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Debbie Boucher APN CNM
Childbirth the Way Nature IntendedLake Barrington, ILCertified nurse-midwife offering a complete line of natural childbirth services including home birth delivery, water birth, tub rental, hospital doulas, and childbirth classes. Also providing basic ultrasounds, holistic well-woman care, and natural family planning. Self-pay, private insurance, and Medicaid.
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Gentle Birth Care Inc
Hillary Kieser MS CNM APN
Corrine Westing MS CNM APN
Stephanie Martinez MS IBCLC 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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Rachel Harris APN CNM
MidwivesCare LLCNew Lenox, ILArea Served: Chicago’s South Suburbs, Northwestern IndianaCertified Nurse Midwives provide prenatal, home birth, waterbirth, postpartum and well woman care from a wholistic perspective. International Board Certified Lactation Consultants provide in home or office breastfeeding support. Service area note: will travel up to 60 minutes from New Lenox, IL.
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My Mindful Birth, LLC
Isabelle Guillou, CNMNaperville, ILArea Served: Chicago’s West SuburbsHome birth and well woman care provided by Certified Nurse Midwives. Tailored evidence-based midwifery care to meet the client’s individual needs and wants. Waterbirth available
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Sarah Simmons CNM
New Life MidwiferyChicago, ILArea Served: Chicago & SuburbsPrimary midwife at 1000+ births since 1990. Passionate about birth unfolding in an instinctual way. Helping women prepare for motherhood and strengthens family bonds. Partners with families providing evidence-based, respectful care. Low volume practice, one provider, one assistant – maximum continuity and personalized care.
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Midwives – Home Birth
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.
You should be aware of the different types of providers that offer home birth in the state of Illinois. There is one family practice doctor (none currently listed), certified nurse midwives (CNM), and non-nurse midwives. It is critical that you fully research their qualifications, training and background in depth. There are no standard protocols for non-nurse or direct entry midwives unless they have become a certified professional midwife (CPM) which is recognized nationally, but not by our state licensing. There is a great deal to learn. It is recommended that you begin the process with a private consult with Jo Anne Lindberg, president and founder of BirthLink and home birth parent.
See alphabetical listings for Chicago midwives below. Please contact the practitioner directly to schedule an appointment or if you have any questions. Be sure to let them know BirthLink sent you!
If you can't find a practitioner near you please contact us.
"...We’re asking the body to do an amazing thing. The body works better if a woman feels safe and is with people she knows... If a woman feels empowered (by her birth) she has so much more energy to deal with her baby...."
Patricia Woollcott CNM retires after catching 1500 babies: Catching Babies -- Midwives Deliver Empowerment to Women Giving Birth, Health & Family Section, Pioneer Press Newspapers
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