Families in Recovery (FIR) Program - Fir Square - Pregnant with Substance Use
Addictions / Substance Use and Pregnancy Care
Provided by BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre (BCWH)
Provides care and support for pregnant women or newly parenting individuals with substance use.
The Families in Recovery (FIR) Program provides care for women who use substances and their newborns exposed to substances in a single unit.
FIR Square is a Combined Care Unit that provides care to women using substances and infants exposed to these substances. They assist substance-using pregnant and early-postpartum women achieve an optimum health to minimize the effects of alcohol, drugs, malnutrition, and neglect on themselves and their infants. They have five antepartum and six postpartum beds for women wishing to stabilize or withdraw from drug use during pregnancy. There is also a centralized nursery for babies in need of specialized treatment. They help women and their newborns stabilize and withdraw from substances, keeping mothers and babies together whenever possible and continuing to provide care from antepartum to postpartum and between hospital and community.
Women at Fir Square have access to counselling and instruction to enhance critical life skills, parenting techniques, and coping mechanisms. Babies receive specialized care that meets their needs if withdrawing from prenatal substance exposure to ensure the healthiest possible start. Babies room with their mothers on the ward.
FIR Square is a Combined Care Unit that provides care to women using substances and infants exposed to these substances. They assist substance-using pregnant and early-postpartum women achieve an optimum health to minimize the effects of alcohol, drugs, malnutrition, and neglect on themselves and their infants. They have five antepartum and six postpartum beds for women wishing to stabilize or withdraw from drug use during pregnancy. There is also a centralized nursery for babies in need of specialized treatment. They help women and their newborns stabilize and withdraw from substances, keeping mothers and babies together whenever possible and continuing to provide care from antepartum to postpartum and between hospital and community.
Women at Fir Square have access to counselling and instruction to enhance critical life skills, parenting techniques, and coping mechanisms. Babies receive specialized care that meets their needs if withdrawing from prenatal substance exposure to ensure the healthiest possible start. Babies room with their mothers on the ward.
604-875-2229
Website: http://www.bcwomens.ca/our-services...
#3rd Floor, FIR Square Combined Care Unit, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre (BCWH):
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- Heartwood Centre for Women - Residential Addictions Treatment
- BC Reproductive Mental Health Program
Availability
Service area: Province-wide + show cities
Service Types Provided
Addictions / Substance Use
- Addiction Counselling: Addiction Counselling (Adult)
- Detox / Withdrawal: Detox / Withdrawal - Inpatient
- Pregnancy and Addiction: Harm Reduction in Pregnancy and Pregnancy - Abstinence Support
- Harm Reduction: Harm Reduction in Pregnancy
- Health Authority Addiction Services: Addiction Services - Adult
- Addiction - Support for Recovery: Pregnancy - Support for Recovery
Ways to Access
- Provided at a single location
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