Midwives are not a thing of the past.
That’s why Consumers Supporting Midwifery Care will be in Kemptville on March 31 to host an information session for women in Leeds-Grenville who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
Read the full article by Kristy Wallace in YourOttawaRegion.com!
The Mother-Infant Wellness Lab at the University of British Columbia is conducting a study to assess a new measure of fear of childbirth.
Click here for more information and to participate!
by Shannon Firth, September 07, 2008 11:59 AM
A new study suggests that natural childbirth can make mothers more responsive to their children as the debate over natural vs. Caesarean section birth continues.
Ottawa Valley Midwives expect to assist with about 60 births in Almonte.
Ottawa Express, October 2nd, 2003.
Midwifery in Montreal. Black-market births, by Jessica Brando
For nearly half a decade it’s been illegal for midwives to perform home births, but they’re still being done. A special report from the home-front lines of baby delivery.
Giving birth at home with a midwife present is as safe as a hospital delivery accompanied by a doctor, suggests a new Canadian study, which found home births were associated with fewer adverse outcomes for both mother and baby.
Opportunity to share birth stories and contribute to the “International Library of Birth Truths”
August 10, 2009 (Ottawa) – Running concurrently with the Ottawa premiere of the play “Birth”, join the Ottawa Consumers Supporting Midwifery Care (CSMC) in the BOLD “Red Tent” – a gathering of women, telling of birth experiences and offering of resources related to childbirth in the Ottawa region, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The event takes place on Saturday, on Saturday, Aug. 15 between the matinee and evening performances of “Birth” at St. Paul’s University Atrium, 223 Main Street.
“Birth”, the staged production taking place each night at St. Paul’s Auditorium tells eight fictionalized birth stories. The CSMC “Red Tent” offers the opportunity to share our community’s own birth stories, bringing the art of the play to the reality of our community experience. Participants are encouraged to bring artwork, poetry, birth stories – any form of creative expression of the birth experience – that they would like to share. Contributions will be recorded (in film, written word or photography) and included in the BOLD “International Library of Birth Truths.”
BOLD “Red Tents” are part of an arts-based global movement to make maternity care mother-friendly. Founder Karen Brody says, “Given today’s crisis in maternity care, where one woman dies every minute due to pregnancy and childbirth-related causes, I feel it’s time to give the microphone to the mothers so they can tell the story of maternity care today.”
BOLD “Red Tent” gatherings send their findings to everyone from politians and health departments to well-known international figures in a plea to listen to mothers when it comes to maternity care options. In addition, Brody’s play “Birth” is performed around the world as a fundraiser for local groups.
Admission to the Ottawa “Red Tent” is a pay-what-you-can donation in support of the International Breech Birth Conference.
BACKGROUND INFO:
The International Breech Birth Conference is presented by the consumer advocacy group, Coalition for Breech Birth (CBB). A sliding makes this international conference exceptionally accessible to consumers. An encore of “Birth” and a scaled-down version of CSMC’s “Red Tent” will be featured at the Breech Birth Conference. Info: www.breechbirth.ca
Consumers Supporting Midwifery Care (CSMC) is a grassroots group of Ottawa area consumers advocating for midwifery and availability of birth choices to women in the region. Info: www.midwiferyconsumers.org
BOLD (Born on Labour Day) – “Red Tent” gatherings and the play “Birth” – Info: www.boldaction.org
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, June 23, 2009, by Megan Cornell. More midwives at hospitals will enhance mother-baby care.
Read the new article by Megan Cornell in the Ottawa Citizen!
The term normal birth came into common usage about the time growing numbers in Canada were anything but, with surgery often replacing labour and delivery.
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, June 18, 2009, by Laura Payton.
As early as this fall, The Ottawa Hospital could be opening more spacesfor midwives to help area women give birth, says an organizationrepresenting the profession.