Please fill these questionnaires out for us using the forms below and submit them once finished. We ask that you take your time with these as they can have difficult questions. We stopped having clients take these during their appointments as they felt rushed and pressured to answer them quickly. Do these when you are relaxed and have some time to yourself.
Please do not hesitate at all to reach out to us if you feel you need to discuss your answers or if you need a referral to a therapist, psychiatrist or resources.
The ACE Quiz is in regards to childhood trauma - again, this can be hard. Higher ACE scores are associated postpartum depression and even pregnancy complications. Knowing your score helps us personalize your care.
The Depression (EPDS) and Anxiety (GAD-7) are taken during pregnancy so we have a baseline to use during postpartum. Although these can be taken at any time if you’re not feeling yourself. Pregnancy hormones can impact our mental health.
We do a Risk Assessment at your intake, at 30 weeks, and 36 weeks pregnant. Then again at 2 weeks postpartum. This ensures you are still low risk for midwifery care. They also include questions that go over history of trauma and about your home life. When clients come into care they don’t know us that well and may not feel comfortable opening up. We’ve found if these risk assessment questions can be read and even answered before hand the client feels safer talking to us in person. You can also note on the questionnaire if you DO NOT want to discuss your answers. Sometimes we have a traumatic past that we don’t want to talk about but we want others to be aware of, that’s ok. We also would never bring up your answers if you have someone with you at your appointment.