http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:16:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tndm3X7G9tI Chicago filmmaker Ami Burns posted a YouTube video about the shortage of homebirth midwives in Illinois. Take a look! http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org/2008/03/10/youtube-addresses-illinois-midwife-shortage/ Come join us for our new Homebirth and Midwifery MeetUp group! We get together the 3rd Tuesday of every month in Grayslake/Libertyville, in Chicago's northern suburbs. Come chat with other parents and gentle birth professionals and learn about compelling issues in homebirth and midwifery from the perspective of the midwives ... http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org/2008/02/08/join-us-in-grayslake-for-our-homebirth-and-midwifery-meetup/ We are thrilled to announce that Chicago Community Midwives' advocacy efforts have paid off and in response to our request, Governor Blagojevich has issued a Proclamation honoring the Founders of La Leche League and declaring July 16-23rd La Leche League International Week! Congratulations La Leche League and congratualtions to each and every one ... http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org/2007/07/18/happy-la-leche-league-international-week/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2007 Contact: Jacque Shannon-McNulty Board of Directors, Chicago Community Midwives jacque(at)chicagocommunitymidwives(dot)org GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH PROCLAIMS JULY 16-23 LA LECHE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL WEEK CHICAGO- Governor Rod Blagojevich has declared July 16-23 La Leche League International Week in Illinois in honor of the small group of mothers in the 1950s who formed the breastfeeding support group ... http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org/2007/07/10/press-release-governor-blagojevich-proclaims-july16-23-la-leche-leage-international-week-in-illinois/ Innovative grassroots programs. Evidence-based professional education. Empowering, peer to peer public education. This is what sets Chicago Community Midwives apart. Deeply rooted in our mission of educating the public and professionals about the midwives model of care, out of hospital birth and breastfeeding, Chicago Community Midwives strives to improve the lives ... http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org/2006/08/11/chicago-community-midwives-impact-through-education/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2005 Defensive Medicine Practice Leads to Dramatic Increase in Cesarean Section Rate CHICAGO- Cesarean section surgery rates have reached epidemic proportions in the United States according to new statistics released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 29.1% of babies in the United States were born ... http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org/2005/11/19/press-release-defensive-medicine-practice-leads-to-dramatic-increse-in-cesarean-section-rate/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 17, 2005 Contact: Jacque Shannon-McNulty President Chicago Community Midwives jacque@chicagocommunitymidwives.org Study Finds for Healthy Women, Planned Homebirth with a Certified Professional Midwife as Safe as Birth in Hospital with a Doctor CHICAGO- The British Medical Journal publishes a study in the June 18th edition finding that women experiencing low-risk pregnancies who give birth ... http://www.chicagocommunitymidwives.org/2005/06/17/press-release-study-finds-for-healthy-women-planned-homebirth-with-a-certified-professional-midwife-as-safe-as-birth-in-hospital-with-a-doctor/