BORN Co-operative congratulates the QEH on taking a step toward meeting Health Canada’s Family Centred Care Guidelines by rooming babies with mothers which promotes bonding, breast-feeding and health of new families. We look forward to the QEH fully meeting the Guidelines by creating single room maternity care for all women birthing at the hospital. We also encourage the province to provide the same level of care that is offered in the rest of Canada by offering women the choice of Midwife attended births on PEI.

Celebrate with us April 19th. BORN Co-operative is celebrating its recent incorporation by hosting a family friendly evening on Saturday, April 19 starting at 5:30 PM. The evening will consist of a short meeting (AGM) and information session about BORN Co-operative’s continuing efforts to promote midwifery, doula care and family centred maternity on PEI. BORN, in cooperation with Women’s Network and with financial assistance from the Co-operative Secretariat CDI Research and Innovation funding, has just completed a project looking at the integration of midwives into the PEI Healthcare System and the establishment of a birthing centre on PEI. Michelle MacCallum, Executive Director of Women’s Network will be speaking about the project. We are also having a potluck dinner followed by acoustic music featuring The Creaky Chair Gang (Gary Torlone, Marcus Lutterman and Ian Forgeron). Please feel free to bring along an instrument and share a song.BORN Co-operative will be selling shares in the co-op during the evening with limited edition share certificates featuring artwork by Michelle MacCallum. The cost of one share is $50.00. Please come ready to purchase a share and invest in the future of a birthing centre co-operative on PEI.

The celebration is being held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church Hall on Richmond Street in Charlottetown on Saturday, April 19 and begins at 5:30 PM. Everyone is welcome. For further information, please contact Sandy Nicholson, 658-2798, doula[@]isn.net.

You may also confirm your attendance on our Facebook Event page.