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Oregon/Washington Midwives??

post #1 of 9
4/2/11 at 3:04am
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Hi, I am trying to figure out what it is we want to do. This is my 5th pregnancy and I just had a baby 7 months ago. I have never had any problem delivering vaginally so am not concerned about it. My husband and I are looking for a more hands off approach and basically just somebody to be available as a support person with experience in attending births incase we have questions or need help. We are living on a very limited income with a soon to be family of 7 and every midwife I have contacted costs about $3,000 cash and with $12/hr that is not possible. We barely make it as it is. I do not want to go to the hospital unless I absolutely have to. I have not had much luck and am getting tired of emailing a million midwives. I know it is going to be hard to find somebody that I trust that we can afford but figured I would try here. If you know anybody in Washington/Oregon please let me know. We are an hr from Olympa, Wa and an hr about from Portland, Oregon. I have contacted pretty much everyone I can find in searches online so probably gonna only have luck through somebody somebody else knows not a big practice. I dont know if we are suppose to post our email or not? My email is mstori880 @gmail.com <-- please put together. I really think any help you can give. Oh and I'm 16 wks expecting Sept 2011. Thanks!!

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post #2 of 9
4/2/11 at 11:45am

You'll get more responses on the local tribe for WA/OR, check that out. There are even some old threads you could search to give you come options while you wait for responses. I hope you're able to find the right match!!

 

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post #3 of 9
4/2/11 at 1:50pm
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Now Im really confused... A local tribe? What tribe is that?

 

Thanks for your reply! :)

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post #4 of 9
4/2/11 at 2:13pm

It's a message board based on your region. http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/list/97

 
 
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post #5 of 9
4/3/11 at 4:19am
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lol, thanks. I'm new here ROTFLMAO.gif

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post #6 of 9
4/4/11 at 1:20pm
I loved my midwife (based in N Portland) and she accepted our insurance. So even though her fee was near $4000, we only paid $400 out of pocket. Are you insured?
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post #7 of 9
4/4/11 at 5:26pm
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Thank you so much! I think I found somebody. We will be meeting with them soon and are very excited.

 

I have become so frustrated with trying to find a midwife in our local area that I have started a long process to becoming a Midwife :) It is the self-study route but I have always studied this type of stuff any ways. I hope to finish my studies within a reasonable time frame, find a midwife willing to help me out as a preceptor so that I can fill all the requirements to go the PEP route through NARM and then pass the NARM exam to become certified. It's a harder way but I'm up for the challenge :)

 

Thanks again!!

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post #8 of 9
4/6/11 at 2:02pm

Good for you on your studies.

 

Here are a few in your neck of the woods.

 

http://www.midwivesofwa.org/find.html#olympia

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post #9 of 9
4/19/11 at 9:03pm
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Originally Posted by EDDMayDay View Post

I loved my midwife (based in N Portland) and she accepted our insurance. So even though her fee was near $4000, we only paid $400 out of pocket. Are you insured?


Who was your midwife? I'm looking for one, not now, but once we get pregnant. I love my midwife in Santa Cruz, but since we're moving to Portland she will no longer be an option. greensad.gif When I can, I prefer taking recommendations as opposed to picking from a list. 

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