Meet Our Midwives

Our in house Tacoma Midwife group: TBI midwives

The Birthing Inn is home to three TBI Midwives, PLLC. When you choose them to walk through pregnancy and birth with, you'll experience the comfort of meeting for clinic appointments within The Birthing Inn, gaining comfort where you'll eventually give birth. You gain three women ready to guide, educate, and support you throughout the entire process! Reach out to the front desk, connect@thebirthinginn.com or 253-761-8939, to schedule your meet & greet today!

*All midwives with privileges at The Birthing Inn follow our safety protocols, participate in regular emergency skills & drills, and have at least one birth assistant at all births.

Your Trusted Team of Washington State Licensed Midwives

Licensed Midwives are holistic providers who have legal licensure by the state of Washington, with the first having been issued in 1917. Licensed Midwives are experts in healthy, low-risk pregnancy and normal physiologic birth. As specialists in community-based birth (out-of-hospital birth), Licensed Midwives attend births in homes or at freestanding birth centers like The Birthing Inn. Licensed Midwives are direct entry midwives, which means their training started with out-of-hospital births, rather than in hospitals. Learn more

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Brandy Stuart, LM, CPM, BSM

  • Phone: 253.761.8939
  • Email: connect@thebirthinginn.com

Brandy, born and raised in Bremerton, Washington, is a midwife and mom who loves the outdoors, live music, cooking, and family adventures. She began birth work in 2002 as a doula, making it her full-time career in 2012. After apprenticing with local practices and graduating magna cum laude from Midwives College of Utah in 2019, she began practicing locally in 2020. She has supported hundreds of families in all settings, with passions for physiologic birth, water birth, postpartum healing, and inclusive care. Brandy blends traditional midwifery wisdom with modern clinical skills, always centering trust and informed choice.

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Kay Jackson, MN, CNM, ARNP

  • Phone: 253.761.8939
  • Email: connect@thebirthinginn.com

Kay has been practicing midwifery for over 28 years and was a Labor & Delivery nurse for 10 years prior to that, including her military service. She is an expert in safe practice with water birth, VBAC in the hospital setting, and facilitating the use of hypnosis during labor and birth.

Additional Midwives with Privileges at The Birthing Inn

Outside of our in-house midwifery group, TBI Midwives PLLC, the following community midwifery practices also have privileges at The Birthing Inn. You are welcome to reach out to any of them, set up a meet & greet, and choose the provider who is right for you!

All midwives with privileges at The Birthing Inn follow our safety protocols, participate in regular emergency skills & drills, and have at least one birth assistant at all births.

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Neva Gerke, LM, CPM, MSM

    • Location: 400 E Pioneer Ave, Suite 100 Puyallup, WA 98372
    • Phone: 360.890.3101

      • Clinic is located in down town Puyallup

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Rache Mulligan, LM, CPM, MSM

    • Location: 400 E Pioneer Ave, Suite 100 Puyallup, WA 98372
    • Phone: 360.890.3101

      • Clinic is located in down town Puyallup

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Susan Lawler, LM, CPM

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Kate Wild, LM, CPM, MSM

    • Inquire with Kate by emailing her at midwifekate@proton.me

      Clinic is located upstairs from The Birthing Inn

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Emily McGregor LM, CPM

  • Phone: 253.761.8939
  • Email: emilymidwife@thebirthinginn.com
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Aundrea (Andy) Carmichael, LM, CPM

  • Phone: 253.761.8939
  • Email: andymidwife@thebirthinginn.com
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Niki Coraggio, LM, CPM

Location: 11505 Burnham Drive Suite 104 Gig Harbor, WA 98332

Phone: 253.632.6556

    • Clinic is located near Costco in Gig Harbor

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Hannah Young LM, CPM

  • Location: 11505 Burnham Drive Suite 104 Gig Harbor, WA 98332
  • Phone: 253.632.6556

    • Clinic is located near Costco in Gig Harbor

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Talia Ross, LM, CPM

Location: 11505 Burnham Drive Suite 104 Gig Harbor, WA 98332

Phone: 253.632.6556

    • Clinic is located near Costco in Gig Harbor

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Mercedes Snyder, LM, CPM

    • Location: 128th 14th St SE Auburn, WA 98002, located next to Bigfoot Java
    • Phone: 253.285.0133
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Jennifer Linstad, MSM, LM, CPM

    • Location: 128 14th St SE, Auburn, WA 98002
    • Phone: 425.243.2450
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Alexandra Senechal, LM, CPM

    • Location: 207 Center Street E, Suite F Eatonville, WA 98328
    • Clinic also at The Birthing Inn
    • Phone: 253.693.0275
    • Appointments at The Birthing Inn on Mondays. Please call 253-761-8939

Birth and Postpartum doulas

You are welcome to have a doula accompany at your birth at The Birthing Inn. Doula’s are not Midwives or Physicians, they are birthing coaches who are specially trained and experienced in the process of birth and labor. This might include education, emotional support, or physical support before, during and after labor. Consider adding a Doula to your birth team!

The Birthing Inn recommends utilizing DoulaMatch.net to find the right Doula(s) for you.