The Ottawa Birth Centre Team wishes to hear from YOU regarding a potential Birth Centre in Ottawa. We are hoping to get your feedback about services you wish to see offered in a Birth Centre. This survey is open to women who have had babies and providers working with childbearing families.
We invite you to take 5-10 minutes to complete this survey.
If you wish to receive updates on the status of the Ottawa Birth Centre, please visit www.ottawabirthcentre.ca.
Ontario midwives don’t have a contract and aim to raise awareness about stalled negotiations – Story on CBC.
Two years and 25,000 babies are too long to wait! Help the Ontario Midwives get the government back to the table to discuss a contract for midwives. It has been two years since the negotiations have started and subsequently stalled. The Day of Action is today: Friday, October 19. Learn how you can help »
We often think of women’s rights abuses taking place in developing countries. What has been going under the radar is the system wide abuse of women in North America. Lack of informed consent in childbirth is a violation of your human rights. Learn more about what informed consent is, what constitutes a violation, and what you can do to help stop the abuse of women’s rights in childbirth.
Now is the Time! The campaign CHOICE. ACCESS. MIDWIVES. is coming to a close October 17th, 2012. If you have not taken the time to sign our e-letter please so do now at http://www.canadianmidwives.org and share this campaign.
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) launched the campaign Choice. Access. Midwives. to draw attention to the lack of access to midwifery care faced by many women and families in Canada. 3700 people have signed so far, but to reach 5000 by next week, we need 300 signatures a day until then!
Contact: Maria Radonicich
Email: maria@wheresmymidwife.org
Website: www.wheresmymidwife.org
Where’s My Midwife? has set their sights on a new town. With posts on their blog and Facebook page, they asked their followers who needed help accessing midwives – residents of the Smiths Falls community answered with a resounding US!
If you support access to Midwifery for all Canadians, go to www.canadianmidwives.org and send the already written letter to the federal minister of health, stressing the importance of available midwifery care for all Canadians!! Really easy… just a few seconds!!