Sunnybrook Hospital, Department of Childbirth and Family Life Preparation

Mission Statement:

To Teach. To Heal. With Special Care.

The department of Childbirth and Family Life Preparation, Women's College Campus provides pre and post-natal programs for women and their families. Communication and mutual support between hospital and community is encouraged while assisting women and their families in gaining an understanding of the physical, psychological and social experience of birth.

The achievement of healthy lifestyles and attitudes for women and their families is promoted through:

• Education
• Community Outreach
• Advocacy
• Change Facilitation
• Well-informed decision-making

• Birth is a woman-centred event
• Birth is a natural physiological process
• Birth is an opportunity for the growth and development of the individual woman and her family
• Birth is a holistic event integrating the mind, body and spirit