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Homebirth midwife background check

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#1 ·
Hi, i'm planning for a homebirth in Chicago. It's not a very popular choice in this area and would like any advice on how to make sure i'm safe with the midwife I will hire. Is there anywhere where I can look up information on her or would any recommend a background check? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
#2 ·
There are lots of Chicago area hb midwives. Only CNMs are licensed in Illinois.
Check out birthlink.com

I am seeing Hillary Kaisser at gentle birth care and am very happy with her.
 
#3 ·
You can get a background check and criminal history on someone with companies like intelius.com and others.

I would also look at yelp.com

With CNMs you can check a nursing board.

You can also do a google search, XYZ name plus homebirth death, or tragedy, or complaint and see what comes up.
 
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