COVID-19 Update: Only one support person will be allowed in the room during labour and delivery. It must also be the same person at all times. Unfortunately, no other visitors are permitted during the pandemic.
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare provides low-risk obstetrical services that are patient centred at our Level I hospital sites in Bracebridge and Huntsville.
A team of family physicians, midwives and nursing staff bring a family-friendly approach to compassionate care during labour and delivery, and post-partum care after your baby is born. Your birthing experience is an individual one with personalized care by a dedicated team of providers that can also include other health professionals, such as surgical and anaesthesiology teams when, for example, caesarean sections are necessary, allied health, and consultative access to Obstetricians and Paediatricians as required.
Prenatal Care
Learn more about accessing prenatal care in Muskoka. Learn more about what to expect at the hospital during COVID-19 in our preadmission handout.
Support During & After Labour
During labour, a midwife or an obstetrical nurse provides one-on-one care. We encourage you to designate one or two support people to be present with you during labour. Your support person(s) is welcome to stay with you after the baby is born.
There are many different options to help you through your labour, including birthing aids like a birthing ball or stool, and labour tub with jets, and pain medications and epidurals. After your baby arrives, nurses and midwives are available to assist with breastfeeding initiation. You can also be connected with a lactation consultant.
After your baby arrives, family and other visitors are welcome to visit in keeping with our guidelines for visiting.
What to Bring to Hospital
Please refer to the list in the Overnight Stay section of our website. As well, you may want to bring:
- Food, snacks, water bottle
- Special toiletries, including large, super absorbent sanitary pads
- Comfortable clothing, such as robes, slippers, flip flops, loose-fitting, large underwear or adult diapers i.e. Depends®
- Clothes to wear home
- Camera and electronics, massage tools, music
- Your own pillow
- Nursing bra
- Sleepers, diapers, wipes, blankets for baby
- Infant car seat with a CMVSS safety standard sticker for going home
Take a Birthing Unit Tour!
Watch a short video of the labour and delivery environment at each site.
Locations and Contact Information
South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Site
Phone: 705-645-4404, ext. 3272
Fax: 705-645-5895
Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Site
Phone: 705-789-2311, ext. 2261
Fax: 705-789-3480
Please consider calling the unit as labour commences, so we can be prepared for your arrival. If there is an emergency, please go directly to the Emergency Department.
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