Our team
Passionate for Informed, Safe Homebirths across Katy, TX & Greater Houston
Meredith Bialas CPM, LM
The Katy Midwife
Meredith has been a birth worker for over 12 years and licensed in the state of Texas as a midwife for 7 years (as of 2025). She is the founder of a thriving birth center in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that was established in 2018. She left it in the hands of amazing midwives to carry out her mission when her and her husband moved to the Greater Houston area in the Spring of 2024. She has since been practicing midwifery and providing out of hospital births in West Houston.
Meredith spent many years (passionately) pursuing her dreams. She has well rounded experience including graphic design, international missions, nursing and ultimately ended up in the field of midwifery. Specializing in out of hospital birth, she is passionate about providing safe, informed care for families desiring natural births!
“My first birth experience was as a photographer 18+ years ago. It was at a local birthing center. Shortly after, while I was pursuing a degree in nursing, I was employed at a DFW hospital as the Unit Coordinator of Labor & Delivery. What a DRASTIC difference in what I knew existed and what I witnessed day in and day out. While I advocate for safety and understand that the medical system is appropriate for SOME, I understood more than ever after spending years working at the hospital that it is absolutely not the first best choice for MOST. It was then that I decided to leave the hospital setting and pursue midwifery. My years working in the hospital drives my passion for informed consent, shared decision making and evidence based practice.”
She and her husband, Hank, have two fur babies, Rory and Chevy. Also planning a home birth, they will be welcoming a pet human for their fur babies this winter!
Meredith and Hank enjoy vacationing to Michigan, Colorado, Hawaii and Washington State as well as checking boxes off on their international bucket list.
Birth Assistant
Mandy Manriquez
Since graduating from Midwifery school in 2009, Mandy has been deeply involved in supporting families through one of life’s most greatest joys—birth. She began her career as a Birth Assistant in Katy, Texas, working closely with Midwives and gaining hands-on experience in over 1,000 births.
Mandy is passionate about creating a calm, nurturing environment for both parents and babies. Her gentle presence, combined with years of experience, brings a sense of comfort and confidence to every birth she attends. Families often describe her as warm, intuitive, and deeply supportive—qualities that truly set her apart in the birth community.
Back Up Midwife
Sue Potts, RN, CNM
Sue Potts is a beloved colleague of Meredith and fellow midwife in Katy, Texas. She loves home birth and believes midwifery to be a sacred calling and a profession that she is humbled to be a part of. It is her goal to care for women in a way that leaves them feeling nurtured and secure in the knowledge that their individual choices are respected.
Though she aspired to become a midwife since her first birth, she chose to wait until her children were older to return to school, so that she would be free to pursue midwifery in a whole-hearted manner. She practiced as an RN for over 20 years in the meantime. She graduated in 2020 with an MSN from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, in nurse-midwifery and has been providing care for clients seeking an out of hospital birth in Katy ever since!
Billing Coordinator
Lynn Wilkinson
Lynn has worked in medical office administration since 1993. Her educational background is in social services and accounting. She is certified in medical coding / billing, medical insurance, and medical office management.
In 2013, after performing various roles in the cardio thoracic/vascular surgery arena in the Houston and Katy area, she transitioned to the Midwifery / Birthing Center field in the Katy area. She loves the out-of-hospital birth philosophy and helping families develop a plan to achieve their dream birth financially. She loves supporting and helping small businesses to grow and serve these families.
Lynn has lived in Katy since 2000 with her husband and has three children and five grandchildren. She enjoys gardening, reading, and trying new dining experiences.
