EXPLORE YOUR APPROACH TO CHILDBIRTH AND FIND PROVIDERS WHO ARE RIGHT FOR YOU

BirthGuide helps you find the people who will care for you in the childbearing year.

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QUESTIONNAIRE

Explore your preferences and priorities to find the birth setting that’s right for you.

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BIRTH STORY

Hear from other families about their births in different settings.

Learn about

BIRTH SETTINGS

Consider the pros and cons of home, birth center and hospital.

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HOSPITALS, BIRTH CENTERS & HOME BIRTH PROVIDERS

Find a place to give birth that offers the care you’re looking for.

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COMPLEMENTARY CARE & SERVICES

Find support throughout the childbearing year. Doulas, fitness, yoga and childbirth classes, lactation support, holistic providers, photographers, etc.

THE BIRTHGUIDE PODCAST

Episode 1: Midwifery Care in a Freestanding Birth Center

We’re joined by three Chicago-area Certified Nurse-Midwives to talk about the model of care offered in freestanding, midwife-led birth centers.

Episode 2: Chiropractic care for a more effective labor

Dr. Stephanie Maj is a chiropractor with 26 years of experience caring for pregnant women and their babies. She joins host Anne Nicholson Weber to explain how chiropractic care in pregnancy can help prepare your body for a more effective labor and easier childbirth.

Episode 3: How family and friends can help fund your circle of support

BeHerVillage founder Kaitlin McGreyes explains how your baby registry can help you pay for the care you want and need. Get support, not just stuff.

Episode 4: Dads & Doulas

Five Chicago-area fathers talk with host Anne Nicholson Weber about how hiring a birth doula impacted their experience of pregnancy and childbirth.

 

 

Episode 5: Personality and birth satisfaction

Dr. Elizabeth Pearce, a clinical psychologist and doula, talks about making choices that drive birth satisfaction.

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