Michele Zimmerman-Pike, CNM

     I have been drawn to women’s health care and assisting with births since childhood. As I got older and birthed my own children my desire matured to include wanting mothers to feel their strength in birthing and nurturing. I am committed to providing evidence-based care that is woman-centered and respectful of your informed choices. I am honored to be a part of Birth Care which is a truly unique practice, preserving women’s access to appropriate care across settings.

     In 1990 I received my nursing degree from Emory University. Most of my nursing experience was in neonatal intensive care. Other nursing experiences included labor and delivery, mother/baby, and pediatric home care.  I have also been an at-home mom, a La Leche League leader and an attachment parenting business owner.

     In 2007 I graduated with a Master’s Degree  form Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. In January 2008 I became a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) and provided maternity, newborn,  and well woman care in both homes and at a birth center Portland, Oregon.

     My husband Ed and I have five children, all wonderful empowering births attended by midwives. Ed is an at home dad which gives me the flexibility to attend births at any time. My hobbies include running, reading, permaculture gardening, and watching my children play a variety of sports. Personal birth experience includes both home and hospital birth, as well as twins.