Meet the Midwives
Birth, Babies and Beyond is a team comprised of Adeline Kell, Alexandra Demetro and Angela Beach-Hart (the three A's!) We offer home birth and naturopathic services for SW Washington and the Portland area. We look forward to serving you and your family!
Adeline Kell, ND, LM
Dr. Adeline Kell is a Naturopathic physician and Midwife, licensed in both Oregon and Washington. Graduating from the four-year program at the National College of Natural Medicine, she also completed a two-year apprenticeship in midwifery and pediatrics and has had advanced training in homeopathy and botanical medicine.
Dr. Adeline provides family naturopathic care, offering complete pediatric and women’s health services. She focuses on nutrition, homeopathy and botanical medicine to support optimum health in her patients. She sees patients in SW Washington in a beautiful and family friendly office centrally located just off I-5 in Woodland.
Adeline shares not only her talented healing skills, but also her warm-hearted personal philosophy with every patient she has the privilege of helping. A driving force in Adeline’s practice is her commitment to spending enough time with each patient to understand his or her unique characteristics, symptoms and needs.
Adeline lives on seven acres in SW Washington with her husband, their six children, and an assortment of two and four legged creatures.
For more information, please visit: betterchoiceforhealth.com
339 Bozarth Ave Suite A
Woodland Wa 98674
p:503-753-6352
Dr. Adeline provides family naturopathic care, offering complete pediatric and women’s health services. She focuses on nutrition, homeopathy and botanical medicine to support optimum health in her patients. She sees patients in SW Washington in a beautiful and family friendly office centrally located just off I-5 in Woodland.
Adeline shares not only her talented healing skills, but also her warm-hearted personal philosophy with every patient she has the privilege of helping. A driving force in Adeline’s practice is her commitment to spending enough time with each patient to understand his or her unique characteristics, symptoms and needs.
Adeline lives on seven acres in SW Washington with her husband, their six children, and an assortment of two and four legged creatures.
For more information, please visit: betterchoiceforhealth.com
339 Bozarth Ave Suite A
Woodland Wa 98674
p:503-753-6352
Alexandra Demetro, ND, LM
Want a family doctor who delivers your baby at your home and then continues on as
your family doctor? Dr. Alexandra Demetro is an ND & Midwife who does just that.
Growing up with Finnish roots in the country hills of Battle Ground, WA, Alexandra
formed a love of nature, herbs, and learned how to take the natural route with
preventative health. It’s no wonder she came back to her roots and has a natural health
clinic in Battle Ground where she see all ages and treat all kinds of conditions with
mostly herbs, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. She does use prescription medications
when necessary.
Alexandra has been assisting in births since 1999 and graduated from the National
College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, OR as a Naturopathic Doctor (ND)
in 2002. Before that she graduated from Western WA University with a degree in PreMedicine and Psychology. She is also a licensed Midwife (LM), and is trained in neonatal resuscitation, IV therapy, and suturing. She also does Women’s annual exams, IUD’s, bio-identical hormone treatments, tests for food allergies, does blood work-ups, and more.
One aspect of her practice that she deeply enjoys is being able to get to know her patients from day one as their midwife, then as their pediatrician, and continuing care to keep the whole family healthy as their family doctor.
She loved having her daughters Isabella (2002) and Lucia (2007) born naturally at home and hopes to offer similar experiences to you too!
You can schedule online with Alexandra here https://www.naturalfamilyhealthclinic.org/
Natural Family Health Clinic
404 E Main St. Battle Ground, WA 98604
p: 360-687-0800
your family doctor? Dr. Alexandra Demetro is an ND & Midwife who does just that.
Growing up with Finnish roots in the country hills of Battle Ground, WA, Alexandra
formed a love of nature, herbs, and learned how to take the natural route with
preventative health. It’s no wonder she came back to her roots and has a natural health
clinic in Battle Ground where she see all ages and treat all kinds of conditions with
mostly herbs, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. She does use prescription medications
when necessary.
Alexandra has been assisting in births since 1999 and graduated from the National
College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, OR as a Naturopathic Doctor (ND)
in 2002. Before that she graduated from Western WA University with a degree in PreMedicine and Psychology. She is also a licensed Midwife (LM), and is trained in neonatal resuscitation, IV therapy, and suturing. She also does Women’s annual exams, IUD’s, bio-identical hormone treatments, tests for food allergies, does blood work-ups, and more.
One aspect of her practice that she deeply enjoys is being able to get to know her patients from day one as their midwife, then as their pediatrician, and continuing care to keep the whole family healthy as their family doctor.
She loved having her daughters Isabella (2002) and Lucia (2007) born naturally at home and hopes to offer similar experiences to you too!
You can schedule online with Alexandra here https://www.naturalfamilyhealthclinic.org/
Natural Family Health Clinic
404 E Main St. Battle Ground, WA 98604
p: 360-687-0800
Angela Beach-Hart, CPM, LM, LMT
Angela became a doula in 2006 but was initially brought to working in the birth community through her massage practice. She saw the amazing benefits of massage throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum and soon found herself attending births as a doula. She decided to continue her career and became a midwife after graduating from midwifery school in 2013 at Birthingway College of Midwifery. She became a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and Licensed Direct Entry Midwife (LDM) in Oregon and a Licensed Midwife(LM) in the state of Washington.
