Resources and Links
Breastfeeding Help:
The midwife at Methow Midwifery & Women’s Health is trained to help with breastfeeding issues. Call us if you have any problems.Latch Videos- Scroll to the bottom of this website to the Asymmetric Latch videos filmed in Dr. Newman's clinic, or click on the links at the end of this paragraph. They are very helpful if you're having sore nipples and want to get a better latch. Watch First Latch, Second Latch, Third Latch, Asymmetric Latch, and Asymmetric Latch Two and you will help your baby have a better latch- the key to good milk supply and no sore nipples.
Breastfeeding Café (stories and a test to see how you’re doing)
Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington (info on breastfeeding, toxins in breastmilk, etc)
Kelly Mom (lots of info by a lactation consultant on babies and breastfeeding)
La Leche League (go to Breastfeeding Answers then scroll down to the topic you have a question about)
Local Baby and Maternity Supplies:
As a Child Grows (Okanogan- on Queen St- turn left after Rawson's) Lightly used and new maternity and children's clothes & supplies
509-422-0942Belly to Baby (Wenatchee)
509-888-4342Red Hen Trading Company (Winthrop)
509-996-4367Room One and the Mothering Group (Twisp)
997-2050Yourwaterbirth.com (Debra Nelson)
A website out of Ellensberg with lots of water birth supplies, books, and DVDs. MMWH clients get 10% off.
509-962-8630
Vitamin D for babies and mothers:
Kellymom.com article
American Academy of Pediatrics FAQs
Vitamin D Council - has tons of info on Vit D for adults and why it's important for all mothers to be taking!
CNN - May 2010 article on why all pregnant women should take Vit D
Local Doulas:
Sarah Berns 996-2495
Laura Brumfield, RN, CNM 996-9296
Tory DeSalvo 996-7851
Eve Hirschstein, RN 997-3010
Kelleigh McMillan 997-0065
Adrianne Moore
Cell-360-739-8302Kim Odell 997-3033
Becky Studen 997-0497
Local Therapists:
Robin Baire
Clinical Herbalist & owner of Horse of Different Color herbal products
997-5053Rosalee de la Foret
Structural Medicine Therapist, Herbalist
997-0545Broehe Karpenko, LMP
Certified in pregnancy massage
509-997-0711Leah Knowles, LMP
hypnotherapist, lymph massage
997-3839Winthrop Physical Therapy
Coleen Ryan, PT
Specializing in prenatal, postpartum and other women’s issues
996-8234Christine Schlotzhauer
Jin Shin Jyutsu provider
509-429-3155 (Twisp)
Megan Schmidt, Psy. D (Winthrop)
Clinical Psychologist specializing in women’s issues
509-996-3810Tracy Sprauer, LMP, Encircle Massage
Acutonics and pregnancy massage
997-7886
Home Birth:
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists- 2008 statement
Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (England)- 2007 statement
Gentle Birth- article "Is Homebirth for you?" by D. Stewart, Ph.D.
Childbirth.org (read lots of home birth stories)
Midwifery Today- article on choosing homebirth- why, questions to ask, etc.
Water Birth:
Yourwaterbirth.com (Debra Nelson)
A website out of Leavenworth with lots of water birth supplies, books, and DVDs
509-962-8630Waterbirth International (water birth info and birth stories)
Baby Wearing:
The Mama Toto Project (videos on how to wear them)
The Sling Station (many different slings for sale)
Thebabywearer.com (benefits of, products, articles, reviews, forums...)
Websites about babies:
This website has a ton of great links to information about babycrawling (letting your baby find your breast on it's own after birth and the benefits), prenatal parenting (this link and this link show how your baby is affected by every emotion and experience during pregnancy), the benefits of delayed cord clamping.
Ask Dr Sears- a website to look up many questions on vaccines, fussy babies, sleep issues or anything else.
More Information around Birth:
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
Childbirth Connection (abundant, accurate and helpful information on many topics related to pregnancy & birth)
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Doulas of North America (DONA) International
International Cesarean Awareness Network
March of Dimes- detailed info on birth defects, genetic testing, postpartum depresssion and more!
Our Bodies, Ourselves- women's health information
Pregnancy.com- online pregancy calendar, and everything else about pregnancy
Sarah J Buckley, MD (great articles about hormones in birth, and how epidurals affect them)
VBAC.COM (Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean information)
More about Midwives:
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
The Big Push for Midwives- legislation info concerning midwifery around the country
Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)
Midwives Association of WA State (MAWS)
Midwives of Washington State- WA chapter of the ACNM
Other Midwives in the region:
Gentle Birth Care - Laurel Sylvan Tipyareth, LM
Prenatal and postpartum care, home births
509-322-6254 –cellJackie Chambers, CNM
Tonasket hospital births only
509-486-0114 (Family Health Centers)Wenatchee Midwife Service and Childbirth Center
(Laurie Braunstein, LM, CPM, Dzhan McCaslin, LM, CPM)
Birth center or home births
509-663-27870
Methow Midwifery & Women's Health
214 N. Glover Street, PO Box 503
North Glover Healing Center,
Twisp, WA 98856
Ph 509-341-4256 ~ Fax 888-361-9674