Alberta Association of Midwives

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Compassionate, publicly funded care through pregnancy, birth, and the first six weeks with your baby. No referral needed.

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How it Works

  1. Step 1

    Learn

    Midwives are primary care providers for low-risk pregnancy and birth.

    What is a Midwife?

  2. Step 2

    Request Care

    Add your name to the province-wide wait pool, any time in pregnancy.

    Request Care

  3. Step 3

    Get Matched

    A practice contacts you directly when a spot opens.

    See practices near you

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What is a Midwife?

What is a Midwife?

What midwives do, where you can give birth, and care for every kind of family.

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Midwifery Q&A

Midwifery Q&A

Wait times, cost, eligibility, safety — the questions people ask most.

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Directory & Map

Directory & Map

Search practices by location, language, and community across Alberta.

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Ready to start? Join the wait pool in about 10 minutes.

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I cannot express what a gift it has been to be cared for by Tara, to be so healed by a totally different experience from our first baby's labour, birth, and postpartum. She changed me as a birth worker, as a woman, as a mother, and I am forever grateful.
Sarah Rivera

Ready to Start?

Pregnant and want a midwife? Add your name to Alberta’s wait pool — it’s free, and you can apply even if there’s no midwife currently near you.

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