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179 results for 'home birth'

Why Give Birth at Home?

… They’re in good company: for more than 20 years, midwives have attended over 49 000 home births in the province and currently attend about 4 000 home births a year. Midwives are the only primary care providers in Ontario who receive …

Pregnancy

… rate. Appointments typically take place in the midwives’ clinic, but clients might be offered a home visit, particularly if planning a home birth . If you are planning a home birth, during the home visit the midwife will become familiar …
  • birth

Home Birth: It's Safe. And it's a Choice You Have.

… Today, the Association of Ontario Midwives launches a new campaign to promote midwifery-attended home birth as a birth place option for Ontario families. The campaign, using a mix of radio and digital ads, aims to raise awareness and education about home birth, especially for those who may have never considered it before. Although the number of …

Birth Stools

… and money in the long run. Question Considerations 1 What are the cleaning requirements?    Birth stools are classified as non-critical equipment. They require low-level disinfection (LLD) … steel birth stool is porous. Some midwives report removing this cushioning and replacing it at home births with the client’s own towels wrapped around the frame, eliminating the risk of cross-contamination. The towels remain at the client’s home for laundering.   Aside from the considerations mentioned above, there are no substantial …

What Happens at a Home Birth?

… assess your labour over the phone to determine when they need to come. They will stay at your home to monitor you and your baby once you are in active labour Active labour is when … people can’t talk through them strong enough to open the cervix so the baby can move into the birth canal . Labour and birth Once your midwife arrives, you and your baby will be closely … to help care for you and your baby. Midwives bring medical equipment and medications to all home births similar to those available in Ontario birth centres and hospitals where Level I The …

At a home birth, your midwife will provide labour, birth and post-birth care for you in your home.

… assess your labour over the phone to determine when they need to come. They will stay at your home to monitor you and your baby once you are in active labour . Labour and birth Once your midwife arrives, you and your baby will be closely monitored to make sure there … to help care for you and your baby.  Midwives bring medical equipment and medications to all home births similar to those available in Ontario birth centres and hospitals where Level I care …

Birth Safety by the Numbers: Home and Hospital (First Birth)

… This is Your First Birth Newborn Outcomes by Planned Place of Birth A Canadian review of four research studies 1 … on heart rate, respiratory rate, muscle tone, irritability and colour) Newborn outcomes Planned home birth Planned hospital birth Intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal death within 28 days 1.9 … Birthing client outcomes by planned place of birth The same Canadian research comparing planned home births with planned hospital births found that a planned home birth was associated with …

Signing the Statement of Live Birth and Providing the Infant Health Card

… The Statement of Live Birth, Form 1, is typically signed and submitted by any registered care provider who attends a birth, in home or hospital. This is governed by the Vital Statistics Act which says, “a person who attends … the form to eligible newborns born in hospital and to midwives with privileges for issuance at home births they attend. The form must be completed and provided to parents before they leave …
  • unattended birth
  • freebirth

Prepare Your Bed for a Home Birth

… a clean fitted sheet on your bed. This is the sheet that you will go to bed on after you give birth. Step 2 : Cover the clean fitted sheet with a water proof plastic layer. Examples of … underpads to place on top of this sheet to help prevent it from getting soiled. Step 4 : Give birth to your baby! After the birth, the top sheet and plastic are removed.  The plastic is thrown out and your midwife will …

Report: Bring Birth Home!: Indigenous Midwifery Summit

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