We are thrilled to announce that Jenna Homer Physiotherapy will begin seeing patients out of her clinic space at Westside Midwives in late October. Jenna is an experienced physiotherapist who discovered a passion for pelvic floor and perinatal physiotherapy following her own experience of pregnancy, birth and a complicated postpartum recovery. We look forward to…
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Join Bir Kaur & Avital for a fun and informative day that will help prepare you for parenting your new baby. Babies don’t come with instruction manuals…so we’re running this class to try to make up for that! Sunday, June 23rd from 10 am to 3 pm. $50 per family.Register here
We are thrilled to be hosting regular drop-ins with a wonderful IBCL (Lactation Consultant) named Sarah Desbiens. Sarah has a wealth of experience and is looking forward to increasing access to breastfeeding support! Come to get breastfeeding support and meet other parents. Please spread the word! Drop ins happen every other Wednesday from 5:30-7:30. Please…
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Join Bir Kaur Thursdays from 6:30-7:30pm to learn tools and techniques for learning to ride the waves of the mind; Meet other new and seasoned moms. Drop in $15. Call the clinic or email Bir Kaur directly: birkaurko@gmail.com for information.
Join Safe Beginnings for upcoming Infant/CPR class taking place from 6:30-8:30pm on Wednesday May 2nd at Westside Midwives. $45/person. This 2 hour course focuses on CPR and choking for infants and children, as well as accident prevention for once babies become mobile. Information and Registration available at www.safebeginnings.ca
Join Safe Beginnings for upcoming Infant/CPR class taking place from 6:30-8:30pm on Wednesday March 7th at Westside Midwives. $45/person. This 2 hour course focuses on CPR and choking for infants and children, as well as accident prevention for once babies become mobile.
We are proud to release our new and improved website! We hope that you find our updated site both informative and easy to use. While we have tested our links until we were cross-eyed, there’s always the chance that we’ve missed something… Please do let us know if you see anything that needs fixing or…
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Meditating Mamas series started again in January on Thursday evenings, 6:30-7:30pm. Drop-in may be available; contact Bir Kaur at birkauro@gmail.com or call Westside Midwives 604-224-0686 to inquire.
Westside Midwives is pleased to welcome two UBC Midwifery students to our practice from September 2017 – April 2018. Both Elie and Gillian are senior students, which means that they will be completing their fourth and final year of clinical placements with us.
We now have Medela breastpumps (manual and single/double electric) on display at Westside Midwives. Feel free to take them down and have a look at them if you are interested. If you have questions about breastpumps or would like to discuss expressing milk in general, please let your midwife know so that this can be…
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