About the Midwife

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.

"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 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 the patience and faith in the birth process and 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 and their pregnancy and birth. I feel that the midwife/client relationship is one of partnership and equality, based in trust and education."