About Us

About Roots Community Birth Center

Roots Community Birth Center was born out of a vision to make out-of-hospital birth accessible and welcoming for all families. Our space was created to make you feel comfortable, welcomed, at ease, and at home. We have extended that vision to make health care at all phases of life for all ages feel the same.

Roots is a small practice, and we intend to keep it that way. This allows us to maintain a personal connection and a sense of individuality with each of the families we serve. By being small, we are able to have room for the unique needs of each family. We have a diverse and dedicated team that believes in serving each family by meeting them where they are in their journey.

We are here for all families. We celebrate the richness that is a family no matter what that looks like. We are truly an open door for anyone looking for gentle, genuine and affirming care!

 

Our Space

Reception and Lobby

Walking in to our Clinic and Birth Center feels warm and welcoming.

Blue Birth Suite

Built in water birth tub and a serene like environment allows you to birth in comfort.

Blue Birth Suite

All of our birth rooms have beds largel enough for you to snuggle your newborn.

Water Birth

A safe and comforting coping method for birth.

Pink Birth Suite

Find comfort in our birth rooms.

Home Like Birth

Birthing in our birth center should feel as close to home as possible.

Love: where You Birth

We are here for encouragement and support every step of the way.

Modern Birth Suites

Because you deserve to feel pampered and cared for while you welcome your baby.

Newborn Care

Your baby will receive the gentlest of touch and care once they are born.

Family Room

We welcome all members of your birth team.

Dining Room

Birth is a family event, and we provide the space to include them.

Kitchen

We expect youll need to eat and drink throughout labor. Use our full functioning kitchen.

Wildflower Birth Suite

All the comforts of home - and then some. Each birth suite has waterbirth options.

Luxury Birth Suites

All of our birth suites are beautifully curated down to the last detail.

Well Person Care

Fully staffed well person and newborn/family care clinic in North Minneapolis.

Reproductive Health Clinic

We offer family planning. contraception, problem visits, and care for your whole family.

Education

Our birth center has many educational opportunities to support your birth.

Educational Space

Multi purpose room for education and movement classes meets all of our birth and family care clients needs.

Prenatal Yoga

Movement classes and preparing for birth.

Photo Credit for Clinic and Birth Center Spaces: Chad Holder

Our Staff

Rebecca Polston, CPM, LM

Midwife, Owner & Founder

Rebecca (she/her) is a practicing midwife and the owner and director of Roots Community Birth Center. She has a passion for building the Roots community and creating a safe space for all birthing families. She has been in practice as a midwife since 2011 and involved in professional birth work for over a decade. She loves providing nurturing grounding care. She and her husband have 3 children, 2 of whom were born at home. She loves horses, her dog and reading.

Rachel Voigt, CPM, LM

Midwife & Interim Executive Director

Rachel Voigt (she/her) is a Certified Professional Midwife and Licensed Midwife who has been practicing in Minnesota since 2016. She is a graduate from Birthwise Midwifery School and practiced in home birth and reproductive care in Duluth prior to joining the Roots’ team. Rachel believes in the importance of evidence-based, individualized care and respects the fact that each family, birth, and baby are unique in their needs and experiences. She lives in North Minneapolis with her partner, daughter, and goofy dog and enjoys gardening and drinking too much coffee.

Kaitie Moore

Practice Manager

Kaitie (she/her) is the Practice Manager at Roots. Kaitie is a mom of three who has always had a passion for pregnancy, labor and birth. When she saw a birth center had opened up in her very own community, she was determined to be involved in any way possible. Life agreed, and shortly after she found herself pregnant with her third. The care she received at Roots was incomparable to that received with her first two. This further fueled her dream to someday work with midwives on a professional level! When her Roots baby entered kindergarten Kaitie found her way back to Roots as the practice manager. Her extensive background in administration, relentless organizational skills, and love of good conversation – especially involving pregnancy and birth – made her a perfect fit for Roots. With Kaitie behind the scene, you can count on a warm welcome, thorough communication, and a staff eager to provide you with the best care possible.

