Concerns raised over lack of midwives in Regina

REGINA – A group of Saskatchewan women are asking for more choice when it comes to who will help them deliver their babies.

Concerns were raised today in the legislature about access and wait times to see a midwife. There are currently five midwife positions in Regina, but only two are filled and that’s been the situation since before Christmas. Thursday, the women advocated for action from government.

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“What we would like to see is not only filling those vacant positions, but we’d like to see an actual plan from the government for recruiting and retaining midwives, for training midwives, for building a sustainable program that will actually grow and go somewhere,” said Julian Wotherspoon, who is pregnant with her second child.

May 5 is International Day of Midwives. The group will hold a family picnic event Sunday at the Wascana Park Playground at 2 pm.