Homefirst Health Services

Homefirst Health Services, based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is a sizable medical practice and the largest physician and midwife attended homebirth practice in the United States. Healthfirst has five offices, ten doctors, four certified nurse-midwives, and 45 registered nurses and certified nurse assistants in the metropolitan Chicago area. Homefirst promotes an integrative approach to managing illness.

ervices and approach

Homefirst has a less than five percent cesarean section rate and a minimal reliance upon prescription drugs, antibiotics and medical intervention as a first line of treatment. Homefirst's clientele tends toward the better educated,Fact|date=September 2008 and towards those who follow healthier diets and who breastfeed their children much longer than the U.S. norm; half of Homefirst's mothers are still breastfeeding at two years. Homefirst doctors have delivered more than 15,000 babies at home, most of whom have never been vaccinated. Medical practices with Homefirst's approach to avoiding recommended immunizations are rare.

External links

* [http://www.homefirst.com/ Homefirst.com] (homepage)