Antepartum Care in Hospital

 Pregnant women who may need to be admitted to the Antepartum unit are: 

• Preterm labour (contractions before 37 weeks of pregnancy)
• Premature rupture of membranes (unexpected “water bag” leak)
• Bleeding
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes management
• Smaller than expected baby growth
• Multiple pregnancy (more than one baby)
• Polyhydramnious (more than the normal amount of fluid around the baby)
• Fetal conditions (e.g. cardiac concerns, anemia)
• Ongoing hyperemesis (constant nausea and vomiting)

• Chronic pain (e.g. back pain)
• Kidney conditions
• Cardiac/lung conditions
• Physically challenged (e.g. paraplegia)
• Post surgical procedures during pregnancy

Your Midwife or Family Doctor, in consultation with an Obstetrician or Perinatologist, will continue to care for you while you receive care on the Antepartum Unit. Care providers are available twenty-four hours a day.

Temporary Closure of Antepartum Home Care Program March 2020

Antepartum Care at Home

The Antepartum Home Care Program provides care to women with complications of pregnancy that may safely be cared for in their home.  You will be referred to this program by your care provider.  Experienced nurses provide regular home visits to closely monitor mother's and baby's condition, while keeping in close contact with your care provider.  
 
What do the Home Care Nurses do?

• Teach you about the effects of your pregnancy complication for your and your baby 
• Teach you to monitor your own health and the baby's health
• Phone daily
• Visit you regularly to assess you and your baby
• Report to your doctor/midwife regularly 
• Answer your questions about pregnancy, labour, and birth

• Seven days a week
• 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Our Partners

•  Antepartum Care at Home Program at Surrey Memorial, Surrey, BC – serving women in the Fraser Valley
• Antepartum Care at Home Program at Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC – serving women in Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam.