
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, Wyoming and Arizona and the owner and founder of Tender Gifts. “The calls started rolling in March or...

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, well-women services, ultrasounds, and labor and delivery assistance in the center and at home. The business...