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Portland Midwives | Hearth and Home Midwifery | Portland OR
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Labor & Delivery with a Midwife

Midwife-Assisted Delivery & More

There’s no better birth experience than having the one you want. With Hearth & Home’s comprehensive midwifery services, you get personalized labor and delivery support so that your big day is extra special.

We provide continuous attention and assistance during childbirth, to help you usher in your baby using a more natural approach.

But that’s not all. Leading up to your due date, you’ll get a complete package of prenatal midwifery care. After your baby is born, we’re at your side providing postpartum care and attending to your newborn.

Photo by Natalie Broders.

 
 

Labor & Delivery That’s Focused on You & Your Baby

 

So Many Natural Birth Options

Hearth & Home offers various natural birth options, including home births and water births.

We bring all the essential equipment — like a portable tub — and materials to your home and set everything up so your labor and delivery space is safe and cozy.

We’ll make sure your birthing plan details your chosen childbirth method.

Making the Process Easier

Our midwives offer holistic birthing assistance to make the process gentler and smoother for you. For example:

  • We’re skilled in natural induction methods and active labor techniques, which can help progress labor without the need for medications.

  • We can suggest labor positions that can help manage pain and facilitate the baby's descent.

  • We can coach you through natural pain management pathways that help many women navigate unmedicated birth or low-intervention birth. 

Creating the Ideal Birthing Environment

Each person’s idea of the perfect birthing environment is distinct.

Whatever your vision of it is, we’ll strive to make it happen. We encourage clients to incorporate aromatherapy, music, mood lighting, and other meaningful elements into the birthing area.

We also pride ourselves on enabling family-centered birth experiences. Having your partner or other beloved person with you can make a world of difference.

 

What to Expect During a Hearth & Home Midwife-Assisted Delivery

Why do people in the Greater Portland area choose us to be their care providers for such an important time in their lives?

Because they know they can trust us. 

Having assisted with hundreds of childbirths, we’ve racked up unparalleled experience and skill. This is backed by specialized and intense training entirely focused on holistic midwifery care.

Over the course of the day for labor & delivery, we’re doing things like:

  • Helping to create a comfortable birthing environment

  • Preparing labor-support tools and supplies

  • Facilitating natural pain management 

  • Ensuring that your birthing plan is followed

  • Providing continuous clinical care, guidance, and emotional support

After you give birth, we help you welcome your baby into the world, perform a newborn exam, and get you and the birthing environment cleaned up.

midwife watching over a mom about to give birth in a water tub

Photo by Natalie Broders.

 

Testimonials

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Jennifer Lux

I had a truly ecstatic homebirth VBAC with Hearth and Home Midwifery - I am sad my time with the midwives is over and overjoyed that I get to carry this experience and them in my heart forever. I will be forever grateful to Sarah, Charli, and Emily - they are my birth heroes and I still can't believe this past year was real. I am still riding my birth high!

Don't forget to check out their incredible podcast, The Homebirth Midwife Podcast! It is such an incredible resource. It is great for when things come up in-between appointments, you can always find an episode to answer a question. I sent episodes to family members who were confused about home birth, and it taught them a lot. You also get to hear just how charismatic, intelligent, and passionate they are.

Hearth and Home has set the bar high for home birth care and they are making a wonderful positive impact in our community! I'm so excited for all of their future clients and babies!

- Jennifer

Trevor

My wife and I were lucky enough to have the Hearth and Home crew deliver both our little ones and they were so special and wonderful both times. They provide such a deeper, more personal, and way more compassionate approach to prenatal care all the way through postpartum. If we were to have any more kiddos I couldn’t even imagine doing a hospital birth. During labor they knew exactly what my wife needed at all times. They gave us plenty of space when she needed it, when she needed reassurance they knew what to say , and when the time came they were right there and ready. Amazing Midwives!

- Trevor

Dylan

Words can’t even begin to express my gratitude for the incredible midwives of Hearth and Home Midwifery. I wish I could have ten more children so I could experience their amazing care over and over again!

I had my first child with Hearth and Home about two months ago. Sarah showed such profound care, empathy, and validation of my feelings in that initial conversation that I knew we’d found our midwives. She instantly made me feel seen and safe, and that feeling continued throughout my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.

I felt so empowered as I birthed by healthy baby into my own hands in my own home! It was the most challenging and incredible experience of my life.

I’ve already referred pregnant friends to Hearth and Home, and I would recommend them without hesitation to anyone considering a home birth. I can’t imagine better midwives or a more positive birth experience. I will remember Sarah, Charli, and Emily for the rest of my life with immense fondness and gratitude!

- Dylan

Emily

We are so thankful for the care we received from Sarah, Charli and Emily! The hour long prenatal appointments allowed us to ask all the questions on our minds, to learn about the routine assessments at each point in pregnancy, to hear our baby’s heartbeat and to connect with our midwives, all of which helped us develop such a trusting bond with them. They all exude deep knowledge, passion and care for the work they do, and we loved the chance to learn about pregnancy and birth from them (their online childbirth education class and podcast are well worth the extra investment & time!)

- Emily

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I cannot recommend Charli and Sarah of Hearth and Home Midwifery highly enough. They work hard to stay up-to-date and are so knowledgeable. Instead of telling me the next step when complications arose during my pregnancy, they provided informed consent: providing information, offering suggestions, and ultimately allowing me and my partner to make the final decision. They went out of their way to establish a relationship with my 3-year-old daughter and make her feel included in the process of my care. Sarah and Charli are compassionate and caring; I always left appointments with them feeling encouraged and loved. I've never felt so respected by healthcare providers. I will miss them so much, now that my baby and I have graduated from their care.My baby's shoulder got stuck after his head was born, a situation that had the potential to be frightening and very dangerous. Charli and Sarah remained calm and helped my baby out in a way that was very gentle and also very quick. My baby came out screaming and thriving, and I didn't even tear! I'm so grateful that they kept us both so safe.

– Rosie

Grandma Jen

Sarah and Charli helped to give me the most profound experience of my life. In their calm, professional manner, they included me in the process of allowing me to assist in delivering my grandson. They are with you every step of the process but allow you to have the personal experience you desire. They completely listened to our family’s wants for the birthing process and allowed us the freedom to change our minds when we wanted to.

I was already impressed but then the after birth visits blew me away. Frequent and informative visits for new parents who need help.

We all would highly recommend these two caring, beautiful women who helped to bring our most precious child into our lives.

– Grandma Jen

 

FAQs

Photo by Natalie Broders.

  • We offer non-invasive pain management techniques — like breathing exercises, movement, education about hands-on support, and the use of the water birth tub. We can discuss other options based on your unique needs.

  • Managing stress, getting regular exercise, and maintaining a balanced, nutritious diet can help. Taking a childbirth class is also a great idea and may provide you with additional suggestions.

  • Our training, tools, and techniques enable us to address the most common complications should they arise. If needed, we also have protocols in place to get you timely and appropriate medical attention.

 

Hundreds of Babies Safely Delivered

You’ll love the full-spectrum midwifery services Hearth & Home provides — especially when it comes to labor and delivery.

With our holistic care approach and specialization in home and natural births, you’ll get superior care, an all-inclusive birthing plan, and a beautifully memorable childbirth experience. Connect with us today to learn more.