“Attending births is like growing roses. You have to marvel at the ones that just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun - but you wouldn’t dream of pulling open the petals of the tightly closed buds and forcing them to blossom on your own timeline.”
- Gloria Lemay

Welcome to the Mid-Columbia Birth Network. We’re a group of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding professionals working and living in the Tri-Cities, Washington. From here, you can find out more about us and our members, and find local resources for your pregnancy, birth and beyond. Keep an eye on our calendar (coming soon) for news and events related to pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. And if you are a midwife, obstetrician, doula, lactation consultant or other maternity professional and you endorse the evidence-based practices outlined here, we invite you to join us.

“Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which ‘de-medicalizes’ birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns control to the mother is also the safest approach.”
- Michel Odent, MD