As owner and midwife of Right At Home Midwifery Services, Ellie Legare looks forward to providing superior attention and care for every aspect of your pregnancy. From general questions and concerns about your pregnancy to water births and traditional natural birthing, she provides a wealth of education, experience, and care to ensure your childbearing experience is everything you want it to be.

Ellie is a Certified Professional Midwife and Oregon Licensed Direct-Entry Midwife. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Holistic Midwifery and is a professor at the local midwifery college, Birthingway. She is licensed in Oregon and California. She specializes in herbalism and gynecological care.

Ellie's Background and Philosophy
"My passion is to make the world a better place one family at a time. I believe making a difference means helping women and their families birth the way they wish, surrounded by love and support. I am passionate about being a guardian of women's wishes and the natural birth process. I also feel that peace starts with every child entering the world in a loving and non-violent way.

"I started my path as a licensed massage therapist. I soon added herbalism as a specialty attending a school for herbalism and undergoing an apprenticeship. During this time I began to have more contact with pregnant women, doing a lot of pregnancy massage and getting invited to attend births as a labor coach. I added doula training to my studies, and attended home and hospital births.

"I soon found it very hard to support women's wishes and the natural birth process in the hospital environment so I accepted the calling to be a midwife. I attended the Oregon School of Midwifery and received my bachelor's degree in Holistic Midwifery at New College in California. I trained under a traditional midwife whose approach to birth taught me patience and faith in the birth process and in women's ability to give birth. I am licensed in California and joined a busy practice attending eight to twelve births a month. At the same time I had a GYN practice for three years doing birth control exams, infection checks and treatment, ultrasounds, and lab work. I opened my own practice in California for two years and then chose to move to Portland and started practicing in 2002.

"I feel honored to be able to attend women and their families at such amazing and pivotal time in their lives. I feel strongly about education and making sure our clients know all of their options so they may choose what is right for themselves, their pregnancy, and birth. I feel that the midwife/client relationship is one of partnership and equality, based in trust and education."

Contact us today for more information on the ways
Right At Home Midwifery Services
can provide you with an enjoyable home birth experience.
(503) 314-9186

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