- Call Us Today: 705-265-1111
- 169 Elm Street South, Timmins, ON P4N 1W7
If you are currently pregnant and would like to become a client of Boreal Midwifery Practice, please click the link below to send us your request for care.
Infection Control: We aim to prevent the spread of infection to our vulnerable clients and to our midwives who need to be available to you 24/7. Therefore, we kindly request that you DO NOT present to the clinic if you, or anyone accompanying you has ANY signs of illness. Please call and we will make a plan with you over the phone.
Midwifery clients in Timmins can choose to give birth in hospital, at home, or at the midwifery clinic.
C-Section rates for midwifery clients are lower than the provincial average. The rate is even lower for clients who planned a home birth.
Midwives cared for 20% of Ontario's 131,580 births in 2020-2021.
74% of babies with midwives were exclusively nursing at 6 weeks.
Nitrous Oxide: 6%
Epidural: 44%
Midwives provide care throughout pregnancy, labour, birth, and the first six weeks following birth. Midwives are available to clients 24 hours a day.
Clients are active decision-makers in the care they receive; midwives give information to help clients make informed decisions.
Midwifery clients may choose to give birth safely at home, in a birth centre or in hospital. Midwives have hospital privileges in Ontario hospitals.