Westside Midwives

Having a baby?

Our midwives provide complete care during pregnancy, birth and the first six weeks after your baby is born.

We believe that having a baby is a profound and deeply important life event. Our care is fully covered by BC’s Medical Services Plan (BC Care Card.)

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Labour & Birth
Post-natal

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Our Space

We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and play on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəjˀəm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We commit ourselves to the ongoing work of reconciliation in our communities and in the provision of healthcare.

Our midwifery clinic is located in beautiful Kitsilano on Vancouver’s West Side. In addition to two teams of midwives, we have an in house pelvic floor physio therapist: https://www.jennahomer.com/

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Baby Bennett graduated from care under the Green team earlier this month! We’ll miss this sweet family. Here they are with midwife Alison.

We provide care for new parents and babies for 6 weeks after the birth, including home visits, breastfee

We managed to get our whole clinic team into one room (and one screen)!
Top row: midwives Olivia, Elie, Kate, Sonia, Alison
Middle: midwives Ruth, Thea, Holly, Grace, Katie, Nicole
Bottom: Our administrative team - Erin, Katrina, Emily, Cara

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Name board update! Congrats to all the birthing families &hearts;️

Can you see any names that are more popular than others? Is your baby name on the list?

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We are affiliated with UBC to provide clinical placements for midwifery students at all stages of their learning. While they are with us, student midwives work alongside us in clinic, attend and manage births, and come to your home for postpartum ass

Our admin team works hard behind the scenes to ensure our clinic runs smoothly, and any ultrasounds requests or referrals are sent promptly. They’re often your first point of contact when you come into care with us, and when you walk into the c

These December babies all graduated from Midwifery care this week! We’re thrilled to see them thriving, starting to smile and interact more. We typically see families at home for the first two weeks after the birth, and then in the clinic for a

Welcome to our January babies! The few days of heavy snow we had didn’t stop us from making it to a home birth, several hospital births and many postpartum home check ups! Thanks to all our clients who factored in extra travel time to arrive pr

We’re catching up on the last few months of birth statistics for our busy teams.
December brought us lots of lovely births and fresh faces, some of which have already been discharged from our care and back to their primary care providers at 6

full complement of Blue and Green team midwives and students all found each other at BC Womens Hospital this morning! It’s rare, but always uplifting, to meet your other teammates when you’re out and about on call!
L - R: student midwife

We wish you a peaceful winter break, however, wherever and whenever are celebrating.

Our midwives continue to provide a 24hr service for births and emergencies over the holidays as usual.
Our admin team will be back on December 27th, with slightl

Here’s what we were up to in November.

Every month, our midwives each have several days in clinic for prenatal and postpartum appointments. We aim for you to meet every midwife on your team by the time you come to give birth, and you’ll

Did you know that our midwives see nearly 300 families in clinic throughout their pregnancy and in the postpartum? Pictured here are Midwives Thea and Sarah from the Blue team saying goodbye to two lovely families at their 6 week discharge appointmen

Here’s a selection of recent photos the Green team have snapped with our new families!

Both Kate and Olivia were able to be at the birth of a sibling to a baby they had caught in the past - it’s extra special to witness birth with a fam

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Congratulations Carly, Daniel, and baby Mason on your first few weeks as a family and graduation from midwifery care!🎓
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Vancouver families: did you know that our midwives offer home check-ups for both parent and baby in the first co

Blue team midwife Sonia was presented with a Rising Star award at BC Women’s Hospital this week!

Sonia was recognised for supporting anti-racist and equitable care, inspiring others, and demonstrated best practice consistent with PHSA values

Green team have had a busy time discharging lots of healthy, happy babies! Enjoy some of our recent graduation photos. We wish them all the best! 💚

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🍂We welcomed 26 little ones in October!
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October babies weighed between:
2150g (4lb 11oz) — 4520g (9lb 15oz) ⚖️
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The most popular birthday was October 23, 2023, and the midwives on both teams were busy caring for families at 139

People who are currently pregnant and planning to deliver at BC Women’s Hospital this Fall/Winter are invited to participate in the Immune Sub-Study. Particularly, we are looking for individuals who are planning to receive a fall 2023 vaccinati

Throw back to Blue team midwives congratulating a few families on their 6-week postpartum graduation from midwifery care last summer! 🩵
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Client testimonials

We can’t thank you enough for absolutely all of your heartfelt appointments during our pregnancy and the safe delivery of our little one. The best decision we ever made during our pregnancy was to seek out midwifery care and our experience with all of you during our nine months has been nothing but fabulous. We could really see and feel the genuine care you all have for every new little family that walks in your door. You have helped make our experience with pregnancy and delivery a magical time in our lives.
- M. R.
You have been an integral and wonderful part of our journey to becoming a family. Never question how important you and your work are to our community.
- S. Mercer
THANK YOU for being such an incredible support throughout my labour and birth. It was an incredible experience thanks to the great support we received. Your confidence in me really allowed me to relax and let the intensity of labour do its work without anxiety or fear. Even though it did not feel good at the time, I was so thankful to have you there pushing me to keep going. It really showed me that you cared more about the outcome of labour than just getting home in time.
- M. J.

Yes please, I’d like a midwife!

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