Canadian Association of Midwives
2330 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Suite 300 H3J 1N4 Montreal, QC, Canada

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Opening Doors, Breaking Down Barriers is a 75-minute anti-racism dialogue and planning intensive for CAM members (midwives, students and staff of provincial/territorial midwifery associations) to assess where they are on their personal and organizational anti-racism journeys, share best practices with colleagues, and plan strategies to reduce racial inequities and decolonize their practices. Nov 5 at 11 am ET. Get your ticket at www.knovember.ca #knovember

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Ambrocckha Kabeya’s warm eyes, and friendly demeanor lock you in immediately. He gestures gently with his large, yet soft hands. His voice is urgent, his warm eyes far away as he imagines a situation, he was faced with nearly 20 years ago. A woman, Betty was supposed to have her child in South Africa, but decided against her family’s wishes, to birth in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kabeya was new to the profession and was doing his practical hours. He also recognized... that the clinic had very little in terms of resources. He was stressed about the birth for some reason but recognized that my presence as a midwife is to reassure. The birth was successful, but the baby arrived in a state of asphyxiation, meaning, he did not breathe. I had to reanimate the baby. The clinic had nothing. Nothing was available to reanimate the baby. Not even a mask. Not even an aspirator. Not even a balloon. Under quick examination, I realized that the baby was under duress because of secretions trapped in the lungs. The mother was asking about her baby, how is my baby? Yes, your baby is fine, but he has a little trouble that we need to fix. He will be fine. Presented with these challenges - a baby who wasn’t breathing. No materials to address the issues. I decided to take the risk of any possible infection, placed my mouth on the mouth of the baby, and sucked out the secretions. I used my own mouth as an aspirator. I sucked out all of the secretions from the baby into my mouth. Immediately the baby came alive! I cried out-Wow! He is breathing! with all the secretions still in my mouth! The mother cried out was that my baby crying and I said yes! She cried out "the midwives saved my life! Ambrocckha Kabeya, Midwife and President of the Societe Congolaise De La Pratique Sage-Femme