Meet our team
Birthing like our ancestors. Giving birth has always been a rite of passage. Our ancestors were surrounded by family and birth workers who supported and guided them through the labor and birth process. Birth attendants were often experienced family members or healers trained in herbal and spiritual remedies.
Our team at Laoch Midwifery surrounds you with love and support similar to how many of our ancestors birthed. We use our many years of combined experience to guide you while also offering evidence-based recommendations. We stand by your side as you and your family work through the emotional and physical aspects of transitioning into parenthood and caring for a newborn.
NEVA GERKE & RACHE MULLIGAN, Laoch Midwives
Neva and Rache met in 2023 when Rache joined practice as a senior student. They instantly bonded and noticed lots of similarities in their education and personal lives. For a year (2023-2024) Rache was able to be coached, guided, and mentored by both Neva and Tiffani and soon realized Laoch was where she was meant to practice midwifery.
How We Work Together
It’s all about teamwork. Midwifery care is personal and doesn’t follow any set timeline. For sustainability and long-term success, we work as a team. Throughout your time in care with Laoch Midwifery, you will be attended to by either Neva or Rache in your prenatal visits, your birth, and your postpartum and newborn visits.
We also have a group of highly capable birth assistants on a rotating call schedule. You will have at least one midwife and one assistant at your birth.
Our call schedule is flexible and very dependent on when the baby's choose to be born. Our clients only have to rememeber one phone number that is used for labor and urgent concerns.
Student midwives are an integral part of the birth team.
Midwifery is learned and passed down through the generations by apprenticeship. We need more midwives! Therefore, your Laoch Team also includes amazing student midwives. They study and learn midwifery care hands-on by working right alongside us. Laoch does not currently have any students in the practice.
A list of our past Student Midwives, Rache, Rennetta and Jadrienne, are here and learn more about how we work together here.
Our lovely staff, sometimes behind the scenes
Brittney Rossich, Office Manager
