Certified Nurse Midwives serving Battle Ground, Washington

A Gentle Beginning midwives have been serving families in the Battle Ground, Washington area for 25 years.

Our Battle Ground midwife services include complete prenatal, birthing and postpartum care from our clinic in North Portland or in the comfort of your own home. We provide lab work and ultrasounds when necessary - always adjusting care to your needs and choices. We take the time during your visits to answer questions and develop a trusting relationship.

Our Battle Ground Midwives

Nora Tallman	CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife)
	ND (Naturopathic Doctor)
	Attending births in Battle Ground, Washington since 1986
Catherine Schaefer	CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife)v
	ND (Naturopathic Doctor)
	Attending births in Battle Ground, Washington since 1984

Nora and Catherine have been attending births in the Battle Ground, Washington area since 1989. Our 25 years of experience as Certified Nurse Midwives and Naturopathic Doctors mean that we can provide expert support for Battle Ground families who choose natural birth options such as home births and water births.

We also offer a natural birth class focused on emotional and psychological preparation for natural childbirth and parenting. Our natural birth class, called “The Inner Work of Birth”, is offered at Zenana Spa in SE Portland.

Our Battle Ground Midwife Services

Integrative midwifery

Belief and support of birth as a normal process in a woman’s life
Capability to utilize alternative and modern medicine when necessary
- Experienced with use of botanical, homeopathic, and nutritional therapies
- Prescriptive abilities for pharmaceutical medicines
Trusting and working relationships with backup physicians and hospitals

Home Births and Water Births

Training and experience in homebirths, birth center births and in-hospital birth for over 25 years
Attending waterbirths since the 1980’s

Gynecological and pediatric services

Complete newborn exams and screenings
Early pediatric care, including classes on immunizations and the first years
Annual women’s exams, contraception and fertility issues

Breastfeeding support
Read more about Our Services

Our Role as Midwives

Our roles as midwives and healers take many forms. We advise. We guide. We watch. We reassure. Rarely, we rescue. We listen to family troubles, we order lab work, we wipe tired brows. Mostly, we are privileged to witness the beauty of people in their most honest, real states. Birth has this way of cutting out the pretenses and letting the truth shine through. We love what we do.