Laurie Untereiner
Registered Midwife

It is a privilege for me to provide holistic maternity care and support women and their families during their childbearing years.

I am a mother of two wonderful, grown children. The midwifery care I received for my second pregnancy inspired me to become a midwife. Before attending a three year direct-entry midwifery program in Seattle, I studied Anthropology, Women's Studies and Biochemistry. While gaining a knowledge base of the underlying biological dynamics of pregnancy, I focused on childbirth as a cultural entity, as a woman's rite of passage in her life. I believe pregnancy and birth are to be upheld as normal healthy life transitions for women, their families and their communities. To devote my life to sustaining this belief will be a fulfillment of a life-long calling.

I attend births at home and Nanaimo Hospital and Duncan Hospital.