Meet Your Midwife
Kate Burton, CPM, LM
I am a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and Licensed Midwife (LM) in the state of Utah and Tennessee. I have been attending births since 2014, and in 2020 I decided to pursue a career in Midwifery. I completed my training in 2023 through the NARM PEP process, an apprenticeship model combining education with hands-on midwifery training under the guidance of dedicated preceptors. I have had the privilege of working with more than 150 families through pregnancy, loss, labor and birth, and the postpartum period.
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I am a Midwife, but I was a mother first. Birth Work became my passion through my own transformational experiences of pregnancy and birth. I know that there are a lot of decisions to make. Every pregnancy is unique; maternity care cannot be treated with a "one size fits all" approach. My goal is to involve and educate families to have a pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience they feel empowered about.
As a midwife, I encourage preventative care through healthy eating, physical movement, and connection. I love using herbs and supplements to address different concerns. I also believe in evidence-based research and protocols to keep clients as safe as possible. I value traditional methods alongside conventional tools such as IV therapy, oxygen, and medications when needed.
I am a mom of two boys. I was born and raised in San Diego before moving to Utah, where I lived for 22 years. I acquired my Midwifery education while in Utah, and worked as a primary midwife at a birthing center there before moving to Knoxville in March of 2024. I opened my home birth practice, Hawthorn Midwifery, to serve and support families here in East Tennessee and I have absolutely fallen in love with the greenery and hospitality here!
My personal passions include learning about how trauma affects the body and ways we can work to heal it. I love helping others heal their spiritual, mental, emotional and physical body through different techniques including Foot, Face and Back Zoning.​
