Victoria and the staff at Spokane Midwives are an amazing home birth team!…read more This is the second time I am receiving care from them and they have treated me and my husband with the utmost care and respect. They are very professional at how they handle each situation that has arose in both pregnancies from blood clots to being unable to breastfeed. They will treat you well and are very thorough with their care and they know what they are doing regarding pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care. They are highly knowledgeable, professional, and caring! I am so grateful for them and highly recommend them to any momma to be out there!

Fantastic team! Spokane Midwives successfully helped me deliver my homebirth after 2 C Sections…read more Victoria has what it takes - she is friendly, so wise and very good at what she does.

On October 7th 2014 I gave birth to premature fraternal twin girls at Sacred Heart Medical Center…read morein Spokane WA eight weeks early. Both girls had been previously diagnosed each with different birth defects complicating my pregnancy but I was promised by the team at Sacred Heart that they were going to "do everything possible to save your babies". My Baby A had Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) and my Baby B had a Cleft Lip and Palate (CLCP) with Heart Defect. During some shady circumstances my Baby A (Faith) died just after birth, my Baby B (Grace) survived then endured a 7 week long NICU stay where the both of us were treated with callous indifference. At Sacred Heart I was promised care for my babies by providers that I never received, they promised me a special neonatologist who was the hospital's CDH expert, a pediatric cardiologist, and 2 NICU teams (one for each baby, which is pretty much the industry standard of care for any twin birth) were supposed to be present during the birth to try to save my babies and with the exception of one on-call NICU team none of the above were present (though I was later told there were enough 'nurses' to comprise a second team... ummm yeah that still is bad as both my babies had birth defects requiring serious medical intervention. The (one) on-call doctor (neonatologist, Dr. Rhonda Gretebeck) that treated my babies didn't know what side of the body my Baby A's birth defect was on (and this does actually make a big difference). She didn't know the true severity of the birth defect (it wasn't nearly as bad as she thought). She claimed to not know that my baby was born alive, even though this is basically her job and she was standing right there 4 other people heard my baby cry upon birth. And she only tried briefly to resuscitate her using a bare minimum effort and no chest compressions (chest compressions are actually called for in this circumstance according to the AAP and the AHA). She also tried to classify my baby's death as a fetal demise (stillborn) even though she cried when she was born. Last I checked, stillborn babies don't cry. It took me FOUR months of talking with the hospital patient relations department, writing letters, and finally getting the attending OBGYN involved to get this changed. I'd like to point out here that a grieving mother should not have to do that. In keeping with Washington State Defamation Laws, I can provide proof of all that is mentioned here in her medical records and/or by eye witnesses and photos. In Washington state it's not slander if what I say is true. Prior to birth I met with the Sacred Heart Children's Hospital NICU staff not once, but twice. WHAT I WAS NOT TOLD IN THESE MEETINGS OR EVER: That if I gave birth prematurely and Faith was too little for ECMO (a heart and lung bypass machine for babies) they would discontinue lifesaving efforts after only a few minutes, only put forth a bare minimum effort that looked legal on paper *in my opinion*, to basically prevent them from getting sued, and would not provide the support they promised me. No one told me that a hospital could make a determination, that went against our wishes, as to whether my baby would receive or not receive life saving care based on a "birth defect". She was well beyond the age of viability at 32 weeks. NO ONE (and I mean NO ONE) TOLD ME that there was an age or weight of viability for NORMAL preemie babies and a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT standard for babies with certain birth defects. In my opinion that right there, is a form of medical discrimination should be illegal. Even going into the hospital in labor, I still NAIVELY believed that even if her outlook was grim they would still try to save her life as nobody had told me any different. And after all that's what THEY PROMISED ME "that everything would be done to save my babies" said Dr. Barber himself. *NOW THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT*: We were so determined to fight for our twin daughters that without a doubt if anyone at the hospital would've disclosed this information to us, I would've left Sacred Heart THAT DAY and been in Seattle or Portland for care by sundown, and the truth of the matter is even if they would not have used ECMO on Faith, being accustomed to treating high risk challenging cases such as Faith's, they would've AT LEAST TRIED to resuscitate her, vent her, and explore all options. This I know without a doubt because I called and asked. And that's all I wanted, was for her doctors to fight for my daughter. If she had to die, then at the very least I wanted to know that there was nothing else medically That. Could. Be. Done. I wanted to know that her doctors never gave up on her. I will never ever know that peace, Dr Getebeck denied me that because IMNHO she thought she knew better than the parents.

