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3717 N Ravenswood Suite 215 FAX (773) 880-9878 Email: midwife@awomansplacechicago.com
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Welcome to A Woman's Place Birth and Health Resources! Conveniently located in Chicago's Lakeview/North Center neighborhood, we offer attentive care by Certified Nurse Midwives. Most women can expect a normal, uncomplicated delivery when they have had a healthy pregnancy with supportive care and guidance. We promote natural birth and avoid unnecessary interventions. However, we do utilize technology and medications when there is a complication or need. Our philosophy is based on informed choice. We strive to provide you with information on both risks and benefits of the many choices you will have during your pregnancy and birth. These include prenatal testing, ultrasound, fetal monitoring, epidurals, episiotomy, infant feeding, and many others. We will support your choices as long as they do not compromise the safety of you and your baby. If you would like to discuss whether our services are right for you, please contact us to schedule a complimentary interview. |
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"...a phenomenon is emerging...that I call 'postmodern midwifery'. Postmodern midwives know the limitations and strengths of the Western medical system and of their own, and they can move fluidly between them. "They are scientifically informed, articulate, organized, political, and highly conscious of both their cultural uniqueness and their global importance. They are mediators, crossing the boundaries between obstetric care and alternative care, home and hospital, modern and traditional, local and international. These midwives are working to ensure that the uniquely woman-centered dimensions of midwifery remain intact. They are shape-shifters and know how to subvert the medical system where appropriate while often complying with it. They make alliances with Western medicine where possible and make connections with other midwives internationally to create a global culture of midwifery as well as to preserve and to teach to others the best of their own cultural traditions around birth." Robbie Davis Floyd, as quoted in the article "Global Midwives: Birthing the Future", in Issue #2 of Worldpulse Magazine
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