Having a Baby

Choosing a care provider: Midwife vs. family doctor vs. Obstetrician

Association of Ontario Midwives

What is a midwife? Midwifery care

Having a baby (CAM)

Who will be with me during my birth?

The Birth Partner by Penny Simpkin

The Birth Partner 5th Edition

Lamaze International

Birth team Handout 1 Handout 2

Information About Doula’s

Pregnancy Info Having a Baby

Motherwit Doula Care Ottawa

Birth and postpartum doula support.

• Birth doula care includes 1 or 2 prenatal meetings, attendance at birth, 1 postpartum follow-up at your home, unlimited phone/email support.
• Birth and postpartum doula care package includes 3 prenatal meetings, 24/7 on-call availability, attendance at your birth, 1 postpartum follow-up at your home, unlimited phone/email support and includes 6 hours of postpartum in-home care.
• Offer birth support at Montfort Hospital, Almonte General Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital – General and Civic Campuses, Winchester District Memorial Hospital, Queensway Carleton Hospital. Maison de naissance de l’Outaouais and The Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre.
• Also offer eco birth pool rental, placenta encapsulation and infant massage instruction at an additional cost.

Family Doulas of Ottawa

Birth doula support includes meeting the doulas, connecting with the doulas in your home through prenatal meeting, ability to contact doula by phone/email during pregnancy, support for 1-2 hours after birth and 1 postpartum follow-up visit with your doulas at a home. Postpartum doula support includes daytime support for family, newborn care, breast/bottle/combination feeding, knowledge of postpartum recovery, help identifying perinatal mood disorders, light housekeeping, meal preparation and more! Birth support offered at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, The Montfort Hospital, The Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre and The Gatineau Hospital. Custom Post Partum Support Available

Ottawa Doula Services

Birth and postpartum doula.

• Specializes in: Birth without medication/ Vaginal birth with medication/ Cesarean Birth/ VBAC(vaginal birth after cesarean)/ Multiples/ High risk
• Attends births at: The Ottawa Birth & Wellness Centre, Montfort Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, Ottawa Hospital General Campus, Queensway Carleton Hospital, Almonte Hospital, l'Hopital de Gatineau, La Maison de Naissance de l'Outaouais & Home births in the National Capital Region.

National Capital Doulas

Doulas offering pregnancy education, birth and postpartum support. Pregnancy

• In-home childbirth education (2 x 3-hr classes)
• In-home comfort measures class (2 hrs)
• In-home lactation education before birth (2 hrs)

Lamaze International

Online class-Labour confidence with Lamaze

• Online class introduces 6 practices that research has shown to greatly improve birth outcomes for both mothers and babies, as well as evidence-based comfort techniques to minimize discomfort and pain during labour.

Lamaze Ottawa (Not Currently Available)

Lamaze Childbirth Education Sessions When: Various dates and times