The Milk Maid Coeur d’Alene

03/28/2026

In The Vine Midwifery welcomes mothers to join together to honor birth experiences. Within a safe space, we can tell our journeys to motherhood, or simply listen to others. Whether you are days postpartum, or decades, processing or celebrating can be a source of healing and encouragement to others.

Friday, May 1st at 6 pm at Peony Birthing Suites. Lap babies, only, please. Refreshments provided. Please RSVP for a proper count.

Note: Please plan on sharing only one birth story at this gathering, and we will not be utilizing this time to discuss providers or concerns that rise above our experiences. There will be no medical/midwifery advice given, and there will be no judgment. Feel free to share or listen, reflect and gain community and potential friendships that so many have felt as a void in their mothering.

03/28/2026

03/14/2026

Bring your babies and your carriers for in person peer to peer support. Open to all caregivers.

**We are not certified babywearing consultants, we offer peer to peer support and tips**

03/04/2026

When someone develops conditions like high blood pressure, insulin‑dependent gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, or cholestasis, the midwife isn’t abandoning them. These conditions shift the pregnancy into a higher‑risk category, which means:

**The birth is no longer appropriate for a home setting.

**The midwife is ethically and legally obligated to transfer care.

You weren't dropped, you were risked out.

02/24/2026

"Midwifery models of care are models of care in which the main care providers for women and newborns, starting from pre-pregnancy and continuing all the way through the postnatal period, are educated, licensed, regulated midwives who autonomously provide and coordinate respectful, high- quality care across their full scope of practice, using an approach that is aligned with the midwifery philosophy of care, which:

i. promotes a person-centred approach to care;
ii. values the woman–midwife relationship and partnership;
iii. optimizes physiological, biological, psychological, social and cultural processes; and iv. uses interventions only when indicated.
In midwifery models of care, midwives provide integrated care, addressing the needs of each individual woman and newborn, within functional and enabling health systems, equipped with necessary resources and streamlined consultation and referral processes. They collaborate within networks of care as part of interdisciplinary teams characterized by equality, trust and respect. This approach guarantees that every woman and newborn receives personalized care, tailored to their health needs.

Midwifery models of care are adaptable to all levels of care and contexts, including home-, community- and hospital-based settings; the public and private sectors and public–private partnerships; resource-constrained environments; and humanitarian and crisis settings. This ensures wide accessibility, equity and relevance across different cultural contexts for women, newborns, partners, families and communities."

Read More: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240098268

02/23/2026

Ladies, you will be seriously impressed with the variety of helpful services Chewelah Women’s Center, located at 205 South Park Street (Highway 395), has available. The Center opened in January

02/21/2026

No delivering for this midwife 🙂 I'm a baby catcher.....if you need me to be ❤

I will also drink your coffee, scavenge your cabinets for a PBJ (if its a long labor) and curl up under your dining room table to nap (if you live in a tiny house