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Kimberly Durdin James, IBCLC Director of Lactation Services

Kimberly is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Speaker, Trainer and aspiring Midwife. A mother of five breastfed children, Kimberly first began helping women breastfeed shortly after the birth of her first child over 16 years ago. Since then Kimberly has helped thousands of families create powerful connections with their children guiding them with her wisdom and intuitive knowledge throughout the birthing, breastfeeding and postpartum experiences.

Kimberly is a former La Leche League Leader, and has served families in New York City, Washington, DC metro area (where she was named one of 2004 Best Lactation Consultants by Washington Families Magazine) and Los Angeles.

Kimberly has worked with families from a wide variety of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and has discovered that all families yearn for and are worthy of experienced and loving assistance in the demanding, yet gratifying path of parenting.

Luree Nicholson, C. Ht

Hypnotherapist

Luree Nicholson, C.Ht is a Master Certified, Clinical Hypnotherapist, specializing in medical and childbirth hypnosis. She is a graduate of the only nationally accredited school of hypnosis with over 1000 hours of education and training. Luree is a co-founder of a childbirth hypnosis program and has over 12 years experience with childbirth hypnosis. More than a hundred couples have benefited from her childbirth hypnosis program. Using hypnosis, Luree has stopped/reduced extreme morning sickness, stopped premature labor, turned breech babies, started stalled labor, and helped mothers to produce more milk. She has also helped new mothers overcome post partum depression without medication. In the case of unavoidable cesareans, Luree has helped mothers to use less medication and heal faster with hypnosis.

Luree is a mother of five and is both personally and professionally familiar with unavoidable complications of pregnancy, labor and birth. Luree’s children were all born in a hospital "naturally" (without drugs), one was breech, one posterior, and 2 were premature. These experiences motivated Luree to begin down the path of learning natural ways to prevent and address these birth issues. Luree is excited and inspired to be working with The Sanctuary to support families down their path to parenthood.

Molly Jarchow graduated from Bastyr University in Seattle, WA where she completed a 5 year intensive medical program in Naturopathic Medicine, including 3 years of supervised clinical practice. Molly chose to become a Naturopathic Doctor because of her desire to provide full family natural healthcare.

Molly discovered midwifery when she was eighteen, captured by the magic of Ina May Gaskin’s book, Spiritual Midwifery, and began her training immediately through courses offered by the Seattle Midwifery School. Her formal midwifery training began in 2005 at Maternidad La Luz Midwifery School and Birthing Center in El Paso, TX. Knowing that she wanted to become a Naturopathic Doctor, she continued studying natural childbirth while attending Bastyr University. After working with several midwifery practices in Seattle, Molly traveled to the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific to volunteer in the local hospital and complete her midwifery training. She believes that she was gestated here in the States, but was born as a midwife in the South Pacific, where she was blessed to witness a spectrum of birth experiences in the busy Port Vila hospital.

As a Naturopathic Doctor, Molly’s philosophy is rooted in the cultivation of health, rather than the treatment of disease. She empowers clients to make the best choices for their health and that of their families, approaching each person as an individual. As a family doctor she happily sees people of all ages, providing full physical exams, well child visits, and laboratory work as necessary. Her therapeutic toolbox includes botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathy, hydrotherapy and lifestyle counseling. Molly is excited to be a part of the integrative team and a new
model of healthcare at The Sanctuary.

Dr. Molly Jarchow, ND, LM

Naturopathic Doctor, Licensed Midwife