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About us
Alyssa Dickerson, CNM, APRN, PMH-C
Alyssa Dickerson (also known as Alisa Perozo-Dickerson) is a Certified Nurse-Midwife located in Troy, MO. She received her MSN in Nurse-Midwifery in 2019 from Frontier Nursing University, and is a Doctoral Student at Missouri State University for her Doctorate in Nursing Practice. She has been a Registered Nurse since 2014, with experience in both High- Risk Labor and Delivery and Cardiac nursing. Alyssa also has a background as a Childbirth Educator and Doula.
Alyssa received her midwifery training in several settings, including a birth center (including home birth & waterbirth) a public health clinic, and a hospital. Alyssa also works as a Family Coach, and supports families throughout the United States to increase their preparedness for their new baby, strengthen parenting skills, and provide education and support throughout the parenting journey. Alyssa is happily married and has 4 children.
She has had a mixture of birth experiences, from traditional hospital birth to home birth with midwives. Her hobbies include gardening, teaching, learning languages, going to church, and spending time with her family. Alyssa speaks English, Spanish, and French, and is passionate about offering care to culturally diverse populations.
Alyssa is dedicated to perinatal and women's mental health, and seeks to support and offer hope to new families going through the ups and downs of new parenthood and the challenges of daily life.
Her philosophy of birth is that childbirth is a safe and normal life event for the majority of women, and should not be feared. She feels strongly that every woman has the right to choose where she wishes to give birth, and should have access to a safe healthcare system that supports her.
Alyssa focuses on evidence-based practice in childbirth, with a special attention to serving her local community, and the process of creating a new family. Her strengths are her empathy, ability to connect with others, and optimistic outlook.
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The Team
Amanda Loduca
Blair Van Coutren, IBCLC
Amanda Loduca
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Our RN Birth Assistants
Our Birth Assistants are Registered Nurses passionate about out of hospital birth
One to two birth assistants will attend every birth
Our birth assistants are trained in emergency management and comfort techniques.
OUR CLINICIANS
Dr. Brian Gosser, MD, OBGYN
Dr. Brian Gosser is an OB/GYN who specializes in NFP, Creighton Model Fertility Care, and NaPro Technology through the teachings of Humanae Vitae in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Gosser works diligently to partner with women to empower them to have more options in childbirth. He is widely known and referred to for his services to patients desiring VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), and is the only OB/GYN in the St. Louis area currently collaborating with home birth midwives. Dr. Gosser graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1998 and completed his Residency at St. John's Mercy, St. Louis (now Mercy St. Louis). He has a beautiful family of eight children and a lovely wife. His hobbies include walking his St. Bernard, "Clare," and home brewery.
We feel extremely blessed to be working alongside such a fabulous physician!
To find out more about Dr. Gosser's practice
Blair Van Coutren, IBCLC, B.S. Nutrition and Dietetics
Blair is a St. Louis native. She received her Bachelor's in Nutrition and Dietetics from Saint Louis University. It was during her 5+ year career with Women, Infants, Children (WIC) that her passion for motherhood, pregnancy and breastfeeding ignited. Last fall, Blair earned her IBCLC certification.
In the last 2 years she's been on the labor and delivery ward at 2 area hospitals, helping mothers gain confidence in initiating their breastfeeding journey. While Blair promotes, protects, and supports breastfeeding fiercely, her first priority is supporting the mother and works to meet every client where THEY are at. Fed is a given, informed is ideal, but a supported mother is best.
A unique aspect to Blair’s experience is her familiarity with the formula industry and its various products/approaches. Blair supports all types of feeding styles, whether it’s exclusive breastfeeding, exclusively expressing milk, exclusively formula or combo method! Blair's strengths are her empathy, flexibility and dedication.
Blair's aim is to bridge the gap between intention and execution; many mothers intend to breastfeed but more often than not, the system falls short. She seeks to be that connection that provides guidance, information and empowerment to families who find themselves in need of a lactation/infant feeding specialist.
In addition to being an IBCLC, Blair is a nutritionist who can assist in assessing supplements, and tailor different nutrition recommendations to help families meet their goals. She is happily married with 2 very young children (3 and 6 months), both born with the invaluable assistance and assurance from nurse-midwives.