About Our Guest:
Heather Taylor is a midwife in Brantford, Ontario at the Brantford Community Midwives - https://www.communitymidwivesofbrantford.ca/. Heather joined the Community Midwives of Brantford in 2005 after completing her midwifery training through Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Originally from Northern B.C. and more recently from Western Quebec, Heather now calls Paris, Ontario home.
The Time Stamps:
History of the Job - 00:03:24
Interview Begins - 00:05:35
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Sounds You Heard:
Theme Music by Coop
Additional sounds in the episode:
A thank you to Laura for letting us record sound of her newborn Isobel during one of her first home visits with Heather.
Facts You Heard:
Information on the History of Midwives
https://people.howstuffworks.com/midwife2.htm
Biblical passages that reference Midwives
History of Women Healers (including witchcraft claims in the Middle Ages)
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.82.2.288
History of Midwives in Ontario
https://www.jogc.com/article/S0849-5831(98)80058-X/pdf
Birth Statistics from the Canadian Association of Midwives
https://canadianmidwives.org/midwifery-across-canada/#1467634074483-f50b550d-db87
Statistics on Midwifery-led births in the US
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642827/
Etymology of the Word Midwife
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