About Spokane Midwives, Spokane Washington - Maternity, pregnancy, labor and prenatal care, childbirth, home birth, alternative birthing, water births, midwifery, postpartum care, newborn exams, breast feeding, parenting, family planning -serving the Inland Empire, Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana

Spokane Midwives, Spokane Washington - Maternity, pregnancy, labor and prenatal care, childbirth, home birth, alternative birthing, water births, midwifery, postpartum care, newborn exams, breast feeding, parenting, family planning -serving the Inland Empire, Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana

Since the beginning of time, women have sought midwives for advice, assistance and companionship during pregnancy and childbirth. Today's midwives have the opportunity for education and intensive training. While the preparation for our profession has changed, the philosophy of our work is much the same as it has always been. Pregnancy and childbirth are viewed as normal, natural, God created functions of the body.

Pregnancy and childbirth are major life experiences and each woman is unique. Birthright strives to give each family the individual attention needed to have a birth that is both satisfying and safe. We use traditional skills combined with modern medical techniques to safeguard the normal and ensure prompt diagnosis and referral of complications.

Each visit with your Midwife allows plenty of time for questions, discussion and family involvement. All decisions regarding care are made together.

"To strengthen confidence, dispel fear,
and bind families together,
this is our greatest joy."

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- Linda Morgan, L.M. -

    I started doing midwifery in Alabama in 1980 as part of a different program. I fell in love with birth and it became clear to me that this was where God wanted me. After leaving Alabama, I read everything I could get my hands on about midwifery, birth, mother - baby bonding, etc. I got married and had a son of my own at home in California. What a fantastic experience! After that, I worked as an apprentice with two midwives- one in California and one in Ohio- before entering midwifery school. From 1993 to 1995, I attended Seattle Midwifery School and became licensed in Washington. Straight out of school I moved to Spokane and started working. Beth joined me four years later and we’ve just been busy little bees every since. God has really blessed.
    In 2004 I started going on short term mission trips to other countries. These are from 2-6 weeks long. What an amazing blessing that has been. By March 2010 I had attended 1000 births in seven countries (USA – by far the vast majority, American Samoa, Senegal, Peru, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Kiribati). I continue to go on short term mission trips to other countries and love the international experience. Teaching and training new midwives here and abroad is also very enjoyable.
    Other interests are gardening, horses, camping, skiing (water and snow), snowmobiling and flying. I remarried September of 2009 and have been richly blessed to have a man who supports my ministry / work, who enjoys the out of doors like I do and who is devoted to missions.
    I particularly like helping women and their families safely navigate through the maze of choices and experiences that pregnancy and birth bring. Providing them with the unbiased information they need to choose what is best for them. I believe birth is the parent’s experience. I am there providing knowledge and a safety net, empowering and enabling them to birth with privacy and dignity in the way they choose and making birth as non-traumatic for the mom and baby as possible.

- Beth Morill, L.M. -

    Professional: Midwifery started out as a hobby for me, evolved into a passion and has now become a ministry - an avenue through which I can serve women and their families by educating, nurturing and supporting them through a memorable and life-changing experience - giving birth!
    Since graduating from Seattle Midwifery School in 1999, Linda Morgan and I have worked together, first as Birthright, then as Spokane Midwives. In 2001 we opened the birth center, which gave women in the greater Spokane area a second option for birthing venues out of the hospital. It has met the needs of many women and been a great blessing!
    Personal/Family: My husband and I have been married 27 years and have four children. The older two are grown and married and the younger two are ages 15 and 9,(as of 2011). We also have two small grandchildren which is wonderful because it means we still have babies in the family! Besides midwifery, I love to home school, camp with my family, grow things, as well as study and teach the Bible. I am grateful for so many things in life that bring fulfillment and joy!

- Amber Morrill -

    I have grown up in the midwifery world as my mom (Beth Morrill) is a wonderful midwife. I was in High School when I started attending a few births with my mom, assisting her. It was then I knew that some day I would be a midwife as well. I decided to get my RN right out of High School to gain some experience in the medical field. After getting my RN, I worked at Loma Linda Medical Center in both postpartum and high risk antepartum. I caught my first baby on a mission trip in Ethiopia with Linda Morgan! Linda and I went to Ethiopia for 6 weeks to volunteer at a small mission hospital. It was on this trip when I delivered my first 25 babies that my love for midwifery really grew. I am excited now to be almost finished with my schooling through Aviva Institute and I am planning on finishing in February of 2012.
    I recently married the man of my dreams. Some of the things we enjoy doing are: spending time out in nature, camping, biking, hiking, sailing, etc. I also enjoy spending time in God's Word and sharing it with others.
    My dream is to minister and serve women during their pregnancy and birth by giving them the best individualized care possible.

- Terri Young -

A music major in college, I started attending hospital births as a labor doula in 2001 after my son's vacuum delivery at a hospital in Denver, Colorado. Then in 2004, I was trained to be a midwife's assistant and was bit by the midwifery bug and thus, have attended home births almost exclusively ever since. I have been assisting midwives at home births in the Coeur d'Alene and Spokane area for the past five years. And although I am phasing it out, a friend and I started a local business teaching childbirth classes at Birth Journey Prep . I also have been a member of the Inland Northwest Doula Network for the past few years.
The summer of 2010 I spent four weeks in the Philippines doing an internship at Mercy Maternity Clinic and Newlife Midwifery School where they deliver about 150 births per month! It was a life changing trip for me, as I've never been to a third world country before nor seen poverty like that. I got to catch a dozen babies myself and practice doing IVs and suturing too. I am taking the apprenticeship route (self-study) to learn the art of midwifery rather than take a formal school program. I will be taking my NARM board exam in August of 2011 to get my CPM (Certified Professional Midwife) and plan to be Washington state licensed by spring of 2012.
I birthed my 9 and a half pound daughter at home with a midwife in 2005. We moved to Spokane Valley in 2006 and love living near my extended family, who live in north Idaho. My husband Kent is the music director at The Oaks Classical Christian Academy. Both of our kids go to school there so I am available to run off to births on a moment's notice.
It has been such a huge blessing to be able to help spread the word to local families about midwifery care and their birthing options. I am very excited to join the Spokane Midwives practice and look forward to serving the community!