"zoe" is greek for "life"
"midwife" means "with woman"
Nurse Midwife Betsy partners with women for thoughtful healthcare throughout their lives. Core values and guiding principles include:
• Autonomy of women
• Education and Shared-decision making
• Respect for the dignity of all human life
• Integrative care – mind, body, soul
Services offered:
• Well-woman care & Hormone imbalances
• Prenatal care and birth at home & Blessed Beginnings Care Center
• Postpartum care
• Newborn care for the first month of life
Betsy McCanse, CNM, has been in the “birth world” since 2003. She started her journey as a childbirth educator teaching Bradley classes, became certified as a doula through DONA, Int in 2005, and then started her trek to become a Certified Nurse Midwife through the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has been practicing as a midwife in the Goshen area since 2013, providing full-scope midwifery care for women across their reproductive lifespans. Over the years she has served women at Goshen Birth Center, Goshen Hospital, Blessed Beginnings Care Center and at homes. She has guided over 600 babies and has provided labor support to those families and many others whose babies have been caught by students or ended up with cesareans. Additionally, Betsy has taken a course in Mayan Abdominal Massage Self-Care, and has certifications in K-taping for pregnancy/postpartum and clinical homeopathy. She is passionate about holding the space for women, to enable birth to be an empowering experience, and in taking part in shared decision making in healthcare throughout women’s lives. She finds year-round joy in blues and swing dancing, and tent camping in the warm months.
