Primal Roots Midwifery Mission
It is our vision that every family be treated with dignity and respect during their pregnancy and birth, and that they are able to birth where and with whom they desire. We strive to foster an environment that is physically and emotionally safe by honoring your choices, wishes, and desires in order to empower you to take control of your childbirth experience. We welcome people of all family structures and backgrounds. Primal Roots is sensitive to a wide population of clients who would otherwise be excluded from accessing culturally competent care including Women of faith, Women of color, Women of size, Migrant and Refugees, and those who have a history of trauma. We are honored to provide your care.
Meet the Midwives
SciHonor Devotion, Student
SciHonor has been in the field of reproductive health for twenty years and is a Labor Doula, Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Maternal Child Health Specialist (J. J. Way). She trains interdisciplinary doulas through Earth's Natural Touch: Birth Care and Beyond which she established in 2001. It is now the largest Black-owned Doula training organization and collaborative in New England. She is passionate about supporting families during the childbearing year, incorporating ancestral knowledge and wisdom into her care. She is now a Phase 2 student at Midwives College of Utah (MCU).
Lauríel Keys, Midwife
Lauríel has spent the past 8 years studying and practicing as a full spectrum doula and midwife obtaining her education from Birthwise Midwifery School. In her last year attending Birthwise, Lauríel apprenticed with two naturopathic doctors / midwives, allowing her to cultivate a wide range of skills from breech birth, VBAC’s, prolonged labor, pregnancy loss, phlebotomy, homeopathic and herbal remedies and so much more. Lauríel lives in North Central Connecticut with her dog Pooka.
Sera Gadbois, CPM
Owner/Manager
Sera has been part of the home birth community in Connecticut serving families of all structures and backgrounds since 2007. Her experience and skill set from over 500 births includes "low-risk" pregnancy as well as Breech, Twins, IVF pregnancy and many other special circumstances. Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is close to her heart as she herself was her mothers first vaginally born baby after two c-sections (VBA2C). Having had a deep religious upbringing, Sera appreciates serving families of faith. She is passionate about bodily autonomy, medical freedom and individual liberty. She is especially interested in the gut-brain connection, the immune system, and the body's ability to obtain optimal health and prevent illness through nutrition and lifestyle. Sera lives in Eastern Connecticut on a small homestead with her husband and their 5 radically unschooled children, spanning 19 years to 8 months old, four of whom were born at home. She enjoys reading, collecting books, gardening, and trying to create a slower, more sustainable lifestyle every year.