Tracy Lough, LM, CPM
805.300.0475

Tracy Lough, LM, CPM
805.300.0475

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Tracy Lough

Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, Craniosacral Therapist

Offering Home Birth Midwifery & Craniosacral Therapy in The West County

Baby drawing

Illustration by Andrea Keating

I trust in the ability of women to choose how, where, and with whom to give birth and believe women possess instinctual, ancient knowledge about how to birth their own baby. I practice midwifery in an evidence-based way while keeping up on new research so that I can continue to give families thorough and accurate information to make informed choices.

 

My journey to becoming a midwife began in the year 2000 while living in Berkeley, CA. I was studying at a local coffee shop one evening and as I got up to leave, someone had left a book called Midwives on the chair next to me. I remember looking at this book and having a strong feeling it was important for me to read it. I got married a few months later and my husband, Jeff and I, took off for Yellowstone to work in the park before settling into a teaching career. It was there that I read the book and began devouring anything and everything on the subject of home birth. I had my first daughter at home the following year with midwives by my side. The moment I reached down and lifted her into my arms, I felt such an inspiration to work with women and families around birth. As I began on my path to help empower women through this rite of passage I knew in my heart this was my calling.  

Bio

My midwifery journey began by becoming certified as a Bradley Method childbirth instructor and hypnobirth facilitator with a program called Hipbirth. I became a certified doula through ALACE and a placenta encapsulation specialist through Pbi. I birthed all three of my children at home with loving midwives. After becoming licensed in 2011, my son was born after an hour and a half labor into my 9 year old daughter’s hands. Having siblings at births and involving them in the process is a passion of mine!

Today, I have been a part of over 300 births. Seeing babies emerge full of life as they gaze into their mother’s eyes is my inspiration. I am proud to be a guardian and keeper of normal, healthy pregnancies and birth and am committed and skilled in providing an emotionally and physically safe space for women who choose to birth at home. I value building relationships of mutual trust with families through time spent together talking and sharing information during relaxed prenatal visits.

I have been blessed to have many incredible mentors along the way who have guided me to where I am today.  My formal training through National Midwifery Institute included an apprenticeship with 2 home birth midwives in LA. In 2010, I traveled to Bali, Indonesia for 2 months to work as a student midwife in a high volume birth clinic. Here I worked under the direct supervision of Robin Lim who was honored as the 2011 CNN Hero for her profound work as a midwife. I am certified as a California Licensed Midwife (LM) and nationally Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and am certified in IV therapy and Neonatal Resuscitation. I love to include homeopathy, herbalism, and craniosacral therapy into my practice. Today, I am diving deeper into the work of Craniosacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute and writing a book which I hope will empower women to bring their baby into the world in a gentle and loving way. Writing about the families that birthed their babies on my Humboldt County homestead in The Birth Yurt gives me such joy as I reflect on each baby and family that touched my soul.

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Tracy Lough and family

My family recently moved to the redwoods of Occidental, CA and it is an honor for me to continue supporting women and families in my community.

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