Merrilynn Artman, CNM, MS

Together with Boulder Women’s Care, I created Boulder Nurse Midwives in 2007 in order to offer women a Nurse-Midwifery option in Boulder County. My education includes Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Wisconsin in Political Science and Women’s Studies conferred in 1991. I received my Nursing Degree from Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1995 and then went on to complete my Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery from the University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center in 2001. I practiced for one year on the Western Slope with a private practice and have spent the past five years working for the People’s Clinic in Boulder, Colorado. I can communicate comfortably in Spanish and enjoy traveling to other countries and learning about other cultures. I have a very loving and supportive husband and two beautiful boys who I immensely enjoy mothering. Midwifery is a passion and caring for women is a privilege.

I believe the essence of midwifery is cultivated in our exchange of stories and knowledge with women, building strong trusting relationships with clients and their families through consistency, compassion and deep trust. It is an honor to “do” midwifery, and a particular pleasure to “be”- alongside women in their journey to motherhood. I am so pleased to join Bolder Nurse-Midwives and to work in collaboration with Boulder Women's Care, P.C to offer extraordinary care for childbearing women and families in the Boulder area. My husband and I relocated from Michigan to Albuquerque where I graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Nursing in 2003 and a Master of Science in Nursing, specializing in Nurse-Midwifery, in 2006. I have sought additional study and training in areas including herbal medicine, the medicinal use of essential oils, and Ayurveda. The birth of my son awakened me to a perspective of the birth experience that is palpable, memorable, and informs both my philosophy of care and commitment to mindfulness in work and life. When not in the company of pregnant and birthing women, I enjoy spending time in the mountains with my family, hiking or biking, or practicing yoga.

My journey into midwifery has been prolific and woven with challenges and triumphs. I have been fascinated by the spectacle and sacredness of childbirth since I was a girl. And after years of education (two bachelors degrees and a masters degree), and on-the-job experience as an RN, as well as the magical births of my own children; I have arrived to the destination of being a midwife. Only to find that the journey continues and I have the privilege to be able to offer safe passage to new spirits.

I offer you my assistance and the opportunity to be heard, empowered, and aided during an awesome and life-changing moment during your own journey. I will be here to offer you information and help you make choices that are right and safe for you during this most amazing rite-of-passage into parenthood. I also have experience with offering contraception to women, annual exams, and communicating comfortably in medical Spanish. I have been well-trained, am competent and instinctive in my practice of midwifery.

My degrees are in Musical Theatre, Nursing, and Midwifery. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado, acquired in 1986. My Bachelor of Science in Nursing is from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (attained in 1994). I have a Master of Science in Midwifery from State University of New York, Stony Brook (Long Island), conferred in 2006. I enjoy spending time with my family, singing and dancing, and also like gardening, good food, movies, hiking, biking, and artistic expression.

Christina Mitchell, CNM, MS

After the life-changing experience of the midwife-attended birth of my first child in 1981 in a Birth Center in Chicago, I knew that Midwifery was the path for me. I have been working in Women's Health for more than twenty years as a Nurse, an educator and a lactation consultant. This path culminated in the completion of my Master's of Science degree in Nurse-Midwifery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1997. Since that time I have been working as a Nurse-Midwife in the Boulder/Denver area. I believe passionately in partnering with women to help them achieve the birth experience that they are looking for.

I have 3 incredible children that I adore and have taught me so much about life and about being myself. In my free time, I love doing Yoga, hiking and biking, enjoying the great Colorado outdoors. I do a bit of knitting for it's creative and meditative qualities. Also, I am quite the film buff and enjoy sharing that with friends and family.