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Vision
In order to allow informed choice
for all women in the Yukon regarding their pregnancy, birth, and
post-partum care, we envision:
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women having midwifery services
fully funded by the Yukon government
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women having the choice of a
midwife as primary care provider
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women having the choice of a
hospital, birth center, or home birth
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women having access through their
midwife to blood work, ultrasounds, and other standard tests in
pregnancy
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women being able to give birth in
the communities without restrictions on the distance from the hospital
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women receiving continuity of care
during pregnancy, birth, and the post-partum (that is, a woman could
depend on a midwife to stay with her if she required an intervention
by an obstetrician, such as a C-section, and the midwife would act as
an advocate for the woman and care for the baby and mother after
birth).
January 2007
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