Thirty Years Too Long

Post by on March 26th, 2010

Journalist Amanda Robert’s story highlighting the homebirth situation in Illinois, says it all in the tag line: “Thirty years later, Illinois midwives fight for birth rights.”

For 30 years the state of Illinois has been aware that some 800 – 1000 Illinois women per year choose home birth and choose the care of a midwife especially [...]

By , March 26th, 2010 | Category: advocacy, midwives | One comment

CNMs, CPMs and DEMs...Oh My!

Post by on January 26th, 2010

Note: This is a first post by doula extraordinaire, midwife-in-training and legislative advocate, Rachel Dolan Wickersham. Amy and Rachel are thrilled to begin our work as a team to bring ChicagoDoula to you in its new format as a collaborative birth blog. Enjoy!

I’ve had a lot of requests for a basic primer on the different [...]

By , January 26th, 2010 | Category: advocacy, Chicago, midwives, patient consumerism | 4 comments
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