Clinics

Low risk Pregnancy Unit

The low risk pregnancy unit provides comprehensive multi-disciplinary antenatal care to low risk pregnant women in the Ottawa region.

The Ottawa Hospital – General Campus
501 Smyth Rd, 8^th floor, clinic 8421
Phone: 613-737-8552
Fax: 613-739-6292

If you would like to refer a patient, please complete the form, to refer a patient include all pertinent information, and fax to 613-739-6292.

Placenta Health Clinic

The Placenta Health Clinic is designed to assist women and their health-care providers in the identification and management of Placenta Mediated Diseases, such as intrauterine growth restriction and severe preeclampsia. The clinic is composed of a multidisciplinary group of experts who offer a wide variety of specialized services in the context of such disorders.

Our mission is to provide excellence in prevention and treatment of placental mediated diseases through application of state of the art and evidenced based care which will be delivered in the most compassionate way by a multidisciplinary team of experts. We will strive to further improve outcomes of mothers and babies through education and research.

The Placenta Health Clinic is located at the General Campus of TOH (8^th floor) and consultations can be requested at 613-737-8595.

St Mary’s Teen Pregnancy Unit

The teen obstetrical clinic at St Mary’s is a young parent outreach centre providing multi-disciplinary antepartum and postpartum care to adolescents. You can be referred by a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife by using the referral form above or you can also self refer by calling.

St Mary’s Home,
780 L’eglise Street
Phone: 613-749-2491
http://www.stmaryshome.com/

The Ottawa Hospital
Phone: 613-737-8552
Fax: 613-739-6292

Maternal Fetal Medicine/High Risk Pregnancy Unit

The High Risk Pregnancy Units provide consultative services and ongoing care for patients that have medical or fetal conditions that may affect pregnancy outcome. The clinic also offers counselling before pregnancy for patients with multiples health problems or a difficult pregnancy in the past. Comprehensive care is coordinated by a multidisciplinary team which includes specialized nursing care and obstetrical specialists. Consultative services are provided by internal medicine, anaesthesiology, complex surgical team, neonatology, bariatric program, gestational diabetes clinic and teaching sessions, perinatal mental health, social work, and obstetrical ultrasound.

If you would like to refer a patient, please complete the form for referring a patient, include all pertinent information, and fax to 613-739-6292

Maternal Fetal Medicine
The Ottawa Hospital – General Campus
501 Smyth Rd, 8^th floor, clinic 8421
Phone: 613-737-8552
Fax: 613-739-6292
Referral form

If you would like to refer a patient, please complete the form, include all pertinent information, and fax to 613-761-5141

High Risk Pregnancy Unit
The Ottawa Hospital – Civic Campus
1053 Carling Avenue, 4^th floor, D4
Phone: 613-761-4401
Fax: 613-761-5141
Referral form for the High Risk Pregnancy Unit

Special Pregnancy Unit

The Special Pregnancy Unit (SPU) is a specialty clinic that focuses on the health of women who are anticipating a pregnancy, currently pregnant or postpartum. The physician group involved in the care of these women are specialists in Obstetric Medicine and are experienced internal medicine doctors.

A variety of patient types are seen in the SPU. They include women with diabetes (Type 1 or 2), gestational diabetes, thyroid disease, hypertension (including preeclampsia) and many other medical conditions. The focus of the clinic is to achieve optimal maternal care of these medical problems to better ensure favourable outcomes for both the mother and her baby.

The clinic staff includes a diabetic nurse specialist as well as a registered dietician with expertise in pregnancy related illnesses.

You must be referred by a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife.

The Ottawa Hospital – General Campus
501 Smyth Rd, 8^th floor, Clinic 8421
Phone: 613-737-8552
Fax: 613-739-6292
Referral form

Ultrasound clinics

The Ultrasound clinics of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Newborn Care provide high quality diagnostic services to pregnant and non-pregnant women. The clinics are renowned as innovative facilities, which include state-of-the-art equipment and fully registered staff. The Ultrasound Clinics are fully accredited with the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Care has an ultrasound clinic at all 3 sites of The Ottawa Hospital, General, Civic, and the Riverside Campus

Patient preparation

Gynecological and Obstetrical ultrasounds prior to 25 weeks of pregnancy:

Drink 750 mL of clear fluids one hour prior to the examination (no milk)
Do not empty your bladder for one hour prior to the examination

Obstetrical ultrasounds after 25 weeks of pregnancy:

No preparation required

If your ultrasound appointment is not scheduled through your physician, you can contact the booking office at 613-761-4227 or fax 613-739-6847 to make an appointment.

If you wish to change or cancel your appointment, please contact the booking office at 613-761-4227 giving a minimum of 48 hours notice.

How to find us
General Campus, 8^th floor, Room 8429
Civic Campus, 4^th floor, Section D
Riverside Campus, 7^th floor. Shirley E Greenberg Women’s Health Center
Requisition for OBS/Gyn Ultrasound

Anesthesia

Our Anesthesia Department provides consultations for those women who need it, in conjunction with the High Risk Obstetrical units. Any Family Physician, Midwife, or Obstetrician who practices obstetrics at TOH can ask for an Anesthesia consult – the patient does not necessarily have to be “high risk”. Some women have several questions about how we can help them with the pain of labour, or have had a previous bad experience in labour, and this is reason enough to ask for a referral. Other women have quite extensive medical histories and need our close involvement with the rest of the obstetrical team in order to keep both mom and baby safe during delivery – we do a lot a planning as a team for these cases.

You must be referred by a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife and must include the antenatal forms and pertinent test results

The Ottawa Hospital – General Campus
501 Smyth Rd, 8^th floor, Clinic 8421
Phone: 613-737-8552
Fax: 613-739-6292

The Ottawa Hospital – Civic Campus
1053 Carling Avenue, 4^th floor, D4
Phone: 613-761-4401
Fax: 613-761-5141

Neonatology

The Ottawa Hospital Division of Neonatology currently runs an antenatal consultation clinic every other week, where women carrying fetuses with special needs are seen before delivery. We provide counseling, education and support to couples and formulate postnatal management plans that take into account the multidisciplinary needs of the infant(s).