If you are looking for a midwife serving Chicago and the near suburbs that offers water birth, VBAC, and the comfort of West Suburban Medical Center Alternative Birth Center, you are in the right place. As advanced practice nurses, nationally certified and licensed by the state of Illinois, we offer safe, compassionate, and holistic healthcare. While caring for pregnant women and attending birth are one important focus, we attend women at all stages of life. “Midwife” means “with-woman,” therefore we have foremost respect for a woman’s individuality and provide services with the goal of meeting her unique needs. Services include: - annual exams: pap smear, HPV test, infection testing/treatment - breast examination/ referral for mammography - pre-conception counseling & pregnancy planning comprehensive prenatal care testing, ultrasound, childbirth preparation, including alternative medicine options & referral - birth care: continuous support during active labor breast feeding support family planning menopausal care We support choice in birth. Births are attended in a hospital setting including the alternative birth center (ABC) experience, offering a large private room to accommodate family, queen-sized bed, water therapy, and water birth. For women who desire or require medical pain management, or if a complication arises during the course of labor, the midwives continue to stay with you and attend your birth in the labor and delivery rooms on the same hospital floor. Thanks to the excellent support of collaborating physicians we are also able to provide vaginal birth after Cesarean section (VBAC) for appropriate clients. Please call our office to schedule an appointment for a gynecological or prenatal appointment. We offer free consultation visits for pregnant clients considering midwifery care. Accepting most insurance, Illinois medical card, and self-pay clients. ❀ 708.386.2400 oakparkmidwife@gmail.com  http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004667.htmlmailto:oakparkmidwife@gmail.comshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1

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Elmhurst Clinic Center for Health/
William and Carol Parrillo Building
1200 S. York Road, Suite 4120
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone 331.221.9009		 Elmhurst Clinic Oak Park
1100 Lake Street, Suite 230
Oak Park, IL 60301
Phone 331.221.9009		 Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
155 E. Brush Hill Road
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone 331.221.3010
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