Our Staff
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Peggy Cohen, LM, CPM
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Peggy Cohen is certified by the North American Registry of Midwives as a Certified Professional Midwife and is licensed in Vermont. She is a member of the Midwives Association of North America (MANA), the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM), and Vermont Midwives Association (VMA). Peggy graduated with honors from Ohio University. Her post graduate work in Midwifery was done at the Seattle Midwifery School. She graduated from there in 1994 and has been helping babies out ever since! In 1995 Peggy moved to the Burlington area from the Pacific Northwest and founded the home birth practice, Full Spectrum Midwifery. She has had the good fortune to work with some amazing students, midwives and families over many years. |
April Vanderveer, CNM
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April Vanderveer is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has trained and worked in women’s healthcare since 1998. She originally assisted Peggy Cohen at Full Spectrum Midwifery from 1998-2000. She then went on to earn her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2003, and worked at the Birthing Center at Copley in Morrisville, Vermont for 11 years. She completed her Midwifery training at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 2014, and since then has been working as a certified nurse midwife in Vermont, helping women with gynecological care, pregnancy and birth both in hospitals and at home. She is a member of the American College of Nurse Midwives, and the Vermont ACNM. She is nationally board certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board.
April loves helping women across the lifespan, specializing in pregnancy, birth, fertility, contraception and menopause. |
Shari Corr is currently a student midwife and is thrilled to be apprenticing with Full Spectrum Midwifery. She is the proud mother of two daughters, Ananda and Joya, both born at home with Full Spectrum Midwifery. Shari is a certified Massage Therapist, Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator, and owner of Ten Moons Massage and Doula Services. Shari has received training in Mayan Abdominal Massage and advanced training in pregnancy techniques from Rosita Arvigo herself at the Arvigo Institute.
Ivyrose Lopez is currently a student midwife with Full Spectrum Midwifery. She came to birth work through a family culture of homebirth. Witnessing her sibling's births instilled in her a trust in the process and strength of families making informed choices about their own healthcare. Her doula training was completed in 2006 and she has supported families both at home and in the hospital since then. As a student at Birthwise Midwifery School in Maine, she is completing her academic training throughout the year while working with the Full Spectrum team for her hands-on practical training.