Anja Farin Practice Manager, CPM, LDM

Anja Farin made the move from Wisconsin to join our practice in March of 2023 as a full time staff midwife and Practice Manager. Not only is Anja an experienced and highly skilled midwife, with many years of both birth work and practice management experience, she is also a passionate advocate for Natural Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting.

Anja's journey as a birth worker began with the birth of her own children, all of which were un-medicated, one in a hospital setting, and three at home. As a mother, she became more and more passionate about birth, breast-feeding, and natural parenting.

She began serving families in 1997 as a doula and childbirth educator. During this time she began studying midwifery, ultimately earning her CPM in 2010. Anja has diverse midwifery experience ranging from a homebirth practice in rural Wisconsin, working at a busy birthing center on the border of Texas and Mexico, and even owning and operating her own birth center for some years.

From 2013 - 2017 Anja studied and had specialty training both here and abroad for Mayan Abdominal therapy with advanced training for pregnancy.

She also spent many years in various La Leche League groups, gratefully receiving and eventually providing, mother-to-mother support for breast-feeding parents. She became an advanced practice lactation consultant in 2016.

Anja further broadened her knowledge of herbs and supplements to support fertility, pregnancy, post-birth recovery, lactation and beyond by doing a ten-month study in Women’s Integrative and Functional Medicine with the world renowned, Dr. Aviva Romm in 2021!

In her free time, Anja loves to garden, ride her bike, cross-country ski, and sing. She is very much looking forward to joining the team at Bella Vie and becoming an integral part of our beloved community!