Registered Midwives are governed by the College of Midwives of Ontario. We are certified in Adult CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation, and we have privileges at Guelph General Hospital and Groves Memorial Community Hospital. Our practice standards and protocols are in accordance with all formal requirements. We would be pleased to refer you to clients we have worked with if you would like references. Shared Care We are a group practice and care for clients as a team. In this way we can offer continuity for our clients while helping to assure that the midwives at your birth are well rested and have the opportunity to enjoy their families as well! We try to ensure that you have adequate opportunity to get to know all persons who may attend your birth.

Backup

In the unlikely event of multiple simultaneous births, or to help cover occasional holiday periods, we presently have various arrangements with area midwives from surrounding practices.

If a backup midwife needed to attend your birth, she would be assisting one of the midwives well known to you. If a midwife from another practice is scheduled to provide back up at a specific time, we will inform anyone due and try to provide the opportunity to meet the back-up midwife if you wish.

Students

We are a teaching practice. We do and will have students of varying skill levels working with us on a regular basis. We are very committed to midwifery education. Students working with midwives help to preserve some aspects of the traditional apprenticeship learning model. Clients benefit from the combination of experience enhanced by the freshness, energy and enthusiasm of students. The recent academic exposure the students enhances our continuing education. We encourage you to participate in the vital process of preparing more midwives to serve more of Ontario's women. We also fully respect your right to decline student involvement in any aspect of your care either before or after meeting the student. Students are closely supervised according to their level of progress.