Welcome to the Midwives’ Clinic of East York - Don Mills
Welcome to The Midwives’ Clinic of East York - Don Mills
What is a midwife?
Midwives are trained and skilled professionals who provide care for their clients throughout pregnancy, labour, and birth, and also to clients and their babies for the first 6 weeks postpartum. Our Toronto midwives can attend your birth at home, at the Toronto Birth Centre or at Michael Garron Hospital. Midwives will give you information to make choices that are right for you and your family. At The Midwives’ Clinic (TMC) one of your midwives will always be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for urgent concerns. At TMC you will be cared for by sensitive care providers that respect the individual needs of the families in our community. Cultural sensitivity is an important part of the care your midwives will provide.
Midwives are fully funded by the Ministry of Health and offer complete care for you and your newborn baby. You do not need to see a family doctor or an obstetrician in addition to your midwives. When complications arise, midwives make appropriate consultations to specialists such as obstetricians, pediatricians and lactation consultants.
Midwifery Care
Midwifery Care
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Prenatal Care
Your first visit will usually be between 8 and 10 weeks of pregnancy. Your visits will occur once a month until 28 weeks, every two weeks from 28-36 weeks, and once a week from 36 weeks until your baby’s birth.
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Labour & Birth
One of your midwives will be with you throughout active labour. A second midwife will come towards the end of your labour and both will be there for the birth of your baby and the 2-4 hours after your birth.
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Postpartum
After the birth your midwives will stay with you for 2-4 hours. They will make sure you and your baby are both doing well, check your vitals regularly, assist with breastfeeding, and do a complete physical exam of your baby.
Our Partners
Upcoming Classes
We have midwives who speak English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Farsi, Dari. Our administrators speak English, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil and some French.
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