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The Case for a Birthing Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan Shaina Tranquilino July 3, 2024

With the recent opening of the Urgent Care Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, our community has taken a significant step forward in enhancing healthcare accessibility and services. This new facility promises to alleviate some of the pressure on emergency rooms and provide timely care for non-life-threatening conditions. As we celebrate this advancement, it is also an opportune moment to consider what other healthcare services could benefit our community. One such service is a dedicated birthing centre.

What is a Birthing Centre?

A birthing centre is a healthcare facility designed to provide a homelike environment for childbirth. Unlike traditional hospital settings, birthing centres offer a more natural and personalized approach to childbirth. They are usually staffed by midwives, doulas, obstetricians, and nurses who specialize in low-risk pregnancies and natural births. Birthing centres emphasize minimal medical intervention, focusing on a woman-centered and family-friendly approach to childbirth.

Features of a Birthing Centre

Homelike Environment: Birthing centres are designed to feel comfortable and welcoming. The rooms often resemble bedrooms rather than hospital rooms, creating a soothing atmosphere for the mother and family.

Personalized Care: The care provided is highly personalized, with a focus on the individual needs and preferences of the mother. Birth plans are respected, and there is a greater emphasis on the mother's choice and autonomy.

Minimal Intervention: These centres promote natural birthing methods with minimal medical intervention. Pain management options such as water births, hypnobirthing, and the use of birthing balls are commonly available.

Family Involvement: Family members are encouraged to be part of the birthing process, providing support and creating a more inclusive experience.

Postpartum Support: Comprehensive postpartum care, including breastfeeding support, neonatal care, and maternal health services, is a crucial aspect of birthing centres.

Why Regina Needs a Birthing Centre

Enhanced Birth Experience: Many women prefer a more natural and less clinical environment for childbirth. A birthing centre in Regina would provide an alternative to the traditional hospital birth, catering to those seeking a more personalized and less invasive birthing experience.

Reduced Hospital Burden: With a dedicated birthing centre, hospitals can focus their resources on more complicated pregnancies and other medical emergencies. This could potentially reduce wait times and improve overall hospital efficiency.

Improved Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: Studies have shown that births in birthing centres often result in lower intervention rates, such as cesarean sections, and have positive outcomes for both mother and baby. A birthing centre can contribute to better maternal and neonatal health in Regina.

Community-Centered Care: A birthing centre can become a hub for maternal and child health services, offering prenatal and postnatal care, parenting classes, and support groups. This holistic approach fosters a sense of community and continuity of care.

Cost-Effective: Birthing centres can be more cost-effective than hospital births, potentially lowering healthcare costs in the healthcare system. This can lead to better allocation of resources and more sustainable healthcare practices.

The opening of the Urgent Care Centre in Regina is a testament to our community's commitment to improving healthcare services. However, the journey toward comprehensive and holistic healthcare is ongoing. A birthing centre would be a valuable addition, providing a supportive, natural, and personalized environment for childbirth. It would enhance the birthing experience, improve maternal and neonatal outcomes, and alleviate pressure on our hospitals. Let us continue to advocate for the healthcare services that will best serve our community, and consider the profound benefits a birthing centre could bring to Regina.

@walternitram here is the beauty of clown heaven...a place on earth. we will ascend through widwifery. Don't fear the egg layer. Don't fear @the-muppet-joker and his power.

I listened to this as I made this creation. It inspired me. Of course this is @the-cal-zone and I singing to @walternitram though I am sure that is obvious.

In this wworld wwe're just beginnin

To UnDeRsTaNd ThE MiRaCLe oF LiViN :o)

bABY i WAS AFRAID BEFORE,,

bUT iM NOT AFRAID, ANYMORE,

ooh baby do you know wwhat thats wworth

OoH HeAvEn iS a PLaCe oN eArTh

they say in heavven lovve comes first

wE'LL mAkE hEaVeN a pLaCe oN EaRTh :o)

@the-cal-zone I have learned that sadely...the third midwife, Tavros, has silently gone away to somewhere unknown.

This is truly a sad day indeed. Without a goodbye, all we can do,

Is reminisce.

Upon first meeting us and learning of our mission, Tavros was quite taken aback; and resistant to the idea of joining the cause. I assumed they were a friend of yours, and you assumed they were a friend of mine. Ultimately, this helped us in the end, helped us to feel emboldened, to take essentially this stranger,

Up to the skies,

Where you watched on as I hoisted them up and held them up to the sun, and we showed them the way of the midwife, what our purpose is, who it is we serve,

And it was a truly joyous day when their heart was almost instantly turned over to midwifery, The Motherhood, as our sect of the Muppet Joker following was called, after witnessing the ultimate miracle of Muppet Clown birth.

They worked tirelessly alongside us in the Great Nest...sorting through the mostly infertile eggs, watching after the few Joker homunculi that hatched and managed to survive, crushing up the many, many eggshells to make swords out of for our leader in the little time we had devoted to anything but the eggs.

Their devotion was unmatched; overnight they transformed from a skeptic to a truly committed midwife.

This was our last photo taken together -- sweet Tavros had fallen to the bottom of the well and could not climb out. They insisted I stay behind with the eggs, but I refused to accept leaving a Mother behind, and so I climbed down with the most recent brood of eggs and we tended to them together. The eggs hatched into monsters and they slunk away to inhabit the well, so that is happening now; and Tavros left the Motherhood immediately, and ran away to somewhere I cannot see.

Goodbye, Tavros, Mother #3, The Devoted Stranger,

There will never be another like you.