The Shuswap region’s first midwifery practice opened its doors this month in Salmon Arm, B.C., with its first patient set to give birth in March.

Josée Gervais, the owner and midwife at Shuswap Midwifery, moved back to her hometown of Salmon Arm last summer with the intention of opening the city’s first midwifery practice. 

“It certainly adds choice. There hasn’t been the option of having home births in this community for awhile,” she said.

Great news for #SalmonArm! Come January