Moira Weitz and Allie Kubik, Certified Nurse Midwives and owners of Rooted in Love Midwifery help Megan Swanson deliver her first baby in her home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Swanson said her home birth experience was empowering and she would do it again in a heartbeat, “I trusted them with my care and knew that they would do what was best for me,” she said. Weitz has been a practicing midwife for 19 years serving people in and around Cedar Rapids. Her practice, Rooted in Love Midwifery, previously served a 40-mile radius but has moved toward a tighter margin in recent years as demand has grown.