Tia Rich,CPM
My name is Tia Rich and I am a CPM (Certified Professional Midwife) I have an independent practice that serves the greater Portland Metro area and surrounding areas including Salem, Oregon
Services:
Craniosacral Therapy for Mothers and Babies
Lactation Support
Childbirth Education
Hypnobirthing
I am a mother to three and a grandmother to four. Serving birthing woman has always been important to me and Home Birth Midwifery care is the best manner in which I can effectively give woman a chance of a safe non-interventive birth. I have personally experienced both a highly interventive medical birth and a non-interventive holistic gentle birth. I have a thirst for knowledge and have earned 2 formal degree's, the first in Behavioral Sciences: specializing in juvenile delinquency, the second in Nursing.
I become an RN and worked in Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Pediatrics and Oncology. While I personally choose to never formally work within the hospital setting again, I learned valuable lessons and skills in my training and work that I did as an RN. I find this a valuable asset in those rare opportunities that medical care is needed for my clients,. I feel comfortable supporting them in this change of setting for their birth.
I began seeking a path to re-educate as a Midwife in 2000 after the birth of my third child. I began by teaching Childbirth Education, then working as a Doula and later as a Monitrice. I became a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist specializing in teaching Hypnobirthing. In 2007 I began to formally study Midwifery taking a couple years to get the didactic book studies under my belt before beginning a hands on apprenticeship.
In 2009 I began an intense apprenticeship at the Andaluz Water birth center that spanned over a year and a half and over 76 births.
I am also Certified as a Craniosacral therapist specializing in mothers and babies, I acquired training with Carol Gray
I am trained and certified as a CBC (certified breastfeeding consultant)
Services:
Craniosacral Therapy for Mothers and Babies
Lactation Support
Childbirth Education
Hypnobirthing
I am a mother to three and a grandmother to four. Serving birthing woman has always been important to me and Home Birth Midwifery care is the best manner in which I can effectively give woman a chance of a safe non-interventive birth. I have personally experienced both a highly interventive medical birth and a non-interventive holistic gentle birth. I have a thirst for knowledge and have earned 2 formal degree's, the first in Behavioral Sciences: specializing in juvenile delinquency, the second in Nursing.
I become an RN and worked in Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Pediatrics and Oncology. While I personally choose to never formally work within the hospital setting again, I learned valuable lessons and skills in my training and work that I did as an RN. I find this a valuable asset in those rare opportunities that medical care is needed for my clients,. I feel comfortable supporting them in this change of setting for their birth.
I began seeking a path to re-educate as a Midwife in 2000 after the birth of my third child. I began by teaching Childbirth Education, then working as a Doula and later as a Monitrice. I became a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist specializing in teaching Hypnobirthing. In 2007 I began to formally study Midwifery taking a couple years to get the didactic book studies under my belt before beginning a hands on apprenticeship.
In 2009 I began an intense apprenticeship at the Andaluz Water birth center that spanned over a year and a half and over 76 births.
I am also Certified as a Craniosacral therapist specializing in mothers and babies, I acquired training with Carol Gray
I am trained and certified as a CBC (certified breastfeeding consultant)