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.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) 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:
Kellymom.com article
American Academy of Pediatrics FAQs
Local Doulas:
Sarah Berns 996-2495
Laura Brumfield, RN, CNM 996-9296
Tory DeSalvo 996-7851
Lyndsay Frady 509-699-0166
Sarah Halpin 997-0358
Eve Hirschstein, RN 997-3010
Kelleigh McMillan 997-0065
Adrianne Moore 996-2213
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)
Deanna Downing, LMP
energy and massage work
530-515-0647
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...)
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
