Midwifery

To be honest, I didn't realize that midwives were licensed healthcare professionals. The idea of a midwife seems like an old idea; something that was around before access to doctors.

What is a Midwife?

• Someone that provides primary care to low-risk women during pregnancy, labour, and birth
• Provides care to mother and baby up to 6 weeks after birth
• Can consult or transfer patients to physicians
• Do NOT practice alongside physicians
• Offer a range of natural and pharmaceutical pain relief
• Can arrange all prenatal testing (the same tests a doctor would arrange)

How Can I Become a Midwife?

• There are three schools in Ontario you can apply to: McMaster, Ryerson, and Laurentian
• Applications are due February 1st on OUAC
• You can apply right out of high school!
• Each school has prerequisite requirements, so check out the websites above
• Top-ranked applicants are interviewed

If you are in to babies, birth, forming relationships, care, and natural stuff, this seems like a pretty cool career!

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