Out-of-hospital births at Tender Gifts, elsewhere rise during pandemic
By Shelley Widhalm, BizWest — July 8, 2021 FORT COLLINS — Just as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic struck in spring 2020, Tender Gifts Midwifery & Birth Center in Fort Collins saw its business increase threefold. “We had to bring on more staff than anticipated because we were so incredibly busy,” said Althea Hrdlichka, a certified professional midwife licensed in Colorado,...
Tender Gifts Midwifery birthing center opens in Fort Collins
By Lucas High, BizWest — December 22, 2020 FORT COLLINS — Tender Gifts Midwifery, a birthing center at the Jessup Farm Artisan Village in Fort Collins, recently opened at 1817 Jessup Drive. According to the company, this is the first stand-alone, non-hospital birthing center in Northern Colorado. Tender Gifts, owned by Althea Hrdlichka, offers natural family planning, prenatal care,...