About The Midwife:

Terry Gyde, CPM, LM

    I have been involved in helping women give birth naturally since 1985.  God put this passion in my heart way back then and it is still burning.  I started out as a Doula, which is a professional labor coach.  I took my Doula training course at Holistic School of Midwifery in Ann Arbor.  Later, I took a course to become certified in Childbirth Education through CAPPA. 
    Then in 2002 I was invited to be part of an office for a CNM and a CPM.  I was to be there “in-house” Doula and childbirth educator.  I sat in on their appointments and began going to births with them.  One evening, when office hours were over, the two of them cornered me and told me I needed to become a midwife!  OH!  OH NO! I said.  I will leave that craziness to you two!  They encouraged me to pray about it.  I said that I would.  I was sure MY GOD would not want me to do anything so crazy!
     I had the Father’s attention one day, so I asked Him.  He said, “I have provided the two best teachers in your area and I would like you to do this for me.”  I was SHOCKED, scared, but willing.  I apprenticed under them for 2 years and emerged as a direct entry midwife in 2004.  The CPM and I became partners and great friends and attended births together until March 2011.  In October of 2010, God told me it was time to go out on my own.  I cried, kicked, pouted and resisted this new move of God until I realized in order to stay under His blessing, I needed to obey.
    I had put off going through the process of becoming a Certified Professional Midwife up to this point, but NOW was the time!  Life went on hold as I studied and put together my birth portfolio.  In February 2011 I took the National Association of Registered Midwives Exam and PASSED!  God is good!   
     In the fall of 2011  God took me on another Great Adventure..minding my own midwifery business in OHIO..I was looking for another CPM or experienced apprentice to come along side me in my practice.  I went to the Facebook page for Christian International Midwives.  Looking through, I saw an ad for Edenway Birth Center in Cleburne, Texas.  It sounded Wonderful!  My heart leaped out of my chest as I read the advertisement.  I had just a few weeks prior asked my husband if I could go to the Philippines to work for a month at a birth center there that helped the poor women give birth.  He said a Great Big NO!  I was sure that would be the same answer I would get if I asked him about going to Texas.  When he arrived home that day, I read the ad to him.  I said, "It's a shame a person can't just pick up and go do something like this."  He said, "What are you talking about?  That is GOD!"   Long story short...3 days later I found myself in Texas going to births and then the interview where I was hired to work at Edenway Birth Center!!!  My family and friends were all in shock as well as myself!  I am loving it here! I tell my family I have died and gone to Midwifery Heaven!