Legacy Silverton Midwives

03/05/2020

We love being part of Legacy Silverton! So glad you love it too!!

Our 2020 readers’ poll winners for the best hospitals and birth centers in the Portland area.

03/02/2020

As your midwives we commit to providing evidence-based care.

This means that we combine the best available research evidence about the safety and effectiveness of options for your care with clinical experience and your values and experience to ensure optimal health outcomes.
We commit to continuous learning and improvement so that our patients gets the best possible care.

02/24/2020

As your Midwives, we commit to continued quality improvement.
🌟 Your midwives have led or collaborated in projects to improve:
🌟 Access to VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
🌟 Preventing obstetric hemorrhage (bleeding too much after giving birth)
🌟 Intermittent Auscultation (a way of monitoring babies in low-risk labors that improves outcomes and promotes coping in labor)
🌟 Promoting coping in early labor before admission
🌟 Reducing the primary Cesarean rate (the number of people having their first cesarean section)
🌟 Participating in hospital-wide quality initiatives that impact care for all patients at Silverton
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02/24/2020

As your midwives we commit to supporting physiologic birth.

This means creating opportunities and an environment that facilitates your body going through labor under its own power.

Hallmarks of physiologic birth include:
▫️Labor starting and progressing on its own.
▫️Supporting the birth process physically and emotionally in ways that promote effective labor.
▫️Labor that results in a vaginal birth with normal blood loss.
▫️You and your baby stay together after birth, with the baby remaining directly on your skin.
▫️Breastfeeding begins right away.

To learn more about physiologic birth visit this link: http://ourmomentoftruth.com/labor-delivery/healthy-birth-101/

02/21/2020

This week the midwives in our practice took a day to reflect on our year, our values, and our commitments to each other, our practice, and our patients.
Pausing in this way allowed us to call out each other’s strengths and build and plan for the year to come.

09/20/2019

Join Lori, Liz, and midwives from all over Oregon at this family-friendly event!
Strollers, pets, kids bikes allowed at this fabulous FunRun. 100m dash for the littles as well.

Come and be active in a beautiful setting while supporting midwifery and reproductive healthcare in Oregon! Also holding a diaper drive to donate to Nurse-Family Partnership and raffling off some GREAT prizes.

10am Champoeg State Park

See you tomorrow!
Bring a pack of diapers to donate to Nurse Family Partnership :)
There is a $5 Oregon State Park parking fee -annual passes are accepted. Race starts at 10 am at Champoeg State Park.

07/19/2019

We are proud to have been recognized as a Triple Aim Best Practice for 2018!
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This recognition is given to practices which meet the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim of improving the patient experience, reducing cost of care, and improving the health of populations.
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This is demonstrated in our midwifery practice by high breastfeeding rates, low preterm birth rates and low cesarean rates.
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We are thrilled to provide this high quality care to our community!

06/30/2019

Name: Liz Krainchich

Memorable midwifery/work moment: I had a gynecological patient who had been dreading her annual exam because of negative past experiences. After the visit she told me that she felt safe and empowered and now sees annual exams as something positive and a time to engage in her health care.

Favorite free-time activity: reading (mostly fantasy), knitting, being outside in the sunshine, singing

What do you love about your job?
That I have the privilege to be part of such intimate, important moments in people’s lives. I also find it inspiring to witness the great strength that pregnant people and those receiving gynecological care have, as well as the capacity of their families/support networks

06/10/2019

Our Centering group wrapped up with our final session and we also celebrated our student midwife’s Ireli’s last day. These mamas are ready to have their babies in the next month or two and Ireli just graduates from OHSU last Monday! Congrats to all these strong women!
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06/08/2019

Kate Mahar, CNM

Why am I a midwife?

I learned about midwifery during my first pregnancy. The care I received from my midwives changed my perspective on healthcare and empowered me to be the mother and person I am today. I hope I can do the same for my patients!
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Languages spoken:
English and a little tiny bit of Italian. I took Latin for 3 years in high school!
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Memorable midwifery moment:
I love it when family members are involved in the pregnancy and birth process- Dads helping catch the baby, sisters and grandmas to be providing support and sharing wisdom, older siblings asking the best questions. I have a whole bunch of kids right now trained to use the doppler in clinic so they can be part of their mom’s prenatal care when we listen to the baby.
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Favorite fee time activity:
Spending time with my husband and 3 kids, watching and coaching kids soccer, trying my hand at bouldering, cooking, knitting, and spending time outside running, skiing, camping and hiking.
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What do you love about your job?

I love following women and their families through their pregnancies and afterward. It’s so fun to see how they change and grow. I also love that my job keeps me on my toes- you never know what your day is going to be like and there are constantly new things to learn. I never feel bored at work!!

05/31/2019

Yesterday the midwives began providing inpatient newborn care! This means that the same midwives who care for you through your whole pregnancy get to care for both you and your baby through your entire hospital stay.

We are so thrilled to welcome the first little snuggle monster who we get to care for in this way!
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¡Acabamos de empezar a proveer cuidado de los recién nacidos! Esto significa que las mismas parteras de su cuidado prenatal también le proveerá cuidado a su recién nacido durante su estadía en el hospital.

¡Estamos muy emocionadas de recibir al primer bebé de esta nueva manera!

05/29/2019

Join us for a free community conversation at Legacy Silverton Medical Center as we discuss preconception health, navigating fertility and the realities of miscarriage.

The midwives will help clarify facts and myths during this important time in the life of a woman and her family. The midwifery team has been serving the Salem, Woodburn and Silverton communities for nearly 30 years.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 29, 2019
TIME: 6–7 p.m.
WHERE: Legacy Silverton Medical Center
342 Fairview St.
2nd floor lobby (above the Family Birth Center)
Silverton, OR 97381

This free event is open to the public.