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Birth Roots Community Midwifery
Corinne Westing CNM, APRN-FPAOak Park & Warrenville, ILArea Served: Chicago & SuburbsProviding trauma-informed, evidence-based, holistic home birth, reproductive wellness and primary care services. Health at Every Size(R) approach. Water birth available. Se habla español. Queer and trans-identified provider. Current training with Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Basic Life Support, Birth Emergency Skills Training (BEST) and Breech Without Borders.
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Gentle Birth Care Inc
Hillary Kieser MS CNM APNOak Park, ILArea Served: Chicago & SuburbsCertified nurse midwives supporting families who have chosen to deliver their new babies into the warm loving surroundings of their own homes. Waterbirth is available. Also seeing clients in offices in Chicago & Wheaton.
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Gentle Harbor Midwifery
Terri Lemley CNMMichigan City, INArea Served: Northwestern Indiana, Southwestern MichiganFrom annual well-woman care to pre-conception planning, pregnancy and birth. We know it’s not just what care we offer but how we offer it. You can count on us to possess the knowledge, expertise and caring attitude which will satisfy all your individual needs. Second location in Saint Joe, MI.
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hmbirth
Heather McCullough CPM PESEvanston, ILArea Served: Chicago & SuburbsYour Birth! Together, you’ll customize your experience from early pregnancy through six weeks postpartum. Dreaming of your partner catching your water baby with your toddler near by? Whole Family care. Offers many services. Visit the web site for a free chat!
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Indiana Birth Coalition
Entire State, INArea Served: State of IndianaThe Indiana Birth Coalition was founded in 2022 by a group of mothers, birth workers, and advocates. The desire for autonomous, empowering out-of-hospital birth experiences is on the rise in Indiana, but families do not have enough options. Directory of practitioners.
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Inner Birth Midwifery
Kimberly McGuinness-Rook LM CPMBurlington, WIArea Served: Northern Illinois, Southeastern WisconsinLicensed. certified professional midwife. Over twenty years of experience in the birth field. Offers both midwifery and well woman care. Her approach is one that is holistic, evidence based and family centered. Services include homebirth, waterbirth and women’s herbalism.
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International Confederation of Midwives
Netherlands, NAArea Served: InternationalICM has been the global voice of midwives and midwives’ associations for more than 100 years. We work to advance midwifery and support strong midwives’ associations worldwide, so midwives can provide high-quality care in every setting.
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Maitri Midwifery
Barbara Belcore-Walkden CD CPM LMEvanston, ILArea Served: Chicago & Suburbs, Southern WisconsinWe enter the home of a laboring woman with loving, peaceful energy and a reverence for her birth experience. We accompany her in labor to help develop a safe and satisfying birth experience. We believe that birth is an empowering, profound, marvelous, sacred, life-changing experience.
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Michigan Midwives Association
Entire State of MI, parts of INArea Served: State of Indiana, State of MichiganThe directory lists Michigan Midwives Association members providing services to families in and around Michigan. Each midwife, doula, childbirth educator, or other has her own training background and practice protocols. We strongly encourage consumers to discusses these topics when interviewing care givers. Some will go into Northern IN.
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MidwivesCare LLC
Rachel Harris APN CNMNew Lenox, ILArea Served: Chicago's South Suburbs, Northwestern IndianaFive office locations: New Lenox, Lisle, Orland Park, Crete IL, Arlington Heights, Coal City. Home visits 36-40 weeks standard clients, offering homebirth, waterbirth, standard newborn care, well woman care and IBCLC. Also cover Lake County.
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New Life Midwifery
Sarah Simmons CNMChicago, ILArea Served: Chicago & SuburbsAttended 1200 home births since 1990, primary midwife since 1995. Passionate about letting birth unfold in an instinctual way, and being a “lifeguard” to keep it safe. A positive birth experience helps women prepare for motherhood and strengthens family bonds. I partner with families to provide evidence-based, respectful care. Low volume practice with one provider and one assistant, for maximum continuity and personalized care.
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Push for Midwives
Washington DC, Check the site for more information.Area Served: NationalWe push for more birth options in America with CPMs, who provide affordable, quality, community-based care that is proven to reduce costly and preventable interventions, as well as decrease the rate of low-birth weight and premature births. Map that shows what states CPMs are licensed in. Additional information also.
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Stateline Midwives
Andrea Bukiewicz CPMSalem, WIArea Served: Chicago & Suburbs, Southern WisconsinLocated just North of the Illinois/Wisconsin border, Stateline Midwives offers comprehensive care to people seeking out of hospital births. Andrea is a Certified Professional Midwife who attend births in your home. She is also a clinical herbalist.
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The Homebirth Midwife
Karen Bachman BSN CPMElgin, ILArea Served: Chicago & SuburbsCertified Professional Midwife and Nurse serving a one hour radius from Elgin IL since 1999. Providing holistic, informed consent care throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Homebirth along with improving birth are my passions! Please find me on Facebook for lots of birthy info!
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Wisconsin Guild Of Midwives
Entire State of WI and, ILArea Served: State of Illinois, State of WisconsinLicensed Midwives in the state, who undergo specialized clinical training to provide out-of-hospital care for families planning to birth in private homes and free-standing birth centers. The Wisconsin Guild of Midwives supports the right of every family to have access to a skilled and licensed midwife. Some member midwives also practice in IL.
The interest in home birth is increasing and is mirroring the interest in alternative health care. With a skilled practitioner, and a low-risk pregnancy, birth can take place in the home safely. Most risk factors can be screened out before the birth. Ninety percent of all births should be normal and require no interventions. Both parents need to be totally committed and comfortable with this option. After fully researching their options many parents are choosing to birth at home, the place where this experience traditionally took place for thousands of years. Please note that all home birth providers can provide water birth.