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Midwives and Birth Options in the Chicagoland Area

Midwives and Birth Options in the Chicagoland Area

Hospital-based midwives, home birth, OBGYNs and family practice doctors are ALL birth options in the Chicagoland area. I can’t count the number of families that I have spoken with who did not realize they had options for their birth. Knowing the options you have for...
How the Right Birth Team Changed My Birth Experience

How the Right Birth Team Changed My Birth Experience

I wish I had known. The birthing class at the hospital didn’t prepare me for the birth of my daughter Gaby. I expected the birth to be a textbook birth, but it wasn’t. Instead, I was told I needed to be induced. It led to an emergency and delivery via...
4th Trimester Bodies Project

4th Trimester Bodies Project

The 4th Trimester Bodies Project will be at Chicago Family Doulas on June 30th!!! Learn more about founder Ashlee Dean Wells and why 4TBP is making such a huge impact and empowering mothers all over the United States. Ashlee Dean Wells I am a queer non-binary human. a...
Let’s get this baby out!

Let’s get this baby out!

Is your estimated date of arrival approaching for baby? Are you scheduled for a medical induction that you are not interested in participating in? Or are you just plain exhausted from carrying around an extra 20-50 lbs. Well then let’s get this baby out! Here is...
How Do I Support My Partner After Baby Comes?

How Do I Support My Partner After Baby Comes?

The other day at a prenatal meeting a partner asked us the best question ever. What should I do for my wife once I have to go back to work.  So we compiled a list of our most appreciated gestures you can do for her anytime once baby has arrived. MAKE FOOD, FOOD, &...