Rebecca Williams

Hi, I’m Rebecca Williams, a certified nurse-midwife practicing in the Salt Lake area since 2004. I attend out-of-hospital births in both the home and birth suite setting because I believe women should have safe, wonderful choices regarding their birth experience. The births I’ve shared with my families in Utah continue to amaze and humble me. Thank you to all the families who have trusted me with their births. I’m honored to be a part of such a fabulous milestone in your lives. Women choose an out-of-hospital birth with a certified nurse-midwife because: They know they’ll be supported in having the birth experience they desire with a licensed, medically trained birth attendant. They want to know and be comfortable with their birth attendant. They want to choose their labor and birth positions, including whether they will have a water birth. They don’t want harnessed to monitors and IV’s. They want a safe birth, without unnecessary interventions. They want a birth attendant trained in neonatal resuscitation and able to legally give medications for postpartum hemorrhage if needed. They want a C-section rate below 3%, instead of the 30% rate common in many hospitals. They want to be in control of what they wear, what they eat, and whom they invite to their birth. They want their partners involved. They want to birth in an environment that believes birth is a normal, natural process that women have successfully done for countless years, instead of a medical procedure. They want to keep their babies near them and breastfeed immediately after birth. They want the option of prescription medicines if needed for mastitis, urinary tract infections, thyroid problems, yeast, etc.