Women's Options in Maternity Care & Birth is a consumer advocacy group based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada focusing on expanding options for expectant mothers in maternity care and birth.

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Name: Michelle Maisonville
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta
Phone: 403-528-7182
Email address: maisonvi@gmail.com

Services: WOMB is available as a guest speaker for parenting groups and organizations, offers information sessions and workshops. We also offer a perinatal consulting service. We will do personalized research regarding birth options and specific situations, indications and solutions and provide our clients with an informational report. In the future, WOMB will also offer childbirth classes covering a variety of drug-free pain management options as well as information on pharmaceutical pain relief, VBAC and avoiding cesarean. We are currently researching products related to pregnancy, birth and parenting, which we hope to have available for purchase through our website soon!

Qualifications: Pursuing childbirth educator certification through CAPPA Canada.

Personal notes: I am the married mother of two children; a daughter, Sydne and a son, Nicolaus. Our daughter was born in 2003 and our son in 2005. Recently, my husband and I decided to move from Edmonton to the city of Medicine Hat. Upon relocating to a smaller town after living in a larger centre, it was apparent to me that so much is lacking in the way of birthing options and information. A lot of the women I have spoken with have no idea what all is available to them. And, unfortunately, I've found that many never knew to ask. After the birth of my daughter, I felt dissatisfied with the experience. I had chosen to have an epidural because my mother had always told me, "We'll have to knock you out," as I didn't have a high tolerance for pain while growing up. The epidural numbed me not only physically, but emotionally as well. I didn't feel present at my own child's birth. Read more here... Because my daughter's birth was so traumatic for her and myself, I knew that the next time would be different. I needed it to be! As soon as we found out we was expecting our son, my husband and I began looking for a doula. I had actually begun researching alternative birthing options prior to even conceiving. I read everything I could get my hands on. My son's birth was everything I had hoped for and more. It was a natural birth attended by a wonderful caring doula. It was both of my children's births and my acquired knowledge that inspired me to begin WOMB.