During pregnancy, we try to give as much information as is needed for families to make informed choices. We believe that pregnancy is a normal process, though we continually screen for complications. We talk about options for birth to help prepare women to have the kind of birth they want. We realize that women and their families enter pregnancy with different goals and dreams for their baby's birth and we try to support those ideas, even if they are different from what we would choose for ourselves. One example is pain management, where we support the full range of safe options from natural, un-medicated births to those with epidural anesthesia, based on the woman's needs and wishes.


Since July 2001, we have been on the medical staff at Silverton Hospital and attend births there. Silverton Hospital's 18-bed Family Birth Center boasts impressive state-of-the-art facilities, low patient to nurse ratios and outstanding post-delivery support. We have been impressed with their family-centered philosophy and high quality care and choose to deliver there exclusively. See the Family Birth Center


Our consulting physicians are Denis Dalisky, MD and Brooke Renard, MD of Women's Health Care Professionals in Silverton. In cases of complication or increased risk, we either consult with or refer our patients to these physicians.

Our group consists of four Certified Nurse-Midwives: Karen Armstrong, CNM, Nancy MacMorris-Adix, CNM, Kathryn "Kage" Luedtke, CNM, and Kristen Jamsa, CNM.  Click the link to see more information about each of us:  Meet the Nurse-Midwives