Giving Birth with Midwifery Care in Ontario, Canada

In this episode, Suzanne speaks with Isabelle Milot, a midwife working in the Chatham-Kent region of Ontario. Isabelle is originally from Quebec, and has been practising midwifery in southwestern Ontario since 2006. She has chaired an Association of Ontario Midwives’ committee for five years and is currently an elected council member of the Ontario College of Midwives. Isabelle shares with us how the model of midwifery care works in Ontario.Listen to this episode to find out:how women can choose midwifery care in Ontariothe difference between midwifery care and obstetric carethe wide scope of care midwives have in Ontariohow better postnatal care has led to better results for familiesthe postnatal program started by the Chatham midwiveshow the Covid pandemic has affected midwifery retention in Ontarioreasons why midwives in Ontario have been leaving the professionhow the landscape of working conditions in midwifery is changing in Ontario what happens if a woman’s pregnancy becomes high risk during midwifery carewhat is a woman’s choice in homebirthhow midwives individual scope of practice may differ, based on their experienceIsabelle is with the midwives at https://midwivesofchathamkent.ca/The Association of Ontario Midwives is at https://www.ontariomidwives.ca/Send us Fan MailYou can support this podcast here:https://buymeacoffee.com/motherhealSuzanne's website - podcast, blog, booking and resources:www.motherheal.comSuzanne is mother.heal on InstagramSuzanne is at Suzanne.mother.heal on Facebookmusic by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora https://www.shooglenifty.com/The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier