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Empowered Midwifery and Wellness, LLC is an independent out-of-hospital, home-birth midwifery and family practice. At Empowered Midwifery and Wellness, LLC we offer quality, safe, and individualized care.
What We Do
Primary Care
Having a primary care provider that you trust is incredibly important. We provide full scope primary care to women from puberty through menopause. Enjoy having a provider that partners with you in your healthcare and truly listens to you. We offer visits in clinic and home visits. Services include well women exam (annual exams), pap smears, problem focused visits, family planning services, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, and other primary care concerns. With the addition of our Family Nurse Practitioner, we are able to offer full scope primary care for the entire family, including mens health and well child visits.
Pregnancy
Initial prenatal care offically starts between 10-12 weeks but we do free meet and greets at any time to see if we are the right provider for you! We can also start care sooner if you would like or if you have any concerns!
We take the time to address your physical and emotional needs to ensure that your prenatal experience is one that you'll enjoy. Visits are usually between 30-90 minutes in length.
Labor and Birth
We currently offer birth services in the comfort of your own home. We suggest that you contact us as soon as you've gone into labor. In your own home, you will experience the freedom to move around as needed, eat what you'd like when you'd like, and relax in whatever way feels good for your body. The combination of support and comfort from your family and our team is beneficial in facilitating your birth.
Postpartum and Newborn Care
To ensure that you receive the best possible care for you and your newborn baby, our team will stay in close contact with you after your birth to provide support, physical exams, assist with breastfeeding, and answer any questions you may have. All of these services can be provided to you in the comfort of your home. Our goal is to stay connected with you and support you throughout the postpartum and newborn stages.
Our Team
Certified Nurse-Midwife
Family Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Ashley Golinghorst is a Certified Nurse-Midwife who is passionate about women's health and empowering women throughout their healthcare and pregnancies.
Ashley started her education at Alexandria Technical and Community College (ATCC) where she initially went for practical nursing. After becoming an LPN, Ashley worked at a nursing home w
Ashley Golinghorst is a Certified Nurse-Midwife who is passionate about women's health and empowering women throughout their healthcare and pregnancies.
Ashley started her education at Alexandria Technical and Community College (ATCC) where she initially went for practical nursing. After becoming an LPN, Ashley worked at a nursing home while going back to school for her Associate's Degree at ATCC in 2014. She became an RN and worked at a clinic for 2 years before working at a local hospital. During that time, she gained valuable experience and worked towards attaining her Bachelor's Degree through South Dakota State University (SDSU) in 2017. Ashley received her Master's of Science in Nurse-Midwifery from Bethel University in 2020.
Ashley is from the Alexandria area and loves the community. In her free time, Ashley enjoys spending time with her two children. She is also one of nine children and enjoys spending time with her siblings and many nieces and nephews.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Samantha Bryce is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about disease prevention and treating the entire body, mind, and spirit. She enjoys and has seen the benefits of treating disease with both eastern and western types of medicine.
Samantha grew up in Spicer, MN and is one of six children. She attended Alexandria T
Samantha Bryce is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about disease prevention and treating the entire body, mind, and spirit. She enjoys and has seen the benefits of treating disease with both eastern and western types of medicine.
Samantha grew up in Spicer, MN and is one of six children. She attended Alexandria Technical and Community College (ATCC) alongside Ashley, where she received her phlebotomy technician certificate, diploma in practical (LPN) nursing, and associates degree in professional (RN) nursing. Following the completion of her education at ATCC, she received her bachelors of science degree in nursing from South Dakota State University in 2017 and went on to obtain her Masters Degree in Nursing, specializing in Family Nursing Practice.
Samantha has an extensive nursing background in many different areas such as emergency, obstetrics, labor and delivery, medical/surgical, and pediatric nursing. She is also an instructor through a local University, teaching maternal child nursing to professional nursing students.
In her spare time you can find Samantha with her husband and two children, exploring the outdoors, gardening, tending to her chickens, or traveling the world and learning about different cultures.
Birth Assistants
Family Nurse Practitioner
Birth Assistants
We have multiple Birth Assistants that help both with visits and at your birth. They have each gone through extensive training and are really the best of the best!
What clients are saying
Best Birth Experience
Best Birth Experience
Best Birth Experience
Ashley was amazing to have by my side as I had my first ever homebirth! She allowed and encouraged me to labor and deliver exactly how I wanted.
She was the most compassionate provider I have ever been to. She took her time at every appointment and was always sure to answer any questions I had. She was also always there whenever I needed her through my pregnancy and now even after!
I highly recommend Ashley and her services to anyone and everyone! My homebirth with Ashley was my 4th delivery and by far my best experience yet! If I have another baby, it will be at home again with Ashley by my side!
~Shelby
Waterbirth HBAC
Best Birth Experience
Best Birth Experience
I had a waterbirth HBAC (home birth after C-section) under the care of Ashley, and it was one of the most important and healing experiences of my life. I switched to her as my prenatal care provider about halfway through my pregnancy.
Throughout my appointments, Ashley was both professional and kind, giving me space to feel heard and understood. She was always prepared to support me in how I was feeling and also present me with the information I needed to plan my first home birth after four hospital births.
Her encouragement, along with other staff members, was so important in boosting my confidence, which propelled me into a successful and meaningful birth experience for me and my whole family.
Having had a previously traumatic emergency Cesarean birth, my recent home birth experience truly was empowering and I view it as an accomplishment. Being supported by Ashley in what my body was created to do helped me to feel safe, strong and courageous in meeting my birth goals. Ashley is kind, knowledgeable, respectful and an all around incredible woman!
~Shannon
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Hours
Flexible Visit Hours:
By Appointment
Labor Service:
Available 24/7
Emergency Service:
Please call 911
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Empowered Midwifery and Wellness, LLC
510 22nd Avenue East, Alexandria, Minnesota 56308, United States
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