In our experience quilted health would be an excellent choice if this is not your first time giving…read morebirth, you are open to an epidural and want to give birth at Sacred Heart. The positives of our experience with quilted were that over 60+ hours of labor we were given choices and mostly treated with respect. The staff at Sacred Heart was wonderful with the exception of one nurse who we were able to request not to have again. Even though it ended in C section, Hannah, one of the excellent midwives came in the OR with us and was incredibly kind and helpful. The OB Hospitalist, Dr Tyler was such a great communicator and we felt very safe and at ease with him and his fellow Dr Laubauch. The MA's and office staff at quilted were all great and we liked being able to have appointments in the cute brick house instead of having to go to Sacred Heart. The negatives were that 3 of the 8 midwives could be quite condescending and we were lectured during the birth by one of them and after the birth by another. The 3rd made a scary experience during the pregnancy even scarier by not accurately communicating with us about why she needed to do a pelvic exam and not explaining why she thought I was wrong about what I felt happen- other than she "had never seen it in 29 years of experience". 2 of these midwives also were not fully up to date on hospital policy and 1 of them got very defensive when we asked that she tell those whose water has broken that if they go to the OB ED they will be pressured to stay and be admitted. Even though Dr Tyler was amazing, if you do end up getting a C-section, you will now have to use the hospitalist OB staff if you need any surgical follow up care. They are emergency based so you cannot schedule an appointment or OR time with them. There was excessive bleeding later on and we spent over 8 hours in the OB ED with our newborn. Dr Zwiesler was great as well and thankfully ordered the test which caught the problem but there were very limited options to deal with it there. Since nothing could be scheduled, I was told to come back the next day, not to eat or drink for 8 hours before and wait in triage again to get a DNC. Also when you use Quilted they send you to the MFM clinic for ultrasounds. You can read the reviews of them and decide but if we had to do it over again we definitely would have asked to be sent to inland imaging. Our negative experience at the MFM clinic was brushed off and Dr Barber was described as a "great provider", that was certainly not our experience. A bit of luck of the draw with this experience, in the end we were certainly glad we were in a hospital and not at home, we also had great midwifery care from Hannah, Haleigh, Charlie and Jane - but there were enough negatives with this experience that if we had to do it over again we would have chosen differently.

Absolutely terrible. I went with them for my first pregnancy and the first part of my second,…read morebefore I learned to speak up for myself. Go elsewhere. Blaming me for THEIR scheduling issues. Never scheduling then asking why there's a gap in my care. Scolding me on the phone. While pregnant. Unprofessional and not necessary.

Where to start? My husband and I have been getting monthly adjustments for 4 years. We decided to…read morefind somewhere that takes our insurance, that in itself was no easy task. I know I am due for an adjustment when my body feels sluggish and foggy. Dr. Liz did not disappoint! She is thorough with her questions during assessment. She gets to know your body before recommending specific techniques and also listens to your preferences. She is intentional about her techniques working on someone with arthritis (RA) and explains the reasoning behind it. Our family is used to a cookie cutter approach: same adjustment each visit with our 2 kids and both us adults. It's fascinating when she pinpoints strained/tense areas and using the tools to work through it. She read our bodies like braille. My husband was skeptical going to the appointment because he felt like he hit a plateau of treatment and he didn't feel any different after adjustments. He was pleasantly surprised after seeing Dr. Liz! He felt enthusiastically positive about his adjustment and felt more energy. Also, I liked how she "read" my 1yo body and didn't adjust to adjust, but felt tension with his neck (and body) and adjusted to the tension. She did the same with our 4yo, though my daughter is usually a bit nervous, Dr. Liz went at her pace and my daughter loves her. Thank you, Dr. Liz! Looking forward to our next family visit!

I loved Nicki as my doula! She gave me quality attention from the beginning and I felt she was…read morereally on my team. I appreciated her being so available for any and all of my questions, her kind care during labor, as well as the postpartum support. I highly recommend!

My heart is filled with so much gratitude & I can't stop thinking about Nicki amazing work as a…read morebirth Doula. Just from her showing up for me in the middle of the wee hours of the night . holding my hand , to being right next in my bed the whole time I was pushing & contracting & her constant warm smiles that kept reminding me I was safe in the labor room hospital despite it being overwhelming with so many medical staff in one room . I remained calm . Nicki literally saved me from alot of birth trauma story & I have beautiful birth story to tell everyone forever. You are too awesome Nicki & for sure meant for this job. It's definitely your calling .

nwobgyn tried and failed! now they changed thier name to "…read moreinland obgyn" don't let them fool you! same people same poor service. getting others to write outstanding reviews for them! seriously they are very mean and bully their employees too! do not go there! you'll be treated like a number! you can't have quality care when they are all out for themselves!

If you enjoy not having bodily autonomy this place is for you! Not only did their lack of actual…read morecare cause me to miscarry, now they won't remove the iud they put in that landed me in an ER. And to top it all off their stupid nurse Lindsay had the audacity to tell me "my uterus wouldn't grow back" when requesting a hysterectomy after 13 years of endo pain.