Midwives &
Lactation
Consulting

Specializing in Safe,
Personalized and
Holistic Care

Midwives &
Lactation Consulting

Specializing in Safe, Personalized and Holistic Care

Northshore Midwives & Lactation Consulting is a unique and special practice

We offer the highest quality midwifery care available. There are three midwives in our practice and we make every effort to ensure you have two midwives, who you know well, at your birth.
Continuous caring relationships have shown to produce better birth outcomes. You will receive your prenatal care, birth care and postpartum care from the same providers, building a close relationship with the midwives who will be attending your birth, which helps you get the birth experience you want.
Andrea is currently the only licensed midwife who is also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in Washington State.
Breastfeeding support from a Board Certified Lactation Consultant is integrated into your prenatal and postpartum care, thus improving your breastfeeding experience.
We are the only local practice that offers all clients a one-on-one lactation consult a few days after birth, which is covered by insurance.
Sadie and Courtney are both clinical herbalists and specialize in herbal medicine for the childbearing years.
Experience is important when choosing your midwives. Together our midwives have attended over 1500 births.
We offer home birth or birth center You have all the time you need to decide the best location to birth your baby.
Nitrous Oxide is available at our birth center births.
Postpartum Doula services are offered to all families, including those who have had home births, birth center births and hospital births.

We are committed to providing personalized and holistic care to families. Each care plan is tailored to the client’s specific needs and desires, together with informed choice and family centered care.

The intent is to see clients more frequently and with longer visits. This practice style allows us to build relationships with our clients, which is the foundation of midwifery care and ensures clients are getting the quality care they deserve. We offer both natural birth and water birth in either a home birth or birth center setting, while recognizing the needs of different cultures and lifestyles.

Northshore Midwives & Lactation Consulting is a sustainable practice committed to minimizing waste products such as paper and medical supplies. In addition, we take a limited number of births each month to maintain our ability to provide the highest quality care for each of our clients. We would love to meet you, schedule a consultation today to meet with a midwife.

About Us

Andrea Henderson, LM, CPM, IBCLC (she/her)

Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

I wanted to be a “doctor who delivers babies” since I was young, “a calling” some would say. As a child, I did not know what a Midwife was, but I have always been interested in pregnant people, birth, babies and breastfeeding. I started my midwifery journey at Central Washington University, working towards a BS in Pre-Midwifery, a degree that I helped to develop with my advisors. I continued my education at the Seattle Midwifery School, earning a certificate in midwifery. Upon graduation, I enjoyed catching hundreds of babies while working at the Puget Sound Birth Center located in Kirkland, WA and the Eastside Birth Center located in Bellevue, WA. Additionally, I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)…

Sadie Whitten, MSM, LM, CPM (she/her)

Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, Clinical Herbalist

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to “help pregnant people”. To learn what that meant for me was where my journey to become a midwife began.

The Pacific Northwest is where I call home. I spent four years in Boise, Idaho, where I attended Boise State University for my undergrad. There, I received a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and a minor in Spanish. I had the opportunity to intern at a hospital in San Ramón, Costa Rica during a summer studying abroad. There, I observed my first births as well as volunteer for the local milk bank. I soon realized that I felt passionate towards serving families during this transition into parenthood and giving birthing parents the right of autonomy during their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

My journey to midwifery continued when I decided to apply to midwifery school. I graduated from Bastyr University and received a Master’s of Science in Midwifery. For my Master’s track, I chose to emphasize my studies in Botanical Medicine. This was an extensive two-year training that has helped develop my passion towards the use of herbs during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. During my time as a student-midwife, I was able to apprentice with Northshore Midwives and Lactation as well as with Eastside Midwives. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with many families in the greater Puget Sound region. It is my devotion to serve families with inclusive, evidence-based, and individualized care during their childbearing year.

Outside from midwifery, you can find me crafting, hammocking, and out finding adventure while wearing my Tevas.

Caroline Sausler, LM, CPM (she/her)

Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife

I first became interested in midwifery during a college anthropology course, when I watched a documentary about a homebirth practice in New York City. I thought to myself, this job looks amazing! A few years later, I attended a couple of births as a doula, and since then I knew birthwork would be a part of my life. Midwifery has been a beautiful balance of clinical skills and emotional connection for me that I find incredibly fulfilling.

I am originally from Maryland, and then attended New York University where I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. After college I moved out to Seattle, fell in love with the Pacific Northwest, and now call it home. A few years later I graduated from Birthwise Midwifery School. As a student-midwife I was fortunate to apprentice with seven different practices, including Northshore Midwives, and was able to learn from a wide array of practice styles.

I consider it an honor to work with all pregnant people and their families. It is my priority as a midwife to provide clients with evidence-based information so they can make their own informed choices about their healthcare. As part of the LGBTQIA+ community, I know the gaps that exist in our healthcare system firsthand, and am passionate about working with LGBTQIA+ clients and their families to help them feel safe and heard.

In my spare time I enjoy reading a good book and going for hikes with my partner Chris and our dog.