05/06/2026
✨Meet Jami✨
Jami is the owner and director of Nativiti Family Birth Center and a dear friend to HHH. She has been active in the Houston birth community since 2003 when she started out as a birth assistant at Nativiti. Since then, she’s served as a doula, birth assistant, and finally as a Certified Nurse Midwife beginning in 2012.
She has 2 grown sons and 1 beautiful daughter-in-law. They are some of her favorite people! And she is one of mine. We serve as back-up midwives to each other, so it’s possible clients of HHH may see her lovely face at their birth.
Let’s get to know her more!
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞?
I’ve always had a deep love for birth and babies, but my path into birth work truly began after the birth of my two children.
When I became pregnant, I envisioned an unmedicated birth, but I was young and unfamiliar with midwives, doulas, and out-of-hospital options. Both of my births ultimately took place in the hospital and involved multiple interventions, including epidurals.
During my first labor, my nurse—who later became a midwife—was incredibly supportive. She helped turn my posterior baby, allowing me to avoid a cesarean delivery, something for which I remain deeply grateful.
After my second hospital birth, I had the opportunity to be present for my sister’s home birth. It was a profoundly moving experience—calm, empowering, and deeply connected—and it reshaped my understanding of what birth could be.
After my sister’s birth, I returned to school to become a Registered Nurse with the goal of eventually becoming a nurse midwife. With my children still young, I chose to work as a school nurse so I could prioritize my family during that season of life.
Once my sons graduated from high school, I went back to school to earn my Master of Science in Nursing and became a Certified Nurse Midwife in 2012.
At 51, I was finally able to realize my dream of becoming a midwife, and in 2014, my husband and I purchased Nativiti when the previous owner retired.
𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬/𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬?
I love spending time with my family, playing games, crocheting and crafting ... when I'm not catching babies!! I also love girl time with my besties.
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰?
Surround yourself with the providers and support people that you trust and that will be supportive of your decisions and desires. You have the right to decline and say no and those in your birth space should support that. EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT YOUR OPTIONS.
