Midwife as Counsellor: Midwives' Experiences Counselling Women Through Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Postpartum

Rachelle Fulford, BMW, MA, BSc and Jude Kornelsen, PhD

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Pregnancy and childbirth are transformative life experiences that can create or exacerbate significant emotional, physical, social, and relational challenges. Midwives help women to feel confident and knowledgeable, to cope with anxiety and fear, and to prepare for considerable shifts of identity, responsibility, and family life. Research shows...

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Are Ontario Midwives Prepared to Respond to Their Clients’ Sexual Concerns? A Survey of Attitudes, Perceived Training, Knowledge, and Comfort

Ali McCallum, BHSc, MSc(HQ), RM; Alyssa Byers-Heinlein, HBSc, RM; E. Sandra Byers, PhD; and Caroline Pukall, PhD

ABSTRACT

Objective: Sexual health and well-being are vital components of overall health, quality of life, and relationship satisfaction and stability. Midwives have the potential to play an important role in addressing their clients’ sexual health concerns and promoting their sexual...

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The Birth Centre Midwifery Group in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Mary Sharpe, RM, Med PhD

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Birth Where the Heart Is: Reflections on Broadening My Midwifery Learning in the Country I Call “Home”

Jacqueline St Bernard Hitz, BA, BHSc

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Disparities in Maternal and Newborn Health Across Populations in Canada

Naomi Scott, BSc

STUDENT ARTICLE

ABSTRACT

Midwives are in a good position to understand the socioeconomic, political, and cultural contexts of vulnerable populations, and could help with obstetrical data collection that would inform policies that affect poor, black, Aboriginal, and immigrant women in Canada.

KEY WORDS

women's health, Canada, marginalized populations, childbrith, midwifery

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Experiences, Opinions, and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Alberta Midwives

Chinelo Oguaju, BPharm, MSc, Deborah Dewey, PhD, Gregor Wolbring, PhD, Gisela Becker, RM, MA, and Stacey Page, PhD

ABSTRACT

Background: Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) are widely used by individuals in many parts of the world to treat different ailments and maintain good health. Midwives are maternity care providers who...

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Understanding the Childbirth Experiences of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: A Phenomenological Study

Caitlin Mathewson, RN, BScN, MN, Dr. Sherry Espin, RN, PhD, Ryan Van Lieshout, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), Sharon Dore, RN, PhD and Patricia McNiven, RM, BSc, MSc, PhD

ABSTRACT

This study describes the childbirth experiences of survivors of childhood sexual abuse, using an interpretative phenomenological approach. Data collection involved in-depth, semistructured interviews of four...

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