Childbirth
Services and Support for Expectant Mothers in Chicago
If labor and delivery is in your near future, prepare bybrowsing the following list of birth support services in Chicago. Expectant Mother's Guide can help mothers-to-be find birthing hospitals, umbilical cord blood banks, childbirth education classes, labor doulas, and other services to help in the birth of a new baby.
Birthing Centers & Hospitals
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Prentice Women's Hospital
As a designated Level III Perinatal and Special Care Center, Prentice Women’s Hospital offers traditional birthing methods and supports birth options such as water births, midwives and doulas. From preparing for pregnancy, labor and delivery, to taking your new baby home, you will find educational and support services to meet your every need.
Rush University Medical Center
Services for expectant families include a full range of classes designed to help parents-to-be prepare for the birth of a new baby. Rush offers homelike settings for childbirth, as well as two operating rooms equipped for cesarean section births and emergency procedures. Facilities include 39 bassinets for healthy newborns and a 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit.
West Suburban Midwife Associates, Ltd.
We are a unique CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife)-owned midwifery practice. Our midwives attend births in the Alternative Birthing Center at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park. We believe it is your birth, and our role is to insure safe passage for mothers and their babies. Specializing in waterbirth and VBAC. Most insurance accepted. Self-pay plans available.
Childbirth Preparation & Support
Be By Baby!
Be By Baby is a retail and resource center for families in the Chicagoland area offering classes and support groups on childbirth, baby care basics and pregnancy massage. Childbirth classes are taught by doulas and midwives, not affiliated with any one hospital, that explore the birth options available to you.
Birthways
Birthways is Chicago's oldest and largest community of labor support and postpartum doulas, providing support during pregnancy, birth and early parenting. Labor doula services include services include prenatal visits, phone support, early labor support continued throughout the birth, assistance with first breastfeed, and one postpartum follow up visit. Childbirth education classes also available.
Galter LifeCenter
Galter LifeCenter wants to make the transition in parenthood as easy as possible. Along with Swedish Covenant Hospital we offer childbirth education classes that encompasses birthing options, pain management and comfort techniques. Breastfeeding and newborn care classes are also offered.
Global Yoga Studio
Global Yoga Studio is a wellness center and yoga studio in one. Offerings include, pregnancy classes and services, couples class for labor and comfort positions, labor support and doula services, birthing and labor class and consultation.
Soulistic Studio & Spa
Soulistic Studio and Spa is a green mind/body studio and spa offering childbirth education workshops. Recent class offerings include Couples Workshop for Labor & Birth, a one-day intensive covering the stages of labor and comfort measures for labor.
Other Childbirth Resources
CBR - Cord Blood Registry
Save your baby’s cord blood with CBR, the most experienced cord blood bank and the #1 choice of Ob/Gyns and expectant families. If you are pregnant, call CBR today for a free information kit. Learn about the lifesaving potential of your baby’s cord blood stem cells and your options when it comes to saving them. Visit us online today.
