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Calling the Midwives

A pregnant woman speaks with a midwife. Midwives are healthcare professionals who care for women before, during, and after pregnancy.

Fact checked by Jim Lacy Sierra Bartlett wanted a water birth. It was 2021, and she was living in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, 20 weeks pregnant with her first child. She had recently learned that West Suburban Medical Center offered water births with the midwives who attended births there. Hesitant at first, Bartlett, who is […]