History

To see a mother's face beaming as she exclaims "I did it!" is sheer delight. I desire to help every family have a birth experience the way they want it.

I knew I wanted to be a midwife at the birth of my second child. I had birthed my first son [naturally] in the hospital and had about as good experience as you can have there; but then a friend told me that she had delivered her fourth baby at home. At first I wondered how she had done that—but then I found a midwife. When my second son, Evan, was born at home, the difference was life-changing. Just having the emotional space to love and be intimate in my own atmosphere, and being cared for by my midwife whom I knew instead of nurses I had never seen before, released a freedom of intimacy that can't be created in the hospital setting.

When I looked at the scientific facts, I found that out-of-hospital maternity care is actually safer than hospital birth for low-risk women who are attended by a knowledgeable care provider. I wanted to spread the news! Burning with a passion to help women, I became a childbirth educator and began labor coaching. The more I helped pregnant and birthing women, the more I knew I wanted to be a midwife. I prayed about it and all the doors miraculously flew open. At 23, I graduated from Seattle Midwifery School and began my life as a midwife. I love helping women and families have their babies.

I have eleven children: nine, I birthed, and two I got for free. I have the most amazing husband who is so supportive.  My children are such a blessing and delight. Gene, Evan, Wesley, Arthur, Abraham, Jerry, Leah, Natalie (in Heaven,) Sophia, Crosby, and Jedidiah, have brought a wealth of experience in my own births and life.  

I have been invited into such a precious time of life for so many people—a moment as intimate as your wedding night. To see families light up when their precious baby comes into the world never gets old. To see a mother's face beaming as she exclaims "I did it!" is sheer delight. I desire to help every family have a birth experience the way they want it.