From prenatal care and birth options to postpartum support and family legal planning, these reader-voted Favorites highlight resources families rely on throughout the pregnancy and early-parenting years.
🤰 Obstetrics & Women’s Health
🏆 WINNER: Women’s Healthcare Associates
The talented providers at Women’s Healthcare Associates offer pregnancy care and postpartum support for all women, from specialist obstetrics to nurse-midwife care. Physicians and midwives can also help you deliver your baby at a location of your choice; Women’s Healthcare Associates attend to births at eight Portland-area hospitals, as well as non-hospital deliveries at its Midwifery Birth Center in Gateway. In addition to physical care for parent and baby, mental health and genetic testing services are also available.
TOP 5
• Alma Midwifery — A reader Favorite for midwifery care and a relationship-centered approach.
• The Oregon Clinic — A Favorite for OB-GYN care within a large physician-owned specialty clinic.
• Northwest Women’s Clinic — A Favorite for OB-GYN and women’s health care in the Portland area.
• The Vancouver Clinic — A Favorite for OB-GYN and women’s health services serving SW Washington and nearby areas.
• Mendwell Pelvic Health — A Favorite for pelvic health and pelvic floor physical therapy support.
🧬 Fertility & Surrogacy Resource
🏆 WINNER: OHSU Center for Women’s Health
A major regional resource and Reader Favorite for women’s health services, including fertility care and related programs.
TOP 5
• All Families Surrogacy — A Favorite for intended parents and surrogates looking for guidance and agency support.
• Oregon Fertility Institute — A Favorite for fertility evaluation and treatment in the Portland area.
• Northwest Fertility Center — A Reader Favorite for fertility testing and treatment options.
• Northwest Surrogacy Center, LLC — A Favorite for surrogacy matching and full-journey support.
• Spring Fertility — A Favorite for fertility services, including IVF and egg freezing, with a Portland clinic.
🏥 Hospitals & Birth Centers
🏆 WINNER: Legacy Health
The skilled teams of doctors, nurses and midwives — and neonatal intensive care units — at Legacy Health are here to help you welcome your baby into the world. Soon-to-be parents can choose from state-of-the-art (but also cozy and homelike) family birth centers across the metro area. Another bonus: Legacy offers virtual classes on childbirth, breastfeeding, and mother and baby care, including webinars for parents of multiples and new grandparents.
TOP 5
• Providence Health System — A Favorite for maternity care options across multiple Providence locations in the region.
• OHSU Center for Women’s Health — A Favorite for pregnancy and childbirth care within OHSU’s women’s health services.
• Kaiser Permanente — A Favorite for coordinated maternity care and hospital-based delivery options for members.
• Alma Midwifery — A Favorite for families seeking midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options.
• Adventist Family Birth Place — A Favorite for family-centered maternity care at Adventist Health Portland.
🍼 Pregnancy & Postpartum Support
🏆 WINNER: Bridgetown Baby
Bridgetown Baby believes that a supported, restful postpartum experience brings life-long benefits to parents and their children. That’s why their postpartum doulas and lactation consultants specialize in evidence-based care to meet the needs of your whole family.
TOP 5
• Providence Mother & Child Clinic — A Favorite for postpartum and feeding support services (offerings vary by location).
• OHSU Center for Women’s Health — A Favorite for pregnancy and postpartum care within OHSU’s women’s health system.
• Baby Blues Connection — A community Favorite for perinatal mental health support for parents coping with postpartum mood and anxiety challenges.
• Wildwood Birth PDX — A Favorite for doula support and childbirth education in the Portland area.
⚖️ Estate Planning and/or Family Law Practice
🏆 WINNER: Wolfsong Law
A reader Favorite for thoughtful legal support that helps families plan ahead and navigate major life transitions.
TOP 5:
• Pacific Cascade Legal — A Favorite for family law and related legal needs in Oregon and Washington.
• Law Offices of Nay & Friedenberg LLC — A longtime Favorite for estate planning and elder law guidance.
• Buckley Law P.C. — A Favorite for legal services including family law and estate planning.
• Gevurtz Menashe — A Reader Favorite for family law and related planning support in the Portland area.
• Bouneff, Chally & Koh — A Favorite for personalized legal services for individuals and families.
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