Cindie discovered midwifery in 1984 when she first witnessed a calm, natural childbirth at home. The baby was over 12 pounds! Her interest in the medical field then fused with her desire to promote healthy families, and she immediately knew midwifery was her calling. With this focus, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Washington in 1991, then her Master of Nursing from Oregon Health Sciences University in 1994. She also holds a degree in Systematic Linguistics from Seattle Pacific University. She works as a Certified Nurse-Midwife.

Cindie practiced midwifery for several years in hospital-based practices through Group Health Cooperative and Virginia Mason Medical Center. In 2001, she started a solo practice in north Seattle with an emphasis on personalized care and holistic health. In 2009, she founded Midwife Seattle, Inc. with an aim to expand services of holistic, compassionate maternity care in a variety of birth settings.

Cindie is married to Steve, a high-school Spanish teacher and “renaissance man”. They have three children, one of whom has special needs. All were born at her home in Greenwood. Cindie’s primary life passion is following Jesus, believing He has brought significant healing and love to her life. She wants that same love and power to permeate all she does. She also likes gardening and reading, and has interests in homeopathy and nutrition.

Mel's interest in midwifery started during one of her many international travels in Asia. She witnessed a “simple” birth… a laboring woman, a cot, a midwife and some towels. Shortly thereafter, she supported a friend through the birth process in a Seattle hospital. She noted a distinct contrast to the peace and calm of the first birth and felt compelled to learn more about various birth practices. Mel's own pregnancy with her first child opened further the world of midwifery, and Mel then decided to pursue training as a midwife through the direct-entry program at Seattle Midwifery School.

Mel's training focused on birth in out-of-hospital settings….both at home and at free-standing birth centers. In addition to internships with Seattle midwifery practices, she provided prenatal care to local Somali refugees and spent time training at a birth center in the Philippines. She graduated from Seattle Midwifery School as a licensed midwife in 2007. She also has received certification to attend waterbirth.

Mel has been passionate for many years about caring for women in underserved populations. She worked for nine years with an organization providing international relief aid, and has more recently researched the needs of Somali women and families in Seattle as they relate to maternity care.

Mel and her husband, Ben, reside in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle with their two daughters, Jaya and Sasha.

Jenn's calling to midwifery came while she was visiting a Hurricane-Mitch relocation project in Honduras. A Honduran woman was turned away from the hospital, though she was in labor, as she had no money to pay for services. Instead, an untrained neighbor delivered her baby at home. Jenn at once realized the practicality of midwifery skills in service to women worldwide. She became a Certified Professional Midwife in 2004 through a dual-enrollment program with the National College of Midwifery and Mercy in Action College of Midwifery. In 2007, she moved to Seattle and became a Licensed Midwife in Washington State. She is also credentialed as a provider of waterbirth.

Jenn spent three years as a preceptor and supervising midwife with Newlife International School of Midwifery and their associated Mercy Maternity Center in the Philippines. During her time as part of this team, she had the pleasure of imparting gentle yet ardent trust in the process of birth to approximately fifty foreign and Filipina midwifery students. Meanwhile, she helped care for over 1,000 pregnant, laboring and birthing women, learned the local language and forged many friendships with families.

In addition to her interest in working with diverse populations, Jenn brings to her practice a perspective of holistic health, particularly as it pertains to vegetarianism, herbal treatments and other alternative therapies. She is working toward licensure in both massage therapy and herbalism. She lives in the Greenlake area, where she enjoys running on nearby park trails, reading books in a vast array of topics and knitting socks and gloves.

Since childhood, Amanda knew she wanted to work in women's health. The daughter of missionaries, Amanda lived around the world with a large part of her childhood in Bucharest, Romania. There, she got her first chance to enter the world of birth. She pioneered a new role in Romania, that of a doula. Throughout high school, she attended numerous births in the state- run hospitals of Bucharest.

Amanda began her professional path with a nursing degree from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, California. After graduation, worked as an RN at Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the emergency department. Amanda began her graduate program in Bucharest, Romania through the U.S.-based midwifery program at Frontier Nursing University. While in Romania, she worked at a local women's clinic, hosted a doula training program and attended births once again as a doula. At the same time, Amanda got married to the love of her life, Nathanael.

Amanda is passionate about women's healthcare and is excited to empower women with knowledge about their bodies. With her background as a certified nurse-midwife, she provides compassionate care from a holistic perspective for women from puberty through menopause.

Amanda also loves cooking, reading, photography, traveling and dancing.