Today, while reading some posts on the Mothering.com Discussion Forums, I discovered that a wonderful change has occurred in homebirth in Chicagoland.
Hillary Kieser, CNM, formerly with West Suburban Midwives at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, has left to practice homebirth. This is wonderful news! It means that Chicagoland has one more option for gentle, homebirth, with a practitioner who is well-versed in non-interventive, natural birth.
Here is a link to her website: http://www.gentlebirthcare.com
As you may know, West Suburban Medical Center is infamous for its Alternative Birthing Center (ABC)--two special rooms on the Labor & Delivery floor that cater to low-intervention birth (there are big, queen-sized beds, permanent tubs, intermittent monitoring, and lots of floor space for walking, crawling, etc.). Since Illinois does not have any freestanding birth centers (yet!), West Suburban is truly the gold standard in hospital birth in Chicago.
As Hillary says on her website, though, "Birth in a hospital is a recent cultural phenomenon, not based on research." Homebirth is such a great option, for those who truly want the best birth experience. If you are pregnant, you owe it to yourself and your baby to at least consider and investigate your options for homebirth!
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I was a member of West Suburban midwives---I just found out she left via there website. When I found out she was doing home births (THANKS TO YOU!) I called her and got in and found out I will now be getting my dream birth....THANKS TO YOU!
Thank you!
Angela--that's fabulous! Thanks for sharing and all the best to you!
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