Northwest Hospital Midwives Clinic

We had both our daughters with these midwives, and would recommend them strongly to anyone wanting a comprehensive, patient-​centered approach to care. I am not exaggerating when I say that the care we received from the midwives clinic reshaped our expectations for what healthcare should be. They made sure we were well-​informed throughout both pregnancies, gave us time to ask all of our questions at every appointment, and listened to every concern. During the births, every midwife we saw was supportive and encouraging, and I attribute the great birth experiences we had to their guidance. With my first daughter, I was in labor for 27 hours, and Cindy and Bonnie kept our spirits up and eased our anxiety while we waited for baby girl to arrive. Baby number 2 came quickly, and Deborah calmed my fears about a faster labor, and her confidence helped me to have the birth experience I wanted. Northwest Hospital Midwives Clinic provides the best pregnancy and childbirth care in Seattle

I gave these ladies five stars as we would have our second child with them in a heartbeat. However, I don’t have experience with other Midwives or OBs, so its hard for me to rate them relative to other places.
First, excellent care up until labor. They are very relaxed and knowledgeable. I never felt that I needed an OB. We opted to have genetic screening with a cell free fetal DNA test and got the results back in 3 business days!
Our LO was a week overdue and Deborah stripped my membranes so I could avoid being induced. It worked! 14 hours later I went into labor. Cindy was on call and was with us all of the time during the second stage (pushing). She was super helpful and supportive and also had the experience to make some important calls. I never doubted her leadership. Our nurse, Dawn, was absolutely outstanding. She was very personable and supportive. I ended up needing assistance through pushing as our LO’s heart rate was dropping some with every push, and the OB on call, Dr. Lewis, was there immediately. She did an amazing job. Providing me options and preventing me from tearing. I decided to get an epidural at 8 cm because I had had a prolonged active labor and was exhausted. It too came immediately. Both the midwives and the nurse were encouraging me to persist without pain medication because that’s what I wanted in my birth plan, but after telling my rock star husband my safe word, they got drugs to me asap and were fully supportive of my decision. I got to pull our baby out, my husband cut the cord, and we spent 3 hours with our LO before they took him off my chest to weigh him.
Mary Lou checked our latch while breastfeeding in the hospital, and Michelle conducted our 6 week postpartum exam, giving me helpful tidbits of wisdom about getting my abs back together and pumping breast milk and postpartum sex. Michelle also inserted my IUD a week later and it went seamlessly (practically painlessly), which was a big difference from the practitioner who put an IUD in before I had had any children (granted my cervix had changed, but sparing you the details, I can honestly say that Michelle really did a much better job, so kudos to her.)
We loved Mary too, and would have been just as happy with her assisting us during labor, or any of them. They’re all great! Becky the clinic nurse was wonderful too. Sadly, she’s leaving before July, but I’m sure they’ll get a great replacement.
They are also one of the most on time physicians’ offices we’ve ever received care from.
I highly recommend you come here to have your baby!

I had my second baby with the help of NW Midwives team and was extremely impressed by their skills and caregiving. Being a nurse myself with high standards in health care, these ladies have a ton of experience and make you feel well cared for. I am in my late 30s and went into this pregnancy with a complicated (first birth) history while trying to deliver my first son at home with a LM. I still wanted the most natural birth experience possible, and the midwives allowed me to feel at ease during my routine checkups and helped me have a great birth experience with minimal interventions. The hospital and clinic locations are easy to get to and parking is very reasonable. We are so lucky to have this team of women in Seattle!

We had such a fantastic experience with the Midwife clinic at the birth center at Northwest Hospital. The midwives facilitated the pre-​birth, birth and post-​birth experience that we intended– respectful, quietly present, supportive, and un-​invasive.
For the pre-​birth care, we loved all 5 of the midwives, which translated into us feeling comfortable with who ever we got for the birth. They each seemed genuinely caring, skilled and attentive. Through the labor — we were so impressed how after the standard blood draws and cervical checks were done– the lights dimmed, everyone left the room (except the midwife) and let my husband and I have the connected, powerful, quiet labor experience we were hoping for.
Mary Lou (our midwife) was awesome– I loved her spirit, her suggestions were spot on, her humor was a delight. She even took out some aroma therapy for transition while I was in the tub. I was impressed. She facilitated my husband catching our daughter, they delayed cord clamping, left us alone for 2 hours after the birth, all vitals for baby were done on me, etc, etc. Not only that, but the nursing staff was great and you can sense that the presence of the midwives has had a really positive effect on the staff as a whole.
We would strongly recommend this clinic for people who are interested in a midwife held natural birth experience with the backup safety of a hospital.

