I am not a mother. In fact, I make my living helping women to advocate for a better birth--mostly in hospitals. So, in some ways, this post is promoting a movement that just may put me out of business.
Bring it on! I'll find other work if women no longer need my services, because they are fully supported in having a normal, safe births that respect them as special people and fierce mothers with dignity. I'll be happy to be forced out of this profession for that reason.
There are two very important bills moving through the Illinois legislature right now, and they need your help:
1) Illinois Homebirth Legislation & Licensing for Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs)
Click Here to learn more about this URGENT legislation that will be heard NEXT WEEK in Springfield! This is the last chance that Illinois has for many years to license midwives and increase the availability for safe homebirth and normal birth for Illinois mothers!
http://chicagohypnobirthing.blogspot.com/2009/02/illinois-homebirth-legislation.html
2) Written Collaborative Agreements (WCAs) for CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives)
Click here to learn more about SB 1600, a bill that will give CNMs the ability to really practice homebirth independently in Illinois (and read about why that is really not possible right now).
http://chicagohypnobirthing.blogspot.com/2009/02/illinois-sb-1600.html
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