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Our story

Wellspring Midwifery was founded on the belief that high-quality, family-centered care that actively cultivates wellbeing can lead to a lifetime of health and healing for the entire family. We believe that educated families make empowered decisions, and thus we center our practice around shared decision-making, honoring and respecting what a family decides is best for their family. We recognize where our own lived experiences and privileges are limiting and support clients to develop strong community support networks so that all aspects of their identity are seen and celebrated throughout their childbearing journey. We are actively working toward a reality where all healthcare is expected to be culturally informed and client-centered. Until then, we humbly strive to offer anti-racist, queer-centered, and anti-oppressive care in everything we do.  As two white people, we know that we must demonstrate this commitment with our actions and with our wallets. This work is deep and ongoing, and we are committed to a lifetime of this work. 

We proudly donate 10% of our proceeds to organizations supporting midwifery and the health of birthing people

Please join us in supporting these local efforts to open the first Black-owned birth centers in Washington State!

Global Midwifery Services Fundraiser

Faisa Farole & Global Midwifery Services are raising funds to open WA's first Black woman-owned birth center right in our home city of Federal Way! This birth center will increase safe, supportive birthing  options for Black families & babies and will help train more Black midwives.

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BLKBRY's Capital Campaign

Jazmin Williams & BLKBRY are raising funds to open WA's first Black-owned, -led, and -centered Wellness & Birth Center! This project will increase access to culturally-congruent care for Black birthing families, improve health and community outcomes, and expand training opportunities for Black birth workers.

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As a client of Wellspring Midwifery, you should expect to feel:

Centered in your care

 We celebrate each of our client’s unique families and holistically tailor our services to each family’s needs and values. We emphasize the “care” in “midwifery care'' and strive to reduce barriers in accessing our services so that our families can spend more time resting and connecting with their loved ones and less time navigating healthcare systems that were not designed to serve them.  

Supported with information

 We see our role largely as educators, offering context and information and respect whatever informed choices you make for your body and your family. We offer care through a blend of evidence-based medicine, traditional wisdom, and intuitive knowing. We don’t “allow” or “not allow” our clients to do anything; you are in charge of your body! 

Reflected in all aspects of your care

Family-building looks different for everyone, and we strive to reflect the vast array of identities our clients bring with them into every aspect of our care, from intake forms to imagery to the language we use. We celebrate LGBTQIA2S+, trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and poly/non-monogamous families. We are dedicated to providing safe and appropriate care to families of all shapes, sizes, and structures. 


We recognize that our own personal identities and cultural backgrounds mean that we may not be the best match for all families. While we would be honored to serve all potential clients, we know that outcomes are best for families when cultural congruency exists between client and provider. Therefore, we readily offer referrals to trusted providers who are the best match for families' cultures and lived experiences.  

Joyfully embodied

 We are committed to promoting health and vibrancy and celebrate bodies of all shapes, sizes, and abilities. We have a weight-neutral approach to care with a strong belief in the Health at Every Size (HAES) model. We focus on foods and movement that make you feel great in your body and encourage families to connect to their cultural foods, ceremonies, and healing modalities. We have a strong network of bodyworkers with similar values to whom we offer referrals so that you can feel as best in your body as possible throughout the childbearing year.


 We utilize a trauma-informed approach to all aspects of our care. We follow your lead in how we support you and your body. You are in charge of your healthcare, and we take the time needed to offer you care in a way that feels the safest for you.  

Part of a network of nourished families and communities

We believe that nourished communities help hold families so that all birthing people and their loved ones can thrive. We aim to nourish communities so that the families who birth with us can continue to thrive as their babies grow up. Your midwives are deeply invested in their communities and believe that Wellspring Midwifery has an obligation to economically invest in birthing families by paying habitual reparations to Black & Indigenous-led organizations, birthworkers, and families.  

Mutual respect from providers who are deeply invested in the wellbeing of the communities they serve

Your midwives are committed to a lifetime of rigorous self-reflection by listening to, amplifying, and supporting leaders, educators, and activists who occupy the most complex intersections of marginalized identities. We commit to engaging in ongoing continuing education programs led by BIPOC individuals and engaging in at least quarterly training and/or book discussions on topics including reproductive justice and Black queer feminism as a practice. This commitment is an ongoing process of leveraging our own power and privilege to dismantle power structures such as racism, exploitative economic structures, and white supremacy, which systematically reward those who already have the most privilege while simultaneously disenfranchising those with the least. 


