Support Midwifery in British Columbia
Join the conversation on maternity care in British Columbia!
Midwives are vital to British Columbia’s health care system by providing a cost effective solution to provide and improve maternity care and health outcomes for British Columbia.
Step One: like us on Facebook Midwives Association, follow us on Twitter and subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for you to share on your social networks
Step Two: Share your personal story about midwifery on Twitter and Facebook. Use the #BCMidwives hashtag on Twitter and don’t forget to include the name of your community.
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Key Facts to Share
- Midwives are highly trained, university educated, publicly funded and regulated by the Province
- Midwives play a significant and growing role in the delivery of primary maternity care and delivered over 6,233 or 14.7 per cent of the 42,336 babies born in BC in 2010/11
- Midwives practice in clinics, hospitals and homes and provide 24-hour service to BC families
- Demand for midwifery is growing; women and families want more choice
- Women in the care of midwives have a lower rate of c-sections
- Women in the care of midwives have a lower rate of preterm births
- Women in the care of midwives are less likely to require obstetrical technology
- Women in the care of midwives are less likely to be hospitalized prenatally
- Women in the care of midwives spend less time in the hospital
- Midwives free up hospital beds and use fewer resources for the benefit of other patients in need of health care
- By improving health outcomes midwives save the provincial health care budget millions of dollars per year
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