Whitney Herrelson - Licensed Midwife
Whitney Herrelson
Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife
Whitney holds a Bachelors of Science in Midwifery from the Midwives College of Utah. She is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM).
She is a Licensed Midwife with the state of Hawaii (MW-28).
Whitney began midwifery training in 2012, and has attended clinical rotations around the country and US territories gaining experience in birth centers and homebirth practices. Whitney is also a trained childbirth educator, doula, and placenta preparation specialist.
Whitney has 2 children who were born at home.
Maui Midwifery has a consulting and collaborative working relationship with Dr Nathan Riley, MD FACOG, Beloved Holistics PCA.
Our Values and Philosophy
- Midwifery care protects body autonomy, including individuals' human, reproductive, and sexual rights to choose where, how, and with whom one gives birth.
- Care at Maui Midwifery is inclusive. We respect individual ethnic and cultural needs and we aim to be safe providers for LGBTQIA+ individuals. We practice with a Health at Every Size philosophy of size-friendly healthcare. We are committed to anti-racism in midwifery. We support individuals' religious and spiritual needs.
- Midwifery care is client-centered. We believe that childbearing is a deeply individualized event in a person's life, and we recognize a person's lived experience and inner-knowledge as invaluable. Birthing people are experts in their own bodies and are therefore central decision makers when it comes to their care.
- Midwifery care is family-centered. Supporting and encouraging involvement of a person's designated family members and/or support people, to the extent desired, in all health care experiences promotes community-building and healthy relationships.
- Midwifery care is low-intervention. The midwife's role is to hold space, provide guidance, and set perimeters for safety based on the best available evidence. We believe in non-intervention in normal processes, and appropriate use of interventions and technology for current or potential health problems. We are experts in non-pharmacologic pain relief measures.
- Midwifery care is trauma-informed care. Birthing people and families should be treated with loving respect during all aspects of pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum period. By providing trauma-informed care we reduce toxic stress, improve the provider-client relationship, and promote healthy outcomes.
- Maui Midwifery follows the The International Childbirth Initiative (ICI)
- 12 Steps to Safe and Respectful MotherBaby-Family Maternity Care.
Client Feedback:
Whitney's knowledge, skills, kindness and support during my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum were absolutely invaluable. She is worth her weight in gold!! — Quinn Oglesby, Doula Client
