Care Providers
Choosing your care provider is singlehandedly the most important choice of your birth experience. You can take all the classes you want, read all the books you can find, and hire the best doula, but your care provider will be the "main" person taking charge of your birth. So if your care provider isn't on the same page as the rest of your birth team (i.e. your husband, your doula, etc.), then you may not have your needs met when it comes time for the birth.
I encourage you to check both your care provider’s personal C-Section rate and the C-Section rate of their practice. Those statistics may be alarming. A lot of care providers promise the world, but when it comes time for labor, sometimes your needs get pushed aside. So please do extensive research and talk to other moms who have used your care provider before. I have had MANY moms switch their care provider even a couple weeks before delivery and they are SO happy they did. It makes a HUGE difference to be totally supported by your birth team and to feel safe while going through your birth process.
These are providers that I have worked closely with in the past, and I only recommend the best of the best. These care providers are highly educated, very competent, and professional, as well as kind, patient, and caring. I am so thankful to have them in the birth community to offer you the highest standard of care. Please take time to call and/or interview them if you want to know more about them.
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Home Births
Below is a list of birth centers and independent midwives who provide exceptional home birth care. These providers are highly skilled, experienced, and deeply supportive—offering safe, evidence-based, and personalized care for families choosing to birth at home. Many also offer birth center options if you prefer an out-of-hospital setting. Please feel free to contact them directly for consultations, information sessions, or birth center tours.
Story Jones, CNM
Nancy McMillen, CPM
Phone: 703.439.7298
Katie Black, CPM, RN
Phone: 703-217-3941
Birth Center Births
Premier Birth Center
Hospital Births
Approximately 70% of my clients choose to give birth in a hospital—and that is absolutely wonderful. Your birth setting should always align with where you feel safest, most supported, and most at ease, whether that’s at home, in a freestanding birth center, or in a hospital environment. Below is a list of hospital-based care providers who I can personally and professionally recommend. I have attended many births with these teams, and they consistently demonstrate exceptional skill, compassion, attentiveness, and respect for the families they serve. While there are many hospital practices available, these providers are truly top-tier—reliable, evidence-based, and deeply supportive of low-intervention, informed, family-centered care. I am not biased toward any particular birth setting; my goal is simply to help you find the right provider who will honor your choices and help you feel confident and safe throughout your birth experience.
Centreville OBGYN
I don’t often refer clients to many care providers because it can be challenging to find practices that truly offer individualized, attentive, and genuinely supportive care. Many offices have multiple providers, and while a mom may connect deeply with one or two of them, she ultimately doesn’t know who will be present during her birth. This can lead to feeling unheard, rushed, or pressured during both pregnancy and labor—especially when the provider on call isn’t aligned with her goals.
However, there are two practices that I can personally and professionally recommend without hesitation. Both offer exceptional, patient-centered care and consistently demonstrate the highest level of competence, compassion, and respect for the families they serve.
Inova Obstetrics and Gynecology – Fair Oaks
This practice offers truly outstanding support, individualized care, and a commitment to honoring each mother’s birth preferences. They listen, they advocate, and they never treat you like just another chart. Every client I’ve supported there has had a respectful, positive experience. Their team is well-known for supporting non-medicated, hands-off, low-intervention births as well as confidently and skillfully managing fully medicated births, epidurals, and hospital-based interventions when needed or desired. Whether you’re hoping for a home-birth-like atmosphere within the hospital or prefer the full scope of medical options, they meet you right where you are and support your goals wholeheartedly.
Center for Midwifery and Women’s Health
This is another practice I wholeheartedly recommend—and they hold a very special place in my heart. I had my first baby with this practice 17 years ago, and I still remember how truly supported, encouraged, and heard I felt. They educated me, advocated for me, and gave me a level of personalized care I will never forget. Their midwives are knowledgeable, compassionate, and deeply committed to evidence-based, respectful maternity care. Whether you are planning an unmedicated birth, desire a balanced approach, or simply want a provider who genuinely listens, this practice offers a warm, empowering, and confidence-building experience.
I receive no compensation or benefits for referring families to these practices. I recommend them because they consistently provide the kind of care every mother deserves—care that leaves you feeling confident, respected, heard, and fully in charge of your pregnancy and birth decisions.