Travail et naissance
Je restejusqu'au bout
From week 37 I am on call for you 24 hours a day. When labour starts I come to you, and I do not leave until you are settled with your baby.
Before I arrive
Unlimited phone and text, for as long as you need it. Early labour is mostly a question of when to rest, when to eat and when to go in, and it is much easier to answer with someone who has done it before.
When I arrive
I take over the comfort work: positions, counter-pressure, the rebozo, the shower, the ball. I keep the room calm, the lights low and the space yours.
In the room
I already know what you wanted before the contractions started. When something is offered, I help you ask the questions and hear the answers. I do nothing clinical and I never speak for you.
Your partner is held too
They are fed, they are rested, and they always have something useful to do. Partners who are looked after stay close instead of standing back.
If the plan changes
Induction, an epidural, a caesarean. We talk these through before the day so they never arrive as a shock, and my support carries on through all of them.
After the baby is here
I stay until feeding has started and the room has settled, usually another hour or two. Then I leave you to it.
What I do not do
Anything clinical. I do not perform examinations, monitor the baby, give medical advice, or speak to your care team on your behalf. I help you ask the questions and understand the answers; the decisions stay yours, and the medical care stays with the people qualified to give it.
- One person who is with you from the first steady contraction to the last
- No shift change, no handover, no starting the story again
- Someone in the room who knew your plan before today
- On call 24/7 from week 37
- Continuous support, however long it takes
- Montreal Island
- In English or in Spanish
- Included in Your Birth, Fully Supported
- There is no deposit and no retainer
You call me. That is what being on call means, and it is why the number has no limits on it.
Yes, and I stay. Position changes, comfort and steady company all still matter after an epidural, and so does having someone who knows what you wanted.
I prepare you for that possibility well before the day so it never arrives as a shock, and support continues through it and afterwards.
Tout ce qu'il ou elle veut faire. Je ne prends pas sa place : je lui montre où appuyer, quand parler et quand manger, pour qu'il ou elle reste proche au lieu de deviner.
