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What is a Midwife?

… expert primary care to pregnant people and their newborns. Through pregnancy, labour, birth and the first six weeks after birth, you will be cared for by a small group of midwives. … Choice of Birthplace Choosing a midwife doesn't necessarily mean choosing a home birth (although it is an excellent, safe choice ). In fact, 80% of all midwifery-attended … at at least one of the 94 Ontario hospitals that has midwives. Other clients give birth at home, or, in select communities, at a birth centre. Midwives understand that every client is …

Clinical Practice Guidelines

… philosophy of care, including informed choice, client as the primary decision-maker, choice of birthplace, and appropriate use of technology. CPGs summarize research and are seen as a key way …
  • home birth
  • prom
  • hypertension
  • postpartum hemorrhage
  • high blood pressure
  • PPH
  • GBS
  • group b strep

Transcript: AOM's BORN Infographic (April 2022 - March 2023)

… View infographic . Giving birth with midwives in Ontario, based on BORN* data from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023 Where clients give birth Midwifery clients can choose to give birth in hospital, at home or at a birth centre. 11% gave birth at home, 86% gave birth in a hospital and 2% gave birth at a birth centre. Birth centres are …

Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Ona:grahsta': The Place They Will Be Born

… of the Grand River Territory . Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Ona:grahsta' is more than just a birthing centre; It is a full-service maternal and child health centre . Historically, … a 1-hour radius of the birthing centre.   Your appointments can take place at the birth centre, home or a place of your choosing.  You can also choose to give birth at the birth centre, your home, or the hospital; your Aboriginal Midwife will provide care in the setting of your choice …

Elsie Cressman Award Winner 2019

… in rural areas, many of whom can’t afford transportation and services and who have a desire to birth in their villages, to be able to have a safe and supported birth close to home. Midwives for Wakunga supports access to trained birth attendants and has successfully … training. This is important work that is supporting rural people’s choices to birth close to home. Local midwives have been, and continue to be, necessary for ensuring communities can …

Contracting for Reprocessing Services

… reprocessing services: The practice has low volumes of instruments to reprocess (e.g. a 20% home birth rate with 400 clients a year is only 80 birth kits a year). It is difficult for the … For midwives, this means that they may be required to include the same instruments in every home birth kit, rather than each midwife individualizing their own. Midwives can agree to a …
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Midwifery Care

… Midwives view pregnancy and childbirth as a profound time in a person’s life, with a variety of personal and cultural meanings. … model of care is based on three principles: continuity of care; informed choice and choice of birthplace. Continuity of Care Midwives provide complete care throughout pregnancy, labour, … your midwife will support you to make. Midwifery clients may decide to give birth safely at home, in hospital or in one of Ontario’s three midwifery-led birth centres . Midwives are the …

Orientation & Ongoing Professional Development

… Orientation for midwives also includes: Community standards of practice Obtaining hospital/birth centre privileges Introductions to hospital staff and doctors Birth centre/hospital policies and procedures Geography of the services area Call schedules, … clinical work by having them attend clinic before births, attending their first few births at home and/or hospital with an identified mentor midwife, or seeking additional support when first …

Job Descriptions

… stock Purchasing Organization Furniture, stationery, forms, cleaning supplies, medications, home birth kits, home birth supplies, kitchen supplies Assembling water birth kits Client binders Management …

Postpartum and Newborn Care

… issues with your midwife, who will care for you and your baby for up to eight weeks after the birth (this is called postpartum care ). During this time, your midwife will provide guidance … yourself during this unique time in both of your lives. Regardless of where you give birth ( home , birth centre or hospital ), Your midwife will monitor your well-being at home or in the community for up to eight weeks after the birth. You can expect close follow-up …

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The Association of Ontario Midwives is dedicated to advancing the clinical and professional practice of Indigenous and Registered midwives in Ontario. We envision midwives leading decolonized and anti-racist reproductive, pregnancy, birth and newborn care.
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