Contact
Phone: 705-728-9090 Ext. 47160
Visiting Hours
Current visiting hours are included in the “Guidelines for Our Families Coming to RVH to Have a Baby” document below.
Subject to change without notice, some exceptions apply. Speak with your care team for more information.
Obstetrical Triage Unit
The Obstetrical Triage is located just outside the Birthing Unit. All women attending the Birthing Unit for care will be assessed in the Obstetrical Triage Unit. The unit is staffed by expert labour and delivery nurses who have ready access to your Primary Care Provider. If you are a client of the Barrie Midwives, you should follow their process for contacting your Midwife. Your Midwife is able to consult with the staff Obstetricians as needed.
Visitors to the Obstetrical Triage are restricted to the ‘birth partner’ only.
Birthing Unit Accommodations & Procedures
The Birthing Unit features eight private Labour-Birthing Rooms. Each room is equipped with a birthing bed, fetal monitor, and infant care centre.
All rooms have their own bathroom/shower. A whirlpool tub is also available during labour.
During your prenatal visits, your Physician/Midwife will discuss the different options available to help you with your pain control. These range from breathing and relaxation techniques to injections, epidurals, and inhalation gas. One to one support is provided by a trained and educated Registered Nurse during active labour and birth.
Your baby’s birth is a unique and individual experience. Any special requests should be discussed with your physician/midwife. Significant others are encouraged to participate in the birthing experience as desired. RVH’s Birthing Unit offers caesarean sections with a state of the art operating and recovery room.
Prenatal Registration
Prenatal registration packages are available from your doctor’s office, Birthing Unit and Obstetrics Unit. Please complete all forms and return to the RVH Birthing Unit six weeks prior to your due date. Complete instructions are available within the package.
A drop box for registration forms is located just inside the Atrium Entry doors on level 2. During COVID, please drop off at the Main Entrance.
RVH Birthing Unit Tours
Volunteers will be providing tours of the Birthing Unit on every other Wednesday (except statutory holidays). There are two tours during each session, one at 7:00 p.m. and the second at 8:00 p.m. Registration is required to attend the tour and will be booked on a first come first served basis, please meet in the Atrium lobby.
To register for a tour:
Call 705-728-9090 Ext. 47160 Monday – Friday between 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Note: The potential activity of the unit may limit what is available for viewing.
Cord Blood Programs
Cord Blood Programs provide parents with the opportunity to save and bank stem cells for future use should their child develop a serious illness.
Obstetrical Pre-registration
Register as a patient with our Birthing Unit forms coming soon
New Patient Package
Coming soon
Obstetrical Triage Unit
The Obstetrical Triage is located just outside the Birthing Unit. All women attending the Birthing Unit for care will be assessed in the Obstetrical Triage Unit. The unit is staffed by expert labour and delivery nurses who have ready access to your Primary Care Provider. If you are a client of the Barrie Midwives, you should follow their process for contacting your Midwife. Your Midwife is able to consult with the staff Obstetricians as needed.
Visitors to the Obstetrical Triage are restricted to the ‘birth partner’ only.
Birthing Unit Accommodations & Procedures
The Birthing Unit features eight private Labour-Birthing Rooms. Each room is equipped with a birthing bed, fetal monitor, and infant care centre.
All rooms have their own bathroom/shower. A whirlpool tub is also available during labour.
During your prenatal visits, your Physician/Midwife will discuss the different options available to help you with your pain control. These range from breathing and relaxation techniques to injections, epidurals, and inhalation gas. One to one support is provided by a trained and educated Registered Nurse during active labour and birth.
Your baby’s birth is a unique and individual experience. Any special requests should be discussed with your physician/midwife. Significant others are encouraged to participate in the birthing experience as desired. RVH’s Birthing Unit offers caesarean sections with a state of the art operating and recovery room.
Prenatal Registration
Prenatal registration packages are available from your doctor’s office, Birthing Unit and Obstetrics Unit. Please complete all forms and return to the RVH Birthing Unit six weeks prior to your due date. Complete instructions are available within the package.
A drop box for registration forms is located just inside the Atrium Entry doors on level 2.
RVH Birthing Unit Tours
Volunteers will be providing tours of the Birthing Unit on every other Wednesday (except statutory holidays). There are two tours during each session, one at 7:00 p.m. and the second at 8:00 p.m. Registration is required to attend the tour and will be booked on a first come first served basis, please meet in the Atrium lobby.
To register for a tour:
Call 705-728-9090 Ext. 47160 Monday – Friday between 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Note: The potential activity of the unit may limit what is available for viewing.
Cord Blood Programs
Cord Blood Programs provide parents with the opportunity to save and bank stem cells for future use should their child develop a serious illness. The decision to bank cord stem cells should be made well in advance of labour.
Prenatal Classes
RVH is pleased to partner with a leader in prenatal education, Markham Prenatal, to deliver a series of prenatal classes to support expectant parents and their support persons. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all prenatal classes will be offered in a virtual format, at no cost to registrants. Our prenatal classes have been developed with the goal of providing accurate, current and unbiased information that will provide parents and families with an opportunity to learn and prepare for birth and care of their newborn.
All classes will be facilitated by Registered Nurses experienced in maternal and newborn care.
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Step-by-step Directions
If you are coming to the Birthing Unit between 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. enter through the Atrium Entrance on Level 2. Take the Atrium (Orange) Elevator to the fourth floor.
If you are coming to the Birthing Unit after 9:00 p.m. please enter through the Emergency Entrance and follow the Red Navigation Line to the Blue Navigation Line and follow it through to the Atrium (Orange) Elevator. Take the Atrium (Orange) Elevator to level 4.
Street: Gallie Court
Travelling on Georgian Drive you will pass Georgian College and TURN RIGHT onto the third entrance at Gallie Court. After the stop sign, proceed FORWARD and TURN RIGHT into RVH’s Main road entrance.
Parking: Main
Proceed FORWARD through RVH’s Main road entrance. RVH’s Main Parking lot can be found ON YOUR RIGHT.
- You will see Rotary Place on your right followed by parking gates
Entrance: Main
Enter RVH’s Main building entrance and FOLLOW the Blue Navigation Line to the Atrium (Orange) elevators.
- You will pass Café Royale on your right
Elevator: Atrium (Orange)
Follow the Blue Navigation Line walking towards Victoria’s Gift Shop, Take the Atrium (Orange) elevator to Level 4.
- You will see the Atrium staircase
Department: Birthing Unit
TURN LEFT out of the Atrium (Orange) elevators and proceed down the hallway through the double doors, the Birthing Unit is ON YOUR LEFT. Use the unit intercom to open department doors.
