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...
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...
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...
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...
You may have heard the news… Eating dates in late pregnancy may increase cervical ripening… Ok great, what is cervical ripening, you may ask. Before and during labor our cervix (the lower, narrow end of the uterus that protrudes into the vagina) begins to...
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, &...