Birth Center of Chicago

02/23/2026

Join us for our upcoming Doula Guide Post gathering.

If interested, sign up using the link in our bio.

This intentional mini-retreat is created for doulas who are navigating transition and looking for grounded, practical support in what comes next. Designed as a discussion-centered space, it offers time to pause, reflect, and explore how your practice may evolve within a field that holds many different paths.

Open to doulas of all training backgrounds and areas of care — birth, postpartum, loss, abortion, full-spectrum, hospital-based, community-based, and beyond. This space honors the many forms doula work can take and invites you to stretch beyond the boundaries of your original training through shared dialogue and lived experience.

Led by an experienced doula with both hospital and community birth experience, this gathering supports deeper clarity, sustainable growth, and expanded ways of offering care — while staying grounded in the values that brought you to this work in the first place.

Saturday, March 7th, 2026
11am – 3pm

We look forward to welcoming you into the next season of your practice.

11/13/2025

Come read the news in our blog!

09/23/2025

NEW BLOG
LCPMs Join Birth Center of Chicago
Follow Link to read more!

https://www.birthcenterofchicago.com/blog

We’re excited to announce that **Licensed Certified Professional Midwives (LCPMs)** are joining our care team!

An **LCPM** is a nationally credentialed and state-licensed midwife who specializes in out-of-hospital birth settings, like homes and freestanding birth centers. They are trained specifically in supporting low-risk pregnancies and providing evidence-based, relationship-centered care.

By bringing together **LCPMs and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs)**, we’re expanding access to collaborative, midwife-led care that centers families, supports natural birth options, and honors your unique birth story. It’s truly the best of both worlds.

We’re proud to continue safe, community-based birth care in Chicago.

09/09/2025

Ariel and Juanita (Our new Director!) were able to attend this year’s Latch and Stroll event by and were encouraged to be surrounded by so many committed and empowered birth workers. Thank you to CSSBC’s team of volunteers and event organizers for continuing to inspire and lead in these spaces that connect community to goals and action.

09/03/2025

Read our latest Newsletter!

Dear Community, We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your continued understanding and support as we navigate this challenging period. As many of you know, we are currently on medical divert, and we recognize the impact this has on your plans and care. Please know that this decision was not....

09/03/2025

Chicago and beyond, experienced CPMs and CNMs, if you are looking for a full time staff midwife position we would delight in talking with you! Please visit the Employment page on our website for an overview of the open positions at our center.

06/07/2025

This is why we do what we do! Hearing from former clients about the impact of our care fills our hearts and reinforces our commitment to supporting families. Thank you for entrusting us with your experience. We're here because we believe in your power and that every person deserves to feel seen and deeply supported through the profound transformation of birth

06/04/2025

Guardian: One who guards, protects, or preserves.

In the times during birth where you are doing the internal work to prepare and rest for what’s next, you may not need a loud champion. We know it can be just as important to guard the space between, so you aren’t disturbed or distracted from the important work you are ALREADY DOING.

06/02/2025

Nitrous oxide is one of the comfort measures we have available here at the birth center, and as you can see in this image it is self administered. During a labor pattern there are rest periods (seen in this photo!) which leads to building intensity, a crest where the pain is most intense, and a steady decrease of intensity that ends in another period of rest. During the building intensity, you can bring the mask to your nose and mouth and take deep breaths through the peak until you feel comfortable.

While nitrous oxide can be a useful tool on it’s own, we find families find it more helpful when it is used with other comfort measures, like doula support, physical touch/massage, movement, and controlled breathing.

06/01/2025

Helping hands 😍 in the last part of the 1st stage, as your womb is opening to the fullest it can, many feel incredibly vulnerable and untethered. We tell families this is the time to get closer, to shrink their world to just their breath and sensations. It’s intense. It’s emotional. It’s hard. Bring the people you can fall apart with, and also who you trust to keep you encouraged to keep going.

05/31/2025

From the photographer // - A birth full of calm, strength, and love. This mama finds great comfort laboring in the tub, all THREE of her babies have been born into water. What an honor to be invited into these sacred spaces to capture these moments for families. I still cannot believe this is my job.

Also, there’s something special about the Birth Center of Chicago — their obvious commitment to the care of each family is why I love capturing these beautiful, empowering moments alongside them. That and snacking on their stash of string cheese when I inevitably forget to bring my own snacks. In the daytime we order Thai. lol.

Do you have a BCC babe or are planning to? I’d love to chat about birth photography can look like for your family.

05/30/2025

In honor of graduation season, we have to share this adorable pic of a birth center alumni 😍