Lynette was an incredibly positive force in our birth story. We met her through her Bradley Method…read morecourse, where we spent 12 weeks together. She taught such an empowering curriculum that made me feel so confident in the choices I had made for my birth plan. I truly feel the education she gave us allowed me to advocate for the birth I wanted. She went above and beyond to provide information as different issues came up in my pregnancy, allowing me to make truly informed decisions that I was totally comfortable with. At a week past my due date, the hospital forced me to schedule an induction and Lynette was the first person I contacted (after a good cry). She helped me to consider all my options and at the end of the day, helped me transfer care to a birth center that would honor my choice to wait as long as was medically safe for baby to come. She attended my birth as a student midwife, and was a strong steady presence through the transition and pushing phases of my labor. She is calm and encouraging during birth and I felt safe and powerful as I brought my son into the world. I tell people giving birth is the most empowering thing I've ever done, and Lynette was a big part of making that my reality. I'm so thankful for her.

My husband and I recently had a baby born at the Bridge Birth Center via a surrogate and we have to…read moresay the team of midwives at the Bridge were terrific. They are highly skilled and knowledgeable, caring and compassionate. Shout out to Lynette and her team of midwives. It was a pleasure working with everyone. The facility itself is very sanitary and tidy, calming and peaceful - just what you would want during labor and when you're cuddling with your newborn after delivery. We would highly recommend the Bridge Birth Center!

Sherilee was super sweet! The classes were informative, fun, and really connected with our minds…read moreand bodies for both partners and birthing peoples. I loved it! I highly recommended to any mama and partner to take these classes, they are well worth it! Also, her tea blend for the raspberry leaf tea is so yummy! Especially if you aren't an avid tea drinker. The class has an interactive book that makes it easy to remember everything and some good pages that you can post up on your fridge or walls. The classes are built in a great order- As someone who plans to birth at a birth center my anxieties were lowered ALOT after these classes. And if you are planning a hospital birth or home birth, the classes work for all of them! You and your partner will appreciate these classes a lot!

A night nanny is essential | Excellent team…read more Best decision I've ever made postpartum. This is a service I wish existed when I had my first! I had a hard time asking/accepting help with my first kid. I kept telling myself that we could do it, we could do it all because every parent goes through what we're going through. It was kind of like a right of passage to suffer. But, I suffered greatly without the help. I developed postpartum depression that I didn't realize I had until after the fact, and I was overwhelmed with going from no kids to having an infant with colic. On top of that, I was healing and learning to breastfeed/pump and dealing with the expectations of becoming the parent I want to be and the guilt of not giving it my best every day or using formula. Fast forward to 2024 with our 2nd kid and we knew we had to make big changes to survive. My cousin told me she did a night nanny and that blew our minds. We researched and felt that the Baby Nest team resonated with us the most. Their site was easy to navigate. I quickly contacted Sherilee who put me in touch with Sarah D. We then scheduled a meet up and knew we wanted Sarah to be our postpartum doula. She's very professional and has lots of experience with many families including raising her own family of 5. She was very transparent about her schedule with other clients during the time frame we needed her. We booked eight weeks of 4 nights with Sarah. Since she couldn't do all four nights, we had other doulas in their network: Kimmi, Lakiah, and Mel. ALL of them have been wonderful, knowledgeable, empathetic, and professional. We've never felt judged for our decisions in caring for our newborn. They are so good and trustworthy with our baby; we never had to worry. They take detailed notes of their shifts and shared it with Google doc. I recommend all of these people if you're looking for a solid team of doulas. Specifically Sarah:She has excellent communication and very trustworthy. It is so easy to connect with her. I am very thankful she could not only watch our son but also take care of our dishes and make us breakfast that would last about a week! If you're a first time parent or continuing to grow your family and on the fence about a night nanny/postpartum doula, contact Sherilee and check Baby Nest out. When it comes to health and wellness, this service was absolutely worth every penny. THANK YOU, BABY NEST.

