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Ottawa midwives would like your photos of you, your midwives and your families, relevant gatherings, newspaper clippings, posters. They are looking for ANYTHING related to Ottawa midwifery and your experiences. Ottawa midwives will be making a slideshow with these materials for the 20th anniversary party, planned for Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 11th from 1 pm – 4 pm. They will return your donations, which can be emailed (ottawamidwifery20@gmail.com), dropped off at The Extraordinary Baby Shoppe, or at the Midwifery Group of Ottawa office.
Please note the forms on this page (https://www.facebook.com/20yearsofontariomidwifery/posts/637071773039022#!/20yearsofontariomidwifery/photos/pcb.632528163493383/632527966826736/?type=1&theater).
If access to midwifery care and choice of care provider are important to you, I invite you to write a letter regarding the way that the Transfer Payment Agency is requiring that Village Midwifery justify accepting clients outside their catchment area. This is an urgent matter that affects women’s right to choice of care provider, and could potentially limit access to midwifery care if the current policy is not changed. We ask that letters be written by January 31st to policy makers and care-providers: the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care; LHIN (the Local Health Integration Network who plan, integrate and fund local health services); the Transfer Payment Agency; the Association of Ontario Midiwves; the College of Midwives of Ontario; and to midwifery practices in the surrounding area.
You can also sign the petition to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long term Care, requesting that catchment areas not be used to limit access to care.
Please vote every day for Mother Health International. $5000 will save the lives of mothers and babies. This is an easy way to make a difference!
http://www.kveller.com/vote/
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.
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!!
