Birth Roots Community Midwifery

Birth Roots Community Midwifery Corinne Westing, CNM (they/them), providing inclusive, affirming, and empowering home birth, family building, and reproductive wellness care in Chicagoland.

Schedule a consultation here: https://birthrootscommunitymidwifery.as.me/?appointmentType=78530493

11/21/2025

My heart is so full today!!!!!

Overnight I had the privilege of supporting an incredible woman welcome new life and receive her baby into her hands in a beautiful birth, then I took an amazing sleep, and woke up, caffeinated and refueled—

Then I got to present to a fabulous group of Oak Park River Forest High School students for a career class about being a . Teaching young folks a brief history of the colonization of birth work and birth; the paths to midwifery in the US; and what being supported by a midwife across major life events is so fun!!!!

Forgot to ask the teacher to capture the moment, but hopefully you can see here the joy of bringing this info to super engaged young people (boy were their questions great, especially about placentas 😂), and the special bit of ***rjoy when a young q***r and trans person wanted to chat about being q***r in the health provider world. 💗🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Have I said it enough lately?? I have the best job. And is the best drug.


11/18/2025

How does it work?
It’s a question I hear pretty frequently on consultations, and it’s a great one! Because homebirth midwives like myself are practicing outside of systems that most folks are familiar with, it can be hard to conceptualize what home birth care looks like.

In many ways, we follow the standard of care—visits monthly for the first two trimesters, then more frequent visits in the third trimester.

Prenatal care includes many of the same things that would be done in a hospital-based practice (though more high-touch than high-tech)—monitoring baby’s growth and heart tones as well as the birthing parent’s wellbeing—including labs and ultrasounds when indicated.

The biggest difference is in how comprehensive and holistic our approach is, and how much time we take to get to know and establish mutual trust with our clients. “Routine” prenatal visits with Birth Roots are scheduled for an hour, so we can address your physical, emotional, social, and knowledge needs.

So when you choose care with a home birth midwife such as myself, you’re getting all the standard care, plus an abundance of care for your whole person as you prepare for your transformational birth and postpartum.

Sound like the kind of care you’re dreaming of? Click the link in the bio for a consultation! We can’t wait to connect. 💗

11/14/2025

While we focus on low-risk, physiologic birth, the reality is that home birth midwives always need to be prepared for birth emergencies. So every couple of years, we immerse ourselves in over 20 hours of continuing education with for out of hospital providers and renew our Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certificates.

Brushing up on hand skills, getting updates on the evidence, and doing drills is essential to keep up our competencies to serve birthing families with holistic safety.

Many thanks to our wonderful instructors and to our fellow birth workers that shared stories, wisdom, and humility as we learned and practiced together.


11/10/2025

Monday afternoon sunset feels over here 💗
Feeling so grateful for the opportunity to serve the very best people that I am meant to walk with. This work is a calling. It’s sacred to be asked to hold space for someone during the life-making and birth-giving process. So rewarding to hear from folks I know from previous work, and to hear from recently postpartum folks how safe and held they felt, even when things were hard.
And yo, oxytocin is the best drug! And these bbs and their badass parents are just the best!
(Also yes, that’s the sound of my frolicking dogs in the background—they’re feeling the joy too! 😂)



11/06/2025

Honored to receive these wonderful words from a dear client recently. We are the absolute luckiest to have the opportunity to serve and help amazing folks develop the confidence to have empowered births 🥰
If this sounds like the kind of care you’d like to receive, please hit us up for a consultation to see if we might be the right fit for you! Link in bio!




11/06/2025

So grateful to be able to squeeze in some incredible continuing education this week, offered by .community As a ***rmidwife / it was so grounding to be in community spaces upholding the values of in q***r family building and uplifting the voices and experiences of amazing leaders in our community.

Highlights included a session with that blew my mind with all the best evidence on fertility and conception, hearing from legal experts on the current landscape for q***r families; learning from badass fellow CNM about centering racial justice in this work; and a super sweet session with q***r and non-binary parents on raising families with authenticity.

It’s been such a heavy time for q***r, trans, racialized, immigrant, and poor and working class families. Gatherings like this are so helpful to build resilience and help clinicians and families connect and orient on what matters.

Postpartum visits!!!!! 😭😭😭😭It’s so bittersweet to hold these wee babes at 6 weeks, and to say farewell for now to the de...
10/31/2025

Postpartum visits!!!!! 😭😭😭😭
It’s so bittersweet to hold these wee babes at 6 weeks, and to say farewell for now to the dearest humans in our care as they venture beyond the first weeks postpartum.
It’s rare that this softie doesn’t shed a few tears in these visits as my lovely clients recount the powerful impact the birth had, and how they work through the blessings and challenges of recovering from birth and supporting new life. It’s such a tender time!!!
Midwifery is truly the coolest job, and I’m so grateful to the families that invite me on their journeys. Each one teaches me so much, and leaves their mark in my heart.
(Many thanks to my lovely client for this pic, which is shared with permission)




Freshly back from the Illinois annual Lillian Runnerstrom dinner. This gathering of seasoned (and retired), practicing,...
10/23/2025

Freshly back from the Illinois annual Lillian Runnerstrom dinner. This gathering of seasoned (and retired), practicing, and student nurse midwives in the honor of the grandmother of Illinois nurse midwifery nourishes my soul.

As a midwife, I’m sometimes quite removed from CNM community, as most of my CNM colleagues practice in hospitals. Their groups are attending hundreds of births per year (sometimes per month!), and the accessibility of this model of care helps touch so many lives. And my connections with hospital-based midwives is invaluable when I need to connect someone with a higher level of care.

Really enjoyed being surrounded by a delightful crop of senior CNM students that are in love with physiologic birth, striving to learn inclusive care, and ready to change the world.

10/21/2025

It’s a beautiful day to be a home birth midwife. Today I had the privilege of providing an in-home 6-week postpartum visit for a dear client that requested concierge service. I get to go home for lunch (and to let the dogs out) since I had a cancellation, and then I’ll head to the office to see some clients.
Mix in some parenting, and there you have it! A day in the life of a home birth midwife and mamx.
Interested in individualized care for your journey? Click the link in the bio to schedule your consultation. I hope to hear from you!


10/20/2025

Kind of obsessed about how magical the light is in the office in the mornings. Happy Monday! Excited to see new and established clients today and support the most amazing humans on their journeys 🥰


10/15/2025

Aaaaaaand another magical collaboration is in the works! While we each seemed familiar to each other when we ran into each other at an event last week, we didn’t realize we were already connected through our kiddos and our passion for supporting new parents!
Heloise (pronounced Eloise!) is the founder of and an expert guide to new parents looking to learn , while Corinne is the midwife behind and brings expertise to supporting expectant parents planning and empowered postpartum and parenting.
Stay tuned for exciting announcements about upcoming collaborations to offer education to our community about the power of nurturing touch for new babes 😍

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