Having a Baby

Use this section to find information about this exciting time in your life: 

• Getting Ready: registration, orientation and before birth care that BC Women's provides
• Prenatal tour & classes
• Medical coverage
• Resources: pregnancy, birth and baby-related resources

Pregnancy

• depression in pregnancy 
• medical complications
• teen pregnancy

Birth

• labour and birth 
• induction of labour
• coming to the hospital

After birth

• After Birth: what happens at BC Women's immediately after the birth of your baby
• Your Baby: what you need to know about your new baby

• is one of Canada's busiest maternity hospitals, with more than 7, 000 deliveries a year
• is devoted primarily to the health of women, newborns and families,
• is the only facility of its kind in the province that provides a combination of primary, secondary and tertiary services.
• is the largest tertiary care hospital in Canada to be designated Baby-Friendly.

View a full list of our services and those of our partner organization, BC Children's Hospital.