17. A Canadian Mom Shares Her Experience with Midwife Care and Universal Healthcare

Motherhood Meets Medicine

Lynzy Coughlin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re continuing my “mothers from around the world” series! In this episode, I’m chatting with Jessica Matson. Jessica lives just outside of Toronto, Ontario. She talks about her incredible experience using midwife care, which included several in-home visits from them postpartum. Sounds amazing, right? Wait until you hear about her maternity leave! We also dive into the details of universal healthcare. Jessica is a mom of two, currently on maternity leave. In her non-mom life, she works in user experience for an insurance company. She also loves running. At the time of recording in May 2021, Jess is working on surviving lockdown in Ontario, as it has some of the strictest restrictions in North America! In this episode we discuss: -Prenatal and postpartum care in Canada -Universal healthcare and what that looks like for new moms -Childcare costs and the possibility of universal childcare -Maternity leave in Canada vs. the United States What are your thoughts on what was shared in this episode? I would love to hear your biggest takeaway over on Instagram @motherhoodmeetsmedicine. Resources Mentioned: -Hear about the experience of a mom living in Germany in episode 14 Connect with me on Instagram @motherhoodmeetsmedicine. For full show notes, head to lynzyandco.com/motherhood-meets-medicine-the-podcast/ Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine. Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, today I am chatting with Jessica Matson.
0:11.6	Jessica is part of my mother's from around the world series and she lives just outside
0:16.1	Toronto, Ontario.
0:18.0	She is a mom of two children ages two and eight months.
0:21.8	She works in user experience for an insurance company and she loves running.
0:25.7	In today's episode she talks about her wonderful experience postpartum, which included
0:29.9	multiple postpartum visits with her midwife happening in her home after her baby arrived,
0:36.6	as well as universal health care and the overall motherhood experience she has received.
0:42.0	Let's dive right in.
0:43.0	Good morning Jess, we're really happy to have you today.
0:49.1	I'm excited to be here.
0:51.0	So you are living just outside of Toronto up in Canada and I don't know if you know this
0:57.8	because I don't mention it very much, but my mom's whole side of the family is from Quebec.
1:02.0	Oh okay.
1:03.0	Yeah, so my mom used to go to Quebec a lot growing up and I've always wanted to visit there,
1:08.5	still haven't made it up there.
1:11.4	Never been to Canada at all?
1:12.8	No, not at all and that's, I mean I'm 50% French-Canadian so I'm like we got to go up there
1:18.9	sometime.
1:19.9	And Quebec is beautiful.
1:21.1	Yeah, that's why here, especially in the winter time, during Christmas, there's a lot
1:26.9	of like stuff going on I heard?
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