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Our Youtube videos


Warning! Cheesy. LOL

Comfort Measures for Labour (positions and helpful tools)
​Breastfeeding Positions & Latches
Delayed Cord Clamping & Cord Blood Banking
Planned Cesarean Birth 
Benefits and Risks of Epidurals
Cervical Changes in Labour
Breaking Your Water During Labour

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Find a Healthcare provider:

MIDWIFERY CARE is available at no cost under Alberta Health, but is under high demand. There is a province wide website where you can apply: ​​https://www.alberta-midwives.ca/

You can also contact clinics in the Calgary area directly - click each title to go to their website:

Alba Midwifery
Aurora Midwifery
Birth Partnership Midwives
Briar Hill Midwives​
​Honeycomb Midwives
Juniper Midwives
Phoenix Midwives


Abeille Airdrie
Airdrie Midwives
Cochrane Community Midwives
Foothills Midwifery (High River)

MATERNITY CLINICS feature low risk family doctors that specialize in maternity care.  Most highly prefer a referral from your family physician, but will take self-referrals in the instance that you do not have a family doctor.  This is not a complete list, just some of the large clinics.

Avenue Maternity (deliver at Rockyview)
Glenmore Maternity (deliver at Rockyview)
Lougheed Maternity Group (deliver at Peter Lougheed)
Maternity Care Clinic (deliver at Peter Lougheed)
Meadows Maternity (deliver at Rockyview)
Riley Park Maternity Clinic (deliver at Foothills - this is a massive clinic with many sub-clinics)
Rockyview Maternity (deliver at Rockyview)
South Health Maternity (deliver at South Health)

​Nest Maternity (in Airdrie, deliver at Peter Lougheed)
​High River Maternity (deliver at High River Hospital) 


​OBSTETRICAL CARE is available by physician referral only.

Read all about the differences in care on our blog: -midwives-doctors-obs-oh-my-having-a-baby-in-calgary-part-1.html




OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS:

Moss Postpartum House - one-stop shop for services including massage, chiropractic, naturopath, pelvic floor physiotherapy and mental health support.
www.mosspostpartum.com

​Dr. Gillian Sawyer - Chiropractor, blogger and pregnancy, birth, postpartum tips.
www.gilliansawyer.com

YYC Village and 2 The Core Training - Holistic perinatal space with multi-disciplinary services including massage, osteopathy, counselling, and much more. Also, personal training for pregnancy and postpartum to help restore your core!
www.yycvillage.com

Service area:

​We provide services for prenatal classes, birth or postpartum doulas  in Calgary, Alberta and surrounding areas including, but not limited to: Airdrie, Chestermere, Cochrane, High River, Langdon, Okotoks & Strathmore.  Please ask if your location is not listed.

Attending births at: Foothills Hospital, Peter Lougheed Hospital, Rockyview Hospital, South Health Campus, High River Hospital, Arbour Birth Center, and home births.

Experience with:

Hospital, birth centre and home birth; obstetrician, maternity doctor and midwife attended births; natural birth; water birth; epidurals; inductions; cesarean sections; VBAC; vacuum & forceps assisted; high risk pregnancies; twins; breech; infertility; assisted reproduction; mature mothers; plus size mothers; single mothers; survivors of abuse; private childbirth preparation classes; breastfeeding; formula feeding; newborn care; postpartum depression, surrogacy and more.

Serving people/families who are:

Looking for the best doula in Calgary! Any age, stage, ethnicity, religion, colour and size, including:  Teens, mature mothers, surrogates, adoptions, relinquishing, expecting a stillbirth, LGBTQIA+

Services

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Birth doula
Childbirth education
Postpartum doula
Babysitting for birth​
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