Hi, I live in Boyne City, and am having a homebirth with a midwife who lives in Rapid City. Her name is Robin Lavis, her business name is Blessings of the Womb, & her office # is 231-264-9144. The midwife in Traverse City is Kathi Mulder, and I don't have her contact info on hand, but she does service Boyne City, & I imagine Petoskey, although when I met with her she said she was hoping to limit her travel distance soon. She is much busier than Robin Lavis, but they have both been practicing since the early 90's. I met with both of them, and liked them immensely. Robin is a self-described Christian midwife, which makes it odd for me that we chose her (not that I have anything against Christians at all, just have a much wider spiritual philosophy that sometimes conflicts with dogmatic Christianity). She is a little older, more into herbs during pregnancy & birth, & has her business out of a little cottage on her property. Kathi has recently moved to an office space in Traverse City. I highly recommend meeting with both of them - they do free consultations. I'm not familiar with the midwives in the U.P. Good luck!
