Partners in Pregnancy Clinic

Located on the third floor of the Turnbull Medical Building at 170 Simcoe St., Peterborough, the Partners in Pregnancy Clinic is part of the Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams.

The philosophy of the Partners in Pregnancy Clinic is to provide family centered care based on respect, collaboration and support, building on the confidence and competence of the mother and her family members.

We provide all of our patients with access to a team of experts who work individually with each patient to meet their specific needs in preparation for pregnancy, delivery, post partum, and newborn stages.

The clinic provides care up to six weeks following delivery in order to address common parenting issues such as breastfeeding, anxiety, infant attachment and newborn baby concerns. We also have a Nausea and Vomiting Clinic, a Threatened Miscarriage Care Plan, Lactation Consultant and Postpartum Support Group for our PIPC patients. We are a depot for the Food Bank and have a Clothing Cupboard for gently used newborn and maternity items. Donations are greatly appreciated.

In addition to maternity and newborn services, the registered nurses and physicians in the clinic work to provide all women without a family physician with PAP smear screening and pelvic exams through the Well Woman Care program.

The Team

The Partners in Pregnancy Clinic staff currently includes:

Dr. Debra Boyce
Dr. Barb Gow
Dr. Joan Himann
Dr. Joan Joyce
Dr. Mabel Mak
Dr. Michelle Vilcini
Patti Fitzgerald, RN/Clinic Co-ordinator
Elly Hartwick, RN/Lactation Consultant
Stephanie Turek, Social Worker
Tracy Condon, Social Worker
Melissa Forgrave, Nurse Practitioner
Melissa Manning, Nurse Practitioner
Kelly Proulx, Registered Dietitian
Gaylene Powell, Medical Secretary
Jenn Gullekson, Medical Secretary

Becoming a Patient

Any patients can be referred to the Partners in Pregnancy Clinic for their maternity and newborn care with any one of the four family physicians at the clinic. Although patients will have a primary physician at the clinic, all four doctors will share a 24 hour call and will be on hand for all deliveries or emergencies for clinic patients.

The team at the Partners in Pregnancy Clinic will work with the referring family physician to ensure that patient care is guided by the referring physician’s directive.

The following are some of the pregnant patient-care options to consider:

Referral for total care upon discovery of pregnancy
Referral in the first trimester and shared care of the patient with their family physician up to 24 weeks
Referral by 24 weeks for final care and delivery
Should patients require the services of the Partners in Pregnancy Allied Health Practitioners (Dietitian, Social Worker, etc.) prior to transfer of care to the physicians, this can also be facilitated

The following are some of the post-partum patient-care options for the referring physicians to consider:

First newborn care visit
Post-partum and newborn care up to six weeks
Immediate return of patient with newborn to referring family physician for first appointment (within 2-3 days for breastfed babies)

Working with their on-site team, the Partners in Pregnancy Clinic can provide patients with extended care up to six weeks after birth to address common parenting issues such as difficulty breastfeeding, anxiety, post-partum mood disorder and newborn baby concerns. Ideally, patients will return to their family physician as confident mothers with healthy, happy babies.

If you are a patient, physician or other health-care provider and have more questions about PIPC, please contact us at partners@peterboroughfht.com. You can also visit the official Partners in Pregnancy Website at www.partnersinpregnancy.ca

Other Information

Deliveries are done by our physicians at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, 1 Hospital Drive Peterborough on W6.

Contact PIPC

Partners in Pregnancy Clinic
170 Simcoe St, Suite 302
Peterborough, ON
K9H 1V7

Tel: (705) 741-1191
Fax: (705) 741-1192