Meet Chelsea Campbell

Background

 

After finishing her bachelor’s degree in 2011, Chelsea pursued her massage therapy license and started a small pregnancy and postpartum massage business in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. She also attended births as a doula, but quickly felt helpless when assisting clients in the medical setting where they were placed on the conveyor belt of modern medical care. During this time she also attended her first home birth and knew that she couldn’t ignore the call to midwifery that she had felt for years; the difference in care was stark.

She started her midwifery apprenticeship in February 2013 with a high volume birth center in Katy, Texas with both CPMs and CNMs. She attended over 150 births during her three years of training. After licensing in 2016, she joined the Katy Birth Center team part time, taking breaks for the births of each of her three children at home. In 2021, her family relocated to the Kenai Peninsula, and Sterling Midwifery Care, LLC was born in 2022. She looks forward to providing care to the wonderful community they have joined!

My Philosophy

I believe birth is fundamentally a natural process that was designed to work well. My role in the process is education, support, watchful waiting, and providing emergency measures during the rare complication.

Each mother, baby, and family presents unique needs in pregnancy, and I strive to provide individualized care for my clients. Even if you have had a baby before, you are not the same person as last time! My hope is that my care empowers clients to educate themselves, ask the hard questions, and make positive strides in their health and the health of their family for the rest of their lives.

Certifications and Licenses

  • Alaska Certified Direct-Entry Midwife since 2022

  • Texas Licensed Midwife 2016-2022

  • Certified Professional Midwife through NARM since 2016

  • CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) current

  • Member of Midwives Association of Alaska

  • Previously taught special educational topics at Greater Houston Midwives Alliance meetings and parent newborn care classes

  • Completed a variety of continuing education including Birth Emergency Skills Training (BEST), S.T.A.B.L.E Neonatal course

  • Member of American Herbalists Guild- Trained in herbalism and uses herbs as a first line of treatment when appropriate

  • BSc Mathematics from Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada, 2011

 

  • Kristyn

    “I'm extremely picky when it comes to who is a part of my birth team because as a doula I'm acutely aware of what an impact one person can have on the labor progression as well as the experience. I didn't hesitate when it came to welcoming her into my birth team… My birth with Chelsea was by far my favorite of all my beautiful home births.”

  • Jordan

    “My favorite thing is the way she answers my questions in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way, but also provides me with where to go to look up the research myself. She knows me too well! I wouldn’t trust anyone else to get me through a pregnancy.”

  • Justyn

    “Her professionalism, candid nature, and extensive knowledge are worthy things to be sought. For the entirety of one pregnancy, I found myself driving over 3 hours round trip, simply to have Chelsea as my midwife.”