Midwives in Canada
Article by Christy Swift.
In Canada, a midwife provides professional prenatal care to low risk women, attends labour and birth, and cares for the mother and baby for six weeks postpartum.
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Midwives Model of Care
Article by Christy Swift.
The midwifery philosophy treats pregnancy and childbirth as normal, natural events in a woman’s life and addresses both her physical and emotional concerns.
Midwifery Becoming Quite Mainstream In Canada
THE CANADIAN PRESS, July 29, 2008, by Tamsyn Burgmann
Group raises awareness of birth choices
CTV News Story, May 2008
Mothers and Midwives
CAPITAL PARENT NEWSPAPER, May 2008, by Jane Whiting
Demand For Alternative Midwife Care Rising Across Ottawa
THE KANATA KOURIER
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Five Reasons to Have a Homebirth
Article by Christy Swift published.
Having Your Baby at Home Can Be a Positive Birth Experience.
Five Reasons to Have a Homebirth
Women happier when babies delivered by midwives: Statscan survey
CBC NEWS Press Release, November 28, 2007
The findings suggest women are happier with births overseen by midwives, with 71 per cent of women rating their midwife delivery as very positive.
Midwifery Care in Ottawa Allows Clients to Make Own Decisions in Working Relationships
EMC KANATA, by Sabine Gibbins
Home births safe as hospital births: study.
CBC NEWS Press Release
Home births with a midwife are as safe as births in a hospital with a doctor, according to a study of nearly 2,200 births in British Columbia.