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Certified Nurse Midwives - CNM's are licensed and regulated under their nursing license. They are the ideal primary care for low risk pregnant mothers. They can practice in hospitals, birth centers, or attend home births. They can not practice in hospitals and attend births at home in the US. This is not true in other countries. In every other country with socialized medicine midwives attend the majority of births.

Not all midwives are non-intervention oriented. You must interview and know what kinds of questions to ask to evaluate if they are a good match for you. BirthLink can help with this process please call us for referrals or to consider a birth options consultation.

To find Midwives that attend home births, please see "Home Birth Practitioners - Midwives and Doctors".

See alphabetical listings 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!

 

 

 

 

SPOTLIGHT:

West Suburban Midwife Associates is a unique CNM-owned midwifery practice. We are not governed by hospital, community health center or physician employment, which allows us to give the power of birth back to the woman.... with support and encouragement from us! We utilize non-intervention therapies to promote the natural progress of labor. It is your birth, and our role is to ensure safe passage for you and your baby. See their listing below>>>


"A midwife's work means something: It prepares the woman to go through childbirth in a way that's transformative and empowering. The empowerment and self respect she learns in labor is passed on to the child in a loving relationship."
- Ina May Gaskin CPM


 




Wendy Allen APN CNM

Northwest Professional OB/GYNE

Arlington Heights IL

847-577-2229, 847-542-8206 c

www.for-women-only.org

cnmwdallen@sbcglobal.net

Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Certified Nurse Midwife providing full-scope individualized care to women of all ages. Believe strongly in educating women to help them achieve their own personal goals. Most insurance accepted, including Kid Care and public aid. Births at Northwest Community Hospital. One on one care.

Mary Bauer CNM
AVIVA Womens Health and Midwifery
Chicago IL - 3 Office Locations
312-491-5092
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Prenatal care and birthing. Well woman care from teen through menopause. Focus on individualized care. Offering birth alternatives in a family centered setting at St. Mary's. Practice Director. UIC College of Nursing Clinical Faculty. BA 1979, MS 2008 from University of Illinois.

 

Karen Barr CNM

Rush-Copley Midwifery

Aurora IL

630-978-4800

www.rushcopley.com/midwifery

Area Served: West & Far West Suburbs

Providing health care to women throughout their lives including well woman care, pregnancy and birth care. Alternate birthing options including water births. Personalized, compassionate labor support. University of Illinois MS and CNM. Practicing midwife for 12 years. Spanish speaking. Deliveries at Rush-Copley.

 

Mary Kay Burke CNM WHNP

Women's Healthcare Affiliates

Evergreen Park, IL

708-636-9205

www.lcmh.org/wha

marykaycnm@gmail.com

Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Everyone deserves a safe and satisfying birth experience. In most cases, birth can occur with very little intervention. Make empowered decisions! University of Illinois MSN and CNM. Well woman care, family planning, and obstetrical care. Birth at Little Company of Mary.


Ariel Derringer CNM
Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group
Chicago IL
312-926-8811
aderringer@nmh.org
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Certified Nurse Midwife, Masters of Science degree in Nursing, Yale University. Ms. Derringer believes in working as a partner with patients to achieve their desired birth experience.

 

Rachael Kay Eccles MS CNM
AVIVA Womens Health and Midwifery
Chicago IL - 3 Office Locations
312-491-5092
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Prenatal care and birthing. Well woman care from teen through menopause. Focus on individualized care. Offering birth alternatives in a family centered setting at St. Mary's.

 

Linda Given Welch CNM MS
AGSO Assoc Gyne Surgery Obstetrics
Evanston IL
847-869-3300
www.agsodoctors.com
lgwcnm@sbcglobal.net
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Master's prepared Certified Nurse Midwife. Preconception & prenatal care with deliveries at Evanston Hospital. Full scope gynecological care with special interest in contraception, counseling, adolescent healthcare and midwife menopause care. Offices in Evanston & Glenview. Supportive collaborating physicians.

 

Eileen Good CNM MS
Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group
Chicago IL
312-926-8811
EGOOD@nmh.org
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Practicing midwife since 1982. Provides care with a supportive, non-judgmental approach, supporting a low-intervention, natural approach to birth whenever possible, including hydrotherapy as appropriate. Provides family planning and well-woman gyne care to women of all ages.

 

Isabelle Guillou APN CNM

Rush-Copley Midwifery

Aurora IL

630-978-4800

www.rushcopley.com/midwifery

Area Served: West & Far West Suburbs

Providing individualized care to women throughout their lives including adolescent care, contraception management, family planning, annual visits and menopausal care. Experienced with unmedicated and alternative birth methods. Board-certified by the American College of Nurse Midwives. International board-certified lactation consultant. Deliveries at Rush-Copley.

 

Julie Harrison MS CNM
AVIVA Womens Health and Midwifery
Chicago IL - 3 Office Locations
312-491-5092
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Prenatal care and birthing. Well woman care from teen through menopause. Focus on individualized care. Offering birth alternatives in a family centered setting at St. Mary's. MS and CNM University of Illinois. Practicing midwifery since 1979. Spanish Speaking.

 


Carol Hirschfield CNM
Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group
Chicago IL
312-926-8811

chirschf@nmh.org

Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Certified Nurse Midwife, Masters of Science degree from Georgetown University. Medical interests include natural childbirth, family planning and warm water immersion for labor and delivery.

