Health & Medicine

Retired Lane County Midwife Reflects On Her Practice Over Generations

KLCC | By Tiffany Eckert
Published May 11, 2019 at 6:52 PM PDT
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Sue Trezona

KLCC’s Tiffany Eckert speaks with retired midwife Sue Trezona who has delivered 3,029 babies in Lane County. Trazona reflects on the history of midwifery in Eugene and the future of the practice following the announcement that PeaceHealth Oregon plans to close the Nurse Midwifery Birth Center in Springfield by the end of August.

Midwife Sue Trezona with the baby she delivered, all grown up.
Credit Sue Trezona

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Tiffany Eckert
Tiffany joined the KLCC News team in 2007. She studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and worked in a variety of media including television, technical writing, photography and daily print news before moving to the Pacific Northwest.
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