Obstetrical services include labour, birth, postpartum (after the baby is born) and collaboration with community resources

Offer choice of birthing experience - discussions around birth plans, infant feeding choices and the presence and support persons from the start of labour to the birth of the baby

Seven LDRP (Labour Delivery Recovery Post-Partum) rooms available for low risk births. Private and Ward room accommodations available

Birth partners are welcome to attend most births. A personal doula may be present at the birth to provide emotional and physical, non-clinical support

Programs and Services:

Online Prenatal and New Parent Program: free web-based and mobile-friendly program is offered to individuals and families who are pregnant and living in Wellington County, Dufferin County or the City of Guelph. Offered by the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit

Diabetic Education: offered to meet the needs of a diabetic or gestational diabetic mother. It involves teaching about diet and insulin requirements needed for a healthy mom and baby. Access Diabetes Care Program

Non-Stress Test Assessments: Non-Stress Test (NST) is a non-invasive Fetal Heart Tracing that provides a caregiver with information about the baby’s wellbeing

Ontario Newborn Screening: a test done shortly after your baby is born to test for treatable diseases that usually show no symptoms in the newborn period. The baby will also be screened for critical congenital heart disease, or CCHD

Newborn Hearing Screening: identifies infants at risk for hearing loss as early as possible

Location: On the lower level of HHCC - on D Wing