Doula

• Brantford woman who faked pregnancies to lure doulas gets house arrest for two years

  An Ontario court justice gave Kaitlyn Braun, 25, a two-year conditional sentence with electronic monitoring followed by another three years of probation.

  Crime

  Feb 14
  
• Brantford woman facing charges in alleged doula fraud across Ontario

  Brantford police allege a 24-year-old hired doulas from multiple communities across Ontario to care for a fake pregnancy or stillbirth.

  Crime

  Mar 15, 2023
  
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• Doulas call rules shutting them out of hospitals during childbirth “heartbreaking”

  Protocols changed when the Omicron variant was surging in Quebec, allowing only one caregiver in birthing centres and hospitals.

  Features

  Feb 15, 2022
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• Concerns about COVID-19 prompting more Alberta women to choose home births

  Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health changed hospital visitor policies last month. Pregnant women are now limited to one support person in the delivery room.

  Health

  Apr 27, 2020
• Nearly one quarter of moms experience postpartum depression or anxiety: StatCan

  According to recently compiled statistics, almost one-quarter of mothers experience either postpartum depression or an anxiety disorder in the months following birth.

  Health

  Jun 24, 2019
• Calgary company now offers at-home pre and postnatal services for families

  A Calgary lactation consultant has expanded her company to include a series of prenatal and postnatal services for local families -- and you don’t have to go to them, they come to you.

  Health

  Feb 25, 2019
• B.C. college trains ‘death doulas’ to guide Canadians through their final days

  "We're all born and we're all going to die at some point, and the opportunity is to have the conversation in a thoughtful way."

  Health

  Dec 5, 2017
• Former Alberta woman gives birth in New York taxi; baby ‘did it his way’

  When Chantal McKenna was pregnant, she would talk to her baby about the adventures he would have. Little did she know they would start on Day 1.

  Features

  Jul 19, 2017
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• ‘15 is not enough’: March draws attention to scarcity of midwives in Sask.

  March for Midwives draws public attention to scarcity in Saskatchewan and are pressuring the government for change.

  Health

  Mar 25, 2017
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• Home birth with midwife not riskier than hospital birth: study

  For low-risk pregnancies, there's no increased risk for home births with a midwife compared to deliveries in a hospital, according to a new study.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2015