Breath of Life Events
Breath of Life Midwifery is dedicated to building community and providing education in SWVA.
Recurring Support Meet-ups
Monthly Moms' Midwifery Circle
Crystal hosts an exclusive monthly Moms' Midwifery Circle in Daleville at Chernichky Family Chiropractic for all previous, current, and future Breath of Life clients every 3rd Friday of the month. Little ones and nursing babies are always welcome. There is a play area at the location and a park right next door if big kiddos get bored/rowdy or mamas want to stay longer and socialize. Please bring your favorite disk to share and a camping chair or exercise ball. Text Crystal or your midwifery text chat to RSVP.
Chernichky Family Chiropractic
65 Shenandoah Ave Suite 203, Daleville, VA 24083
3rd Friday 10-12:30
Monthly Mom’s Meeting: Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond
Amanda partners with TLC Lactation Care to host an open invitation Moms' Meet-up and Breastfeeding Support Group monthly on the 1st Wednesday of the month. All pregnant and nursing mamas are welcome!
Join us for a relaxed and supportive gathering for women in every season of motherhood—whether you’re trying to conceive, expecting, newly postpartum, or years into your journey.
This monthly circle is a space to connect, share, learn, and be encouraged. We’ll talk about all things pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and motherhood in a judgment-free, welcoming environment. Bring your questions, your experiences, and your little ones if you’d like!
What to expect:
- Open, honest conversation
- Encouragement and community
- Birth and postpartum education
- Support from like-minded moms
- A safe space to be seen and heard
Who’s invited
- Expecting moms
- Trying-to-conceive mamas
- Postpartum moms
- Experienced moms wanting to pour into others
Come as you are—no pressure, no expectations, just connection.
TLC Lactation Care
920 Tanyard Rd Rocky Mount VA, 24151
1st Wednesday of every month from 10-12.
Community Educational offerings
Quarterly Birth Preparation Class
Every quarter we gather for one of our favorite days… a full, immersive childbirth class designed to help you understand birth, trust your body, and feel truly prepared. This is a one-day, intensive, interactive class focused on physiological, out-of-hospital birth. We don’t just sit and listen—we experience the learning together.
You should expect:
- Real, normal birth videos
- Hands-on practice with birth scenarios
- Movement, positioning, and coping techniques
- Open, honest discussion in a supportive space
- A blend of approaches inspired by Bradley, Lamaze, Active Birth, Birthing From Within, and HypnoBirthing
- Bring a dish to share (potluck style), a birth ball or camping chair if you have one, and wear something comfortable—you’ll be moving, practicing, and stepping into birth in a whole new way.
Chernichky Family Chiropractic
65 Shenandoah Ave Suite 203, Daleville, VA 24083
Offered Quarterly
This class is completely free and open to the community, though it is especially supportive for families planning a home or birth center experience.
Breastfeeding Class
Join Shanna Reynolds, IBCLC, for a practical, supportive breastfeeding class designed to help you feel informed, confident, and prepared before your baby arrives. Whether this is your first baby or you've breastfed before, this class will help you better understand normal newborn feeding behaviors, establish a comfortable feeding relationship, and navigate common challenges in the early weeks.
Topics include:
- How breastfeeding works and what to expect in the first hours, days, and weeks
- Normal newborn feeding patterns and behaviors
- Positioning and latch techniques
- How to know if your baby is getting enough milk
- Understanding milk supply and common misconceptions
- Pumping, milk storage, and returning to work
- Common breastfeeding challenges and when to seek help
- Partner and family support during the breastfeeding journey
- Local breastfeeding resources and support options
This class is appropriate for pregnant parents at any stage of pregnancy and their support people.
TLC Lactation Care
920 Tanyard Rd Rocky Mount VA, 24151
Offered Quarterly
* The cost of this class is covered in your package price for all Breath of Life Midwifery clients. For non-BoL clients, the cost is $30.
