The Midwives Collective

The Midwives Collective We are a shared-care maternity practice in Victoria, BC. Our clinic is accessible, child-friendly, and community-focused.

We are located in central Victoria, just past the intersection of Cook & Yates.

Congrats to the UBC Midwifery Class of 2026 who graduated last weekend! A few of these amazing students did placements w...
06/01/2026

Congrats to the UBC Midwifery Class of 2026 who graduated last weekend! A few of these amazing students did placements with our clinic over recent years, and many of you were cared for by them. Thank you to our clients for supporting student learning by involving students in your care, and wishing these fledgeling midwives all the best as they set out into clinical practice! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿ’•
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Congratulations to our senior student, Ami, who will be graduating from the UBC Midwifery program next week! We wish her...
05/14/2026

Congratulations to our senior student, Ami, who will be graduating from the UBC Midwifery program next week! We wish her all the best in her exciting new chapter as a Registered Midwife! ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿป๐ŸŒบ Some cute photos from this semester of families Ami supported, an an action-shot of Ami mentoring our 2nd year student Laura๐Ÿฅฐโค๏ธ
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Thinking of all of the permutations of mothers on Motherโ€™s Day๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโค๏ธ We see you and send you warmth ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’•  (Author of Expecti...
05/10/2026

Thinking of all of the permutations of mothers on Motherโ€™s Day๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโค๏ธ We see you and send you warmth ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’•
(Author of Expecting Better, a great book on prenatal critical thinking and research) posted this today.
Sending heartfelt vibes to all of our past and current clients โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒบ

Happy International Day of the Midwife, from our clinic to you! Sending good vibes to Midwives everywhere and the famili...
05/06/2026

Happy International Day of the Midwife, from our clinic to you! Sending good vibes to Midwives everywhere and the families they serve! ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฝโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿซ„๐Ÿป๐Ÿซƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿผ๐Ÿคฑ๐Ÿฟ Shout out to all of the people in a midwifeโ€™s life who support us and appreciate our hard work- some featured here at our recent Clinic Dinner Party!๐Ÿ’ซโ˜„๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿ’•
๐Ÿค—โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿคฑ๐Ÿคฐ

Midwife Joy got to graduate this little brother from the Juniper this week from midwifery care! ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ’• We love it when ol...
05/03/2026

Midwife Joy got to graduate this little brother from the Juniper this week from midwifery care! ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ’• We love it when older siblings attend visits and get to be involved in the care experience! (clearly a very proud big brother here ๐Ÿฅฐ) All the best to this sweet family ๐Ÿ’•
(Shared with permission)

No this isnโ€™t a snow-flake promoโ€ฆ.this is amniotic fluid! โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆ This beautiful pattern seen via microscope is called ferni...
04/22/2026

No this isnโ€™t a snow-flake promoโ€ฆ.this is amniotic fluid! โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆ This beautiful pattern seen via microscope is called ferning, which is caused by crystallization of salts and proteins present in amniotic fluid as it dries on a microscope slide. Midwives and physicians assess for this when we suspect someoneโ€™s water broke.๐Ÿ”ฌ๐ŸŒบ
Midwife Ash snapped this amazing pic while assessing a client whose water broke this weekend- should we frame it for their little oneโ€™s nursery?! ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ’•

Midwife Margaret discharges sweet Baby R from Sage team! We are going to miss this sweet family and wish them all the be...
04/20/2026

Midwife Margaret discharges sweet Baby R from Sage team! We are going to miss this sweet family and wish them all the best ๐Ÿฅฐโค๏ธ
Midwives care for birthing families until six weeks postpartum, including being on-call for families for home visits ๐Ÿก , concerns โ˜Ž๏ธ, and any emergencies ๐Ÿšจ

We are happy to share the great news that Heather G has been granted a work visa! MASSIVE THANKS to everyone who wrote l...
04/16/2026

We are happy to share the great news that Heather G has been granted a work visa! MASSIVE THANKS to everyone who wrote letters of support for Heather and spoke out for us. It truly made a HUGE difference.
We are especially pleased to report that our BC Minister of Health, Josie Osborne, former Victoria MP Laurel Collins, current Victoria MP Will Greaves, and Premier David Eby all spoke out in support of Heather. Thank you for listening, and valuing maternal and newborn health.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ
Heather is back home in Scotland for the time being. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ We hope she will return to us soon. In the meantime, we are so grateful to be part of such a strong and vibrant community. Thank you all for your support. We are so lucky to be your midwives. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’•

Friends, we are asking again for your help as we advocate for midwife Heather Gilchristโ€™s post-graduate work visa to be ...
03/26/2026

Friends, we are asking again for your help as we advocate for midwife Heather Gilchristโ€™s post-graduate work visa to be reinstated immediately. Time is running out.
Please continue to send letters to government - even if you have already done so. We have a link for a client letter and a healthcare provider letter; look for the links in our bio. We are grateful that that the office of BC Minister of Health Josie Osborne has been actively engaged in trying to advocate for Heather. Unfortunately,ย our local MP Will Greaves (Victoria) has been silent. The Midwives Collective has been serving Victoria families for 15 years. We are proud that our clients reflect the diversity of our beautiful city. Heather has successfully completed all provincial midwifery registration requirements and federal immigration requirements. Sheโ€™s also a fabulous midwife & fantastic colleague! Please help us tell Minister Greaves that maternity care matters, womenโ€™s health matters, families matter. Thank you for your support and please help us spread the word!

The Midwives Collective is asking for support from our community. One of our amazing midwives, Heather Gilchrist, had he...
03/21/2026

The Midwives Collective is asking for support from our community. One of our amazing midwives, Heather Gilchrist, had her work visa immediately revoked and may have to leave the country after a bureaucratic government bungle. Heather is an experienced, exceptional midwife- please help us get the word out to pressure federal immigration to re-instate her visa. Please send the linked letter in the URL in our bio (and comments) and share this widely. Her full story can be watched in the news clip in our bio. Thank you!

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107-1120 Yates Street
Victoria, BC
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