Rite of Passage Women’s Health & Home Birth is owned and operated by Bernadette Olivier. Bernadette is a Certified Nurse Midwife licensed in the State of Texas. Over the past 22 years, she has dedicated her life to the profession of caring for women and babies. She believes in empowering women by educating and involving women in all aspects of their care. Pregnancy is a normal experience, it is not a sickness. A woman may choose her own birth experience and have present whomever she would like. The concept of midwifery brings in the ideas of listening to women and involving them in all dimensions of care: emotional, physical,  medical and spiritual. Focusing on women’s needs and their own ideas about their care is very important to Bernadette.