Spotlight: Heather Hogan, CNM

Please join us in welcoming Heather Hogan, CNM, back to WBWC!  Heather, who has cared for women at the Birth Center both as a nurse and a midwifery student, joined our team of midwives in July.

Before starting on the path to becoming a midwife, Heather worked as a massage therapist.  After she realized that midwifery was her true calling, she began nursing school at UNC-Greensboro.  There, she was an active member of the association of nursing students and was elected class president.  She was also inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau international nursing honor society and received the undergraduate leadership award.

Heather graduated with honors from UNCG in 2005 and began her career as an RN in the neuro-intensive care unit at Moses Cone Hospital, where she provided specialized care to recovering stroke and trauma victims.  In 2006, she came to work at WBWC as a nurse.  She says, “I knew when I wanted to be a midwife that I wanted to eventually work in an out-of-hospital setting. I really feel that healthy women should have the right to birth outside of the hospital if that is what feels best for them.”  She gained invaluable experience caring for laboring women at the Birth Center, which she was able to put to use in her midwifery studies at Frontier Nursing University.  In 2009, she spent a clinical rotation as a student midwife at WBWC. She graduated from Frontier with her Master’s of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Midwifery later that year.

After graduation, Heather moved to rural New York and began work with the National Health Service Corps.  She served as a midwife at a small community hospital. “I was the first midwife to have been granted hospital privileges there, so it was a huge learning experience for me and the staff there.” She provided midwifery care for a medically underserved population and also continued to grow her own family. 

Heather and her husband Trey have three young children: Eleanor (6), James (3), and Kentley (15 months).  When she’s not busy catching babies, her favorite pastime is spending time with her family. “I love just being with my kids. I try to keep things low-pressure around our house, so we spend a lot of time just exploring nature and their interests as they arise. I try not to plan a whole lot, and let them lead when we are together.”  

She’s glad to be back in North Carolina working with WBWC moms again, and we’re excited to have her with us again in her new role!