WOMEN’S HEALTH
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Dr. J. Bradley Deiner, DC
Dr. Jennifer L. Carter, DC
Dr. Kelly Smith, DC | Dr. Bryan Douglas, DC
805 Virginia Ave., Suite 10
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Treasure Coast Medical Report
years old approached Kelley after a prayer session and
handed her $2,500, saying, “I want to invest in you, Cynda.”
“I was completely floored,” she said. “She said she felt that
I had invested in her all along, whether it was by meals, being
there for her, praying over her. Now she wanted to invest
in me.”
The next semester, her church family handed her a check
to assist with the rest of her tuition, saying they wanted to
invest in her. Community members hosted events to raise
funds, such as a cut-a-thon at a local salon. A local doctor
heard about her and sent a check because he said he believed
in the work of midwives.
“I can’t even tell you how unbelievable it is to have the
support of friends and family so that I could do what I know
I was meant to do,” Kelley said.
One of the more special things that has kept Kelley going is
her job’s many facets. She is part lactation consultant, prenatal
and postpartum midwife and a doula. She has experience
with in-home, hospital and birth-center births and is medically
trained to help women deliver their babies.
“Birth is so healing and it reminds me that we are not broken,”
Kelley said. “Watching a woman in labor die to herself
and be reborn as a mother is my favorite thing. Watching
it all connect for a dad; he’s felt this baby, he’s watched her
grow, but now he is holding his baby in his arms for the first
time. It’s so powerful.”
Kelley, who has been a practicing, licensed midwife for
five years, works at Abundant Life Birth Center and has attended
more than 500 births. The birthing center is located in
Stuart and has helped mothers from along the Treasure Coast
deliver their babies. The staff has assisted with home births in
Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties.
“Every birth is so unique, but one of the most special
things about being a midwife is creating friendships that last
a lifetime,” Kelley said. “I love watching people become parents
and a family’s love grow tenfold. It never gets old.”
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Kelley has attended more than 500 births and provides her patients with
complete prenatal and postpartum care.
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