Midwifery Care or Physician Care?
If you’d like to have a Midwife follow your pregnancy, drop everything and call the Maison de Naissence NOW!!! Spots for midwives fill up fast, in Montreal the demand far outweighs the supply of midwives so the earlier you call the better.
A Maison de Naissence or, Birth House is an out of hospital birth center run by certified Midwives. The island of Montreal currently has three Maisons de Naissence; in Pointe Claire, Cote des Neiges, and Le Plateau and one Midwifery Group in Pointe-Saint-Charles that does not have a dedicated birthing center.
Important things to know about Midwifery Care in Montreal:
Midwives in Quebec are mandated to provide healthcare for low risk pregnancies only. If a pregnancy becomes high risk at any time, care will be transferred to an OB-Gyn.
A Maison de Naissence or, Birth House is an out of hospital birth center run by certified Midwives. The island of Montreal currently has three Maisons de Naissence; in Pointe Claire, Cote des Neiges, and Le Plateau and one Midwifery Group in Pointe-Saint-Charles that does not have a dedicated birthing center.
Important things to know about Midwifery Care in Montreal:
Midwives in Quebec are mandated to provide healthcare for low risk pregnancies only. If a pregnancy becomes high risk at any time, care will be transferred to an OB-Gyn.
- Midwives are holistic care practitioners. Expect to spend between 45 minutes to an hour at every prenatal appointment. Midwives are tasked with not only your physical care but also your emotional well being.
- Midwives help prepare you to cope with your labour.
- Midwives can not provide pharmacological pain relief during labour (ie. epidural analgesia).
- Each midwifery group is associated with a local hospital and offers home birth options.
Here is the contact information for all three teams:
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Maison de Naissance Pointe Claire
180, avenue Cartier Pointe-Claire (Québec) H9S 4S1 514 697-1199 |
Pointe-Saint-Charles Community Clinic
1955 Center St Montreal (Québec) H3K 1J1 514-937-9251 ext. 2323 |
Maison de Naissence Cote des Neiges
6560, Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges Montréal (Québec) H3S 2A7 514 736-2323 |
Maison de Naissence Jeanne-Mance
1822 rue Ontario Est Montréal (Québec) H2K 1T7 514 527-2361 poste 2530 |
If after reading this you decide you prefer having a physician following your pregnancy you have another decision to make...
Next: Family Doctor or Ob-Gyn?
Next: Family Doctor or Ob-Gyn?
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