About Us

Lainna Wheatley is the primary instructor for Midwife's Assistant Orientation Workshop. She has been working in the field of midwifery since the early 1980s. Her lifelong quest for knowledge and wisdom in the birthing field began with the birth of her first child in 1980. Lainna began her apprenticeship with Susan Ingram-Ards in 1984; she also traveled to study with experienced midwives such as Ina May Gaskin, Anne Frye, Valerie El Halta, Penny Simkin, Noreen Walker, Carla Hartley, and Barbara Harper. Lainna had her own midwifery practice from 1989 - 1997. She birthed her five children with midwives and, between children, traveled to many parts of British Columbia and Alberta assisting women who did not have access to midwifery care. Lainna traveled to Mexico and Jamaica and worked as a primary care midwife under the direction of british trained Jamaican midwives. In 1997 Lainna began formal midwifery study and in the summer of 2004, Lainna completed her Masters of Science in Midwifery with the Midwives College of Utah (MCU). She presented her Masters thesis at a National Midwifery Conference at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her Second Attendant Orientation program is currently being incorporated in many educational models, including Northwest Territories Health Unit/Nursing Department, UBC Okanagan’s third-year nursing program, and the Midwives College of Utah's Midwife's Assistant Orientation distance learning course. She has taught Obstetrical Anatomy, Holistic Health, Childbirth Education, and Fertility Awareness to Midwifery students throughout North America.

Lainna with her sweet granddaughter Emma Marie