Location - Spinning Babies

Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer
Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner
Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional
Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator

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Amber Galipp

Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner

Dr. Amber found her passion for helping babies on a mission trip while in Chiropractic school. She quickly learned the best way to help babies is to start by helping their mothers have balanced and comfortable pregnancies, and in turn better births. Dr. Amber has devoted her life to continuing to learn all she can on how to support moms Read more...

Nikki Zerfas, RN C-EFM, IBCLC, SpBT

Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer

Nikki Zerfas is a Labor & Birth nurse in Seattle, WA. She is also a Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer, teaching workshops throughout North America and Europe (in English and French). She loves all aspects of learning and enjoys participating in the development of birth professionals at all levels. She is especially interested in finding ways to support physiological birth and Read more...

Liz Pitra

Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator

Liz has been serving the obstetric population in the St. Cloud, MN area since 2007 as a labor and delivery nurse. Advocating for birthing women has been the heart of her practice. Her passion for physiologic birth has driven her dedication to empower women in their pregnancy and birthing experiences through education. She became a Certified Childbirth Educator in 2021 Read more...

Marissa Giannake, Registered Midwife

Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner

Marissa is a registered midwife at My Midwives in Windsor, Brisbane, QLD, and is a certified pregnancy massage therapist with a background in prenatal yoga. She has been learning about and using Spinning Babies® techniques with women since 2018 and became a Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner in 2025. Marissa works with pregnant women to prepare for labour and birth, including Read more...

Marnellie Bishop

Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator

Marnellie Bishop (she/her) is a doula, educator, mentor, and systems strategist working at the intersection of birth, business, and justice. Through her private practice, Hānau Doula, LLC, most families connect with her for birth and postpartum doula support and childbirth education. She has supported over 500 families as a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator, helping parents approach birth Read more...

Jennifer Bookamer

Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator

You deserve evidence-based information and education! Spinning Babies® provides knowledge that helps you approach birth with confidence and connection to your body and baby. Jennifer has been a childbirth educator and doula for 25 years and desires to help you have a birth that helps you feel empowered and positive. Read more...

Dewi Chen

Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator

I’m Dewi— yoga and movement teacher, bodyworker, and birth and postpartum doula. At the heart of what I do is simple: I teach and help people. My work is an interwoven practice of yoga, bodywork, and birth support, shaped by a trauma-aware lens and a belief that care should meet you where you are—not the other way around. I support Read more...

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Abigail Estelle, RN

Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional

Abigail is a mother, nurse, ocean lover, and a very bad surfer. Her nursing career began in emergency and trauma care in 2018. Within this role, she unexpectedly witnessed the raw power and beauty of birth, an experience that shifted her path entirely. While she values her emergency training and background, she found she could not ignore her undeniable pull Read more...

Heidi Duncan

Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator

Heidi has been supporting birthing families as a Doula and Childbirth Educator since 2001. She is passionate about helping expecting parents gain clarity about pregnancy and labor, with the goal of a peaceful birth experience. With the addition of the physical activities offered by the Spinning Babies® Parent Birth Preparation Class, she looks forward to introducing a much-needed mind/body balance Read more...

Angie Heffner, CPM, LM

Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional

Angie Heffner is a midwife specialized in home births. She has extensive experience in pregnancy, birth, postpartum, newborn support, and breastfeeding. Angie believes in the design of women and trusts the birth process deep in her heart. Angie is experienced in supporting families through various types of birth outcomes, including home births, birth centers and laboring with and without medication Read more...