Lauren O Fountain, CNM, MSN is a certified nurse midwife who joined Catawba Valley Medical Center in 2020 after working in private practice for 3 years. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UNC-Charlotte in 2006. Her first year of nursing she took an Americorps volunteer position in Texas working 11 miles from the Boarder of Mexico for one year at a birth center. She served primarily Spanish speaking only women and developed a love for midwifery. In 2016 she earned her Master of Science Degree in Nursing with a concentration in Nurse-Midwifery and post graduate degree in Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She was so fortunate to complete her midwifery clinicals at Catawba.Lauren lives in Asheville with her husband Adam and has 2 small children. She loves to travel all over the world, spend time in nature, and is a big foodie. Midwifery is one of her greatest passions and she loves providing individualized midwifery care and is honored to attend births. “My favorite part of birth is when the mother and baby look at one another for the first time. Every time this brings me so much joy.”