Newborn Care Basics: Confidently Caring for Your Baby
Preparing for your baby's arrival goes beyond labor and birth. This practical, evidence-based class is designed to help parents feel confident caring for their newborn during the first days, weeks, and months of life.
Topics include newborn feeding, sleep, soothing techniques, diapering, bathing, recognizing signs of illness, safe sleep, cosleeping considerations, babywearing basics, car seat safety, and adjusting to life with a new baby.
Perfect for expectant parents, partners, grandparents, and other caregivers preparing to welcome a new baby.
Breath of Life Midwifery
1950 Electric Rd. SW Roanoke, VA 24018
Offered Quarterly
* The cost of this class is covered in your package price for all Breath of Life Midwifery clients.
Nourishing a Healthy Pregnancy
Learn how nutrient-dense, whole foods can support a healthy pregnancy, growing baby, and smoother postpartum recovery. Based on current research and principles from Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols, this class explores practical, evidence-based nutrition for pregnancy and beyond.
Topics include protein, healthy fats, blood sugar balance, key pregnancy nutrients, managing common pregnancy discomforts, meal planning, supplements, and nutrition for breastfeeding and postpartum healing.
Perfect for expectant parents who want to make informed, confident nutrition choices throughout pregnancy.
Breath of Life Midwifery
1950 Electric Rd. SW Roanoke, VA 24018
Offered Quarterly
* The cost of this class is covered in your package price for all Breath of Life Midwifery clients.
Prenatal Yoga
Sherrié Lynn is the founder of Mortar & Pestle, a student midwife with Breath of Life Midwifery, a certified RYT-200 Yoga Teacher, and a birth doula. She has been serving and learning within the birth community for over 13 years, supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum with compassion, education, movement, and connection.
Sherrié offers prenatal yoga, birth support, and women’s wellness experiences that honor the wisdom of the body, the power of community, and the sacred transition into parenthood.
Registration
✨ Space is limited to 6 participants
✨ Pre-registration is required
✨ Early registration is required to reserve your spot.
Breath of Life Midwifery
1950 Electric Rd. SW Roanoke, VA 24018
Offered on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Sundays from 11-12, Dates May Vary, Register for the Current Schedule.
* The cost of this class is covered in your package price for all Breath of Life Midwifery clients.
Community events
Roanoke Birth & Perinatal Center Community Potluck
Join us for an afternoon of food, friendship, and community!
The Roanoke Birth & Perinatal Center community is growing, and we would love to spend time together outside of prenatal and postpartum visits. Whether you're currently pregnant, recently welcomed a baby, have older children, or have been part of our community for years, this gathering is for you.
Garst Mill Park offers something for everyone! The picnic shelter sits right beside a beautiful creek with several areas suitable for wading and splashing. Feel free to bring bathing suits, creek shoes, fishing nets, buckets, or anything your little explorers might enjoy. The playground is also just a short walk from the shelter.
Potluck Details
Last names A–M: Bring a main dish to share
Last names N–Z: Bring a side dish or dessert to share
Please bring enough to feed your family plus a few extra servings if possible.
We are so grateful for the incredible families who make up our birth community and look forward to seeing familiar faces, meeting new babies, and watching old friends reconnect.
Please share this event with any local midwifery families and friends who may enjoy joining us!
With love,
The Midwives at the Roanoke Birth & Perinatal Center
Luna Midwifery & Breath of Life Midwifery
Saturday, June 13, 2026 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Garst Mill Park – Picnic Shelter
2699 Willowlawn St. Roanoke, VA
Breath of Life Midwifery Fall Festival
We are so excited to celebrate the season of gratitude with our wonderful community at the Annual Breath of Life Midwifery Fall Festival!
Each year this event grows a little bigger, and we can't wait to welcome new and familiar faces for an afternoon of family fun, community connection, local resources, and fall festivities.
