“I strive to always practice from the heart. Serving as a midwife is the greatest privilege of my life.”

Lea Ritter, LM, CPM

I am honored to call myself a Mother and Authentic Midwife. My home is in the quiet, bohemian town of Fairfax with my daughters, June and Sienna.

My passion for birth work began at a young age, I was born at home and was taught to view birth as a joyous family event.  I have always been drawn to spaces where women are in their full power.  I feel at home in the radical and profound world of untamed pregnancy, birth, and mothering.

I birthed June at the hospital and Sienna in a birth tub at home.  These two different births enable me to have a personal understanding of both choices.

My formal training includes 4 years of homebirth apprenticeship as well as international work in both Germany and Haiti. I was a staff midwife and clinical instructor in Salt Lake City Utah before moving back to Marin in 2014. I have been practicing in Bay Area for 12 years and attended over 800 births. I am honored to have won Best Midwife in the Marin IJ for 4 years in a row.

I serve families throughout the Bay Area including Marin, Sonoma, Contra Costa counties, and San Francisco. As well as a Midwife I am a certified yoga instructor specializing in pregnancy and body image.