There’s no other place I will ever go for my prenatal care. The care we received during pregnancy and our birth was top notch, not to mention personable, patient, vigilant, and kind.
I developed preeclampsia in my 37^th week so the midwives decided to induce. The induction process can take some time and isn’t known to be as smooth as spontaneous labor, but the midwives supported me emotionally and physically through the whole process. The induction took a while but everyone was so patient, despite my climbing blood pressure. What could have been a scary situation or a birth resulting in an unnecessary c-​section ended up being an incredibly safe, healthy, positive, and empowering experience.
We also loved the birth center at Northwest Hospital and loved how smoothly the birth center staff worked with the midwives.

Just had my second babe also with the nw midwives group and loved the whole experience again just as much as my first. Two midwives left and there are now two new midwives with the group since I had my daughter. Debra, one of the new midwives, was the one who helped deliver my second. Had a wonderful experience, was able to again have the unmedicated labor& delivery I wished for.
The ladies feel so much like home to me, I brought in my second when he was a few days old just so the ladies who didn’t attend to me during birth (or the couple mornings after while I was still in the hospital) could meet him, because everyone was in it together for so many months!

These women are wonderful! We had our first baby back in December (I just now signed up for Unilocal) and they were great throughout the whole pregnancy as well as the rocky delivery. Over the 9 months I had appts with each of them but Cindy stands out as being so caring and comforting and knowledgeable as well. She didn’t get to be there for our birth, we ended up with Michelle delivering our baby, but were really happy with her too even though we didn’t know her as much. Everyone I’ve met there is attentive to your concerns and no one will make you feel uncomfortable.

I could not have asked for a better birth experience! Both Deborah & Mary Lou helped me during a tough induction and labor and were both incredibly supportive and held my hand (both figuratively and literally) when my birth plan went awry.
The midwives at NW are very supportive during prenatal care, talking to you about your pregnancy over physically checking you over (and under… and inside), letting you lead the way while still being hyper vigilant about routine screens and tests to ensure your baby is healthy. They rotate you through the entire staff before delivery so no matter who is on call during the big day, you will be with a very familiar face.
Today I have a very healthy baby girl and I am over the moon about my choice to use the NW Midwives!

If you need a baby taken out of you, I highly recommend the Northwest Hospital midwives.
I transferred to the Midwives Clinic after 20 weeks, after being disappointed by the lack of personal care or substance in my prenatal visits with an OB. I knew that transferring to the Midwives meant I wouldn’t know which midwife would be with me during childbirth, but after meeting all of them at my monthly checks, I discovered I didn’t care.
Benefits of seeing the certified nurse midwives at this clinic:
1. They generally opt out of looking «under the hood» and instead spend office time asking you about your pregnancy experience, birth plan, etc.
2. All of the midwives are highly experienced, and many teach midwifery students.
3. All of the midwives have warm, maternal personalities and are a pleasure to chat with.
4. The office staff remember you by your second visit, and take care of any disability/​work issues you need sorted out extremely promptly. (Thanks Becki!)
5. They offer great referrals to whatever resources you need: doulas, lactation specialists, pediatricians, prenatal yogis, etc. Just ask.
6. The hospital where they attend deliveries (Northwest Hospital) has top-​notch childbirth and recovery suites with en-​suite jacuzzis in many rooms.
I couldn’t have made it through my first baby-​birthing without the midwives, especially my attending midwife Cindy. I’d recommend them to any pregnant lady seeking exceptional care, especially first-​time moms needing a hand to hold.

I transferred here at 20 weeks from a free standing birth center and I couldn’t be happier with my decision. First of all since this isn’t something you decide on based solely on a Unilocal review you should be aware that they do free meet and greet appointments. I rotated through seeing each of the different certified nurse midwives at each of my appointments and got along well with all of them. My appointments were always on time which was fantastic. Most of my appointments were quick as I had a generally uneventful pregnancy but whenever I had a giant list of questions they took the time to make sure I got all the answers I needed and to follow up when necessary. The best part was that when something unexpected came up, my son was breech, I did not have to think twice about where I would end up as they are affiliated with Northwest Hospital. One of the midwives happened to already be at the hospital when I went in for my c-​section and since she was available she assisted for the surgery. A few of the other midwives stopped to check in on us as we were recovering. I will be going back to see them for my 6 week checkup and my other followup with the OB after the surgery was in the same building. I would definitely recommend people check this practice out.