Roundhouse Midwives

Happy New Year, one and all!
Every year, we present to you our annual review of births: if you birthed with us this year, check out our calendar and find your baby’s “dot”!

This year we welcomed midwives Jenny Knoll and Kimberlee K**k to our teams, and two of us welcomed new puppies into our homes!

Our midwives were able to be with almost 150 of your beautiful families as you grew and welcomed your babies.

This year, our midwives attended:
- 147 births for 149 babies (2 sets of twins!)
- 86% of births in hospital, 11% at home, and 3% at the Roundhouse birth cottage
- 72% vaginal births, 28% cesarean births (9% planned cesareans, 19% unplanned)
- 49% first time birthers, 51% had one or more children previously
- Largest baby: 4926g / 10lbs 14oz
- Smallest baby: 1390g / 3lb 1oz
- Average baby: 3488g / 7lb 11oz
-Total pounds of baby caught: 1153! That’s as much as a moose!

Fun fact! Our midwives attended the birth of the first baby of 2025 *and* the final baby of 2025 at Victoria General Hospital, who was born just 30 minutes shy of midnight last night. :)

We are honoured to bear witness to your strength, your struggles, your grief and your epic, transformative love. It is a privilege that we get to see every day. Thank you for being with us.

Last year’s review of births included this paragraph which
we think is still relevant:
“By witnessing human lives begin over and over, we see how much each of us is linked to one another. We each have a role as members of our local and global community. We each have a voice. We encourage you to use yours to increase how much the people around you feel loved and safe to be exactly who they are in the world. Start talking about this at home with the people you know best. If you can, grow this practice to include your neighbours, the people you see in your day, those you work with, and those who help you. May you and your family experience unconditional safety and love, and may we collectively fight for those who do not have it.”

Thank you for including us in your lives in your important moments.

We need to raise our collective voices in support of the South Island Indigenous Midwifery Service (SIIMS), an Indigenous-led, culturally safe perinatal care program that has lost funding and will cease to exist if the ministry of health does not act NOW.

We are asking you to join us by
📣 Sharing this post with the tag
📣 Click here to send an email to your MLA and the Minister of Health: https://linktr.ee/saveourSIIMS
📣 STAND WITH SIIMS on June 26th from 11:00-1:00pm at the Legislative Assembly of BC

Happy New Year, one and all!
Every year, we present to you our annual review of births: if you birthed with us this year, check out our calendar and find your baby’s “dot”!

This year was (mostly) a very happy one for our team. Our primary care team expanded to include the wonderful NP Sara McFadden. Claire Wakefield wished us “goodbye-for-now” while she travels to rural and remote locations in BC to provide locum relief to midwives there. The midwives were able to be with many beautiful families as they grew and welcomed their babies.

This year, our midwives attended:
- 159 births
- 86% of births in hospital, 10% at home, and 4% at the Roundhouse birth cottage
- 75% vaginal births, 25% cesarean births (10% planned cesareans, 15% unplanned)
- 50% first time birthers, 50% had one or more children previously
- Largest baby: 4834g / 10lbs 10.5oz
- Smallest baby: 1525g / 3lb 5oz
- Average baby: 3513g / 7lb 12oz
- Total pounds of baby caught: 1230! That’s as much as a walrus!

There are some very real struggles continuing around the world for many. While it can be hard to hold onto hope, we know that the future world will need to be led by strong humans, who we all can contribute to raising. Last year’s review of births included this paragraph which we think is still relevant:

By witnessing human lives begin over and over, we see how much each of us is linked to one another. We each have a role as members of our local and global community. We each have a voice. We encourage you to use yours to increase how much the people around you feel loved and safe to be exactly who they are in the world. Start talking about this at home with the people you know best. If you can, grow this practice to include your neighbours, the people you see in your day, those you work with, and those who help you. May you and your family experience unconditional safety and love, and may we collectively fight for those who do not have it.

