Kawartha Community Midwives

* We are registered midwives who attend births either at home or at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. (We will attend home births that are within a 45 minute drive from Peterborough.)

* We invite you to come to an initial interview with one of us to find out more about midwifery care and to help you decide if it is the kind of care you are seeking.

* If you decide to use our services, your care will be provided by at least two midwives. During each visit you will spend about 45 minutes with one of us. This will allow time for you to discuss your questions, birth plans, and concerns with us; and to build a caring relationship based on trust and mutual respect.

* Midwives involved in your care will be available to you by pager 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

* We are a teaching practice. Midwifery students from Ryerson, McMaster, and Laurentian will have their clinical placements with us, and will be involved in the care of most of our clients.

* We are sensitive to and respectful of cultural, social and spiritual practices and traditions.

* Books, audio tapes and videos are available on loan to our clients.