Bio

For over 20 years Tamra has guided families through childbirth and the postpartum period. Tamra began helping families as a labor and delivery nurse at Denver Health, where she supported the underserved community of the Denver metro area. After moving back to Boulder in the early 2000’s, she began work in Boulder Community Hospital’s Labor and Delivery department where she worked as a registered nurse for over sixteen years helping thousands of families have the healthy deliveries they envisioned, and applying her skills to advise breastfeeding mothers. Tamra also worked in Boulder Community Hospital’s postpartum department, where she gained thousands of hours of experience serving families after the birth of a new child.

Prior to her career as a nurse, Tamra attended The Colorado Institute of Massage, Her profession was a certified massage therapist for over 10 years. She focused on sports massage and had many professional athletes as clients. After becoming a nurse, she integrated her massage experience to better serve the needs of families in the birth setting.

With this setting being life’s passion, and her advanced set of skills, Tamra can provide expert guidance from the beginning of pregnancy well into your postpartum period, with the ability to care for everyone in the family. She has the expertise to prepare you for breastfeeding, birth, and postpartum needs, support your physical and emotional wellbeing with massage during pregnancy. This permits her to develop a unique, enduring relationship with her clients and allows her to gain a deep knowledge of you and your family’s needs, so that this special time is as joyful as possible for the entire family, because continuity of care is so important.

Tamra’s experience with every type of pregnancy and birth scenario is rich and one that her clients will benefit from. Her offerings include help with massage, birth, postpartum care, sibling transition, loss, lactation, and help with sleep for the whole family before and after delivery.

Tamra has lived in Boulder for 35 years and still loves to experience all the unique things Colorado has to offer. She loves to run, hike, see live bluegrass concerts, and camp with her two teenagers, her husband and her Portuguese Waterdog, Mateo.

Additional services

20 years as a Labor and Delivery Nurse

Location

Boulder, CO

Birth Location

Hospital

Birthing Center