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AREA MIDWIVES (alphabetical listings by city)
 Enumclaw - Ann Olsen, LM (360) 825-9108, midwifeann@comcast.net, midwifeann.com
Federal Way - Pamela Golliet, LM (253) 835-7400, everydaymiracles@comcast.net, www.everydaymiracles.us
North Tacoma at The Birthing Inn - Dr. Elizabeth Sanford, MD
Kimberly E. Horvath, PA-C (Physician Assistant Certified), CM
Linzee M. Langsford, CNM, ARNP
Kay B. Jackson, CNM, ARNP
Robyn Holloman, CNM, ARNP
Joan L. Fischer, CNM, ARNP
Nicki Ullery, CNM, ARNP
Port Townsend - Kathy Luch, LM (360) 385-MOMS (6667)
Sumner - Nancy Spencer, LM (800) 862-6533, Lakeside Birth Center
Suquamish - Peggy Thurston, LM (360) 598-4727, peggythemidwife@gmail.com, PO Box 1354, Suquamish WA 98392.
Tacoma - Dawn Wadleigh, LM, CPM, Firstlight Midwifery Care, PC (253) 973-9926 firstlightmidwifery@hotmail.com and www.firstlightmidwifery.com
Colette Lescantz, LM (206) 498-9563, colettelescantz@hotmail.com
WHAT IS A MIDWIFE? Since the beginning of human history, women have helped other women in the transition to motherhood. Midwives are the primary health care providers in most countries where birth is an integral part of family life. Countries with the highest rate of midwifery care today – emphasizing competent prenatal care, education, and empowerment for the woman giving birth – also have the best outcomes for mothers and babies. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared in 1990 that birth was actually safer for mothers and babies when utilizing midwifery for pregnancy and childbirth.
Midwifery is based on a strong belief in partnership with childbearing women and respect for birth as a normal life event. Midwives strive to empower parents with knowledge and support their right to create the birth experience which is best for them.
Midwives respect intimacy, privacy, and family integrity, and draw on their own patience and understanding to provide care during pregnancy and birth.
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