Have you ever felt invisible at your OB/GYN appointments?
Do you leave your prenatal appointments with more questions than answers, unsure of what comes next, and unsupported in your choices— feeling like you’re just a number?
It doesn’t have to be this way.
You deserve a fertility and childbearing experience that is safe, supported, and unique to your family. And you deserve to truly know your midwife and the care team that attends you in this oh-so-personal moment.
You deserve care that is personal and empowering.
I became a licensed Certified Professional Midwife for just that reason - to provide safe, supported, empowering, and gentle options for families in Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.
I believe in the strength of women and the transformative power of birth.
Chloé French, CPM, LDEM, LM
Your Birth Alchemist
I’m a local girl who has lived all over the country but the Eastern Shore has always had my heart. America’s Coolest Small Town (aka Berlin, MD) is my hometown and I live there with my two crazy cuddlebug dogs.
For as long as I can remember, people have sought out my thoughts on all things birth and holistic women’s health.
When I was just 7 years old, I read my first birth book. It was Mamatoto by The Body Shop (still a great one).
When I was 9, I hid in a closet and studied up on how to catch a baby - just in case my mom went into labor with my little sister and I was the only one around to help her.
Real plausible, I know! I wanted to be prepared.
When I was 16, I met my first midwives at an herbal conference, was introduced to the fertility awareness method and conscious conception, uterine massage and indigenous teachings around birth and postpartum. At that time, birth work was still a few years off.
In 2006 I provided prenatal and postpartum doula support for the first time and studied to be a birth doula later that same year, until 2007 when I attended my first birth— a stunningly beautiful water birth that took my breath away.
I’ve been madly in love with birth ever since.
- 2007-2010 I have supported families in hospitals, birth centers, and at home. Home birth called to me above all else, so I started academic midwifery study in 2010.
- 2012-2014 I apprenticed in various home birth practices. During that time, I also worked in our community to make Certified Professional Midwives a legal and licensed profession in Maryland and Delaware.
- 2015-2020 In 2015, I moved to El Paso, TX to complete clinical training at Maternidad La Luz - a nationally accredited midwifery school and the highest volume independent birth center in the United States. After I completed my training in 2016, I worked as the practice manager and home birth assistant with Kindred Hearts Community Midwifery in Dover, DE.
- 2020 - Now In 2020, I opened my own Midwifery practice-- Being & Born and have accompanied hundreds of families through the transformation that is pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Midwifery stole my heart because it holds women and families at its center. Mothers (re)discover their own way of birthing while the midwife holds space and skills to support them.
For a comprehensive list of all my qualifications please reference HERE.
The other side of me
I’m a classically trained singer with a passion for opera and 1940s jazz. Music was my other career...until I found birth.
Speaking of 1940s, vintage clothing and movies are also faves (with a special love for 40s-early 60s).
Eight is my favorite number. There’s a story there, so feel free to ask me why :)
I grew up on a horse farm. Arabians are my favorite breed.
Once upon a time, I tripped over a popcorn container at a movie theatre and was caught by Willem Dafoe. No joke. He was very kind...and I was very clumsy and embarrassed.