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Construction update! Due to weather-related delays, the Midwifery Birth Center will now open on February 13th, 2017. We couldn’t be happier to announce the opening of WHA’s Midwifery Birth Center; the first out-of-hospital birth option in Portland integrated within a medical group practice offering the full spectrum of midwifery and OB/GYN care. The Midwifery Birth…

The new Portland option supports natural birth in a home-like setting, integrated with the full spectrum of obstetric care. Midwifery Birth Center, Portland, OregonWomen’s Healthcare Associates (WHA) has welcomed nine new babies into the world at its new Midwifery Birth Center since births began there in April 2017. Led by certified nurse-midwives with structured physician…

In an effort to demonstrate its commitment to quality, excellence and serving the community, Women’s Healthcare Associates (WHA) achieved accreditation for its Midwifery Birth Center on June 9, 2017. To become accredited, WHA’s services, systems and protocols at the birth center were evaluated by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC), which measures…

In late 2018, WHA had the pleasure of welcoming Catherine Schaefer, CNM, ND, Carissa St. Onge Carneiro, CNM and Rachel Kofron, RN to our Midwifery Birth Center. All three joined the team from A Gentle Beginning, a Portland home-birth midwifery practice Catherine owned and operated since 1994. “I have known for a long time that…

Women’s Healthcare Associates, LLC (WHA) is pleased to announce the latest addition to our family: a new office in Hillsboro. We’re located at 7431 NW Evergreen Parkway near the intersection of Cornelius Pass Road and we couldn’t be more excited to serve our patients and this growing community from our new location. Meet Our Team….

Today marks the start of the fifth annual Black Maternal Health Week (#BMHW22) and the second consecutive year it has been recognized through an official White House proclamation. It is also the International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. Black birthing parents in the U.S. are over three times more likely to die in pregnancy,…

WHA’s Gresham Station office will close permanently at the end of the day Thursday, June 20th. Drs. Alyxandra O’Brien and Claire Steen will both continue to see patients at WHA’s nearby Gateway office, and Dr. Steen will begin also seeing patients at our Happy Valley office later this year. Both nearby WHA offices offer more…

Women’s Healthcare Associates stands with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. We stand with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Academy of Pediatrics and so many others. Abortion care is health care and the ability to make autonomous health care decisions is a basic human right. We stand…

Like so many organizations, WHA has been looking internally and asking important and long overdue questions in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor last spring and the national protests against police brutality and racial injustice that followed. Our work has included: Examining all aspects of our organization through…