Midwifery in the Media
Midwifery in the Media
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, April 11, 2010.
Giving birth, the natural way, by Elizabeth Payne.
Every birth is a miracle, of course. But the arrival of Lily Luck-Henderson, just after midnight last Tuesday morning at the General campus of the Ottawa Hospital, was something else as well. Lily was breech, as are about four per cent of babies, meaning she emerged from her mother's womb bottom first, rather than head first. But, unlike most breech babies born in Canada in recent years, Lily was delivered vaginally, rather than by caesarean section.
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YOUROTTAWAREGION.COM, Midwifery info session comes to Kemptville, March 19, 2010, by
Kristy Wallace.
YOURALMONTE.COM, Midwives now practising at Almonte General Hospital, October 29, 2009.
Ottawa Valley Midwives expect to assist with about 60 births in Almonte.
CTV.CA. August 31, 2009. Home birth with midwife as safe as hospital birth.
Giving birth at home with a midwife present is as safe as a hospital delivery accompanied by a doctor, suggests a new Canadian study, which found home births were associated with fewer adverse outcomes for both mother and baby.
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, June 30, 2009: Delivery services.
The term normal birth came into common usage about the time growing numbers in Canada were anything but, with surgery often replacing labour and delivery.
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, June 23, 2009, by Megan Cornell. More midwives at hospitals will enhance mother-baby care.
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, June 18, 2009, by Laura Payton. Hospital looks to get more midwives. More spaces to alleviate shortage.
As early as this fall, The Ottawa Hospital could be opening more spacesfor midwives to help area women give birth, says an organizationrepresenting the profession.
PEMBROKE DAILY OBSERVER, April 19, 2009, by consumer, Julia Cianci. Midwives are Needed Here. Feature letter: Midwifery Saves Health Dollars.
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, April 9th, 2009, by Elizabeth Payne: Moms-to-be, take a number.
If you are looking for a midwife in Ottawa, you had better pick up the phone as soon as your pregnancy test strip turns blue. Maybe before.
THE CANADIAN PRESS, July 29, 2008, by Tamsyn Burgmann: Midwifery Becoming Quite Mainstream In Canada.
MACLEAN'S MAGAZINE, November 20, 2008, by Lianne George: A Midwife Crisis.
Not enough doctors, not enough midwives: it’s a bad time to have a baby in Canada.
CBC NEWS Press Release, October 16, 2008: Alberta Delivers Good News for Midwives, Expectant Mothers.
Expectant mothers in Alberta who choose to deliver their babies with the help of a midwife will no longer have to cover the costs themselves.
CAPITAL PARENT NEWSPAPER, May 2008, by Jane Whiting: Mothers and Midwives.
CTV News Story, May 2008: Group raises awareness of birth choices.
CBC NEWS Press Release, November 28, 2007: Women happier when babies delivered by midwives: Statscan survey.
The findings suggest women are happier with births overseen by midwives, with 71 per cent of women rating their midwife delivery as very positive.
OTTAWA EXPRESS, October 2, 2003.
Midwifery in Montreal. Black-market births, by Jessica Brando
For nearly half a decade it's been illegal for midwives to perform home births, but they're still being done. A special report from the home-front lines of baby delivery.
CBC NEWS Press Release, February 6, 2002: Home births safe as hospital births: study.
Home births with a midwife are as safe as births in a hospital with a doctor, according to a study of nearly 2,200 births in British Columbia.
THE KANATA KOURIER, April 18, 2008: Demand For Alternative Midwife Care Rising Across Ottawa.
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EMC KANATA, March 7, 2007, by Sabine Gibbins: Midwifery Care in Ottawa Allows Clients to Make Own Decisions in Working Relationships.
