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Candace Leach at the 2006 DASC Awards Banquet - "Midwife of the Year" NomineeCandace Leach is a Licensed Midwife accredited by the Medical Board of California, as well as a nationally Certified Professional Midwife accredited by the North American Registry of Midwives, a Credentialed Waterbirth Provider through Waterbirth International, a Certified Childbirth Educator, a DONA Certified Doula, a Doula Trainer, a Certified Newborn Massage Instructor, a Certified Maternity Fitness Instructor, and a Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist. Candace also hold certificates in Neonatal Resuscitation, CPR/BLS for Healthcare Providers, Pregnancy Massage, Aromatherapy, and Chair Massage.

Candace has been involved in Women's Healthcare for over 24 years and began her path to midwifery in 1988, while working as a medical assistant at a women's clinic at the age of 18. Since then, Candace has dedicated herself to helping new mothers in every aspect of having a baby...from childbirth classes and professional labor and birth assistance to postpartum care and breastfeeding support. Candace began receiving her professional credentials in 1996 and has attended over 600+ births, with clients ranging in ages from 14 to 54 years old (yes, 54!). She has also worked with thousands of families in preparing for pregnancy, labor, birth, breastfeeding, becoming new parents, and becoming big brothers and sisters. She has spent many years on staff as a perinatal educator at several local medical centers including Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Los Alamitos Medical Center. Candace is also a writer, a conference speaker, and has had articles and photos published in birth journals.

When My Babies Were Still Babies...1995Candace lives in Southern California...in the same area where she was born and raised...the first born sister of 5 girls! Candace has been married for 20 years, and... most importantly... is the blessed mother of both a daughter and a son!

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  • Licensed Midwife (Medical Board of California)
  • Certificate of Completion National Midwifery Institute (NMI)
  • Certified Professional Midwife (NARM)
  • Credentialed Waterbirth Provider (Waterbirth International)
  • Certified Doula (DONA)
  • Certified Childbirth Educator
  • Certified Newborn Massage Instructor
  • Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
  • Certified Food Safety Manager (for Placenta Encapsulation Certification)
  • Certified Maternity Fitness Instructor  
  • Certified Neonatal Resuscitation Program NRP Provider
  • Certified Healthcare Provider CPR & AED BLS AHA
  • Certificate in Pregnancy Massage
  • Certificate in Chair Massage
  • Certificate in Aromatherapy

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  • Remember Your Natural Instincts with Ina May Gaskin 2012
  • Rebozo & Breech Intensive Workshop with Naoli Vinaver Lopez 2011
  • Midwifery Management Neonatal Resuscitation with Karen Strange 2011
  • Spinning Babies Workshop with Gail Tully 2011
  • Oxytocin System of Our Great Granddaughters with Michel Odent & Heloisa Lessa 2010
  • The Trust Birth Conference 2010
  • IVs, Injections, Blood Draws & Sterile Water Papules 2010
  • An Evening of Birth Stories with Ina May with Ina May Gaskin 2009
  • The Farm Advanced Midwifery including Breech, Twins, Shoulder Dystocia, Suturing, Pelvimetry & More with Ina May Gaskin & The Farm Midwives on The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee 2009
  • Watsu Water Massage for Pregnant Women with Joanne Santana 2009
  • Waterbirth Certification & Credentialing with Barbara Harper 2009
  • Supporting Optimal Birth in Any Setting with Ina May Gaskin 2009
  • Creating Your Optimal Birth with Ina May Gaskin 2009
  • Fetal Life, Birth & Health with Michel Odent 2009
  • Midwifery Management Neonatal Resuscitation with Karen Strange 2006
  • Heart & Hands Midwifery Intensives with Elizabeth Davis 2003-2004
  • Maintaining Normal Birth with Penny Simkin 2002
  • Pain Management Conference with Eberhard Neutz 2000
  • Building Strong Families with T. Berry Brazelton, MD 1999
  • International Childbirth Education Association ICEA Conference 1999
  • Breastfeeding with Susan Aldana 1990, Susan Orr 1999, Cindi Baylis 1999
  • Lamaze with Pamela Hastings 1999
  • Prepared Childbirth with Colleen Weeks 1998, Lisa Wilson 1999
  • DONA Labor Support/Doula Training with Asela Calhoun 1996
  • Early Pregnancy with Paula d' Hurst 1993
  • Bradley Method with Dawn Adams 1990

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  • Midwives, Doulas & Alternative Birth Options in America presented at UCLA for the Anthropology Degree Program 2005-Pres.
  • Childbirth & Midwifery in the US presented at El Camino College for all Spring, Summer & Fall Semesters of the Women's Studies Program 2008-Pres.
  • Realities of Birth: A Midwife's Perspective at Whittier Community College for Birth & Death Course in Religious Studies Program 2010
  • Midwives, Doulas & VBACs at ICAN OC (International Cesarean Awareness Network, Orange County) 2011
  • Midwifery Overseas at the Trust Birth Conference 2010
  • Muliticultural Perspectives in Childbirth at the ICEA Conference 1999

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  • California Association of Midwives (CAM)
  • Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)
  • International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
  • North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
  • International Association of Midwives (IAM) 
  • Doulas Of North America (DONA) 
  • Doulas Association of Southern California (DASC) 1998-99, 2009-Present
  • International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) 1997-1998

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  • Candace Leach, LM, CPM
  • Licensed Midwife & Certified Doula
  • PO Box 4714 Lakewood, CA 90711
  • 562-272-4541
  • midwife@birthgoddess.com

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                                 © Candace Leach, LM, CPM 1996 - 2012

 
   
   
   
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