The Richmond VA birth center
where your family’s safety and choices come first.
We have tours every Wednesday at 11 am and Saturday at 9 am
You can count on being given excellent information, guidance and the respect you deserve
as you make your choices for this pregnancy, birth and baby!
Cozy, Comfy Birth Suites
Avoid bright lights, noisy staff and sterile rooms. We have oversized tubs, endless hot water, queen-sized beds with upgraded linens, fireplaces, birth swings and aromatherapy~ birth your baby somewhere beautiful.
Qualified Midwives
Our midwives are licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine, certified by National Association of Registered Midwives, and have attended more than 800 births over 15 years, bringing safe care and gentle, grounded energy to your birth.
Comprehensive Care
From preconception to birth to 6 weeks postpartum, you deserve honest, unbiased and evidence based information from a midwife who will talk you through your choices to help you decide exactly what is right for you and your baby.
A Safe, Inclusive Space
Our clients come from every walk of life. We want you to bring your authentic self to every visit! We will welcome you, accept you, nurture you and help you feel right at home. Everyone is welcome here!
Water Births
Women sink into a tub full of warm water, and everything changes. It’s MAGIC.
About Embrace
Meet the Embrace team and discover just how different your beautiful birth could be.
Midwifery Care
Whether you’re birthing at our center, your home or the hospital, our midwives can help!
Embrace has a 25% lower cesarean rate than America’s average.
America’s average cesearan rate.
The cesarean rate the World Health Organization believes we should expect.
Embrace Birth’s cesarean rate if transfer is needed during labor.
12 questions to ask before you hire a birth professional
Birthkeepers, traditional midwives, CNMs, CPMs, LM, CMs…how do you know who to trust and what you need? In this handy guide, we’ll help you make an informed decision about who to hire.
“I truly experienced my beautiful birth.”
As women in America, we’re rediscovering the importance of embracing the birthing experience. Many of us feel that hospitals don’t always allow for the deeply meaningful experience we desire. Birth is meant to be empowering and transformative and every year more families are choosing to find that experience at a birth center.
Birth is not only about the parent’s experience, though. More and more, we’re realizing the importance of how babies enter the world. Every day we help families greet their babies safely and gently- with dim lighting, quiet words, skin to skin, nursing as soon as your baby is ready, and cutting the cord when it’s truly flat and white. These are all things you can’t count on in a hospital, but they’re just what we do here! No need to stress about adding them to your birth plan – it’s already our standard of care!
There is a time and place for everything- even the interventions our clients are hoping to avoid. Even with great love and excellent midwifery care, sometimes we need a little more help. We always have a plan ready to facilitate a transfer quickly and smoothly for those moments.
What our clients say
“I have experienced 3 child births in hospitals and none of them compared to my experience here.
I hold my wife and the entire staff of Embrace Midwife Care responsible for providing me with one of the most memorable moments of my life.”
— Joe Nowon
These women made sure my birth was safe, done with my choices in mind and which resulted in a beautiful birth and healthy baby.”
— Maddie Harris
Meet the team!
We are a team of qualified midwives with decades of experience between us. We are a diverse and eclectic team of certified, licensed midwives with decades of experience between us. We love holding space for birthing families — being the guardians of healthy birth and a safety net, if needed. Our full time office manager and medical assistant keep everything running smoothly from your first visit to your graduation.
We have a family vibe —we all actually really LIKE each other and love our jobs (or do we love each other and like our jobs-sometimes it’s hard to tell!) The birth center feels like a home away from home- comfy, peaceful and safe. Our clients say they would like to just move in!
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Book A Tour
Come explore our two plush birth suites and meet Corina and the Embrace family.
Every Wednesday at 11 am +
Every Saturday at 9 am.