The Annual Midwifery Picnic will take place on Saturday, June 1 at Andrew Haydon park gazebo (same place as last year), from 11am to 2 pm, rain or shine. Bring your picnic lunch, your family and come visit with the midwives and other families. Cake and juice will be provided.
Midwifery Group of Ottawa has availability for new clients in all upcoming months except March, 2013, where they are full.
Save the date: The Annual Midwifery Picnic will take place on Saturday, June 9 at Andrew Haydon park (same place as last year), from 11am to 2 pm.
The Midwifery Group of Ottawa and The Midwifery Collective are hosting this year’s Annual Midwifery Picnic. It will be held on Saturday, June 18th from 11 am to 2 pm at the Andrew Haydon Park “Gazebo” located on Carling by Holly Acres Road (please take note that the location has changed since last year). Dessert and drinks will be provided but please bring your own picnic lunch.
CSMC volunteers will be present to sell onesies and buttons.
All are invited and we hope to see you there!
Attention all High School Guidance and Family Studies Departments, College Nursing Programs, and Medical Schools!
If you are looking for informative guest speakers to come and talk to your students about Midwifery Care in Ontario, Consumers Supporting Midwifery Care would be happy to help.
One-hour Midwifery Information sessions targeted at educational program students are ongoing throughout Ottawa, and surrounding areas. Midwifery care can be explained to students, as well as details regarding pregnancy, labour, and post-partum care options when using Midwifery care in Ontario. Please e-mail us at: info@midwiferyconsumers.org to set up your free in-house information session.
High School Visits: Specific clinics that are already doing High School talks and visits are the Midwifery Group of Ottawa &the Midwifery Collective. Contact them directly for more information.
Midwifery Group of Ottawa
265 Carling Avenue, Suite 700 on the NW corner of Carling and Bronson
Telephone: (613) 729-9957
E-mail: midwives@cyberus.ca
Midwifery Collective of Ottawa
150 Montreal Road, Suite #210
Telephone: (613) 730-2323
E-mail: midwives@istar.ca
265 Carling Avenue, Suite 700
Ottawa, ON K1S 2E1
on the NW corner of Carling and Bronson
Telephone: 613-729-9957
Fax: 613-729-0727
E-mail: admin@midwiferygroupofottawa.com
Hospitals: Montfort Hospital
Midwives:
Website: midwiferygroupofottawa.com
85 000 BABIES AND COUNTING!
CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF RECOGNIZED MIDWIFERY IN ONTARIO
Ottawa midwives TO HOLD ANNUAL FAMILY PICNIC AT BRITANNIA PARK
ON SUNDAY, JUNE 7 2009.
The Ottawa area midwives are holding their annual family picnic on Sunday, June 7, from 11am to 2pm, rain or shine. The picnic brings together midwives from Ottawa area practices (The Midwifery Group of Ottawa, Sages-Femmes de Prescott-Russell, and Midwifery Collective of Ottawa), parents and children, as well as friends and supporters of midwifery. Everyone is welcome!
Bring a picnic lunch (cake will be served at the event) and join us at the Trolley Station in Britannia Park.
This year, we are celebrating 15 years of recognized midwifery in Ontario!
Midwifery became a regulated health profession in 1994. There are currently 435 Registered Midwives in Ontario, serving women and communities in 72 clinics across the province. Over 85 000 babies have been born under midwifery care since 1994, including over 20,000 births at home.
Midwives provide high quality maternity care to Ontario women and their babies. Midwives are primary care providers, and their services are fully funded by the province. According to a recent Ministry of Health evaluation, midwives have a 98% satisfaction rate: this is one of the reasons that the demand for their services is so high.
Despite recent efforts to increase the number of registered midwives, access to midwifery care in Ontario continues to be a challenge for expecting women: 4 out of 10 women wishing to deliver their babies with midwives were turned away last year. Demand for midwifery in Ontario simply outpaces the supply.
Midwives in Ontario have staff privileges in 70 hospitals, with the goal of allowing women to choose to give birth at home or in a hospital setting. Hospital privileges for midwives are a key element in providing women with real birth care choices. Increasing the number of midwives that can deliver in hospitals continues to be a challenge in the Ottawa area, as elsewhere in Ontario, with hospitals capping the number of midwives having access to their maternity wards.
Ontario needs more midwives with hospital privileges to respond to the growing need expressed by expecting women for high-quality, community-based maternity care.
Come join us on Sunday June 7 at Britannia Park to show your support or to find out more!
Contact person:
Teresa Bandrowska
Midwifery Group of Ottawa
613-729-9957