Embrace Program

EMBRACE which stands for Empower Mothers and Families, Mentorship, Building Healthy Relationships, Respect, Actively Listen and Learn, Collaboration and Engagement, partners with mothers and families to provide wrap-around services to support them during pregnancy, birth and recovery.

Mothers are supported by a team of nurses, physicians, lactation consultants and social workers to prepare them for delivery and the babys potential for withdrawal after birth. Addiction counselling is offered through pregnancy and postpartum to assist with the moms’ treatment needs. The team supports mothers in providing soothing techniques such as skin-to-skin, swaddling, cuddling and breastfeeding while in a quiet environment. These strategies help lessen the baby’s discomfort from withdrawal, with the goal of keeping mom and baby together — and avoiding admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).