Thank you for including us in your lives at such an important moment. We hope you feel wrapped in love and support this coming year and always.
The midwifery, primary care, and admin team at Roundhouse

Happy New Year, one and all!
Every year, we present to you our annual review of births: if you birthed with us this year, check out our calendar and find your baby’s “dot”!

This year was (mostly) a very happy one for our team. Our primary care team expanded to include the wonderful NP Sara McFadden. Claire Wakefield wished us “goodbye-for-now” while she travels to rural and remote locations in BC to provide locum relief to midwives there. The midwives were able to be with many beautiful families as they grew and welcomed their babies.

This year, our midwives attended:
- 159 births
- 86% of births in hospital, 10% at home, and 4% at the Roundhouse birth cottage
- 75% vaginal births, 25% cesarean births (10% planned cesareans, 15% unplanned)
- 50% first time birthers, 50% had one or more children previously
- Largest baby: 4834g / 10lbs 10.5oz
- Smallest baby: 1525g / 3lb 5oz
- Average baby: 3513g / 7lb 12oz
- Total pounds of baby caught: 1230! That’s as much as a walrus!

There are some very real struggles continuing around the world for many. While it can be hard to hold onto hope, we know that the future world will need to be led by strong humans, who we all can contribute to raising. Last year’s review of births included this paragraph which we think is still relevant:

By witnessing human lives begin over and over, we see how much each of us is linked to one another. We each have a role as members of our local and global community. We each have a voice. We encourage you to use yours to increase how much the people around you feel loved and safe to be exactly who they are in the world. Start talking about this at home with the people you know best. If you can, grow this practice to include your neighbours, the people you see in your day, those you work with, and those who help you. May you and your family experience unconditional safety and love, and may we collectively fight for those who do not have it.

Thank you for including us in your lives at such an important moment. We hope you feel wrapped in love and support this coming year and always.
Love, the midwifery, primary care, and admin team at Roundhouse

Gentlest of holidays to you and yours, from the team at Roundhouse Midwives and Family Care. 🕯️

🎃 Happy Halloween from all of us! 🎃

We’d love to see pics of your kiddos all dressed up today!

If you’re happy to share, pop them below! ⬇️

Thanks for hosting our team gathering this week! (Just missing Midwife Natalie, but that’s on-call life for ya! 😅)

Check out this great offering!

“This fun and informative ongoing series will show you how functional medicine in pregnancy will help you and your baby thrive during the childbearing year! We’ll talk about food, preventive measures, supplements and more. And you’ll get a great recipe or two!

These classes will be offered both in person and online. We will be covering a variety of topics including:

Foundations of nutrition and lifestyle for Childbearing year and functional medicine

How to prepare for labour and delivery

Common issues in pregnancy and how to address them

Autoimmune issues and pregnancy

Gestational diabetes - understanding how to prevent and manage

Thyroid health in pregnancy - why is it important?

Preconception preparation”

Almost the whole team made it out to our annual meal in the garden with our families. Grateful to be able to serve this community.

Left to right: Midwife Natalie, Nurse Practitioner Anne, Midwife Heidi, MOA Caitlin, Midwife Claire and Midwife Lauren.

We are excited to share this opportunity!

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This class includes:
* 4-5 hours of in-person education for yourself and your birth support person (if you choose to have them there), where there will opportunity to practice and ask questions about the content
* A 49 page workbook and 60+ videos to refer back to when you need the information
* A bonus is connecting with other pregnant people in the community!

WHEN: There are 3 dates available Oct 5th or Nov 16th or Dec 14th, 9-1(ish)pm

WHERE: .birth

WHO: Anyone who is pregnant, at any stage of pregnancy

REGISTRATION: Includes yourself and birth support person (if you choose to have them there) - sign up through the link in the bio

Note:
*This course is intended to supplement a traditional prenatal course.
*This course does not qualify to be covered under insurance as it’s a group setting, without a 1:1 appointment component.
*If you have seen Nicole for a 1:1 appointment prior to this workshop, it may qualify to be covered by insurance, always check with your insurance provider.