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Making BORN data entry easier: Resources for midwives and improvements to the BIS

… for midwives and practice administrators on the BORN Data Entry Resources page . Labour & birth BORN data templates Ever realize you don’t have all the BORN-requested labour & birth details when it came time to enter data into the BIS? Try the Labour & Birth BORN Data … BORN Ontario. Example questions include: “Do admission data elements need to be completed for home or clinic births?” and “How do I complete this data entry for the Newborn Hearing Screen if …

Building pathways: Tamara Cascagnette on community engagement and the growth of Indigenous midwifery in Ontario 

… the past year crisscrossing the province, helping communities explore what it means to bring birth home. As Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist with the AOM's Indigenous Midwifery team, … communities.  For a long time, all that we saw in the life cycle was life and then death, never birth. Witnessing birth reminded me of the responsibilities that we have to one another, but …

Quality Improvement

… 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 …

Meet the Board

… 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 …

President Jasmin Tecson – PPE, pandemic pay and pay equity

… no wonder our secret lives might vary too. These days mine includes trying to stay active with home workouts to Dr Seuss rapped to Dr Dre. The beats are really fun and energizing. Fox in … by the clients. But as much as midwifery drains me, it also fills me up. Sharing the path of birthing parents, supporting their discovery of how strong they really are, the infinite … sustain us, particularly in such upended times. For my midwife peers, I wish efficient smooth births, a good sleep and tasty nutritious food after. I wish for the time when they can give and …

Checklist for New Midwifery Practice Groups (MPGs)

… (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

… 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 …

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario orders government to end gender pay gap for midwives

… setting practices. Once implemented, the orders will work to ensure midwives no longer take home substantially less compensation because our work is so deeply associated with women. The … are considered equally competent by government as providers of low-risk care for pregnancy and birth.” Elizabeth Brandeis. “The tribunal has spoken, the way forward is clear. The time has …
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Decolonizing health care by engaging with the TRC Calls to Action

… and historical trauma on Indigenous communities' health, particularly in relation to childbirth and maternal care, to offer nuanced, trauma-informed support to Indigenous clients. … Indigenous values and health issues Learn about and engage with organizations like the Toronto Birth Centre and Six Nations Birth Centre (Tsi Nón:we Ionnakerátstha). These organizations are … the Indigenous Midwifery department , Indigenous midwives and apprentices to Bring Birth Home and is committed to the restoration and renewal of Indigenous midwifery . Additional …

Infection Prevention & Control

… & 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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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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