Provides pasteurized donor human milk to premature and sick babies whose own mothers can't provide any or enough breast milk. The Milk Bank screens milk donors, collects and pasteurizes donated milk, and distributes it to hospitals across BC. Donor milk is ava...

Screening Mammography program offers mammograms to detect early breast cancer in women; no appointment required. Provides free screening mammograms to women ages 40 and up; self-referrals accepted. Diagnostic Services are for women who have an abnormality dete...

Provides physiotherapy-based treatment to women who are experiencing problems with bladder or bowel control in a supportive and respectful environment that acknowledges the sensitive, personal nature of incontinence; works collaboratively with clients and thei...

Provides medical care to women who are experiencing complications in early pregnancy (gestational age between six and 12 weeks plus six days pregnant). Services include assessment, diagnosis, and management of early pregnancy complications and early pregnancy ...

Provides prenatal and postpartum care for women with substance use, and their infants. Services are provided on an outpatient basis, and include withdrawal management and/or methadone stabilization, obstetrical and medical care, alcohol and drug counselling, F...

Provides care for substance-using women and substance-exposed newborns in a single unit. Helps women and their newborns stabilize and withdraw from substances, keeping mothers and babies together whenever possible and continuing to provide care from antepartum...

Provides maternity care and coordinates health care during pregnancy, birth, and up to six weeks after delivery to women in the Vancouver area. Also offers personalized care and support to women who have had a previous caesarean section and women with addictio...

Provides assistance to individuals and their families through the process of identifying a genetic diagnosis. Services include evaluation and diagnosis of genetic conditions, assessment and counselling, as well as prenatal genetic screening, assessment and cou...

Provides support to women and their partners who have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss. Women who have experienced a single late miscarriage (at greater than 10 weeks gestational age) will also be seen. Services include gynecologic consultation, investigat...

Assesses, treats, and supports women and their families who are dealing with mental health disorders and psychological difficulties related to pregnancy and following the birth of their baby up to one year postpartum. Also offers group educational sessions abo...

Provides sexual and reproductive health care, information, and education for people of all ages, genders, and orientations. Services are pro-choice and sex-positive. Services include low-cost contraception, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and trea...

Pregnancy outreach program provides health and social service support to women in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside who are dealing with a current or recent history of substance abuse, and are pregnant or parenting infants/toddlers younger than 18 months. Helps ...

A free prenatal outreach program for pregnant youth (age 24 and under) living in Vancouver. Services include regular counselling and nutrition counselling; one-to-one support with housing, finances, and other social challenges; a weekly prenatal education grou...

A nurse practitioner and gynecologist provide complex contraception counselling, menstrual suppression, and dilator therapy in addition to regular reproductive health screening for transgender patients, adolescents age 16 and older, adult women with intellectu...

Provides women aged 40 years or older at the time of delivery, prenatal diagnostic procedures including amniocentesis, and chorionic villus sampling. Also provides diagnostic procedures in cooperation with the medical genetics program. Referral required from a...

Provides services for women experiencing an unintended pregnancy, or who require an abortion for genetic or medical reasons. Includes decision-making counselling, pre- and post-abortion counselling, and surgical abortions up to the 24th week of pregnancy. Prov...

Provides on-site services to improve the health of Indigenous women and girls, and their families. Indigenous patient navigators offer day-to-day advocacy support, development and implementation of culturally safe and appropriate health care services, and info...

Provides comprehensive maternity care for women with refugee, refugee claimant, or permanent resident status, who are new to the country and do not yet have Provincial Medical Services Plan (MSP) coverage, have significant financial hardship, and who meet the ...

Offers general health care for women ages 18 and up who are new to Canada (less than five years) and do not have a healthcare provider. Services include but are not limited to, cervical cancer screening, breast screening, testing for sexually transmitted infec...

Provides clinical care for women, children, and youth with HIV/AIDS. Also educates affected families, health care professionals, agencies, and the public about the complex issues of HIV infection in women and children. Accepts self-referrals from self or healt...

Offers a free, confidential telephone line for women with an unintended pregnancy. Provides short-term telephone counselling, referral support, and information about abortion, adoption, and parenting resources. Counselling services are non-judgmental and suppo...

Provides blood testing and ultrasound screening for pregnant women to test if their baby may have a birth defect, such as a chromosome abnormality, trisomy 18 or an open neural tube defect. These tests are ordered by a health care provider and can be done at a...

Provides proactive prevention and education strategies to Squamish Nation families with children up to age six. Aims to help parents and children learn about lifespan development skills; family dynamics; developmental milestones; health and nutrition; and Squa...

Offers clinical support and information to breastfeeding families in hospital and as outpatients. Also provides information and support to healthcare providers throughout BC. Nurse Lactation Consultants consult with women in BC Women's, hold breastfeeding oupa...

Provides public health nursing services. Prenatal and Early Years services include prenatal nutrition and lifestyle information; education and information on pregnancy and childbirth; postpartum support, including physical and emotional well-being for mothers ...