Please see our News & Events section for more information on the development of Winnipeg's first birth centre. The centre is scheduled to open in May 2011.
Women’s Health Clinic is just one of the community health clinics in Winnipeg that offers midwifery services to pregnant women.
For more information about midwifery services at Women’s Health Clinic, please call 947-2422, ext. 515
For more information about midwifery services in Winnipeg, please call:
What are midwives?
Midwives are health care professionals trained to provide prenatal, labour and birth, and postpartum care. All practicing midwives must be registered with the College of Midwives of Manitoba. Midwives respect and support each woman’s right to make choices about her care, caregiver and place of birth.
Midwives offer the following care:
During pregnancy:
During birth:
After the baby is born:
Other services midwives can provide:
Having a baby, whether by birth or adoption, changes your life. Our Mothers Program offers a range of community-based services to support mothers through these changes.
For more information on any of the following services, please call Leigha at 947-2422, ext. 113.
Please note: The following Families Connecting support groups are currently closed until August 6th. Groups will resume meeting again the week of August 9th, 2010.
Families Connecting is a Healthy Baby Community Support Program designed to assist soon-to-be and new parents to connect with health service providers and other parents with children in their communities.
The drop-in setting is informal and relaxing and allows parents to share experiences and learn together. All speakers, topics and activities are planned from suggestions by the parents who attend the group.
Each site offers:
Activities include:
Families Connecting meets:
Please note: Groups do not meet on public holidays.
A peer support program that offers women who are pregnant and/or have children under the age of one an opportunity to be matched with a trained volunteer for guidance and support through the changes mothering brings.
You can expect the practical assistance and resource information of an experienced parent. Volunteers are trained in peer support work and have passed a Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry check.
Women’s Health Clinic developed Coping with Change Postnatal Education Workshops for parents in the community and the service providers who work with them to build knowledge and support about the emotional changes parenting brings to our lives.
You’ve attended prenatal classes or pre-adoption workshops and now baby is home. What’s next?
Coping with Change workshops are designed to help you understand the everyday changes you might experience when introducing a baby into your life.
Coping with Change is a 5-part workshop that is also offered as individual education sessions to community groups of parents. Some topic themes are:
Professional development seminars designed to provide health and social service providers with knowledge and skills to help normalize a woman’s experience after giving birth or adopting a baby.