Meet Our Team
Welcome to Nurtured Beginnings Midwifery Services, LLC
We are delighted to introduce our team of compassionate and dedicated midwives committed to providing exceptional care throughout your pregnancy journey.
Lauren Hale, CPM, CDEM
Lauren’s passion for birth was sparked by the birth of her first child in 2007. It wasn’t until she was planning for her third birth that she began to really delve into labor support and childbirth options in the Fort Wayne area. In 2013, she began the process of becoming a birth doula, and soon after began attending homebirths as a birth assistant. In late 2014, Lauren gave birth for the fourth and final time. Surrounded by her family and birth team, she caught her own baby and lit a passion that couldn’t be denied. After taking some time to raise her youngest, Lauren enrolled in National College of Midwifery’s ASM program, graduating in December 2020. By March of 2021, Lauren held the designation of Certified Professional Midwife (awarded by the North American Registry of Midwives) and Certified Direct Entry Midwife (awarded by the State of Indiana). Throughout the years, Lauren has attended trainings on a variety of midwifery and birth-related topics such as breech birth, vaginal birth after cesarean, still birth, neonatal resuscitation, birth emergencies skills, and many others.
Lauren resides in northeast Indiana with her husband of many, many years and their four children. She enjoys spending time with her children and being a spectator during their many sporting events. In the rest of her free time, Lauren enjoys gardening and caring for the many farm animals in her backyard.
Kirsten Lane, Student Midwife
Kirsten has always been interested in all things birth, especially home birth. One of her earliest childhood memories was attending the birth of her younger siblings, which sparked her natural curiosity and passion.
While pregnant with her oldest, Kirsten began her studies to become a birth doula and attended a DONA training course in 2011. She then transferred to Birth Arts International and completed her certification. In 2016, Kirsten was certified in Birth Emergency Skills, CPR, and NRP in preparation for becoming a birth assistant and has continued in both roles.
For many years, she held onto the dream that “someday” she'd become a midwife, and in 2023, Kirsten took the first steps toward it. She is now OFFICIALLY enrolled at National College of Midwifery and will begin her clinical apprenticeship as a student midwife.
Kirsten lives in rural Northeast Indiana with her high school sweetheart and five children. She enjoys reading a good book, playing in her garden, and exploring the not-so-far-away places because (you know) on-call life.
Ronae is deeply committed to empowering women through the transitions of motherhood. Her passion for birth work was sparked by her own experiences as a mother of five - initially through struggles and lessons learned during the breastfeeding journeys with her first couple of children, and later through solidified values and insights gained through her own hospital and home birth experiences. After years of teaching and supporting women informally and as a volunteer, in 2021, Ronae fulfilled her dream of becoming a Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) and a double-Certified Birth Doula (GBC and ICEA), culminating in her founding Birth Encouraged Doula & Lactation Services. She loves supporting births in all their forms and has walked with women through a wide variety of experiences through the years. Ronae began birth assisting for home births in 2025, becoming certified in CPR and NRP the same year. She is thrilled to be part of the Nurtured Beginnings team!
A rural Northeast Indiana native, Ronae traveled around the Midwest for several years with her husband and children before settling back down near Fort Wayne. She is a proficient Spanish speaker and loves gardening, reading, and vanilla chai. As a former homeschooling mom for many years, Ronae also really enjoys finding diverse educational and cultural experiences to explore with her children.
