Caring Community Midwives for Chicago’s Families

A Freestanding Birth Center with Skilled Midwifery Care

Birth, Wellness, and Ongoing Connection

We are located in the North Center Neighborhood,
and are open for Prenatal Care, Birth, and Well Body Care.

Friendly, inclusive care and resources for individuals and families.

Cover photo provided by Erin Loughlin

See inside our Birth Center

We invite you to take a peek inside our home-like birth center. We have a full kitchen, two birth suites and one antepartum/postpartum room, and three upstairs clinic rooms featured in this video. To see all the details that help make our center unique, we invite you schedule a tour and imagine yourself becoming a client!

Curious about Costs?

Learn more about next steps to receive an insurance quote,
and fees associated with care.

Let’s explore if a birth center birth could be for you!

Some Birth Statistics from BCC

94.2%

Vaginal Birth Rate

5.8%

Primary Cesarean
Rate

0%

Urgent Transfers
During birth

In-Network With

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Where We Start

We are delighted to serve individuals and families looking for a friendly space full of compassionate, evidence-based care. For those excited to plan their birth at our center, we want to hear from you! We will spend the first appointment going over your medical history and discuss if we are a good fit for the birth you have imagined.

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Nurturing A Relationship

Health care is broken in the United States, and we know part of our duty is to re-establish trust. Our midwives are skilled and experienced with the traditional hospital setting and see how rushing adds to the harm that can be done by providers. We won’t rush you. We won’t interrupt you. We want to be in a relationship with you, not have power over you.

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Ongoing Support

Through every step of your care with us, we will listen and meet you where you are. If you are experiencing anxiety before giving birth, need emotional and physical care during labor and after, or are feeling at a loss for coping methods once you are home, we want to know. Our aftercare is ongoing, and we care about your experience.

 

Safety by the Numbers at

Birth Centers

In a study of the Birth Center model, done in 2013, 15,574 birthing persons were included in a study of outcomes, methods of being born, transfer rates, and maternal mortality. The study found that of those in the study, 84% went on to give birth in the birth center, 4% transferred care before they were admitted to the birth center, and 12% transferred after admission. Regardless of where they gave birth, 93% of those participants had a spontaneous vaginal birth, 1% had an assisted vaginal birth, and 6% had a cesarean birth.

Get access to our education and referral lists

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Located in Chicago’s North Center Neighborhood

3832 N. Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60613

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