Birth & Midwifery in Costa Rica
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

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Uva Meiner and Marie Tyndall

Uva Meiner is a direct entry homebirth midwife working out of her home-based office ("The Womb"). She has been involved with spiritual psychology, natural medicine (herbs, Flower essence therapy, homeopathy, hypnosis, etc.) which, along with water, are all tools on the way to a conscious birth. She is involved in helping women to become conscious about themselves, their bodies, their births and their babies. She has two apprentices, wonderful young women, dedicated to making a change.

Marie Tyndall is a midwife who has worked in diverse settings—from hospitals in Canada and England to rural communities in Iraq and Nicaragua. Originally from Canada, she now resides in Costa Rica where she works with her midwife partner Rebecca Turecky offering holistic homebirth and waterbirth services for intimate and gentle birth. Marie has worked for many years to support traditional midwives throughout Central America. You can find out more about childbirth in Costa Rica though her Web site www.mamasol.com.