Chenoa Hamilton, CPM, LM, CLC, SpBCPE, EMT, Doula

Chenoa is a Traditional Midwife, a Certified Professional Midwife through North American Registry of Midwives (NARM),  Licensed Midwife in the state of Vermont, a certified doula, Certified Lactation Consultant, a Certified Spinning Babies Parent Educator and Emergency Medical Technician.  Chenoa has been attending births since 1997. While pursuing her Bachelors of Art at the University of Oregon, she completed training as a birth doula through DONA (Doulas of North America.) Chenoa immediately began a three-year, traditional midwifery program. Following the midwifery program/apprenticeship, she continued her training through another apprenticeship in a high-volume birth center in Portland, Oregon, specializing in water births.  During that time, Chenoa also volunteered with Doula Circle, a program that provided doula services for teen mothers, a commitment that she currently maintains by offering childbirth education and support to families.  In 2005, Chenoa moved with her family to Vermont, where she began working as primary midwife at a group midwifery practice in Addison county . In 2010 Chenoa volunteered as the primary midwife for a busy birth center in Jacmel, Haiti with twin sister Nieve Shere leading to the eventual collaboration between Jumelles Wellness Midwifery and Riverside Natural Health Center in 2013.  

Chenoa is certified by the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP & BLS) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adults, infants, and newborns. She is a member of the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Vermont Midwives Association (VMA), National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM), and Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)

Deeply curious about human potential and social change, Chenoa finds inspiration in unexpected conversations and meaningful connections. She's drawn to water in all forms—from quiet lakes and expansive oceans to class 5 river rapids—and has had the privilege of catching many babies born in water. Creativity shows up for her through travel, gardening, cooking, designing, or other home projects and in the quiet moments of movie nights with family and friends. Home is a small farm in Cornwall, Vermont, where she and her husband have raised two grown sons and share life with their 13-year-old daughter.