Maternity

St. Paul’s Hospital Maternity Centre at Providence Health Care (PHC) is a family-centred facility where approximately 1,800 women from around the Lower Mainland choose to deliver their babies each year. Guided by the principle “How you want to be treated”, we provide comprehensive maternity and neonatal services for both low-risk and high-risk mothers-to-be and newborns.

The Maternity Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital boasts the province’s only cardiac obstetrical and renal obstetrical programs, supporting pregnant women with cardiac and renal issues.  We are a Level III maternity centre which means we can support some of the most complex pregnancies and mothers with co-existing medical issues. We also operate a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for babies who require intensive nursing observation and care.

All of our labour, delivery and postpartum (LDRP) rooms are private rooms, offering a relaxing, personal and non-institutional environment for birthing and postpartum care all in one room. All rooms have jacuzzi tubs, televisions, telephones and a sleeper chair for significant others. Our family-centred approach means that a partner or support person is encouraged to stay with the mother and baby to provide support through their hospital stay.

St. Paul's is a major teaching facility for obstetric physicians and nurses.

Having Your Baby at St. Paul’s Hospital

The maternity staff at St. Paul’s Hospital have developed a handbook containing information about our services both before the baby is born and while you and your baby are in the hospital. The handbook will help answer your questions about religious and cultural needs, birth preparation, things to bring with you, visiting policies, breastfeeding, meals, life with your baby and much more. To download a printable copy of the maternity handbook in English click here . For our Chinese version click here.

Patient Education Materials

Having a Planned Caesarean Birth (English)

Having a Planned Caesarean Birth (Chinese)

Vaginal Birth After A Caesarean (English)

Vaginal Birth After a Caesarean (Chinese)

Prenatal Education Programs

St. Paul's Hospital provides prenatal classes at our facility in partnership with Douglas College. To register for Childbirth Preparation Classes, call the Continuing Education Registration Office at Douglas College at 604-527-5472 or 1-866-930-5472 (toll free).

St. Paul’s Hospital Maternity Centre Tours

View our new online tour here:

The Maternity Centre will be offering in-person tours in June on the following dates:

Monday, January 16

3-4 pm; 4-5 pm; 5-6 pm

Monday, January 23

3-4 pm; 4-5 pm; 5-6 pm

Friday, February 3

3-4 pm; 4-5 pm; 5-6 pm

Friday, February 17 

3-4 pm; 4-5 pm; 5-6 pm

Please wait for your tour guide in front of the gift shop in the main entrance, Burrard Building, St. Paul's Hospital.

Maternity Centre

Phone: 604.682.2344 Local 62432

3rd Floor, Providence Building

St. Paul’s Hospital

1081 Burrard Street

Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1Y6

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