Birth
The big day is coming at last!
Choose the location where you wish to give birth - hospital, birthing centre or at home - and learn how to prepare.
COVID-19 | Due to the pandemic, preventive measures are being implemented and enforced to protect you, your family, other families and staff. Consult the measures in the maternity units. Consult the measures in the Neonatal unit.
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Giving birth at the hospital
Hôpital Fleurimont, Sherbrooke
Video | Childbirth at Hôpital Fleurimont | Visit our maternity unit
Folder| Childbirth at Hôpital Fleurimont information booklet
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Related documents:
- Preadmission questionnaire | Delivery
- Questionnaire | Your Wishes and Expectations
- Photos | Birthing positions (French)
- Photos | Birthing room and operation room (cesarean)
- Web site | From Tiny Tot to Toddler: a practical guide for parents from pregnancy to age two guide.
Coordinates |
Maternity Unit (24/7/365): 819-346-1110, ext. 14115
5th floor, Hôpital Fleurimont, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke
Hôpital de Granby
If you have chosen to give birth at Hôpital de Granby, you will be accompanied by a team that is recognized for its professionalism and friendly approach.
Our birthing centre staff will take all measures necessary to ensure that the birth of your child takes place in conditions that optimize respect and your well-being. At the time of welcoming your newborn, you will be listened to, encouraged, and supported in all of your decisions. Your spouse and other meaningful persons in your life who attend will also have their own special place in the birthing experience.
Video | Tour of Hôpital de Granby for future parents (French)
Brochure | Childbirth at Hôpital de Granby (French)
Brochure | Le peau à peau (French)
Childbirth plan (French)
Coordinates |
Maternity, Neonatal and Pediatrics Unit (24/7/365): 450-375-8000, ext. 62270
2nd floor East of Hôpital de Granby, 205, boul. Leclerc Ouest, Granby
Hôpital Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins
The unit has 10 birthing rooms where you can cohabit with your newborn child. Your baby will remain with you 24/7.
Every birthing room has an adjustable delivery bed and an armchair or a bench so that your partner can remain with you throughout your stay, both night and day. If you had a C-section, it is strongly recommended that someone stay with you for the first 24 hours after the intervention. The birthing pavilion also has ergonomic stations to facilitate mobility during labour and hence a physiological birth.
In order to help you in your new role, the attending team will provide parental education for your baby's nutrition, care and hygiene.
Prenatal classes (during COVID-19)
In response to the mandatory confinement due to the pandemic, we are making the contents of our prenatal classes available online. Please consult them!
Accompaniment and visitors
During childbirth, one or two people whom you choose may accompany you. Visitors are welcome; however, hand washing is mandatory for all who choose to carry or handle your baby. Those who have an infection or a cold should abstain from visiting you to prevent spreading infections to the newborns in the birthing pavilion. We thank you for your understanding.
Coordinates |
Birthing Pavilion (24/7/365): 450-263-2220, ext. 35503
2nd floor of Hôpital Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins, 950, rue Principale, Cowansville
Mother-child unit - Granit
The mother-child unit has four birthing rooms where you can cohabit with your newborn child. Your baby will remain with you 24/7.
Supportive care and attention
In order to help you in your new role, the attending team will provide parental education for your baby's nutrition, care and hygiene.
The team works in close collaboration with the CLSC nurses for prenatal and postnatal care (prenatal meetings, visits to the unit, breastfeeding support)
Visitors
Visitors are welcome; however, handwashing is mandatory for all who choose to carry or handle your baby. Those who have an infection or a cold should abstain from visiting you to prevent spreading infections to the newborns. We thank you for your understanding.
Prenatal classes (during COVID-19)
In response to the mandatory confinement due to the pandemic, we are making the contents of our prenatal classes available online. Please consult them!
Prenatal classes - RLS du Granit
Coordinates |
Granit mother-child unit (obstetrics): 819-583-0330, ext. 2307 or 2300
1st floor of CSSS du Granit, 3569, rue Laval, Lac-Mégantic
Midwife Delivery
Midwifery services
Midwifery services At Maison de naissance de l’Estrie (Sherbrooke), at home, or at a hospital centre - midwifery services are intended for healthy women who are experiencing a normal pregnancy, essentially the majority of women.
Midwives provide complete maternity care from the beginning of pregnancy up to 6 weeks after the delivery to both mother and newborn baby. You can choose where to give birth, specifically:
- at Maison de naissance de l'Estrie
- at home
- at a hospital centre
Services are available free of charge and are a part of the public health care network.
Midwifery Follow-Up Locations
Resources and documentation
- Home birth safety
- Midwifery Services Explanatory Video (French)
- Groupe SAGE-Famille Facebook page: Information meetings and organized activities for parents (French)
Stay in neonatology
Available resources
Newborn hearing screening
Breastfeeding
- santeestrie.qc.ca/allaitement (French)
Vaccination and immunization
Our institution has implemented the Motivational Interviewing in the Maternity Ward for the Immunization of Children (EMMIE) Program, an open discussion on vaccination to support parents in their decision to vaccinate their child. For further information about vaccination and the immunization schedule: https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/vaccination/
Child safety seats
Perinatal bereavement
