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Hey Dear Ones,
Please help us welcome our new senior student, starting in May with Susan.
Hi everyone,
My name is Mags, my pronouns are they/them/iel.
I’m ecstatic to be completing my final year of the Midwifery Education Program while working with the Community Midwives
of Kingston.
I’m a mixed Métis-Settler from traditional Atikameksheng Anishnawbek territory, also known as Sudbury, Ontario. Growing up in various parts of Northern Ontario directly fueled my passion in advocacy work in accessibility for rural, remote, and northern health care. With a previous background in massage therapy, as well as gender and sexual studies, I knew that I wanted to
work with various family models and relational dynamics in health care. This has led me to my current work in decolonizing birth work, with a focus on harm reduction while providing trauma-informed care.
Throughout the course of my studies, I have worked in a variety of communities, such as Thunder Bay, Guelph, Ottawa and Hay River, in the Northwest Territories. This has given me a
unique understanding of the various experiences that surface throughout the perinatal period.
In my free time, you can find me outside, hiking, backcountry camping, running, writing music, cooking up a storm, or taking film photos of it all.
I’m really looking forward to working and learning with you!
My name is Claire. I love my human kid, my dog kids, gardens and travelling (but not during covid) the best. I do not love winter.
It’s been a year of firsts for me as a midwife and I am so excited to see where this midwife path is leading. But wherever it goes, I am continually grateful to work collaboratively with clients, babies, allies and colleagues.
I think midwifery is more important than ever, as a model and protector of accessible and respectful person-centered care, informed choice and reproductive freedom & I am very excited for midwifery to expand into more areas of reproductive and parent-child health. The world needs more midwives, in more healthcare spaces.
Happy International Day of the Midwife!
Hmmm, it is hard to answer the question, “why do you love being a midwife?” - there are so many reasons…my colleagues, my clients, the babies!! But the theme for this year’s International Day of the Midwife is “100 years of progress”. Since starting my career as a midwife I have witnessed midwifery practices become mainstream. Skin to skin immediately after birth has been a fixture in basic midwifery care and now we even facilitate it in the OR. Delayed cord clamping was a “fringe” midwifery quirk that when studied and researched proved to be phenomenally beneficial and is now standard care. Water immersion and birth went from something you could only do at home to seeing the installation of permanent tubs in our hospital increasing pain relief options for all birthing people. So why do I love being a midwife? Because midwifery matters. The midwifery perspective on pregnancy care, birth care, postpartum care, bereavement care is valuable. It matters to the people we care for. It matters to our healthcare system. It matters for each generation born into the hands of hardworking, caring, compassionate and competent midwives all around the globe. I love being a midwife and I am proud to be part of such an honourable and valuable profession.
Happy International Day of the Midwife Sarah!
I’ve been catching babies in Kingston since 2016. I love meeting new people, and helping to welcome new life into the world. It is humbling, awe inspiring and just really cool.
Kaz has had a super busy day/week taking care of her clients. At home, she is busy tending to her family, her garden and her many pets~ INCLUDING her new sweet puppy who we are all in love with.
This is a photo of Kaz with her kiddos in Inukjuak, where she has been a number of times to work as a midwife along the Hudson Bay Coast.
Mama to animals and humans. Midwife adventurer. Lactation consultant. Longest still practicing member of our clinic. Gardener. & so much more.
Happy International Day of the Midwife, Kaz.
Happy International Day of the Midwife to Susan!
She is: Loving life and still love catching babies. Am so grateful for life on a lake, adult kids’ new adventures, amazing amigas, diverse clients and their families, biking in the springtime and struggling through my masters. Grateful for never being bored.
Happy International Day of the Midwife to Iryna and Romaine!
We feel privileged to call ourselves midwives -
“who guide women to safety without failing to appreciate the beauty and majesty displayed by a birthing human”.
Nathan Riley MD.
Happy International Day of the Midwife to Lindsay!
After 28 years of legislation in Ontario being a midwife can look a little different now!
Lindsay skied to our new clinic and latest project running a well newborn and parent clinic for all of the babies and parents in Kingston that aren’t already followed in the postpartum with Midwifery care and need urgent blood tests or feeding support or have been discharged from hospital prior to 24 hours
Happy International Day of the Midwife to Alison!
I’m Alison(Al) pictured with my hubby Matt. We are from Wales in the UK and have been here in Kingston since 2016. Currently I am at home isolating due to Covid and my awesome colleagues are doing all the work.
It’s International Day of the Midwife and its a profession that should be celebrated and recognized. Sometimes I forget why I chose to be a midwife (or did it chose me) but it’s my clients who remind me why I am one every day. I love the fact that I have great relationships with clients and their families and be a part of an experience that is so empowering to people. I can still remember the fascination of the first birth I witnessed many years ago and that fascination and the wonder of how awesome our bodies are is still with me today. I get to see how truly powerful and strong my clients are everyday. Every birth means something to me as does every family and I am so grateful to be a part of it.
Our midwives are supported by the most amazing administrative team! Much gratitude and đź’– to Chantal, Laura, Joy & Melanie on this day and every day!!!
After 6 wonderful years and 2 beautiful babies since we first stepped foot in your building to meet Susan Hubbard and all the lovely midwives we’ve met while being in your care.. we said goodbye for the final time last week... the little lady on the left is our final baby journey... thank you for all of the love and support during and after both of these babies... the care you provide we recommend to every person we know having a baby... you are all amazing!! Thank you!
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