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Hospital Birth
BC Women's Hospital Online Tour
BC Women's Hospital Family Information Package
St Paul's Hospital Having Your Baby at St Paul's Hospital
(Caution: Some of these resources are written more with physician and obstetrician clients in mind. Midwives tend to communicate and care for their clients more directly. For example, if you have a concern that you think might warrant a visit to the hospital always page us first. We often come to your home to assess you in labour and if you page and we do think a visit to the hospital is warranted we will meet you there and save you some waiting time)
Home Birth
HOME BIRTH SUPPLIES. Talk to your midwife if you have any questions about this list.
Homebirth Reference Site - UK Although based in the UK this website contains some information that is also useful to those planning homebirth in Canada.
Created by Ontario Midwives, "Choosing Home Birth"
TEDx Talk, "Home or Hospital? Holding the Space for Human Birth" by Saraswathi Vedam
RESEARCH ON HOME BIRTH
The College of Midwives of BC information booklet on home birth.
The College of Midwives of BC statement on home birth. There are a lot of references for further reading included in this statement.
CBC news story “Home birth with midwife safe as hospital”.
Canadian Women’s Health Network information on home birth.
Canadian study on home birth by Janssen et al, September, 2009: Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician.
Vedam S, Schummers L, Stoll K, Fulton C: Home birth: an annotated guide to the literature.
Childbirth Education Classes
We Birth At Home Prenatal Classes
Lower Mainland Childbearing Society
Cultivate Your Health - Hypnobabies
Doulas
Doula Services Association of BC. Found a Doula yet? We highly recommend everyone have one.
VBAC
Power to Push Campaign BC Women's Hospital
Power to Push Campaign Best Birth Clinic VBAC Booklet
Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
Optimal Birth BC VBAC Brochure
Video: An Unnecessary Cut?
3rd Stage Management
Cochrane Review: Active versus expectant management for women in the third stage of labour