Nausea and vomitting in pregnancy is often called morning sickness even though it doesn’t only happen in the morning for many people. It is actually a really positive sign that pregnancy hormones are high and doing their thing. That usually means that you are less likely to have a miscarriage. Great! But you are however […]

1.You believe that midwives are not “real” health care providers and are not safe. Midwives in Ontario are regulated primary health care providers.  We have extensive training which you can read more about here.  Midwives are regulated by the College of Midwives of Ontario Midwives just as doctors are regulated by the College of Physicians […]

Yes, someone actually asked me that. In short, no. A degree in midwifery is not a weekend course. Long story, well, long… Midwifery is a four-year Bachelor of Health Sciences degree. In Ontario, the Midwifery Education Program (MEP) is a consortium offered through three universities: Laurentian University, Ryerson University, and McMaster University. ~90 students are […]

Pregnancy can be a great time in one’s life.  Even if you chose to become pregnant and are happy about it, it is often a time of stress as well.  It can help to regularly take a minute to slow yourself right down and take a moment to really breathe. We often have to strain […]

The facility was built for birth. It wasn’t built for heart attacks and surgeries and broken bones and x-rays and then adapted for family-centred births.  The design is family and birth friendly.  The birth rooms are built for the comfort of birthing.  Large rooms feature fireplaces, music players, broad beds, rocking chairs, huge baths, space […]

I hope that you often hear that nurses are the backbone of our health care system. Midwives certainly say it often enough that you should have heard it! Nurses are the health care providers who are right there on the front lines. They are evaluating, monitoring, treating, reporting, documenting and caring. They tell you that […]