Ada Parsons:“Giving birth should be a special time”: Narrative 9 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 22, 2008

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I like to think that it's the same for most women: giving birth should be a special time and the
care one receives during pregnancy and delivery plays an important role in obtaining those …

Patti Pella:“Someone knows your life story”: Narrative 11 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 22, 2008

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I'm Patti Pella. I'm 41. Grace is 9, Thomas is 7, James is 3, and Michael is 1. All of them were
born here. When we drive past this hospital, a piece of our family is here. I mean, they were …

Rupa Patel:“We straddle those worlds”: Narrative 10 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: November 22, 2008

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There was a bunch of us who moved to town and we started looking into what we needed to
do. Three couples, and we were all family doctors. We worked a lot those first few years …

Cheryl McWatch:“If you do it right, you'll feel it in your heart”: Narrative 5 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 21, 2008

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Mobert First Nation. I can only speak for my own experience, not for my whole people. I'm the
owner-operator of a small gas bar on the reserve. I sell gas and like, small stuff: candies …

Penny Armitage:“I'm the 85th baby born in Marathon”: Narrative 1 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 14, 2008

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In 2008, we interviewed women about their experiences of childbirth and maternity care in
Marathon, a rural community in northwestern Ontario. This narrative is one of a series of …

Tracy Michano-Stewart:“A lifestyle type of thing”: Narrative 8 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 18, 2008

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Thunder Bay right now. I'm originally from Pic River. I was born actually in Marathon hospital.
I don't know if it means anything, you know. Just born and bred here. We're all Northern …

Connie McWatch:“I have a lot of blessings”: Narrative 6 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 12, 2008

A Orkin, S Newbery - Canadian Family Physician, 2014 - cfp.ca
My grandmother, she delivered me, she delivered all of us. That's my mom's mom. She was
on crutches all the time; she was born a cripple, but that didn't stop her. She'd get in the …

Jillian McPeake:“Look at that face!”: Narrative 4 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 21, 2008

A Orkin, S Newbery - Canadian Family Physician, 2014 - cfp.ca
This is Asa Terrance Frauts, born August 6, 2008. Dirk's my boyfriend. We've been dating,
like, 3½ years now. It was pretty awesome. Best friends, too, in grade 9. We were four …

Nancy Fitch:“Humanity isn't machines, you know”: Narrative 3 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 12, 2008

A Orkin, S Newbery - Canadian Family Physician, 2014 - cfp.ca
My first delivery here was a 15-year-old delivering her first baby. At transition, she looked at
me with such fear in her eyes. I can remember—this is gonna make me cry—I can remember …

Jennifer Coleman:“I deliver babies with the docs”: Narrative 2 of the Marathon Maternity Oral History ProjectInterview date: August 11, 2008

A Orkin, S Newbery - Canadian Family Physician, 2014 - cfp.ca
My name is Jennifer Coleman. I'ma registered nurse here. That's it! I deliver babies with the
docs, maybe one or two a month. Abigail was my first daughter. Oh, I was terrified of …