Janis M. Ray, CNM

Certified Nurse Midwife Janis Ray worked as a NICU/PICU/Cardio-pulmonary nurse at the University of Iowa for six years before deciding to become a midwife. “Working closely with mothers and their babies really inspired me to want to serve this special population,” Ray said. “Women are a very special group to be of service to, encourage, advocate for and teach.” Ray provides care in low and high-risk births, family planning and contraception, annual exams, STD testing and counselling. She also has special interest in alternative birthing options like water birth. “I have never second guessed becoming a midwife,” she said. “This profession has served me well as a compass in my life.”