About Birth With Love
Betty Griffith-Aime, LDM
As a Licensed Direct Entry Midwife in the state of Oregon, I have served the city of Salem, and the surrounding communities, since 1980.
My Background
My introduction to childbirth occurred in the 1960’s while I was a student nurse at a teaching hospital. I found a lot of the medical intervention that was considered necessary at that time to be very frightening, so I determined to spend my career finding a better way for women to give birth.
After graduating from nursing school in 1968, I spent several years teaching childbirth education and assisting a chiropractor that was doing births in his clinic. In 1974 I became an obstetrics nurse at a small hospital where I was given even more responsibilities, and was able to learn how to handle a greater variety of circumstances involved in the birth process, and to improve my skills in labor management.
In 1980, I began assisting a few friends and relatives who chose to give birth at home, and I realized that I was ready to fulfill my true calling, that of Home Birth Midwife. Since then, I have attended hundreds of births, and each birth teaches me something new. I still find my career to be stimulating, uplifting and fulfilling. I am enjoying delivering many second generation babies in the Salem area.
Personal Note
I am widowed with four grown children, and six grandchildren, some of whose pictures compliment these pages.
Betty Griffith Aime
Betty Griffith-Aime, LDM
Licensed Direct Entry Midwife
7745 Sunnyside Rd. SE
Salem, OR 97306
(503) 559-2681
birthwlove@aol.com
Lori Hedlund, CPM, LDM
While all your care is performed by your primary midwife, Betty Griffith LDM, Lori frequently serves as an assistant midwife at births I attend, or as a doula for my clients.
Lori is the owner of Peaceful Beginnings Midwifery and holds a Bachelor in Science of Midiwfery. She is a Certified Practical Midwife (CPM) and Licensed by the Oregon Health Authority. She is also a certified childbirth educator and doula. She provides placenta encapsulation services and is available for encapsulation services for my clients. Her education and training have been diverse including out-of-hospital VBAC, breech, and multiples births.
