Heather Mattingsley said she'd like to see the rules changed so other mothers don't face the same obstacles.

The fight appears to be over for a Montreal mother waiting for a birth certificate for her five-month-old baby.

Heather Mattingsley said she received a phone call Friday from the province assuring her an ultrasound photo signed by her doctor would be sufficient evidence for the government to register the birth.

For five months, Mattingsley said the government refused to issue the paperwork because she used an unregistered midwife when she gave birth to her daughter at home.

The province told her she needed a physical exam or a DNA test to prove she was the mother of Sunshine Rose.

In Quebec, only doctors and registered midwives can legally attest to a birth, according to a government spokesperson.

Mattingsley tried for months to access a midwife through local birthing centres, but was put on long waiting lists.

The association representing registered midwives in the province estimates four out of five women in Montreal looking for a midwife find themselves on waiting lists.