At KVH, midwifery means listening, learning, and honoring each person’s unique experience.
Midwifery at Kittitas Valley Healthcare Women’s Health is built on a simple idea that Lacy Tipton-Haggerty, MSN, CNM shares with every patient she meets: people should be in their own driver’s seat. When you talk with Lacy, this belief shows up right away. As a nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife, she focuses on respect, clear information, and helping patients make choices that feel right for them. As she says, “My job is not to tell you what you should and shouldn’t do for your health, but to support you in whatever decisions you’re making for yourself. I want to make sure I’ve given you the most evidence-based, unbiased information, education, and data available to make those decisions.”
This way of caring is at the center of midwifery at KVH. It means understanding that every pregnancy is different. Each person comes in with their own hopes, questions, and experiences. Lacy believes it is important to meet patients where they are, emotionally, culturally, and physically. “The providers here are super focused on taking care of patients and making sure they meet people where they’re at,” she says. “That’s very, very important to me.”
In everyday care, this shows up in simple but meaningful ways. Lacy makes space for questions and encourages real teamwork between patient and provider. No one is rushed. Instead, patients are invited to talk openly about their bodies and their choices. She also shares easy, helpful tips for common pregnancy discomforts. Drinking enough water and eating fiber can support digestion, and she lets patients know that over-the-counter stool softeners are safe if they need them. For round ligament pain, which many people feel as their belly grows, she often suggests gentle movement. One of her favorite tools is the cat-cow yoga pose, done before bed and again in the morning, to help ease tightness and keep the body comfortable.
What stands out most about Lacy’s care is the trust she places in the people she serves. She doesn’t see education as a lecture. She sees it as a conversation. She doesn’t view pregnancy as something to control. She sees it as an important life experience that deserves support, kindness, and clear information.
Midwifery at KVH follows this same belief. It is care that listens. Care that adjusts to each person. Care that honors the individual. With Lacy’s support, patients feel informed, respected, and truly seen, and that is the kind of care every pregnant person deserves.
