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About UsJanette Gyesky, CPM, LDM After California, I apprenticed with a midwife in New Zealand, a country where midwives attend over 70% of the births. Once back in the states, I became a certified birth and postpartum doula and worked as a counselor for a teen pregnancy program in south Seattle. My passion grew as I worked more with women. Desiring a more formal education and practical skills, I enrolled in Seattle Midwifery School (SMS) in 2001. SMS is a rigorous, three-year academic and clinical midwifery education program that meets or exceeds all requirements in the states of Oregon and Washington. Students are required to attend 100 births in hospital, home and birth center settings in order to graduate. While at SMS, I apprenticed with four busy Seattle practices and worked in a hospital on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, where I delivered more than 50 babies. In 2004, I graduated from Seattle Midwifery School and passed the NARM (North American Registry of Midwives) Exam and the Washington State Exam. Since then I have worked as an independent licensed midwife and enjoyed every minute of it. I am a member of the Midwives’ Association of Washington State, the Midwives Alliance of North America and I have taught student midwives at the Seattle Midwifery School. My husband and I moved here after we fell in love with the community and surrounding nature of Bend in mid-2006. Since then, I've been blessed to work with many families in central Oregon. In 2008, I was blessed with the empowering homebirth of my own daughter, Harlyn. I look forward to working with a growing number of families in Bend and hope that the birth center will offer a new option for women seeking an empowering birth experience. Every day, I feel fortunate that the journey of my passion is also the journey of my vocation as a midwife. Click here to read testimonials from Janette's clients at her Deschutes Midwifery web site. Contact Janette about her midwifery practice via email. Click here to meet the Midwifery Assistants
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