Meet
MidwifeBLUE
Ashlee Lyvers, CNM
MidwifeBLUE was founded by Ashlee Lyvers, a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) with 10 years of professional experience. She has cared for women in Boston and the South Shore, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC.
Ashlee moved to Atlanta in August 2018 to support a friend that was single and pregnant with twins. While offering support during late pregnancy, labor, birth, and the early postpartum period Ashlee noticed a gap between the physical/medical treatment she was given and the emotional care made available from her providers. MidwifeBLUE is Ashlee’s answer to that untended gap between the medical TREATMENT that most women receive from healthcare providers and the emotional/mental CARE that they desire, require, and deserve.
Ashlee grew up in Mishawaka, Indiana and first experienced midwifery as a senior in college while interning with a local homebirth midwife. The moment Ashlee stepped foot into her first homebirth her fate was sealed. She knew this was her path and began her journey.
After completing her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology at DePauw University, Ashlee worked as a birth assistant with the homebirth midwife for a year. She went on to attend Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland to complete a Nursing Degree. She moved on to New York City for her M.S. in Midwifery.
Postpartum
Support
Service
Bringing a new human into the family comes with boundless love, awe, and joy. That same new human also brings changes in body, mind, spirit, and daily life as you know it. With this in mind, we offer our Postpartum Support Service that can be tailored to fit the need of ANY new family, no matter the shape and size. We extend our hand to postpartum mothers and families, single parents, families that utilized a gestational carrier, newly adoptive families, and any other tribe connected by love. While each family faces their own unique set of changes and challenges, every family can find care and support with
MidwifeBLUE.
The Lowdown
Sessions:
Private and Small Group
Birth & Postpartum Education
Created with the insights that Ashlee has collected over her last 10 years as a midwife, The Lowdown Sessions offer a general preparation for all things birth and postpartum. Topics include late pregnancy, labor and birth, early postpartum, late postpartum, breastfeeding, integrating your new human into the family, and more. We do not promote any particular childbirth method (Lamaze, Hypnobirthing, Bradley), but instead offer evidence-based, relevant, and necessary information for ANY mother, father, or family anticipating the arrival of a new human.
The Lowdown Sessions were created for all women and families no matter the shape, size, or composition. We extend our hand to pregnant women and expectant fathers, families utilizing a gestational carrier, families preparing for adoption, and any other tribe created and bound in love.
Tailored to fit your scheduling and education needs and desires, this course can be taken ANYwhere ANYtime. While our Private course is our most popular, we also adore gathering small groups for community learning or connecting via wifi for those that want to learn from afar.
Education develops
Knowledge.
Knowledge creates
Awareness.
Awareness cultivates
Empowerment.
Empowerment allows the welding of tools that
Will reshape the world.
MidwifeBLUE
Service Menu
One-on-One Support Service
A concierge care option for women that desire or require additional emotional/mental support during a challenging life or health event. MidwifeBLUE specializes in pregnancy, postpartum, accompanied healthcare visits, and general support.
24/7 Pregnancy Support
24/7 Postpartum Support
Healthcare Appointment Support
Procedure Support
Just an Ear and a Shoulder
Adult Education
Sessions
Knowledge is power. It is through education that women can empower themselves now and in the future. That power creates strength in a woman’s voice and courage to make that voice heard.
A part of the gap between the physical care offered by healthcare providers and the emotional/mental care that is vital in caring for the whole woman is a result of a lack of awareness. Awareness of the options available and, more so in the experience of MidwifeBLUE, awareness of every woman’s sovereignty as an individual and unique human. With awareness, bred from education, women gain the ability to make informed and educated decisions for themselves and their families.
Beyond the Birds and Bees:
Adult Sex Ed for Ladies
Pills and Prophylactics and Pulling Out, Oh My!:
Birth Control 101
We’re Thinking of Making a Human:
Preparing Your Mind and Body for Pregnancy
Youth Education
Sessions
Knowledge is power and power is safety. These topics are intended to assist adults in arming our youth with knowledge that will keep them both informed and safe.
Birds and the Bees, The Original:
Sex Ed for Teens
Penis and Vagina are Not Dirty Words:
A Discussion about Using Appropriate Anatomical Terms with Our Children
Gatherings
Community and shared experience. Gatherings are an opportunity to find and commune with others that are currently in a similar life or health space.
I’m Pregnant and It’s Weird
Women at similar points in pregnancy meet to discuss new body changes, emotional experiences, and what to expect in the coming weeks.
My Partner is Pregnant and It’s Weird
A class for partners to gather and discuss and understand the changes in their partner and a safe space to ask questions and prepare for what comes next.
Personalized
Education Sessions
Education sessions that are taken a step further and tailored to fit individual needs and desires. Private education sessions for women that want to be more informed on a topic and how it relates to them specifically.
Any topic offered in “Education Sessions” can be tailored to fit a Personalized Session.
Respectful Care &
Consent to Touch
Bring MidwifeBLUE to your medical practice, friend gathering, doula group, classroom, etc. to discuss the art of intertwining the physical and emotional care of women in order to cultivate a positive and empowering healthcare experience.
Our intention is to create a safe space for a challenging dialogue about the respectful and consensual care of women.
I Saw A Sign…
