Beyond The Classroom and Clinic

Dr. Breedlove stepped into national leadership. She served as President of the American College of Nurse-Midwives 2013-2016 after serving two terms as ACNM Secretary, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Congress on the maternity care workforce shortage, and in 2017 co-founded March for Moms with Dr. Neel Shah, a nonprofit raising national awareness to improve care for childbearing families. Her voice has shaped not only practices but policies, bringing midwifery into conversations that transform maternal health at the highest levels.

Grow Midwives, LLC® Today


She is a widely published author in numerous journals and publications, national speaker, and received over $5 million dollars as principal investigator in grant funded projects related to health care for women. In 2018 Dr. Breedlove edited and launched a best-selling book for new parents titled, Nobody Told Me About That! The 2nd Ed., Nobody Told Me About That, Surviving and Thriving Through the Early Weeks of Parenting was published in April 2023. Dr. Breedlove completed the Harvard Business School Negotiation Mastery Certification program in August 2023.

Our Team

GINGER BREEDLOVE, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

GINGER BREEDLOVE, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

CEO, Founder and Principal Consultant

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Joseph Booth, JD, M.Div

Joseph Booth, JD, M.Div

In-House Counsel and Partner

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Lesley Rathbun, MSN, CNM, FNP, FACNM

Lesley Rathbun, MSN, CNM, FNP, FACNM

CCO, Senior Consultant and Partner

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ARDEN SCHWENKER, CPCO

Arden Schwenker, CFO, CPCO, COBGC

CFO, Senior Consultant and Partner

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Denise Fryzelka, PhD, CNM, FACNM

Denise Fryzelka, PhD, CNM, FACNM

Clinical Consultant

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John Yeast, MD, MSPH, MFM

John Yeast, MD, MSPH, MFM

Hospital Consultant

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Kathy Camacho Carr, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Kathy Camacho Carr, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Educational Consultant

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Isaac Booth

Isaac Booth, JD

In-House Assistant Counsel

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Reviews from our clients

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Beth Connors
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I had a call with Grow Midwives and found it incredibly helpful and insightful. They provided clear guidance and practical next steps for growing my practice. I truly appreciate their knowledge and support in this field!
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Lauren Drees
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As the owner of a multiple midwife home birth practice, I find support and counsel difficult to come by since this is not a common business or practice model. Being able to work with Ginger gave me incredible perspective, insight, and actionable step to take for my practice to continue to thrive. She is a wealth of knowledge and expertise having been a midwife for many years in vastly different settings and roles. I am extremely grateful for her support and encouragement. I strongly recommend midwives needing support at any level to connect with Ginger and her team!
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Yeni Trinh
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I recently had the chance to speak with Ginger Breedlove and was so grateful for her time and insight! I’ve also heard her speak at conferences over the years, and she really is incredibly knowledgeable and a true advocate for the midwifery role. She helped me think through a complex scope and practice question with clarity and real-world perspective. Grow Midwives is doing important, grounded work for the midwifery community, and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for thoughtful guidance rooted in experience. Thank you again Ginger!
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Scott Hawk
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Ginger and her team are fantastic. They are fierce advocates not only for women's health and safe, healthy birthing experiences, they are sentinels for a major agent of that experience; Midwives. Their organization has given me guidance as a new grad where I was aimless and uncertain, and they have pointed me to important connections in the community and abroad that make Midwife voices heard as part of the equation for addressing our country's maternal health care crisis. Almost overnight they became more than just consultants for me, they became mentors and friends. They're helping me to see my worth as a CNM and to grow my voice to advocate that worth for others. I cannot overstate how much I recommend these guys, whether you're a new grand CNM/CM looking to get their start like me, or you're hoping to start or grow a practice, birthing center, or something more complex. They are a hub for everything midwife and you should have them on your radar if midwifery, or any field near it is in your future. Thank you for everything, guys!
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Holli Berry
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I have been a CNM for 30 some odd years. I am not business savvy, at all. I recently found a new job, after being with an employer for 12 years....and Grow Midwives has been invaluable in helping me navigate this journey. I have found my true value and worth, thanks to Ginger. Very professional, very honest , the reviews and counseling are a great help. I HIGHLY recommend this service for ALL CNMs, especially if you are not business or legal knowledable, and especially if you are a new CNM just getting into healthcare. It is a business. You need to know your worth.
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Kimberly Amsley-Camp
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Ginger Breedlove and GrowMidwives has changed my professional life. I have "known of her "and have now come to "know her" for many years now and in various capacities. Ginger provided top notch leadership as a past president of ACNM and has always been a leading voice of midwifery. I have accessed career coaching, resume review, asked countless questions about midwifery and the law as well of medical staff credentialing, and now our organization is using their consulting firm to reopen our birth center in Massachusetts. She is always positive and purposeful in her responses. Her team is knowledgeable, kind, professional and really cares about the individual midwife and the midwifery profession. Their combined experience of 70 years doesn't even touch the depth of their knowledge. I recommend them often, if a midwife or a midwife practice needs help, Call Ginger. I am grateful to her and her team for leading all of us and for asking us to think deeply and with purpose and to see POSSIBILITIES where we usually see barriers.
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Katya Simon
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There comes a point in the life of many midwives when we scream for Ginger. I honestly don't know what midwives did before Ginger drew a line in the sand and said, "You shall not pass". I am lucky enough to have matured into the midwifery craft knowing that if I were ever pushed against the wall, I had access to this sparkling magic wand called Grow Midwives. And when the moment came, the secret magic wand was there. It was accessible, it was powerful, and - like it had for so many midwives before me - it saved me. Without a shadow of a doubt, it was Ginger's willingness to put herself forward, to tirelessly work on behalf of midwifery, to relentlessly keep pushing where others would have long ago given up, which resulted in my ability to keep working and making a difference in my small world. And for that, my friends, I shall remain thankful.
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Alison Doyle
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Fantastic service. I have not received such detailed feedback on anything else in my professional career as I got from the contract review service through Grow Midwives.
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Marie Meakin
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Grow Midwives is the best consulting service in our industry. They are friendly, knowledgeable, generous with information and put no pressure on you. They are investing in the next generation of midwives and making the world a better place for midwives, moms and babies.
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Jessica Cotton
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Ginger and the team at Grow Midwives are phenomenal! They offered us an excellent return on investment through their work with our state affiliate, and I love following their work to advocate for our profession on social media and in their monthly newsletter!

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