Jennifer Vines, LM, CPM-TN

I love being a midwife. I love my job and truly enjoy this work. I began the journey into midwifery with the simple desire of assisting families to have normal, family centered birth experiences that were empowering. That single, simple thought has brought me into the lives of many wonderful families. I have had the privilege to witness amazing and strong people become mothers, fathers and parents and couples become families.

After years of providing care throughout the childbearing cycle as a doula, through midwifery and nursing training, at home births and hospital births and even once an elevator birth…

In 2012, I embarked on a new journey and founded private midwifery practice Vines Midwifery Nashville. I also serve as a NARM Preceptor and Clinical Instructor. Through this practice I have had the pleasure of serving some of the most wonderful families in Nashville and the surrounding area.

In 2025 the amazing opportunity to form Music City Midwives appeared. We are so excited to bring the synergy of our collective experiences to the families we serve.

Each of the births I attend is a true honor. I am thankful to each and every family that allows me to share this life changing experience with them.

On a personal note - I am the mother of two grown children and grandmother to three grandsons. I live in East Nashville. When not attending births, I enjoy vegetable and flower gardening, backyard chicken raising, herbalism and hanging with the best dog in the world Ms. Charlotte and her bestie bird friends, cockatiels Mr Queenie and Mr Pinky.

I am also interested in the international midwifery community and volunteer with several global organizations to provide midwifery care to the international refugee community.

Arielle Fears, LM, CPM-TN

As a midwife, I regularly witness people in their bravest moments. It’s an honor to support families through this transformation, and a privilege to be so frequently reminded of what really matters in the time we have.

I grew up inside the halls and classrooms of the second accredited massage school in the United States, started by my grandmother in St. Petersburg, FL. My family of origin consists of massage therapists, educators, and healthcare workers, so it’s not surprising I landed in the practice of out-of-hospital midwifery, though I had many dreams and curiosities involving other pathways.

I had my first child in college in 2012, experienced hospital midwifery care, and learned a lot about interdependence very quickly. That experience softened my judgmental inclinations and greatly improved my sense of humor.

Determined to support my family and to contribute something meaningful to my community, I started Music City Doulas in Nashville with a doula partner in 2015. I practiced as a birth and postpartum doula for almost a decade, and grew antsy watching multiple families and providers limited and at times failed by the structures woven into our healthcare system. During this time, I completed midwifery schooling and clinical hours in TX, TN, and KY. I also began teaching the Evidence Based Birth childbirth education curriculum to families preparing for birth in the home, birth center, and hospital. I continue to teach EBB cohorts in Nashville. I became a Licensed Midwife in the sate of TN in 2024, and began my own homebirth practice, Maypop Midwifery. I feel honored to continue practicing the midwifery model of care alongside Jennifer, who graciously accepted me as her student when I was in clinicals, and also attended the birth of my second child.

I keep a large vegetable, herb, and flower garden, and am joyfully killing my lawn little by little and replacing it with native plants. I enjoy making herbal medicine and supports. I listen to books about public health, indigenous histories, and herbalism in the car on the way to home visits, and participate in local community organizing efforts. I would not be able to do my job or pursue meaning outside it without the tolerance and support of my partner of 16 years and our two ridiculously beautiful children.