photo by Angie Klaus
Redemption: the act of making better or more acceptable
Midwifery: the art, act, or process of producing, bringing forth, or bringing about
Redemption Midwifery was birthed out of a desire to offer better, more acceptable services, and experiences for women as they become mothers, bringing forth children, and birthing families.
Christine Kunkel, CPM, LM, CHt, CLC, BS, HBCE
Christine began her journey into birth work in 2010 when she attended and photographed a friend’s birth and was asked if she was a doula. She is passionate about helping women experience empowered pregnancy, labor, birth experiences and supporting their informed choices through the process. Christine volunteered at a crisis pregnancy center for over two years when she lived in Hawaii before relocating back to the DMV area. She began working as a doula in 2014 after completing her DONA doula training and soon felt called to midwifery. She enrolled in National College of Midwifery and began apprenticing in the fall of 2017 and continued long after she finished her clinicals in 2019. Christine passed the NARM exam in 2021 and began her midwifery practice. She has attended over 400 births, of which over 170 was as a student, over 60 in her own practice, including multiple sets of twins and a breech first twin. Christine completed Breech Without Borders Pro workshop and Reteach Breech with Dr Stu workshops in 2022. Christine is also a DONA Certified doula, a certified HypnoBirthing® practitioner, Rebozo certified, trained in Spinning Babies techniques, Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC),, Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified HypnoBirthing® Fertility Consultant and APPA Certified Placenta Arts Specialist. Christine has one adult daughter and recently helped her welcome her first baby. Christine’s faith is the foundation of everything she does, she loves spending time with loved ones, living a healthy lifestyle, being outside, gardening, cooking, and knitting in her spare time. Christine is licensed to practice midwifery by the Virginia Board of Medicine and the Maryland Board of Nursing, and now by the Florida Department of Health, certified in Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) and CPR, a CPM and a member of the Virginia Midwives Alliance. NOW serving home birth families in Sarasota, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Florida and surrounding areas.