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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 your state. In Illinois there are, certified nurse midwives (CNM), and non-nurse called certified professional midwives (CPM). It is critical that you fully research their qualifications, training and background in depth. There is a great deal to learn.

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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  • Birth Roots Community Midwifery

    Corinne Westing CNM, APRN-FPA
    Oak Park & Warrenville, IL
    708-669-4013
    birthrootscommunitymidwifery.com/
    info@birthrootscommunitymidwifery.com
    Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

    Providing 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.

  • Gentle Birth Care Inc

    Hillary Kieser MS CNM APN
    Oak Park, IL
    708-386-4292
    www.gentlebirthcare.com
    hillary@gentlebirthcare.com
    Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

    Certified 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.

  • Gentle Harbor Midwifery

    Terri Lemley CNM
    Michigan City, IN
    269-588-3004
    gentlemidwifery.com/
    Area Served: Northwestern Indiana, Southwestern Michigan

    From 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.

  • hmbirth

    Heather McCullough CPM PES
    Evanston, IL
    Chat on line.
    www.hmbirth.com
    Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

    Your 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!

  • Indiana Birth Coalition

    Entire State, IN
    No Phone
    www.indianabirthcoalition.org/
    indianabirthcoalition@gmail.com
    Area Served: State of Indiana

    The 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. 

  • Inner Birth Midwifery

    Kimberly McGuinness-Rook LM CPM
    Burlington, WI
    262-977-3070
    www.facebook.com/InnerbirthMidwifery?pnref=lhc
    innerbirth@gmail.com
    Area Served: Northern Illinois, Southeastern Wisconsin

    Licensed. 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.

  • International Confederation of Midwives

    Netherlands, NA
    +31 (0) 70 3060520
    internationalmidwives.org
    info@internationalmidwives.org
    Area Served: International

    ICM 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.

  • Maitri Midwifery

    Barbara Belcore-Walkden CD CPM LM
    Evanston, IL
    773-860-8359
    www.maitri-midwifery.com/
    maitremidwifery@gmail.com
    Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs, Southern Wisconsin

    We 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.

  • Michigan Midwives Association

    Entire State of MI, parts of IN
    No Phone
    www.michiganmidwives.org
    contact@michiganmidwives.org
    Area Served: State of Indiana, State of Michigan

    The 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. 

  • MidwivesCare LLC

    Rachel Harris APN CNM
    New Lenox, IL
    815-269-4344
    midwivescare.org
    info@midwivescare.org
    Area Served: Chicago's South Suburbs, Northwestern Indiana

    Five 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.

  • New Life Midwifery

    Sarah Simmons CNM
    Chicago, IL
    773-573-9100 cell texting preferred
    sarah.simmons773@gmail.com
    Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

    Attended 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.

  • Push for Midwives

    Washington DC, Check the site for more information.
    Contact form on web site.
    pushformidwives.org/
    Area Served: National

    We 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.

  • Stateline Midwives

    Andrea Bukiewicz CPM
    Salem, WI
    773-964-6096
    statelinemidwives.com/
    andrea@statelinemidwives.com
    Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs, Southern Wisconsin

    Located 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.

  • The Homebirth Midwife

    Karen Bachman BSN CPM
    Elgin, IL
    708-404-5128
    www.facebook.com/karen.bachman597
    KBRN99@hotmail.com
    Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

    Certified 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!

  • Wisconsin Guild Of Midwives

    Entire State of WI and, IL
    No Phone
    wisconsinguildofmidwives.org/find-a-midwife/
    Area Served: State of Illinois, State of Wisconsin

    Licensed 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.

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