Planning a Homebirth? Here's what you'll need.

The supplies you need for a home birth are fairly simple and easy to obtain.
First, make up your bed like this:
  • Clean sheets over the mattress
  • Plastic cloth (e.g., plastic tablecloth or picnic tablecloth work well)
  • Older sheets over the plastic cloth (you may want to put garbage bags around your pillows inside the pillowcase as well)
You'll also need:
  • 5-10 washcloths 
  • 3-4 towels (that you wouldn’t mind getting messy) 
  • 3-4 receiving blankets for baby
  • 2 garbage bags (1 for laundry, 1 for garbage)
  • 2 large ziploc bags or an empty ice cream container for your placenta
  • Plastic tarp or sheet to cover your floor (optional)
  • Roll of paper towels
  • Flat surface (like a dresser or table) cleared of items near an outlet
  • Hydrogen peroxide for cleaning blood from carpets or upholstery (optional)
Your midwife will supply you with disposable protective pads, disposable underwear and postpartum pads, a peri-bottle and newborn diapers.  ​

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO WHILE YOU're SELF-ISOLATING?

To our amazing CMOB community: We need your help! We need gowns to cover our clothing during visits and births to reduce the risk of transmitting the coronavirus. Do you have sewing skills and can help us make these gowns? Pattern below (requires light to medium weight non-stretch fabric - a bedsheet would work well! Sizes L & XL would be ideal). 
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​Gowns can be dropped off at our clinic or contact us to make arrangements for pick up. 

​We appreciate it!
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Birth Stories

Because of my midwife, I viewed birth as beautiful and natural, and not something to be feared.
- Jacinda Vandenberg, CMOB Client

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We are located in Suite 100 at 217 Terrace Hill Street across from the Brantford General Hospital.
Enter the building at the McClure Ave entrance closest to Terrace Hill street. Go up the stairs at the end of the hall, we are located on the first landing.  We also have a wheelchair accessible space on the basement floor, please advise us if you require wheelchair accessibility for your appointment.

Parking is available at the hospital for $6 or behind our office for $5.  Alternatively there is free residential parking on several side streets around the building.