Deanna Kopf is a licensed homebirth Certified Professional Midwife

with a commitment to holistic, family-centered care. 

Deanna Kopf, CPM

Deanna Kopf is the mother three beautiful children and a Certified Professional Midwife. Her first two births were typical hospital births and her third was a wonderful, natural birth at home. Her homebirth in 2007 inspired her to want to help other people achieve their dream of an empowering natural birth, which led her on her path to midwifery. Deanna began her clinical training in 2008 with a CNM in Baltimore. She worked with a busy midwifery practice for 2 years, attending births as a doula and a student midwife, in hospitals and at home. She became a DONA certified birth doula in 2009.  As part of her training, Deanna also attended a Hypnobabies childbirth education class and has attended many Hypnobabies births. In 2010 Deanna began apprenticing with a midwifery practice under both a CNM and a CPM, and became certified as a CPM through the North American Registry of Midwives in 2013. Deanna has been an activist in the birth community and was instrumental in helping Maryland CPM’s obtain licensure. Maryland’s LDEM bill passed in 2015 and in 2017 Deanna became the 2nd CPM to be licensed in the state of Maryland. She continues to advocate for birthing options for Maryland families and joins other Maryland midwives during legislative sessions lobbying in Annapolis. She has attended over 600 homebirths, both in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Additionally, Deanna is certified in CPR and neonatal resuscitation, as well as Birth Emergency Skills Training. In her spare time, Deanna enjoys, reading, gardening and yoga, as well as spending time with her 4 cats.

Header photo by Alexa Richardson, courtesy of Lauren J. Turner