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… the evolving situation ("plan B") the discussion with the client Considerations for choice of birthplace During midwife shortages, there may be circumstances where midwives cannot safely offer out of hospital birth to clients. Midwives must draw upon their clinical skills and judgement to keep birth as … may be limited by: the unavailability of midwives or second attendants to attend a birth at home the availability and capacity of timely EMS services access to sufficient and adequate PPE …
… in any setting where a midwife or other worker is interacting with clients, such as a client's home, the midwifery clinic, hospitals, birth centres or other community settings. It may arise from work relationships (e.g. a client … system for when a midwife or staff member is working alone at the clinic or at a client’s home. Ensure that workers are alone only when absolutely necessary, and establish a buddy system …
… 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 …
… surveillance in labour pharmacologic pain management in labour intervention by planned place of birth cervical ripening, induction of labour and augmentation indications for induction … to hospital during postpartum (not immediate) client length of stay from admission to discharge home, facility births newborn length of stay from birth to discharge home, facility-born term live births NICU admissions, term live births, by actual place of birth …
… Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN) supports research, such as that on the safety of home birth and critical analysis of practice group outcomes (e.g., caesarean section or breastfeeding … and Risk Management Committee reviews this report . Regular emergency skills training for the home and birth centre settings prepares midwives for rare emergencies (i.e., the AOM’s Emergency …
… spending time with her family which includes her two amazing daughters who were both born at home into the hands of midwives. Bounmy Inthavong, RM Vice President Bounmy is a 2015 graduate … empowering new parents to be confident in their ability to not only carry a pregnancy, but to birth their families, and parent them successfully with the knowledge and instincts that they … application and lobbying stakeholders. She started a new practice in 2013, which services her hometown and surrounding areas through both a midwifery practice group and, in collaboration …
… (coverage within the MPG, support from neighbouring MPGs or nursing backup for hospital births). See AOM template protocol under “Midwives Safety.” Develop practice protocols and … leasing and renovating a clinic can take time. Consider a unit in a professional building, a home zoned for business use, or a shared space with other care providers. If the MPG plans to … to build its caseload by taking clients into care and offering antenatal visits in a client’s home or in an alternate practice location (e.g., another MPG, hospital). Determine the MPG’s …
… Indigenous midwifery is community-led care that upholds self-determination in pregnancy, birth and early parenting. Care is culturally grounded, relationship-based, ceremony-informed and provided as close to home as is safe and desired. Indigenous midwives are clinicians, educators and knowledge keepers … who hold the skills and knowledge to provide midwifery care as legal midwives. Bringing birth home Bringing birth home means returning pregnancy, birth and early parenting care to …
… & Control section). Key Resources Public Health Ontario, Infection Prevention and Control for Home and Community Care . January 2025 (PDF, 1357 KB) Public Health Ontario, Best practices for … switch to disposable instruments. Doe says the disposable stainless steel instruments come in a birth kit that includes a pad to go under the client and a blanket and hat for the baby. … lidded plastic tub that can be used to catch and contain the placenta. The new disposable birth kits are bulkier than the ones the midwives used to carry, but after six weeks of using …
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… as a midwife. She returned to Canada to practice for more than 20 years, attending thousands of births in St. Jacobs. In the '80s Elsie worked as a nurse in hospital while acting as a home birth midwife for the families in her community. When asked why she was willing to practice in …