Continuity of Care
Continuity of care is achieved when a relationship develops over time between a client and a small group of midwives. At Community Midwives of Toronto, in most cases you will be assigned to a ‘team’ consisting of two midwives who will be your primary midwives. Both midwives will look after you and your baby from the time you enter care through to six weeks postpartum. By working in a small team, we hope to develop a relationship of trust with you during pregnancy in order to be able to provide safe, individualized care, fully support you during labour and birth and to provide comprehensive care to both you and your newborn throughout the postpartum period.
Only one of your two primary midwives will be at the birth. The team midwives rotate their call schedules every one to two weeks, depending on your team. Both midwives from your team will share a pager. When one midwife from your team is on-call attending births and postpartum home visits, the other midwife is off-call and seeing clients in clinic. Generally, the midwives will switch on Wednesday mornings. Ongoing client review by the team midwives will assure the provision of seamless care.
In addition to one of your primary midwives, in most cases either a second midwife or senior student will also attend the birth.
Every year, our practice mentors a new midwife, called a New Registrant. The New Registrant midwife will work as a primary midwife as described above but not in a team. If you are working with the new registrant midwife, you will also be assigned a back-up midwife who you will meet at least twice during the pregnancy. They would normally attend the birth together, whenever possible. The back-up midwife will take over the role of primary midwife if your primary midwife is off-call when you go into labour.
Only one of your two primary midwives will be at the birth. The team midwives rotate their call schedules every one to two weeks, depending on your team. Both midwives from your team will share a pager. When one midwife from your team is on-call attending births and postpartum home visits, the other midwife is off-call and seeing clients in clinic. Generally, the midwives will switch on Wednesday mornings. Ongoing client review by the team midwives will assure the provision of seamless care.
In addition to one of your primary midwives, in most cases either a second midwife or senior student will also attend the birth.
Every year, our practice mentors a new midwife, called a New Registrant. The New Registrant midwife will work as a primary midwife as described above but not in a team. If you are working with the new registrant midwife, you will also be assigned a back-up midwife who you will meet at least twice during the pregnancy. They would normally attend the birth together, whenever possible. The back-up midwife will take over the role of primary midwife if your primary midwife is off-call when you go into labour.
