Our mission is to improve perinatal outcomes by trusting patients, increasing options for care, and challenging the status quo.

Our vision is a community where child-bearing families of all kinds have choices in the care they receive and find support and connection during these transformative years.

Tandem’s goal is to be Bloomington’s first community birth center and postpartum house. We believe that people giving birth come with different backgrounds and experiences, and have different needs–they deserve diverse and safe choices tailored to them. We hope to provide our community with another birth option that focuses on holistic prenatal, postpartum, and reproductive care. 

We chose the name Tandem because, like a tandem bike, our model of care represents how much of a partnership health care is. It is not hierarchical but rather collaborative, as individuals bring their own expertise in their bodies, families, cultures, and needs. We want to provide care that works in tandem with people, making decisions together, working toward the same goals. That includes working with families throughout the the childbearing years, and families and individuals from puberty to menopause.

Tandem is currently gestating. We hope to open the community birth center’s doors in 2022. If you would like to help in this effort by volunteering your time please visit the “Join Our Team” page or consider donating. With your help and support, we can build the first community birth center in Bloomington.

Tandem Community Birth Center and Postpartum House is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our tax-exempt status is effective as of Feb 28th, 2020.