We perform regular self-audits of our policies, care plans, and marketing materials to continually evaluate how we can further decenter white supremacy and cisheteropatriarchy in our healthcare. In addition, we proactively solicit feedback from our clients throughout care to adapt and learn to support each and every family better. We are here to serve you and your family. 


We deeply honor the work of the Black, Indigenous, and immigrant midwives that came before us. We invite you to learn more about the important history of the midwives who came before us. Here are just a couple of sources:

  • What is the Legacy of Black Midwives in the United States? (Angela Hardison)
  • Birthing, Blackness, and the Body: Black Midwives and Experiential Continuities of Institutional Racism (Keisha La'Nesha Goode)

Accountability

Here is an ongoing list of how we have been engaging in anti-oppression work

  • March 2023: Viewing of Ramadan: Pregnancy and Lactation webinar by Faisa Farole
  • February 2023: Viewing of Dignity in Pregnancy & Childbirth: Preventing Racial Bias in Perinatal Care Foundations from Diversity Science
  • February 2023: Viewing of Lutze Segu's Anti Racism Check in 2023
  • January 2023: Viewing & discussion of Aftershock.
  • December 2022: Viewing & discussion of W. Kamau Bell's "Where do we Even Start with White Supremacy?" (season 5 , episode 1 of his United Shades of America  series).
  • September 2022: Reading & discussion of How Ancestral Trauma Informs Patients' Health Decision Making
  • August 2022: Post-Roe Implications for Health Professionals (recorded webinar hosted by American Journal of Bioethics)
  • August 2022: Intro to Trauma-Informed Care (Recorded webinar with Ama Warnock & The Educated Birth)
  • May - June 2022: Addressing Racism & Bias for Providers  (webinar series with Community Birth Center)
  • April 2022: Combatting Cisnormative Blindspots in Repro Health + Birth Care  (live webinar with The Educated Birth)
  • April 2022: Reading and discussion of Black Wellness & Prosperity Center's "Operational guidance for power-sharing with black girls, women, birthing persons, and mothers."
  • March 2022: Reading & discussion of "Debunking racists myths about pelvic shapes" by Ihotu Ali, MPH, LMT, Erin Wilson, MPH, and Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN
  • March 2022: Discussion about NPR talk/article with John McWorther about his book, Woke Racism.
  • February 2022: Research into how to conduct HPV and/or Pap tests without using a speculum (for anyone who has trauma, body dysphoria, or for whom pelvic exams are uncomfortable). 
  • November 2021: Gender Affirming Birth Work 101 & 102 (recorded webinar with Moss Froom)
  • September 2021: Trans Fertility 101 (recorded webinar by Trystan Reese, accessible on YouTube)
  • July 2021: Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene A. Carruthers book discussion
  • April 2021:  Decolonizing Healthcare: Medical Racism and Access to Wellness  (Live webinar with Shelagh Brown)
  • April 2021:  Crisis Response for Birthworkers (Live workshop with Project LETS & Birthing Advocacy Doula Training)
  • March 2021: Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper book discussion
  • February 2021: Supporting Families of Color In The NICU: Lactation and More (Live webinar with Ebony Harvey and Jessica Wade)
  • February 2021: Solidarity in Birthing: Addressing anti-blackness and transphobia in birth work (webinar with Joyell Arvella and Moss Froom)
  • February 2021: Understanding the History of Slavery & American Gynecology (ACNM webinar)
  • January 2021: When Survivors Give Birth Intro & Advanced Counseling (virtual training)
  • January 2021: Understanding Ableism: Nothing About Us Without Us! (webinar)
  • December 2020: Begin 10 weeks of feminist coaching with Lutze Segu
  • December 2020: Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts book discussion
  • December 2020:  TransMasculine Fertility and Birth (virtual workshop with Kayden Coleman)
  • December 2020: Birthing at Every Size (virtual training with Amber Matteson)
  • November 2020: What You Did Not Know About the Rebozo (webinar with Montsee Olmos)
  • November 2020: A Womb of Their Own (Documentary about the pregnancies of six masculine people)
  • November 2020: Reimagining Small Business: A town hall to listen, learn & commit to building equitable, anti-racist organizations. 
  • October 2020: Begin Birthing Beyond the Binary (12-week virtual training with king yaa)


Wellspring Midwifery is Proudly serving families throughout South King County, including Federal Way, Auburn, Des Moines, Kent, Renton, Burien, West Seattle, SeaTac, Skyway, Normandy Park, Tukwila, Covington, Puyallup, Tacoma, Seattle, and more! 


Phone: 253-313-1031

Fax: 253-393-5443

Email: hello@wellspringmidwiferycare.com


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