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ASAC Childbirth

@ASAC_Childbirth

The Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth. Charitable organization. Publisher of Birth Issues magazine. Helping women have better births.

 Edmonton, AB, Canada
asac.ab.ca
Joined September 2012
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Melanie A. Bekevich@MelaBeke26 Apr 2017
Inequitable access for northerners. #BringMidwivesNorth @albertahealth @AHS_NorthZone @AHS_media @shoffmanAB
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Tiaras and Bowties@asacgala2 Feb 2017
Discovery Toys (Jennifer Ky) will be generously creating a fun play space for our young guests! discoverytoyslink.com/pws/to… #asacgala
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Tiaras and Bowties@asacgala2 Feb 2017
Knights of the Northern Realm are back to thrill us with their performance. facebook.com/KnightsoftheNor… #asacgala #yeg #family
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Dana Weatherhead@ReelMoment22 Apr 2017
All ready for @asacgala! Don Cherry eat your heart out! #asacgala #GoOilersGo @EdmontonOilers
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In case you haven't read it, the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM) have released a report on Sept 6,... fb.me/84KL6EYMF
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Reclaiming women's teachings and sacredness of birth windspeaker.com/news/windspe… #yeg #indigenousbirth #traditional #AB
New team brings back Indigenous culture and traditions to giving birth

New team brings back Indigenous culture and traditions to giving birth

By Andrea Smith Windspeaker Contributor EDMONTON “A colonized birth is handing over trust of birth, not allowing traditions or ceremony to happen. And removing women from their communities… Basically...

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Replying to @YourAlberta
looking forward to seeing how indigenous Midwifery will be supported
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Replying to @ASAC_Childbirth @HeidiTaphorn @Alberta_Women @RachelNotley @shoffmanAB
Great independent report @ASAC_Childbirth. Thank you for sharing.
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Replying to @PMcDonaghHull @ASAC_Childbirth @MCAN_tweets @BTCanada @CBCHealth @BirthTrauma
yes! If 1900 women want a MW & can't get one, it's not choice
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"In response to concerns over increased healthcare spending on midwives, @ASAC_Childbirth undertook a cost analysis" asac.ab.ca/maternity_care_re…
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Better access to midwives, home births could save Alberta millions of dollars cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a… #abmidwives #ABMaternityCare
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Meranda Bos@bos_meranda15 Dec 2016
Replying to @shoffmanAB
@shoffmanAB and why aren't you releasing more money for midwives? @AHS_NorthZone @AHS_media @RachelNotley @BrianJeanWRP @TanyYao
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Monica Eggink@MonicaEggink4 Dec 2016
Replying to @Acudoula
@Acudoula @ASAC_Childbirth @MCAN_tweets xitter.gq/edmontonjournal/status…
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@edmontonjournal2 Dec 2016
New AHS program aims to reduce birth-mortality rate for aboriginal mothers ow.ly/3BF7306L14a
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#Indigenouswomen are 3 times more likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women ow.ly/BI3q306Gh2m
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Dana Weatherhead@ReelMoment8 Nov 2016
.@swaindiana How many more babies will have to die before this #mistreatedinchildbirth stops? @ASAC_Childbirth @Alberta_Women @shoffmanAB
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Erin Mayou@EvenRocksGrow7 Nov 2016
Replying to @swaindiana
@swaindiana Women rally for change across the country; do you think a federal strategy is needed? @ASAC_Childbirth #MistreatedinChildbirth
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This makes me so sad, no women should be mistreated in childbirth...or ever. @Alberta_Women #MistreatedinChildbirth #Time4change xitter.gq/asac_childbirth/status…
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TY @CBCCanada @CBCManitoba for covering topic of #MistreatedinChildbirth faced by so many women cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/mani… #time4change
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Erin Mayou@EvenRocksGrow7 Nov 2016
Replying to @swaindiana
SOGC's CEO Blake says she hasn't heard of abuse #MistreatedinChildbirth. Are you listening now Blake? cbc.ca/beta/news/health/hosp…
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prairie winter@dionnems8 Nov 2016
Replying to @SOGCorg
@SOGCorg for every woman who makes a complaint about mistreatment in birth, there are ten that don't report #mistreatedinchildbirth
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prairie winter@dionnems8 Nov 2016
Replying to @SOGCorg
@SOGCorg I was #mistreatedinchildbirth and I will work to make sure women are informed and respected.
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