Category Archives: Midwives

50s recalled by the midwives

Midwives

THE BBC One hit Call the Midwife has been a trip down memory lane for Freda Bishop and Rosemary Radcliffe. Freda, 84, and 85-year-old Rosemary were both midwives in the 1950s – the period in which the Sunday night TV … Continue reading

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Midwife Shortage Not over Soon

Midwifery

BY PAUL TURENNE, WINNIPEG SUN The Manitoba government says it won’t consider sending students out of province to take midwifery courses, even though Manitoba’s own midwife training program won’t admit more than a small handful of students — if any … Continue reading

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Mom Talk: Are Midwives Necessary?

Moms Talk on Mom at Last

Will the University of Washington continue to train them? Are midwives necessary? This seems to be the question the University of Washington’s Nursing School is asking itself. The 19-year-old Nurse-Midwifery Program, at the nation’s number one school for nursing is … Continue reading

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Midwives will soon be able to accept Medicaid

Midwife Medicaid

Midwives will soon be able to accept Medicaid KTVB.COM Written by by Ty Brennan Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:20 PM Updated today at 9:27 AM BOISE — Medicaid and midwives — that combination could save the program a … Continue reading

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Midwifery goes Mainstream

Midwifery Goes Mainstream

More pregnant women opting for births attended by midwives By Johanna Weidner, Record staff of TheRecord.com Thu Jan 12 2012 WATERLOO REGION — Lisa Coles-Nielsen didn’t doubt who would deliver her baby. The Kitchener mother had such a good experience … Continue reading

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Rally supports midwifery care

Midwife Rally

Rally Supports midwifery care There were moms with babies snuggled against their chests, fathers wearing signs and children enthusiastically waving placards — all in support of increased midwifery care in Salmon Arm. A group gathered in front of Shuswap Park … Continue reading

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Union Expresses Cornish Midwifery Fears

Midwifery Fears

  The Royal Cornwall Hospital has denied that the role of midwives is being downgraded in its maternity unit. Six registered nurses have been appointed to fill posts traditionally occupied out by midwives. The hospital said they would have only … Continue reading

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