If Big Midwifery were a thing, it'd be Alma. One of our midwife-assistants left the company a…read morecouple months into my pregnancy, and when I asked her why, she said, "I just want a more personal experience with mothers," and at the time I didn't get it, but then I had my traumatic birth experience, forced into a hospital even though my pregnancy was advancing ideally, and I kind of got it. And I've sat on this for a couple years but am now compelled to share because my friend has now been also forced into a hospital birth even though her labor was advancing ideally, and now I'm just mad. They seem to have the same "easy button" policy as most hospitals do, and in general that's not why we go seeking out midwives. Alma is corporate midwifery, shoving people through the very gauntlet we have left mainstream medical childbirth to avoid. At the end of it, the individual midwives are lovely--I'm still friends with my midwife to this day--but the company itself treats birthing mothers as the exact same commodity that traditional western hospitals do. If I had it to do again, I would have followed that midwife-assistant to a more personal experience.

I'm so incredibly grateful for Alma and the amazing team that helped us every step of the way. The…read moremoment I found out I was pregnant with our first child my number one stress was "where am I going to have this baby?!" I've had bad experiences with hospitals and almost always feel like I'm not being heard as a patient. This is such a HUGE life chapter to go through I really didn't want to be surrounded by strangers making me feel like my voice didn't matter and that birth was some sort of major medical procedure rather than a natural life event. In steps... Alma! Someone had mentioned them to me so my husband and I went and met with Laura who walked us through what a pregnancy and birth with Alma would entail. Wow! It was so refreshing to feel so comfortable and at home in a clinical setting. From day one they made me feel welcome and heard. Another huge blessing about Alma was that from our first appointment they were upfront about what the total cost of having our baby at the birth center would be (permitting there were no complications). I cannot tell you how incredibly refreshing it was to know an amount ahead of time so that we could budget and be prepared. Our baby was born healthy with no issues and I can tell you the price we paid is exactly what they quoted us nine months earlier. What I also loved and appreciated, was for all our check up appointments before our baby arrived we saw one of two midwives and an assistant midwife. And so we knew when our baby came it would be one of those two who would be helping us deliver. It meant so much to me to have grown a relationship of trust and kindness with these women before hand. It made going into labor so much more peaceful and not stressful knowing that I knew and liked the team that was helping me. The birthing suites are just the perfect balance of a medical and home setting. So many people had no idea what I meant when I said we were having our baby had a birth center. So I just told them it's not as cold as a hospital, but it's more medical than a home. It was so inviting and will always hold a special place in my heart. There's so much more I could say, but these are the biggest things of why I am so grateful for Alma and why I can say with confidence...this is where will have all our future children.

I received care here throughout my whole pregnancy and have never felt more cared for by medical…read morestaff in my life. My husband and I opted to join their Centering Pregnancy group instead of doing individual appts and I highly recommend it. We were with a group of 5 other couples due around the same time as us that met to discuss pregnancy education and have our regular prenatal visits. This gave us a mini community to celebrate our births and discuss our challenges with. During the prenatal visits, it was clear that every midwife I saw took the time to review my chart ahead of time. They weren't flipping through it while I was in the room. Whenever I brought up an ongoing concern, the midwife doing the exam would pick up where I left off at my last visit. Someone mentioned that the care is not personal -- it might be more personal in the Centering Pregnancy group where you have one midwife who teaches the whole course and a couple others who will step in occasionally. But honestly, the midwives here are all incredible. Every one I interacted with had a different vibe and approach, and ultimately, they are all incredibly caring, knowledgeable, and respectful of your decisions. There was one midwife who I didn't click with and she ended up being our delivery midwife during an intense and fast labor that led to an unplanned c section. She held my hands through some of the most difficult moments and gave me strength to keep going. My husband and doula were huge supports but she helped me through my most vulnerable moments. That's just to say -- if you have a prenatal visit with a midwife you're not thrilled with, trust that they know what they are doing and are there to support you through labor and delivery. After having my baby, I wish that I could still have monthly regular visits with the midwives -- they were a huge comfort throughout the entire pregnancy and delivery. I can't recommend them enough.

I see Liz Robinson for my annual well woman exams and pap smears. She is super kind, experienced…read moreand thorough. The staff in the clinic are very personable, too, and it is usually quick to schedule.

