Life in D2
Logo image zoomed in
(dilation teaching board, but also a circular image that represents full-spectrum care to our team!)
LMP stands for...
Last menstrual period
A gem in our city, this place features birth tubs, double beds that recline and walls adorned by Christi Belcourt.
Toronto Birth Centre
The allied health professional MATCH clients most often connected to.
Social work
This midwife has a background in both massage therapy AND counselling psychology!
Jennifer
Snack box image in D2
Snacks in D2
(how we supply snacks and grocery cards at visits, many clients being food insecure)
Our team provides medication abortion until: 9 weeks, 10 weeks or 11 weeks?
11 weeks
(Most medication providers in the city go to 9 or 10 weeks. We are amongst the few that go to 11w. This extra week really opens up access to care)
Based out of 1245 Danforth this fall, this group program is lead by Deborah and a nurse from Toronto Public Health.
perinatal mental health group
REB stands for...
research ethics board!
(we are leading a study called the impacts of a midwifery-led EPC...with REB from McMaster and MGH)
Camp director, youth worker, Early ON staff member, and seniors program staff member...all at Apple Grove down the road!
Carmi
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Medication Abortion bag
(each client that comes for MAB leaves with everything that they will need to bleed safely (list the items, including the mife). Most people that seek care for this service are uninsured and living with low income, so this a small way to make care more accessible)
At the Early Pregnancy Clinic, the RMs provided 300, 700 or 1000 visit last year?
1000
(Our team took over leadership of the EPC in 2023. Since this time, we have increase accessibility to this clinic my moving it from 2 to 3 and now 4d per week, and we have added a phone line for people to be able to reach us. This means last year we provided nearly 1k visits!)
Uninsured.
Parasites, fungi, bacteria and viruses. But also B cells and T cells and cytokines. This midwife was a microbiologist in her past life!
ANDREA
Abdo ultrasound probe
abdominal ultrasound probe
(members of our team provide point of care ultrasound for our abortion clients. This allows to see where the pregnancy is and how far along it is. It also make ours a one-stop-shop. In one visit they will get u/s, blood work, counselling and leave w the meds)
Bead Box image
Bead box (do we have a nice name for it?)
(MATCH clients can leave a bead for the babies they have or the pregnancies ... how to best say this? running out of juice!)
Nellies, Roberston House, Birkdale
We have built connections with and regularly care for clients living in these and other shelters.
From quantum mechanics and thermodynamics to stages of labour.
Tiffany
Fergus Balls
view from our exam bed in D2
(got these balls back in 2018 from an artist in Fergus ON. Gives people something to stare at when they are lying on our exam table (or some other blurb like this!))
Name 3 tools a midwife might use at a home visit.
Stethescope, thermometer, scale, tape measure, feeding tubes, blood pressure cuff, etc.
(We provide a postpartum home visit to our clients about 1 week after birth - BF teaching, mental health check in, etc.)
A Masters from York, a Childbirth educator, a doula trainer, a young parents respite coordinator and a VAW shelter manager...all before being at MATCH.
Deborah