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Peninsula Midwives

Peninsula Midwives provides holistic, individualized, experienced and respectful care during the full childbearing year. Peninsula Midwives is lead by licensed midwife Maya Horrocks.

Peninsula Midwives is based in Port Townsend, WA and attends births within a 45-60 minute radius including: East Jefferson, Clallam and Kitsap Counties. The practice was started by Kathy Luch in 1987. Kathy was joined by Maya Horrocks in 2012 and Kathy retired from practice in Jan 2022.

Maya believes that being pregnant and giving birth are not only normal physiological events but sacred ones as well. She believes that how a woman/birthing person, baby and family are treated during this time have lasting effects. Within the boundaries of safety, each family has the right to give birth in a satisfying and meaningful way. She focuses on the normalcy of the process and maintains the relevant skills to deal with the variations of normal as they arise as well as uses her clinical judgment to assess when transport is necessary to higher level care. The practice focuses on family-centered care and emphasizes shared decision making. Maya believes that the person who is the greatest experts on your body and baby are yourselves but is here share knowledge and care for you as you navigate through the childbearing cycle. Peninsula Midwives offers full spectrum care during pregnancy, birth and postpartum including: a free consultation, hour long prenatal visits, necessary labs and referrals for ultrasounds as indicated or desired, attendance for labor and birth at home (always bringing with a skilled birth assistant), breastfeeding support and care for yourself and your newborn in the postpartum period up to 6-8 weeks.

11/05/2025

Super excited about this offering next week from The Milk Circle and ! Erica from Discovery PT is such an amazing provider and human! You don't want to miss this!

11/04/2025

I'm participating in a panel discussing Safe Infant Sleep, including safe bedsharing practices this Thursday in Port Angeles.

🌙 **Join “The Dream Team” for a Free Family Sleep Event!** 💤

Because every family’s sleep journey is different, come connect with local experts to learn about safe sleep practices for you and your baby.

📅 Thursday, November 6th
🍽 Dinner: 5:00 – 5:30 PM
💬 Presentation & Panel: 5:30 – 7:00 PM
📍 Port Angeles Library – Raymond Carver Room
2210 S. Peabody St.

👶 What to Expect:
✨ Expert panel on best practices for safer sleep
✨ Free dinner for all participants
✨ Safe sleep kits available (while supplies last!)
✨ All caregivers welcome

🎙 Featuring:

* Allison Berry, MD
* Allison Williams, ATR, LMHC, PMH-C
* Maya Horrocks, LM, CPM
* MaryJane Ides, Indigenous Doula/Birthworker

📲 Free and open to the community!
To register or learn more please visit https://forms.office.com/r/jzWJRjFC9P

Hosted by Parents as Teachers at First Step Family Support Center in partnership with Wellpoint

10/25/2025

I'll find more words soon, but learning from these two for 2.5 days and alongside a roomful of amazing Midwives with a variety of depth in Breech experience was amazing, and I'm so so grateful for the opportunity! Flying home tomorrow. 💜💜💫💫

10/22/2025

I'm on an adventure this week! Came to NY (Yonkers) yesterday for a Breech Birth Workshop! It starts this evening, so today, I'm going adventuring on the Metro down into the city! New things in big places are definitely an anxiety starter for this country bumpkin, so drawing on my youngest daughter's adventurous nature for my courage today!

10/16/2025

When you have clients where the papa is an incredible Gyotaku artist, and are gifted the most gorgeous placenta prints you've ever seen! 😍😍 Thank you, Nam!

10/15/2025

Welcome Darling Eudora! Born after a surprisingly very fast first labor in early Sept. The 2nd of another late summer "2 fer" on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, she was born only 4hrs after another Peninsula Midwives baby, weighing 8 pounds even. Her parents are appropriately obsessed with her sweetness! And I'm loving watching them find their way in parenthood, always an honor!

10/03/2025

Welcome sweet Zephyr! This cute guy was born at the end of August just a few days before his due date weighing 7 #. His birthing parent had such an incredible team of support surrounding them after a multi-day labor that included a change of plans. And they got such fabulous care at Jefferson Healthcare after transferring. I'll carry such sweet summer woodsy memories from this birth.

After spending about 15hrs over the course of 3 days with this family, I got a few hrs of sleep and then had another long, and challenging birth that night/day/night. Sometimes, this work is EXTRA crazy! This was one of those weeks, and frankly entire seasons!!

09/30/2025

Those cheeks, those lips, those chins, those arm rolls!!! Welcome Beatrice! The surprise "last last" baby. In early August, after a slow ramp up, she joined her 4 siblings so very speedily weighing a heafty 10 ! So doted on, so darn chill.

(Getting caught up on birth announcements after a very busy summer and early fall!)

09/30/2025

🎉 We’re excited to announce registration for our Fall BIPOC Doula Training is now open!
Virtual Classes start on October 13 and our in-person skill practice weekend will be held in Olympia, WA on November 1st and 2nd.

🙌 This training is offered FREE OF COST and is only open to BIPOC community members. Preference will be given to Washington State residents.

💻 Attendance to both virtual and in-person sessions is required to receive certification.
This an approved training for the Washington Department of Health, so after completion, our doulas are able to apply for credentialing to start the process of billing Medicaid.

➡️ We have limited spots and the trainings fill up really quickly, so apply today!

🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/sxAsKBXpgLs64agw9
Acceptance letters will go out on October 6.

09/05/2025

Calling all peeps who have considered interest in birthwork and looking for a flexible side hustle!! Peninsula Midwives is looking to add to our birth assistants and wanted to put out a broader call out into the community! I'm hosting a Q&A alongside my longtime birth assistant Claire to help fliah out some folks who are interested in training in this work. The training is DOE. Call schedule is set monthly and can be flexible. This work is a great option for someone either with some experience in healthcare or attending births, but this is not a requirement. Please join us, and please spread the word!!!

09/02/2025

Welcome Sweet Baby J, born mid-Aug. She was a very triumphant VBAC planned at St Joe's in Tacoma with their amazing Midwifery Group! I cared for her mama until early in the 3rd trimester when I handed her off, as planned, to my friend in the St Joe's group. It's been so sweet to welcome this family back into my care for the postpartum time. I adore them all!

08/26/2025

Reminder! Whether you are my client, or another midwife's client, your midwife has put in so so much time caring for you during and in between your visits.

I once calculated that on average, for every hour I spend with someone, I spend another 30-60min entering labs or ultrasounds, texting, emailing, making referrals, researching, charting, sending records, driving to or from home visits, or otherwise prepping. That's not to name the months on-call for anything urgent, weeks on call for your birth, hours of thinking, or maybe worrying about someone in the wee hours of morning.

I do this work because I wouldn't have it any other way. I love it down to my bones!! But I cannot do it for free! Running a practice is only getting more and more expensive and it's really nice when I can afford to pay myself, too!!

Accepting insurance is in alignment with my values, and as long as I can, I will continue to be in-network. Accessibility matters so much to me. Buuut, this means that payment for care from insurance is pulling teeth is always delayed months, sometimes YEARS! If you have received an invoice for care provided, please pay it promptly! If you cannot pay it promptly, please please be in touch! Payment plans are great and I'm always happy to offer them! No contact and repeated invoices sucks. There's no way around that.

That is your midwife PSA for the day!

Address

1001 Water Street Suite 1015
Port Townsend, WA
98368

Telephone

+13603856667

Website

http://peninsulamidwives.com/

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