What to Expect
• FREE swag bags for the first 100 families filled with information, samples, coupons, and 20 tickets for our FREE raffle
• 20+ local vendors offering family-focused goods, services, educational resources, handmade products, and delicious treats
• FREE raffle drawings featuring 20+ prizes from local businesses and community partners
• Two FREE bounce houses for children to enjoy
• FREE interactive activities and demonstrations designed especially for kids
• Face painting ($)
• Fall mini photo sessions ($)
• Opportunities to connect with local birth workers, family resources, and businesses that support growing families in our community
Pre-Registration
Help us plan by pre-registering for the event here:
https://forms.gle/x9farneYxJFn1oSg6
We are incredibly grateful for the families, friends, and community partners who make this event possible each year. Whether you're currently expecting, raising little ones, or simply looking for a fun family-friendly fall event, we'd love to see you there!
We can't wait to celebrate with you!
Breath of Life Midwifery
1950 Electric Rd. SW Roanoke, VA 24018
Offered Annually in November
Professional Educational Offerings
Emergency Obstetric Skills for Rural Providers
Responding to Birth in a Maternity Desert
Across Southwest Virginia and many rural communities throughout the country, access to maternity care is changing. As labor and delivery units close and transport times increase, emergency medical services, emergency departments, and rural healthcare providers are increasingly called upon to care for pregnant patients and newborns in situations where obstetric specialists are not immediately available.
Emergency Obstetric Skills for Rural Providers is offering to help bridge that gap.
This one-day, hands-on workshop helps to prepare healthcare professionals to recognize, stabilize, and manage obstetric and neonatal emergencies through evidence-based education, practical skills training, and realistic simulation. Whether responding to a precipitous roadside delivery, caring for a laboring patient in a rural emergency department, or stabilizing a postpartum hemorrhage while awaiting transport, participants will gain practical skills that can be immediately applied in the field.
The workshop emphasizes early recognition, effective teamwork, and appropriate intervention while fostering collaboration between EMS, emergency departments, transport teams, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and community-based midwives. By improving communication across disciplines, we can strengthen our regional response to maternal and newborn emergencies and ultimately improve outcomes for families.
Topics Include
• Assessment of the pregnant patient
• Recognition of imminent birth
• Emergency vaginal delivery
• Immediate newborn care
• Neonatal stabilization and resuscitation
• Postpartum hemorrhage
• Shoulder dystocia
• Breech presentation
• Umbilical cord prolapse
• Placental abruption
• Uterine rupture
• Hypertensive emergencies, including preeclampsia and eclampsia
• Maternal collapse and pregnancy-modified resuscitation
• Rural transport considerations
• Interdisciplinary communication and collaboration
Hands-On Learning
This workshop is built around active participation rather than lecture alone. Participants will rotate through skills stations and realistic simulation scenarios designed to reflect the challenges faced by rural providers. Scenarios include postpartum hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, homebirth transfer, neonatal resuscitation, eclamptic seizure, breech birth, cord prolapse, and maternal cardiac arrest.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for:
• EMS providers (EMR, EMT, AEMT, and Paramedic)• Emergency department nurses• Physicians and residents• Physician assistants• Nurse practitioners• Respiratory therapists• Critical access hospital staff• Other rural healthcare professionals who may encounter obstetric emergencies
No previous obstetric experience is required.
Workshop Details
DatesFriday, July 31, 2026 or Saturday, August 1, 2026
Time9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
LocationFyvie Farms 111 Country Club Lane Covington, VA 24426
CostFree
Continuing EducationEMS continuing education credit is pending.
Our Mission
When communities lose maternity services, childbirth doesn't stop. Families still need skilled, prepared healthcare professionals when emergencies arise.
This workshop was created to equip rural providers with the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to care for two patients when every minute matters. Together, through interdisciplinary collaboration and evidence-based practice, we can help ensure that families continue to receive safe, compassionate care, regardless of where birth begins.