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.  ​

Birth Pools & Tens Machine Rentals

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We are now outsourcing our birth pool rentals through Mother Matters out of Burlington. The also have TENS machines available for rent if you wish to use one for pain relief.

"Mother Matters is owned and operated by Lenore Kilmartin. Our team offers a full range of support for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and postpartum. We are committed to providing excellent education, professional help and loving encouragement. We welcome the opportunity to enhance and strengthen the experiences of those in our care. We believe strongly in the value of empowering families with accurate information and support. Each of us brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our role in Mother Matters and we look forward to sharing our passion with you."

We are so grateful to Mother Matters for providing us with this service as we are no longer able to provide birth pools through the clinic at this time. ​If you are interested in a home, water birth please reach out to them at admin@mothermatters.ca for more information. Be sure to tell them you are a CMOB client!

​Check out their website!
https://mothermatters.ca/.../aquadoula-birthpool-rental.html

Birth Stories

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

come VISIT us

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.