She gave birth to a sweet baby girl in April 2013 and even though she knew a lot about pregnancy and birth before going through it herself, she believes the experience has made her a better practitioner in many ways. Although she has a lot of passion for homebirth she also enjoy working in the hospital as a doula and believes every woman has the right to choose how and where they want to birth. She uses her skills as a massage therapist to help make pregnancy, labor, and postpartum as manageable as possible and uses the skills she has learned as a midwife to help provide resources and education along the way!
She loves supporting women and families through this amazing rite of passage and her heart goes into bringing education and support to those who need it. She looks forward to helping you along your journey!
Angela also offer massage. Please visit www.moonphasemassage.com for more information about these services.
You can schedule online with Angela here https://www.naturalfamilyhealthclinic.org/
Natural Family Health Clinic
404 E Main St. Battle Ground, WA 98604
p: 503-884-6451
Brittany Walker, student midwife
Brittany first became interested in the birth world when she was invited to be a doula at her friend's birth. Even though she was a mom herself, witnessing another person give birth opened her eyes to a whole new world. From that moment on, she knew that this is what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Brittany grew up in Olympia, Washington and went to Western Washington University, graduating in 2009 with a BA degree. She became a mom for the first time in 2011, and gave birth to her second child in 2014. After having her second child with a midwife, she knew that she wanted to focus on home birth with a biodynamic approach.
In 2015, Brittany completed her doula training at Birthingway College of Midwifery and in 2016 she started classes as a full time student midwife. She is very excited to be apprenticing with BBB, and to continue learning about natural medicine. Brittany lives in Vancouver, Washington with her two children and two dogs
In 2015, Brittany completed her doula training at Birthingway College of Midwifery and in 2016 she started classes as a full time student midwife. She is very excited to be apprenticing with BBB, and to continue learning about natural medicine. Brittany lives in Vancouver, Washington with her two children and two dogs
Jordanna MacIntyre, student midwife
Jordanna discovered her passion for the childbearing year while working as a member of Americorps NCCC in rural Vermont. Originally from California and being raised in a family of nurses, her life took an unexpected turn when she first read Ina May's Guide to Childbirth. Beginning to understand the way in which culture had shifted away from holistic health care, Jordanna realized that it was her duty not only to educate people about their choices but to serve them in their choice to give birth at home.
Now she is almost done with her studies at Birthingway College of Midwifery, in Portland, and is focusing on her clinical experience with Birth, Babies and Beyond. She has worked with several other midwives in the birth community and has expanded her knowledge by attending hospital births as a doula, becoming active in the reproductive justice movement, studying herbalism, encapsulating placentas, becoming a teacher's assistant at Birthingway, studying Mayan Abdominal Massage, and journeying into her personal experience to discover ways to heal herself so that she may better serve clients.
She lives in Portland with her partner, Adam, and her close-knit community.
Now she is almost done with her studies at Birthingway College of Midwifery, in Portland, and is focusing on her clinical experience with Birth, Babies and Beyond. She has worked with several other midwives in the birth community and has expanded her knowledge by attending hospital births as a doula, becoming active in the reproductive justice movement, studying herbalism, encapsulating placentas, becoming a teacher's assistant at Birthingway, studying Mayan Abdominal Massage, and journeying into her personal experience to discover ways to heal herself so that she may better serve clients.
She lives in Portland with her partner, Adam, and her close-knit community.
Maura Jansen, CPM, assistant midwife
Like so many Portlanders, Maura moved to Portland seeking something new. Maura followed a calling to become a midwife and moved here in 2008 to start her journey at Birthingway College of Midwifery. As is so common in life, this path involved many twists and turns, comings and goings. Love was found, school was finished, a baby was born. The life changing adventure of parenting began. Maura took some time off to be a mom before finding her way back to midwifery.
More than anything else, becoming a parent has strengthened Maura's belief that parents need compassionate midwifery care through this process of creating and growing a family. Maura is a passionate advocate for clients being able to make the choices they know are best for themselves and their families.
Before becoming a midwife, Maura spent 8 years as a Montessori teacher in a lower elementary classroom in Chicago. She has worked with children in a variety of settings for 20 years. She is a committed ally to children, honoring their wisdom, feelings, joy, and their ability and need to play!
Maura believes that having empowering, compassionate care during pregnancy sets clients and families on solid footing to begin their parenting journey.
More than anything else, becoming a parent has strengthened Maura's belief that parents need compassionate midwifery care through this process of creating and growing a family. Maura is a passionate advocate for clients being able to make the choices they know are best for themselves and their families.
Before becoming a midwife, Maura spent 8 years as a Montessori teacher in a lower elementary classroom in Chicago. She has worked with children in a variety of settings for 20 years. She is a committed ally to children, honoring their wisdom, feelings, joy, and their ability and need to play!
Maura believes that having empowering, compassionate care during pregnancy sets clients and families on solid footing to begin their parenting journey.
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