Compassionate Care for Your Birth Journey

Yelm Family Birth Center provides personalized, evidence-based midwifery care to guide you through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

Every birth is a unique journey, and we are here to support yours with compassionate, personalized care.

About Our Birth Center

Yelm Family Birth Center provides evidence-based, comprehensive, and compassionate maternity care in a safe and supportive environment. We prioritize the health and well-being of both mother and baby through practices grounded in current research with respectful, individualized care. We actively involve families in the decision-making process, promoting collaboration, clear communication, and confidence throughout pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period.

Most insurance plans accepted.

Areas of specialty:

Prenatal Care

Supportive visits that focus on your health, your baby, and preparing for birth.

Birth

Compassionate midwifery care in a safe, home-like setting.

Postpartum Care

Continued care for mother and baby, including newborn checks and breastfeeding support.

Your Visit, Your Comfort

From your very first appointment, you’ll get to know your care team, and they’ll get to know you. With just two midwives, you’ll always know exactly who will be by your side when your baby arrives, whether you choose to birth at the center or at home.
During prenatal visits, we take time to answer your questions, provide education, and ensure both you and baby are thriving. When labor begins, you’ll call the midwife you already know and trust, and you’ll welcome your baby in a space where you feel comfortable and relaxed.
After birth, we continue walking alongside you with postpartum visits at 24 to 48 hours, one week, and again at two to six weeks depending on your needs. We’re here to support you and baby as you settle into life together.

Meet the Midwives

Shannon Smith, LM, CPM

I have felt a deep connection to birthing women for as long as I can remember. In my care your wishes and desires will be respected while your health and the welfare of your baby will be safely guarded. I believe in the Midwives Model of Care as well as building meaningful relationships with my clients.

I am a mother of five from the ages of 18-28. My first three children were born in the hospital with midwives, and my last two were born at home. During my first pregnancy I read everything about pregnancy and childbirth that I could get my hands on and that started my journey of helping other women become well informed of their choices for their own births.
I have been married for 28 years and have home educated all of my children. My youngest graduates this year! I attend McKenna Community Church, an amazing church often referred to as the Grace Place. I am also a military wife and have even had one of my babies while my husband was deployed. If you find yourself in a similar situation, please reach out to me, I have been there! When I am not doing home visits or snuggling a grandbaby, you can find me hiking or backpacking all over the beautiful PNW.

Carolyn Johnson, CNM

Carolyn is a new midwife who comes with 5 years of labor and delivery experience as a nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital. She has two children of her own with her first born at a community birth center and her second one at home, which spurred her passion for midwifery and out of hospital birth. Her priorities of birth are patient-centered care, no matter the place of birth. She believes that God made women’s bodies to birth and that the midwifery model of care best supports that design. She has been married for 8 years. When she isn’t catching babies, she enjoys powerlifting, watching movies, and doing her best to become skilled in the homemaker hobbies (sewing, sourdough, and gardening).

Centered on You, Every Step of the Way

We’re here to guide and support you through every step of your pregnancy and birth experience.