You’re more than a client, you’re my neighbor and friend.

Amanda Poteet Woolen, LCPM

Rooted in trust, guided by intuition, and held in love—welcome to Bluegrass Midwifery & Women’s Wellness.

I’m Amanda Poteet Woolen, a Licensed Certified Professional Midwife, mother of three, and a firm believer that women’s health is essential, childbirth is sacred, powerful, and all are yours to own. I offer various options for well women care and home birth care to healthy, low-risk families seeking a natural and supported start to parenthood.

I’ve spent the last 15+ years walking alongside women through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as a DONA-trained doula, lactation counselor, placenta encapsulation specialist and now as a Licensed Certified Professional Midwife. My journey into midwifery began long before I ever caught a baby—back when I was just a young girl with big dreams and a deep knowing that this work was mine to do.

I’m a mother to three spirited daughters—Layla, Vivian, and Valery—and I’ve experienced both hospital and home birth personally. Those births shaped my path, sharpened my intuition, and deepened my calling to support families seeking something different. Something rooted. Something primal and real.

Bluegrass Midwifery & Women’s Wellness was born from that calling, and it’s a reflection of who I am and how I care. I serve low-risk families—English, Amish, Mennonite, and all in between—offering personalized, evidence-based care with the gentle, grounded presence that defines midwifery. My office is nestled in my home town of Munfordville right in the middle of Hart County, Kentucky.  My work takes me everywhere yet I remain just a stone’s throw away from the place I’ll always call home. 

I believe birth belongs to the birthing person. My care is inclusive, affirming, and rooted in the belief that everyone deserves autonomy and reverence in their feminine health journey. I am proud to support families of all races, religions,communities and orientations, including the LGBTQ+ community.

Over the years, I’ve supported thousands of families—through vaginal, cesarean and vbac births, various breastfeeding challenges, miscarriage and loss, spinning babies care, placenta encapsulation, and everything in between. I don’t just show up with a birth bag—I show up as part of your village. I believe in nurturing not just babies, but mothers, families, and futures.

If you’re looking for a midwife who sees you, hears you, and walks with you every step of the way—you’re in the right place. I’d be honored to walk this sacred path with you.

Hi, I’m Amanda

wife, mother, midwife, and community nurturer.

My Education

  • ● Licensed Certified Professional Midwife (LCPM) in Ky through the Kentucky Board of Nursing and CPM in Tn through the council of certified professional midwifery

    ● Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) through the American Academy Of Pediatrics- Updated every two years

    ● CPR BLS Certification through the American Heart Association-Updated every two years

    ● Placenta Encapsulation Specialist through PBi

    ● Certified Lactation Counselor through The Healthy Children Project

  • ● Spinning Babies training with Tammy Ryan 7-26-15

    ● CLC training with The Academy Of Lactation Policy and Practice 10-16-15

    ● Placenta encapsulation training with Placenta Benefits 7-31-16

    ● Bereavement Doula Training with Still Birthday 2-8-17

    ● Rebozo training with Gena Kirby

    ● Resolving Shoulder Dystocia with Gail Tully

    ● Working with and training from the midwives at The Farm

    ● Lived in the Swartzentruber Amish community in Ethridge Tn over a summer and

    delivered their babies

    ● Worked and trained under 10 different midwives across two states

    ● Breech Birth trainings every year with Breech without Borders

    ● Extensive Lactation education including Lip and Tongue Tie assessments

    ● Attended workshops with Dr Jack Newman

  • ● WBKO Hometown Hero

    ● Bowling Green Magazine VIP 40 under 40

    ● Kentucky Spotlight recipient for my work helping feed babies during the formula shortage

    ● Featured in Good News Bowling Green Magazine as “Southern Kentucky’s Birth Bestie”

  • ● Owner of one of the first doula services in Southern Kentucky – Grateful Moms Doula Service that eventually evolved into Grateful Moms Birth & Baby

    ● Created Birth & Baby Community Meetings for families seeking community

    ● Creator of “Every Scoop Counts” a Formula Donation Program that spread across many states

    ● Created Bowling Greens first pop up “Breastfeeding Clinics” to help those looking to build supply during the formula shortage

    ● Created “Pass The Pump” – Bowling Green’s first lactation supply donation program

    ● Featured as Sunrise Spotlight multiple times on WNKY

    ● Featured on WBKO as their go-to for local birth info

    ● Mentor to other doulas and lactation providers in SOKY

    ● Created a Home Birth Education Course

    ● The longest working, most experienced and sought out doula in all of Southern KY

    ● Nominated a Kentucky Colonel

    ● Licensed Certified Professional Midwife

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Mothering the Mother

“In Hart County, Kentucky, midwife Amanda Poteet-Woolen works around the clock to deliver babies into the world. In her work, she finds herself acting as a mother not only to her three daughters, but the women in her care.”

  • Woman weighing a bundle in a residential setting.

  • A newborn baby lying on a bed with a medical professional examining them using a stethoscope. Another person is in the background, observing the scene. The baby is wrapped in a blanket on a patterned bedspread.

  • Woman in birthing tub supported by man and midwife during water birth; natural light from window.

  • Midwife assisting a newborn check-up at home, using a stethoscope on an infant lying on a bed, with potted plants and a macramé wall hanging in the background.

  • A woman assisting in a water birth, holding towels, wearing blue gloves, with a birthing pool and a person in labor.

  • A pregnant woman lying on a bed, while a young girl listens to her belly using a stethoscope held by another woman. The scene is warm and joyful.

  • A woman in a birthing pool supported by two people, viewed from behind with a rural landscape visible through a window.

  • Amanda, Kentucky Colonel Certificate

  • Kentucky Colonel Certificate