The initiative “My Midwife” was launched at Karolinska in Huddinge in September 2018. Almost a year later, 160 babies have been born within the new care model. In February, it became clear that the project raised more money, which made it possible to hire more midwives.

- We now have two teams with a total of six midwives at the maternity care center in Älvsjö, says Marie Ekborn, head of nursing and midwives at the Karolinska Hospital's maternity ward in Huddinge.

From the beginning, the plan was to extend the care model to other districts in southern Stockholm. But those plans are further ahead.

- On the one hand, Älvsjö is very good and close to the commuter train in terms of communication. Then we who work with My Midwife need to meet to have meetings, which is more difficult if we are too scattered as a group. It is great to have Älvsjö as a meeting point to be able to exchange experiences when you are seen, says Marie Ekborn.

Midwives in readiness

In addition to two teams in Älvsjö, a team also works at the maternity care center in Liljeholmen.

The midwives in the project vary their working days with maternal care, childbirth and aftercare. But they also work in readiness, because the pregnant woman can give birth at any time of the day.

The childbirth project will explore whether the model improves the working environment for midwives, but also the women's childbirth experience.

- After Christmas we will have the first result, says Marie Ekborn.