Martha Kaempfe MS CNM
AVIVA Women's Health and Midwifery
Chicago IL - 3 Office Locations
312-491-5092
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Prenatal care and birthing. Well woman care from teen through menopause. Focus on individualized care. Offering birth alternatives in a family centered setting at St. Mary's. Nurse midwifery experience at Cook County, Illinois Masonic and St Elizabeth's. Spanish speaking.

 

Gaye Koconis CNM
North Shore Assoc in Gyn/OB
Evanston IL
847-475-1224
Area Served: North Shore

Worked with childbearing women in and around the Chicago area since 1996 and has been a Certified Nurse Midwife since 2002. Her practice is strongly committed to empowering, supporting and educating women during pregnancy and childbirth. Evanston & St Francis Hospital. Offices in Evanston and Glenview.

 

Debi Lesnick CNM
NorthShore Assoc for OB/Gyn
Evanston IL
847-475-1224
Area Served: North Shore

Certified since 1993, Also educated in Anthropology, Italian, and History. Fluent Italian. Excellent backup physicians. Teen, well woman, pre & post menopausal gyne care. Evanston & St Francis Hospital. Offices in Evanston and Glenview.

 

Alina Markiewicz MS CNM
AVIVA Womens Health and Midwifery
Chicago IL - 3 Office Locations
312-491-5092
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Prenatal care and birthing. Well woman care from teen through menopause. Focus on individualized care. Offering birth alternatives in a family centered setting at St. Mary's. MS 2009 from University of Illinois. Speaks Spanish and Polish.

 

Shirley Moore CNM
Midwifery & Women's Health West Sub Med Ctr
Forest Park IL
708-386-2400

www.oakparkmidwife.com
sjamoore@netscape.net
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Certified nurse-midwife. Prenatal care and birth support in ABC including waterbirth. Full scope gynecologic services. Care for women throughout the lifecycle including teens and menopausal therapies. Use of a variety of alternatives. Self pay, full insurance, Kid Care and public aid accepted.

 

Lia Moss CNM
Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group
Chicago IL
312-926-8811

www.nmpg.com

Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Graduate from University of Illinois at Chicago in Midwifery and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. Interests include empowering women to learn about their bodies and to realize personal fulfillment with their labor and birth, gynecological care, and family planning.

 


 

Julie Omar CNM
Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group
Chicago IL
312-926-8811
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Graduate University of Illinois at Chicago Midwifery School 2007. Working with NMPG since then. Interests include empowering women, providing honorable, holistic comprehensive care free of judgment. Offering wisdom, and expert advice to women with high regard for their personal choices.

 

Brigitte Raahauge CNM
West Suburban Midwife Associates Ltd
Oak Park IL
708-848-3800
www.westsubmidwives.com
info@westsubmidwives.com
Area Served: Northern IL, Southern WI, NW IN & SW MI

Unique boutique private CNM-owned practice. Non-intervention birth, optimal positioning, therapeutic touch, water birth, VBAC and caring support in the Alternative Birth Center. Also well-woman gynecology and family planning. We are in-network for most PPO, HMO and offer discounts for self pay.

Deborah Riddell APN CNM MS
Women First Midwifery Inc
Aurora IL
630-897-7700
www.womenfirst.org

Area Served: Western Suburbs/Fox River Valley

Practicing Certified Nurse Midwife since 1982. Fullscope women's health care: pregnancy, delivery, postpartum gynecology. Health care as a true partnership with the woman. Health care respecting each woman's differences and individuality. Health care honoring the wisdom of natural processes.

 

Gayle Riedmann CNM MS
West Suburban Midwife Associates Ltd
Oak Park IL
708-848-3800
www.westsubmidwives.com
info@westsubmidwives.com
Area Served: Northern IL, Southern WI, NW IN & SW MI

Unique boutique private CNM-owned practice. Non-intervention birth, optimal positioning, therapeutic touch, water birth, VBAC and caring support in the Alternative Birth Center. Also well-woman gynecology and family planning. We are in-network for most PPO, HMO and offer discounts for self pay.

Sherri Ruerup CNM
The Nurse Midwifery Group
Chicago IL
773-989-6200
www.swedishcovenant.org/midwives
E-mail contact info on web site.
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Our group of Certified Nurse-Midwives is committed to providing a natural, non-interventive childbirth experience and a holistic approach to women’s healthcare.  Our mission is to partner with our patients and empower women to participate in decision making.

 

Mary Saracco MM CNM
Midwifery & Women's Health West Sub Med Ctr
Forest Park IL
708-386-2400

www.oakparkmidwife.com
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs

Certified nurse-midwife. Prenatal care and birth support in ABC including waterbirth. Full scope gynecologic services. Care for women throughout the lifecycle including teens and menopausal therapies. Use of a variety of alternatives. Self pay, full insurance, Kid Care and public aid accepted.

 

Amy Willen CNM

West Suburban Midwife Associates Ltd
Oak Park IL
708-848-3800
www.westsubmidwives.com
info@westsubmidwives.com
Area Served: Northern IL, Southern WI, NW IN & SW MI


Unique boutique private CNM-owned practice. Non-intervention birth, optimal positioning, therapeutic touch, water birth, VBAC and caring support in the Alternative Birth Center. Also well-woman gynecology and family planning. We are in-network for most PPO, HMO and offer discounts for self pay.

 

Amy Willetts CNM
Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group
Chicago IL
312-926-8811
Area Served: Chicago & Suburbs


Certified Nurse Midwife, Masters of Science degree in Nursing from University of Illinois, Chicago Medical interests include promoting women’s health and disease prevention, educating women about their bodies, family planning and birth control options.

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