When she is not at Roots, she is most likely on her kayak, heading up north to play in the woods, baking cookies or hibernating and longing for warmer weather.

Willa Campbell, CNM, APRN

Staff Midwife & Clinical Director

Willa Campbell (she/her) is a Certified Nurse Midwife and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner who has been practicing since 2014. Since graduating from the Yale School of Nursing she has practiced in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, attending home and hospital births while offering primary and reproductive health care. Willa is excited to continue her work as a midwife in the midwest with the community at Roots. In her care, Willa balances intuition with a deep knowledge base to meet people where they are; providing support and respecting autonomy. Willa lives with her husband and two kids in Saint Paul; she heartily welcomes recommendations of hiking spots and restaurants!

Mandi Pittman, CPM, LM

Staff Midwife & Childbirth Educator

Mandi (she/her) is a MN Licensed Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife who has been practicing since 2016. She is a graduate from The Florida School of Traditional Midwifery and practiced in Gainesville, FL, in a home-birth setting prior to moving to the Twin Cities in 2018. Having birthed both of her children out-of-hospital under the care of midwives, Mandi is a firm believer in natural, physiologic birth. She is most passionate about respecting each family’s unique circumstances and autonomy while providing empathetic, evidence-based care. Outside of clinical practice, Mandi enjoys spending quality time with her two girls, live music, outdoor adventures, and discovering new restaurants. She is a Gainesville, FL native and always appreciates chats about the glorious (if somewhat obnoxious) Florida heat, alligators, swamps, manatees, and springs!

Kasey Tousignant, CNM, APRN

Staff Midwife

Bio coming soon.

Ashtyn Silva

Student Midwife

A Minnesota native, Ashtyn (she/her) has been a student midwife since 2018, studying through Southwest Wisconsin Technical College’s direct entry midwife program and apprenticing with various midwives throughout Minnesota. In a world where today’s mainstream birth culture is largely medicalized, Ashtyn is passionate about: functional pregnancy and birth, providing holistic, wellness-based care, and empowering birthing persons to realize their own strength through the transformative experience of birth. Ashtyn is a wife and mom of two. Her first birth was a wonderful experience at Roots Community Birth Center, and her second was a planned home birth with a licensed community midwife. Being a Brazilian American family, Ashtyn and her littles are continually practicing Portuguese, although she most often listens more than she speaks in every language. Outside of clinic and studying, she enjoys delicious Brazilian, Italian, and Mexican food, endless “mom-ing things,” and outdoor activities in every season.

Te’jah Fields

Clinic & Birth Assistant
Te’Jah (she/her) has been a medical assistant since 2019 working alongside midwives and OBs. During this time her passion for pregnancy and childbirth was ignited. Through working in the clinic Te’Jah was able to do more and though she was a part of folks’ pregnancy journeys she was not able to experience birth and exhibit her strong abilities to comfort and support during the labor journey. She is beyond thrilled to be a part of this amazing group of midwives and to join the Roots Community Birth Center family! She personally had a midwife with the birth of her son who is now 6 years old and feels the magic midwives provide is astonishing! She looks forward to opportunities to provide the additional support needed during this special moment.

Kyara Watkins

Medical Assistant
Kyara has been working as a Medical Assistant for seven years and completed her doula training in 2022 year. She found Roots in 2023 when she moved to Minneapolis from North Carolina and has greatly enjoyed diving deeper into the birth work world here! Kyara enjoys supporting families both in clinic and at births and believes that birth a sacred and powerful event that all families deserve unconditional support though. When not working Kyara can be found hanging out with her dog and trying new food.

What Our Clients Say

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The Birth of Elijah

Just like that I snapped out of this trance like state and looked down at my baby boy. I covered him up to keep him warm and cooed to him and let him know mama was there.

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Want To Contribute?

Head over to SEED Community Fund to learn more!

We have a partner non profit that funds our outreach efforts. We accept donations to cover postpartum care, community health worker services and education.