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\nSusan Oshel, CPM, LM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Susan began serving families as a labor assistant working with various midwives in 1976. In 1981, after 5 years of training, she began practicing midwifery. Additionally, she has extensive training in vitamin and herbal therapies, menopause counselling and pelvic floor specialist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan attained certification as a Certified Professional Midwife<\/span><\/a> (CPM) in 1996 when it became available and has been licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine since 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past 47 years of attending births Susan is humbled to have been invited into every one, a very special invitation to a private celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n

She is also fulfilling a dream to improve maternity care and birth outcomes around the world as the director of midwifery academics for Charis Childbirth<\/span>, an international school for midwives, childbirth educators, doulas, postpartum doulas and lactation counselors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She’s happily married and has 4 adult children, 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandbabies. She loves gardening, crocheting and graphic art.<\/span><\/p>\n

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