About Queen City Birth Services

Meet Our Birth Center Team

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​Erin Murphy, CPM, LM
Certified Professional Midwife
​Licensed Midwife
Erin is the mother of five sons, and has been attending births as a birth worker for 20+years. In addition to attending births in the out-of-hospital setting as a midwife, she provides childbirth education classes, and placenta encapsulation services. Erin created Queen City Birth Services LLC in 2018 to help fill the need for resources for expecting families in Staunton, VA and Augusta county. In 2020, Erin opened Augusta County's only freestanding birth center in Fishersville, VA.
Erin was born at home herself, and she grew up in a culture that supported the normal physiology and sanctity of birth. This upbringing instilled in her a deep respect and reverence for the profound impact of the birth experience on growing families. Erin started doula work in 2002 and began her clinical midwifery training in 2016, Erin has also earned her Midwifery Bridge Certificate through the North American Registry of Midwives which satisfies US MERA and ICM educational competencies. She is CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certified.
 By choosing to receive prenatal, birth, and postpartum care with Erin Murphy, you will receive top quality midwifery care, with continuity of care, at an affordable fee. Erin also holds a doctoral degree in music, and teaches part-time at two local universities as an adjunct professor of music. In her free time, she enjoys riding her two mustangs, and farming sheep and goats with her family.

Katie Attas, 
Birth Assistant
​Katie Attas is one of our birth assistants at Queen City Birth Services and she also works behind the scenes doing administrative work. 
Katie and her husband Justin have a toddler son—Luca, a pitbull/dachshund— Marvella, and a turtle named Franklin. She enjoys crocheting, bingeing TV shows, hiking, thrifting, Bluey, and exploring new things with her son.
She first came to know Queen City Birth Services as a client of Erin’s and gave birth to her son at QCBS birth center in 2023. Previously, she worked as a wildlife rehabilitator at several local wildlife sanctuaries over the years. Since having the opportunity to work as a birth assistant with Erin and Heather, she has discovered a passion for working in the midwifery community and with so many of you wonderful mommas. She is also trained in placenta encapsulation, and is CPR and neonatal resuscitation certified.
Katie believes It is truly a privilege to be a witness to your strength during births, and she looks forward to seeing you around the Birth Center! 

Heather Harper Palmer, CPM, LM
(Bio coming soon)

Elizabeth Showalter,
Birth Assistant
(Bio Coming Soon)

Queen City Birth Services LLC
1610 Goose Creek Rd.
​Fishersville, VA 22939
540-413-3838
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