LOCATION

The St. Paul’s Maternity Clinic is located in St. Paul’s Hospital in the clinical teaching area on the fifth floor of the Burrard building, Rm 541. To get here, please enter in the main hospital entrance and take the elevators closest to the gift shop up to the 5th floor. When you exit the elevators turn left and our clinic is about half way down the hall and the door will be on your right.

 

GETTING HERE/PARKING

The hospital is easily walkable from many downtown neighbourhoods in Vancouver. It is also easily accessible from public transit, with the Burrard Skytain station close by and many bus routes. Please see Translink website (https://www.translink.ca/) for more information. Active transportation is a great way of staying active in pregnancy.

 

HOURS

The St. Paul’s Maternity Clinic is open:

Monday 8:30AM – 4:30PM

Tuesday 8:30AM – 4:30PM

Wednesday 8:30AM – 4:30PM

Thursday 12:00PM-8:00PM

Friday 8:30AM – 4:30PM

It is closed all statutory holidays.

 

CLINIC APPOINTMENTS

In our clinic, we only see patients with booked appointments. You may have a booked appointment with a family physician, midwife and/or our nurse/lactation consultant.

When you arrive, you will check in with Sarah or Kathy our unit clerks and then wait in the waiting area for your appointment. If you are being seen for a prenatal appointment, we ask you to check your blood pressure and weight prior to seeing the nurse or family doctor. We will teach you how to do this.

We are a clinical teaching site and you may see a student as part of your clinic visit. We train medical student, family practice residents and midwifery students. If you do not feel comfortable with a student being involved in your care, please let the unit clerk know prior to your appointment.

Please click here for more information about your pregnancy journey.

 

CARE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BOOKED APPOINTMENT – NON-URGENT, URGENT, EMERGENT

If you have non-urgent questions between your clinic appointments, please call or email the clinic and we will do your best to have one of our midwives or family physicians respond to your question.

If your concern is urgent or emergent and you are LESS THAN 20 WEEKS pregnant, please call the clinic (604-806-9342) during opening hours. If after hours, please call 8-1-1 to speak to a nurse and if needed come to the St. Paul’s Emergency Department. Please let the emergency physician know that you are pregnant and being followed at the St. Paul’s Maternity Clinic. If your concern is urgent or emergent and you are MORE THAN 20 WEEKS pregnant, please call the maternity unit directly (604-682-2344, 62432)and speak to one of our specialized maternity nurses. They will be able to triage your complaint and get in touch with the physician on call. Please let them know that you are a patient of the St. Paul’s Maternity clinic.

 

ULTRASOUNDS

We do not do ultrasounds at our clinic. Once you are a patient of our clinic we order most of our ultrasounds at the St. Paul’s Radiology Clinic on the second floor. Please see their website for more information.

You may be asked to have an ultrasound done somewhere else.

In all cases, you will be provided with the time, date and location of your ultrasound approximately 2-7 days after the doctor or midwife has ordered it. If you have questions please call or email the clinic.

 

BLOODWORK

There are several times during pregnancy where you are required to get bloodwork done. You are able to get bloodwork done at St. Paul’s Hospital Laboratory or any Lifelabs location (many throughout the city).

It is possible to book an appointment at either location to avoid waiting. It is also possible to view your own results online at both locations. Please see their respective websites for more information.