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Tender Beginnings is a teaching practice. This Tennessee midwifery practice offers complete prenatal care for a safe homebirth. The midwife, Mary Anne, also offers professional doula services for a «homebirth in a hospital» experience in the middle Tennessee area. Our service area is a radius of a one hour drive time from our office in Franklin. This area includes Nashville, Murfreesboro, Spring Hill, Smyrna to name a few cities. The philosophy of Tender Beginnings is that all couples should have their choice of birth sites to include water birth and be allowed to make informed decisions with the care of mother and baby in mind. Mary Anne Richardson has over 17 years of experience in the birth world.