Tender Beginnings Birth Services LLC, as well as providing great midwifery care, is also a training program for midwifery students. We are blessed to have compassionate, hard-working students who are all trained in NRP, (Neonatal Resuscitation.) The students are at different levels of training and experience and provide care to the point of their abilities under the supervision of a midwife.
Hannah Leonard
Hannah remembers watching “Labor and Delivery” on TLC with her mom from a very young age. She has always known she wanted to be closely involved with moms and babies. In 2019, she graduated from Cumberland University with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Things took a turn when her pregnant sister-in-law entered her third trimester and asked Hannah to be her doula and down the path to working with mom and babies she went. She is enrolled in The College of Traditional Midwifery at The Farm in Summertown, TN.
She joined the Tender Beginnings team in the spring of 2024. She has loved finding a new passion for learning and growing here at Tender Beginnings.
Training and Credentials
- CPR and First Aid certified
- NRP certified
- Bachelor of Science, Major- Biology, Minor- Chemistry, May 2019, Cumberland University
- Midwifery Assistant Workshop College of Traditional Midwifery, March 2023
Isabel Stanlee
The love of birth was first sparked for Isabel as a young teen while experiencing the birth of four siblings at home. Her mother’s midwife even let her catch two siblings, and she was hooked on birth, home birth especially. As college approached, she considered nursing, but as time went on midwifery seemed the perfect choice. She loved the holistic approach to prenatal and labor care, and the philosophy of respecting the woman and family’s needs and desires.
She began a midwifery education program based in Texas in 2020 and began an apprenticeship with a Texas midwife later that year. After getting married she continued her training with a midwife in Virginia and was able to see how midwives from different states operate and different state laws. Her long journey brought her to Nashville, and she began training with Mary Anne to become a Certified Professional Midwife herself.
She is passionate about women’s health and caring holistically for mothers during pregnancy and birth. Her heart is to show women the beauty of their bodies, and to educate families on pregnancy and birth.
Certifications
- Adult and Infant CPR
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Education
- Associate’s Degree in Business Administration- Business Management
