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After Birth Postpartum Services
Initial Early Prenatal Care
Vera Berard only offers two MSP covered services: Initial Early Prenatal Care and Afterbirth Postpartum Services that are a mixture of remote, home visits and office visits. Appointments are scheduled for 30 -60 minutes and are individualised to a client’s needs.
AFTER BIRTH POSTPARTUM SERVICES:
If you are pregnant and have a doctor providing your prenatal, labor and birth care and would like the services of a midwife, after birth for 6 weeks to support your healing, how you feed your baby, and your early parenting. You can self-refer into Vera’s practice ideally during your pregnancy, or within the first few days after birth, by completing her intake form on this page.
When Vera has capacity she is pleased to accept folk into her postpartum services within the first few days of a baby’s birth.
Vera’s Postpartum Care includes:
One visit with Vera in your 3rd trimester to meet and communicate your intentions for nurturing and parenting your baby, and to discover how Vera can best support your needs. Your doctor and the hospital birthing unit will receive a consultation, communication report about this visit.
At least 6-7 visits in the 6 weeks after the birth of your baby, with half or more of these visits taking place in your home.
During visits, both you and your baby will have a primary-care physical assessment.
Support and education are also provided.
Referral to specialist or community care as needed.
Once you have confirmed with Vera that she can take you into her practice. The services described above are covered by MSP.
INITIAL EARLY PRENATAL CARE:
If you are just pregnant and wondering what to do next. You could have an experienced midwife involved in your care, while you access ongoing labor and birth care with either another midwife, or a doctor.
Vera’s Prenatal Services are an MSP phase of care that include:
Two remote visits to confirm your pregnancy and discuss your questions.
She provides requisitions and interpretation of routine and optional pregnancy tests, life-style counseling, pregnancy, labor, birth + postpartum information, community resource information and reassurance.
Possibly one or more in-person visits depending on when a person transfers care to an on-going prenatal, labor and birth provider. During these visits, besides addressing a client’s questions, physical assessment takes place, including listening to the fetal heart.
Early pregnancy clients’ care is transferred to an ongoing prenatal and birth provider before, or by the time 28 weeks pregnant.
When transferring care to another provider, the process is that you would inform your next provider that you are in Vera’s prenatal care and request to make an appointment with you ongoing provider ~4 weeks after your last scheduled appointment with Veram. which is usually between 10 – 13 weeks pregnant or 20 – 24weeks pregnant. Clients then inform Vera of their appointment date with their ongoing prenatal, labor and birth service. So that she can send their records and transfer their care before that appointment. This process enables a seamless transfer, without duplication of services or appointments.
Receiving initial prenatal care provides no guarantee of accessing ongoing labor & birth midwifery services. Vera’s midwifery colleagues are pleased to accept referrals when they have capacity. Their front desk calls, or sends folk on their waitlist an invitation to make an appointment when capacity is available. Lionsgate Maternity Clinic accept Vera’s initial prenatal care clients who either have a preference for family practice perinatal care, or who have been unable to access ongoing midwifery prenatal, labor & birth services.
Before leaving Vera’s early pregnancy care to have a doctor provide the rest of your maternity care. You have the option to enrol into Vera’s postpartum services and of arranging to return to her care, after the birth of your baby.
In the chance that an early pregnancy becomes complicated, or does not go well, Vera is there in these circumstances too, to provide her clients support and early referral to obstetrical specialist services when needed.
Vera’s Prenatal Services are covered by MSP for BC residents that have a care card. You are eligible for her service providing that you have had no, or minimal prenatal care from a doctor.
Early pregnant and postpartum families have access to Vera’s onpage email contact system to arrange additional telephone consultation, outside of their scheduled visits. This service is available between 8am and midnight 7 days a week. In between midnight and 8am clients access 811,or go to LGH ER.
Vera has an hourly consultation fee for folk that request a private consultation with her at any time during their pregnancy or postpartum. She also has a private phase of care rate for folk that do not have MSP.
Her area of service is the North Shore. Folk that live near, or in Lower Lonsdale get priority. Clients that live in her catchment area are eligible for home visits. Postpartum clients that live outside of Vera’s visiting area, travel to Vera’s office for all of their visits.
Vera rents office space in Shipyards Health 88 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver. Her in person appointment days are on Wednesday from 2pm – 8pm