I first chose The Vancouver Clinic because it was close to my home. I specifically wanted a…read moremidwife, and I researched which ones were recommended. At my first appointment, I was pressured into trying Centering Pregnancy--a group meeting 1-2x/mo for prenatal treatment. I figured it may be a good way to meet people, so I agreed. The meetings are 2 hours long. You spend the first 30-40 min weighing yourself, taking your blood pressure, and sitting around while everyone gets their individual time (2-3 min) with the midwife for heart rate check and any questions. Once everyone is checked, you have to do some lame ice breaker (this continued for EVERY session). It's not until the last 30 min or so you actually get to the topic at hand. Even then, the group often gets side tracked and nothing gets covered. Not that the topics are all that useful--for example what to eat and not eat during pregnancy--doesn't everyone already know that? I don't feel like I learned anything useful the entire time. After the first 2 visits, I knew it wasn't for me, but I kept telling myself it would get better. For some reason, I stayed til the end. Since there are so many midwives at TVC, you will most likely never get the midwife you signed up for, let alone one you've met. What is the point of choosing a provider if they aren't with me throughout my whole pregnancy? During the course of my hospital stay I saw 4 different midwives, none of which were the one from Centering. Overall, I felt the TVC midwives were a lot more doctor-like than other midwives I've seen. They seemed to be really into medical intervention when it wasn't really needed, and not so into alternative, natural methods. During my labor I really wanted a water birth (including actual delivery), but they kept saying, "the point is not to give birth in the water, it's just a tool!" Well I wanted to deliver my first child using that "tool," if I did, I may not have tore in 2 places requiring stitches. When I had to get out of the tub to check my dilation, I was TIRED. My midwife should have encouraged me to get back in for the last hour, instead of acting like it'd be such a burden to heat the water back up. I suppose in the end, all that matters is a healthy baby, but I will never be able to have a first birth experience again, and I wish I had a provider that was more encouraging (or heck, one that KNEW me). Even though I met some people that I still enjoy keeping in touch with, I really don't recommend Centering for most people. TVC midwives are just ok, so if you do go there, pick one and stay with her for individual appointments. For the next child, I will definitely be going elsewhere, where I know I will get one-to-one care with someone who will be with me the entire pregnancy.

I absolutely loved the Centering program!! The midwives at TVC are amazing - very knowledgeable and…read morecaring. The appointments are long, but after the first couple I actually really looked forward to going to them! The ladies from my group and I have remained in contact and meet up for playdates fairly regularly. It is so nice to have the support of other moms, especially for a first-time mom like myself. My husband went to all but two of the appointments and he really enjoyed the program as well. I highly recommend Centering and will definitely be doing the program again when I decide to have another child.

My home birth was amazing with LaVona as my Doula! I had a very long exhausting labor as most of us…read moredo but LaVona pushed me to not give up and continuously found new things for me to try to get through contractions. In addition, she coached my partner on what she could do to help me so that she felt like she was just as involved! Everything I asked for was given to me and the postpartum care was phenomenal! She stayed and helped me shower, got me set up in bed for the night, cleaned up, and washed baby for me after everything else was through. She CAME TO ME for my postnatal check up and was able to process my placenta into capsules and a tinctures which made a HUGE difference in my postpartum depression and healing. She even made me cute prints of my placenta with turmeric on a canvas before processing it for me 100/5 recommend her as your doula no matter how/where you want your birth experience! I have friends who have used her for hospital births and have heard nothing but good things!

From the owner: I’ve been a doula since 2002 and went through DONA training in 2007 when I knew I wanted to go…read moreforward deeper in educating myself. From 2018-2022 I became a student midwife and midwife’s assistant and was taught by community midwives! I’ve taken courses in postpartum hemorrhaging, neonatal resuscitation, suturing, herbal medicine, placenta encapsulation, when survivors give birth, VBAC and so much more! I am continuing education currently! Consultations are free, give me a call!

Doctor Alexandra Demetro is the finest and most competent and common sense doctor I've ever been…read moreto.... And let me tell you I've seen my fat share! She is patient, kind and caring... and on top of that she is so incredibly smart and has such a wide scope of practice. I can go to her with any ailment... I can take my kids to her with any ailment, and she has the answers. I always feel confident when I step out of her office that we are in the road to wellness! Seriously can't recommend her more!

From the owner: We offer home birth and naturopathic services in SW Washington and the Portland area. BBB offers…read moreindividualized support on your journey from birth, baby, and beyond.

I am so grateful to have worked with these special women for the birth of my son. They are adept,…read moreprofessional, loving, and supportive. I felt so at ease in their care and and had a blessed and meaningful birth as a result. I recommend them to anyone interested in having a home birth. The experience is one I will never forget and it is in large part due to the support system I had from the wonderful midwives of Birth, Babies and Beyond.

I can't imagine having another baby WITHOUT these ladies! They are the best of the best. My third…read morepregnancy, my first delivery out-of-hospital, my biggest and latest baby, skeptical family and friends when it comes to home birth, and yet everything went so beautifully and perfectly. These midwives can run all the tests you need, they can provide any intervention you would need outside of C-section. They intuitively knew what my husband needed to hear and what I needed to hear (very different) throughout pregnancy and during post-partum visits. You forget how important post-partum care is when prepping to have a baby, but it's huge! Their follow up and visits after delivery were priceless! Speaking of price, their fees are more than reasonable for the services and amount of time they provide AND they bill insurance. I cannot imagine a better situation or better providers for our first experience with midwives and home birth. Truly a blessing and highly recommend!

We are beyond satisfied, grateful, and fortunate to have had Heather by our side during our first…read morechild's birth. She played a key role in us having an uncomplicated pregnancy and labor that allowed both a healthy mom and child. Heather provided plenty of information backed by research, technical material, tools, experience, emotional support, and physical support to me and my husband during my pregnancy, labor, postpartum, and baby care. She guided us along the way with a comprehensive and organized curriculum, plus additional resources that we could follow up on ourselves if we wanted additional support or to further research a topic. She made us aware of the possible options during the decision-making process and allowed us to make our own decisions. Heather is a warm, kind, organized, and professional doula that definitely made us more prepared for this new chapter in our lives. We would highly recommend her if you want to feel more supported, empowered, informed, and calm for a smoother newborn experience.

Heather is a gem who I found here on Yelp. She was the first doula I interviewed when I was about 5…read moremonths pregnant and once I met with her I immediately knew I didn't need to interview anyone else. Heather is very knowledgable, genuine, and kind. She helped my husband and I ease our worries about what to expect during the whole journey and most of all helped us feel empowered and informed to make the best decisions that were right for us. She has solid resources that really helped us learn so much more about the process of pregnancy and preparing for labor. I also really appreciated her guidance on what to expect when communicating with doctors and how to navigate certain topics in order to make better decisions. I ended up going all the way to 42 weeks and Heather was amazing at helping me take it moment by moment, evaluating as we went along to still make the best decisions that felt right to us. When labor finally got going, she was wonderful at helping me feel more grounded and confident as well as being a valuable teammate with my husband. When I had moments of feeling like I wasn't sure if I could keep going, she knew exactly what I needed to help me find strength again. I was able to deliver my baby naturally the way I had wished for and can't thank her enough for her support. I also can't thank her enough for helping me to avoid an episiotomy from the delivering doctor, she's a rockstar of a doula! I highly recommend Heather, she is definitely the person you want advocating for you and on your team through pregnancy, labor and delivery.

Brooke and Megan are fiercely committed to intuitive birth while supporting the maternal instinct…read morewith their medical knowledge and experience. After placing myself in their care, Megan and Brooke became like family very quickly. Appts were held over tea and my "check ups" went from a doctor office to the comfort of my own home. The style of care they provide is wholistic. It is clear they care about your health, the baby's health and even the health of your family as you move through this very special time. ALL the recommended birth protocol is discussed at length and they are readily available in between appts to answer questions. Their medical, maternal and life experience make them the perfect compliment to each other and to the process of helping you navigate this important change in your family. And, they remain present for you with followups after your little one arrives, instilling confidence and caring for your continuing needs with each visit. I could not have asked for a better team.