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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · 15d

Ontario’s primary care crisis demands innovative solutions. Midwives are highly skilled primary care professionals, providing pregnancy, postpartum, infant & reproductive care. Yet there's been no new investment in midwifery education since 2010.
Demand change: www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-eve...

Midwife with client and infant, accompanied by graphic text that reads, "It's time to act. Tell your MPP: Ontario families want, need and deserve midwifery care, now."

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · 29d

If you've benefitted from midwifery, your voice matters: www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-eve...

Let your MPP know that midwifery care is essential — and Ontario Needs #MidwivesEverywhere.

Midwifery client and newborn surrounded by midwives and midwifery students at home. Graphic text reads, "Grateful for midwifery care? Tell your MPP! Ontario needs midwives everywhere. Support the campaign."

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 15

Midwives are part of the solution to Ontario's primary care crisis. Midwives improve outcomes, reduce costs and provide care where it’s needed most. Yet there’s been no new investment in midwifery education since 2010.

It’s time for change: www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-eve...

Graphic text: Midwives provide care to approximately 1 in 5 of all pregnant people in Ontario... AND YET there has been no new investment in midwifery education in 15 years.

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 9

Midwives are a critical part of Ontario’s health system, delivering safe, evidence-based, cost-effective care. Yet demand for midwifery care continues to outpace supply. Increasing investment in midwifery is key to addressing the gaps. Join the call: www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-eve...

Infant receiving health check-up with graphic text: "Every year, thousands of Ontarians seeking midwifery care are unable to get it due to the shortage of midwives. Join the call to action."

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 4

Midwives provide primary care to more than 30,000 families a year, yet midwifery services remain out of reach for thousands who want them, especially in Indigenous, rural, northern and francophone communities. Tell your MPP: Ontario Needs #MidwivesEverywhere.
www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-eve...

Map of Ontario depicting small areas where midwifery services are available, in contrast to the vast majority of the province where they are not. Caption reads, "Ontario Needs Midwives Everywhere."

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧵 10/10 Ontario needs #MidwivesEverywhere! Tell your MPP: Ontario families want, need and deserve midwifery care, now.

Visit ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere to add your voice in just a few clicks.

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

9/10🧵 As Ontario sets its budget priorities, midwives cannot be left out.

Call on your elected representatives to prioritize investment in midwifery in the upcoming budget.

ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

8/10🧵 Midwifery is a smart investment.

Midwifery care:
- reduces costly interventions
- lowers the C-section rate
- diverts hospital admissions
- delivers excellent outcomes

ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

7/10🧵 Investments in midwifery growth and education are sorely lacking.

Despite funding increases for training in other health-care fields, midwifery education has seen no new funding since 2010.

ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

6/10🧵 Ontario needs #MidwivesEverywhere! But the current distribution of midwifery services largely excludes Indigenous, northern and rural communities.

ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

5/10🧵 And yet, the demand for midwifery care in Ontario consistently outpaces the supply of midwives.

Every year, thousands of families who want midwifery care are unable to get it due to a shortage of midwives.

ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

4/10🧵 Midwives are part of the solution Ontario needs, right now.

When midwives provide care in their scope of practice, family doctors and NPs can respond to other health care needs. #MidwivesEverywhere

ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

3/10🧵 This crisis is not only about the number of providers—it's about ensuring the right kinds of providers are working in the right places, and to their full scope of practice.

#MidwivesEverywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

2/10🧵 More than 2.5 million Ontarians are without a family doctor or nurse practitioner. Entire communities lack access to consistent, high-quality care.
Midwives are primary care providers who can help.

ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

1/10🧵 Ontario is in a primary care crisis. Midwives are part of the solution.

Visit ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere to take action. #MidwivesEverywhere

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Sep 2

Midwifery strengthens Ontario’s health system by alleviating hospital pressures, reducing costly interventions, and improving outcomes. But without new investment, the gap between demand & supply will only grow. Tell your MPP: Ontario needs #midwiveseverywhere. www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-eve...

