Within the FPMS, you may choose the kind of care that is best for you and your family. All initial visits with a FPMS doctor are one-on-one.
Connecting Pregnancy Care
Connecting Pregnancy program is no longer running.
Traditional Pregnancy Care
- Prenatal visits can take place at one of the FPMS doctors’ offices.
- You will see the same doctor for most of your pregnancy care.
- At your prenatal visits, you can discuss your concerns, find out more about your baby, and learn how to be as healthy as possible.
- At each visit, you and your baby will have a check-up. We welcome questions and discussion
- Prenatal visits occur once a month until about 7 months (30 weeks). After that, you see your doctor every 2 weeks until 8 months (36 weeks), and then weekly until your birth.
Postpartum and Newborn Care
- A few days after going home, you will see a doctor to check on your recovery and the baby’s well being.
- You will have the opportunity to ask questions, work on newborn feeding, and talk about any concerns that you may have.
- In the first few weeks after the birth, you and your baby will return to the care of your usual family doctor.
- If you do not have a family doctor, we will help you find one.
- It is a privilege to help you during this special time and we thank you for the opportunity to share in this life-changing moment.
Youth Pregnancy and Parenting Program (YPPP)
Some of our doctors provide care to young women under the age of 24 in the YPPP program located at Robert and Lily Lee Family Community Health Center. Learn more about YPPP.
Sheway
Some of our doctors work at Sheway, a program in the Downtown Eastside, which provides lunch, social services, and medical care to pregnant women and mothers with current or past substance use. Learn more about Sheway.
Perinatal Addictions Service and Fir Square
FPMS doctors provide complete pregnancy care for women with current or past problems with substance use through these programs at BCWH. There are outpatient clinics or women can stay in hospital on Fir Square. These programs help women and their newborns stabilize and withdraw from substances, keeping mothers and babies together whenever possible.
To make a referral for our services, please complete our referral form or call us at 604-875-3436.
