What is it?
Global Birth Support (AGN, or Accompagnement Global à la Naissance) provides continuous care from the same trusted midwife throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. She manages pregnancy declarations, prenatal visits, birth preparation, prescribes essential tests (blood work, ultrasounds), and offers perineal rehabilitation. Always available for questions, she delivers personalized support and attends your hospital birth for a confident, natural delivery—ideally without epidural. Though availability varies by maternity hospital.
Is it medically safe?
Yes, for low-risk pregnancies without complications. It mirrors standard medical protocols, with the midwife collaborating in a network of sonographers, gynecologists, and specialists. Hospital births include eighth-month consultations with the on-site obstetrician-gynecologist and anesthesiologist, ready to assist if needed.
An intimate birth.
Labor starting? Call your midwife—she coordinates hospital admission and guides you through delivery with your partner's support, while specialists stand by for any concerns. Smooth births allow home discharge hours later, followed by her postnatal care.
Find AGN-trained midwives on the ANSFL website. L.B.