Illustrated scale depicting higher demand for midwives by pregnant figures over the number of midwives available. Text reads, "Tell your M-P-P: The demand for midwifery care in Ontario consistently outpaces the supply of midwives."

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Aug 28

Ontario is facing a primary care crisis. Midwives are part of the solution.

Ontario needs #MidwivesEverywhere.

Tell your MPP to prioritize investment in midwifery in the next provincial budget. Join the AOM's call to action with just a few clicks. Visit www.ontariomidwives.ca/midwives-everywhere

Newborn receiving a health check up with graphic text "Tell your MPP: Ontario needs midwives everywhere."

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Aug 7

Were you 40 or older during your last pregnancy?

The AOM is looking for past midwifery clients to review our updated client handout about being pregnant in your 40s and provide your feedback!

Complete this brief survey by August 26 to apply: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Pregnant woman reclines on couch. Graphic text reads "Call for midwifery client participants who were 40 or older during their last pregnancy."

Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Jul 31

In honour of Black birthing communities, in 2021 a group of midwifery students created a series of videos about Ontario midwifery to address common myths & misconceptions.

Learn More: Ontario Midwifery was partially funded & fully supported by the AOM: www.learnmoreontariomidwifery.com/blank-page

About | Learn More: Ontario Midwifery

www.learnmoreontariomidwifery.com

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Jul 30

Committees are where midwives come together to guide the work of the AOM. Grounded in lived experience, these groups help strengthen collective impact, advance equity & ensure member perspectives shape every aspect of the Association’s work.
Apply by August 7:
www.ontariomidwives.ca/call-members...

Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Jul 24

Earlier this month, AOM President Althea Jones took the stage at UNFPA's Global Symposium on Black reproductive justice.
In her blog post, Althea reflects on global connection, community-rooted care and shared struggles among people leading this work worldwide:
www.ontariomidwives.ca/building-glo...

Building global connections in black reproductive health

[By Althea Jones, RM, AOM President.] Earlier this month, I had the honour of attending the UNFPA Global Symposium for Bridging the Gap in Sexual and Reproductive Health of African Descent Women and G...

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Jul 23

Midwives care for 20% of pregnant people in Ontario—but only 5% of First Nations communities have access.
The AOM’s Roadmap to Health System Integration report lays out a plan to fix this.
📘 Read the report: www.ontariomidwives.ca/roadmap

Map of Ontario depicting distribution of midwifery practice sites, which are largely concentrated to the south of the province and absent in most of the rest of Ontario. Graphic of text that says 'only of the 5% in Ontario have 133 First Nations midwifery care in their community Midwives provide care for 1 in 5 pregnant in Ontario, delivering excellent outcomes and high client satisfaction rates. But the distribution of services largely excludes Indigenous and northern communities.'

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Jul 15

Since 1994, 400 000+ babies have been born under midwifery care in Ontario, but the demand for midwives continually outpaces supply. To keep pace, the system must evolve.
📘 It's time to invest in sustainable models that support a healthier Ontario & midwifery sector: www.ontariomidwives.ca/roadmap

Image of text that says "20% of midwives of Ontario's babies are born under the care ...and yet, the demand for midwives continues to outpace the supply." With scale visual depicting a greater demand for midwives represented by pregnant icons compared to the supply of midwives represented by a health professional icon.

Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Jul 10

The AOM's Roadmap to Health System Integration presents clear steps Ontario needs to better integrate and support midwives—through equitable funding, regulatory reform, flexible models and championing midwives as primary care leaders.
Dive into the full report: www.ontariomidwives.ca/roadmap

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Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives.bsky.social · Jul 7

AOM President Althea Jones joins global leaders at the UNFPA symposium in San José, Costa Rica, to address systemic inequities in Black reproductive health. Jones’ work serves as a powerful example of Ontario midwifery’s leadership in striving for racial equity.
🔗 www.newswire.ca/news-release...

Image of Althea Jones with quote, "Midwifery is more than a model of care--it's a tool for transformation."

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