The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) would like to commemorate this May 5th, the International Day of the Midwife, by calling attention to the lack of access to midwifery
“We want a commitment from government to increase access to midwifery services through legislation and funding for midwifery care in all provinces and territories, by increasing the number of midwives in all areas including rural and remote communities, and by providing support for direct midwifery services on federal jurisdictions such as on reserve.” says Ms. Anne Wilson, President of CAM.care faced by most Canadian women. CAM believes that all women in Canada deserve to access midwifery care if they choose. As part of the Muskoka Initiative, the Canadian government has pledged to reduce maternal and infant mortality globally; CAM urges the Canadian government to make good on this promise, both at home and abroad. Supporting Maternal and Child Health globally also means supporting Canadian moms and babies in their choice to access midwifery care.
The Midwifery Collective of Ottawa has great news!
They are expanding and 5 new midwives will be joining as of January 2012.
They have lots of room for new clients. Check out www.midwiferycollective.com for more information!
May 4th – The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) issued a News Release reiterating its support for publicly-funded, well-integrated midwifery. View the SOGC PDF for details.
Tune in to the “A” Morning show on Ottawa’s “A” Channel next Tuesday April 19 at 9:30 AM to hear midwife Wendy Huculak (from East Ottawa Midwives) talk about Midwifery and promote our next information session in Blackburn Hamlet!
by Elizabeth Payne, The Ottawa Citizen, November 27, 2010.
Evacuating women out of remote communities to give birth is traumatic, harmful to communities and costly. So why is it still happening?
Mary Kumarluk’s children are grown now, but memories of their births are tinged with sadness. “I cried a lot,” she says of the weeks she spent in a hospital ward in Moose Factory, northern Ontario, alone and far from home.
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Hospital has reintroduced its midwifery program after a five-year hiatus and has already seen its first two midwife-assisted births in as many years, the Midwifery Collective of Ottawa has confirmed.
by Elizabeth Payne, The Ottawa Citizen, April 11, 2010.
Every birth is a miracle, of course. But the arrival of Lily Luck-Henderson, just after midnight last Tuesday morning at the General campus of the Ottawa Hospital, was something else as well. Lily was breech, as are about four per cent of babies, meaning she emerged from her mother’s womb bottom first, rather than head first. But, unlike most breech babies born in Canada in recent years, Lily was delivered vaginally, rather than by Caesarean section.
