Pregnancy

Prenatal Classes

Labour And Birth

Breastfeeding

Nutrition

Postpartum

Newborn

Pregnancy Loss

Mental Health

Other Resources

COVID-19 Resources

Pregnancy​

• Midwifery Model of Care
• ​Midwives and Normal Birth
• Exercise During Pregnancy
• Gender Inclusivity and Human Rights
  • In Ontario
  • In Canada
• Gestational Diabetes
• Group B Streptococcus
• Your Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
• High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
• Food access, nutrition support and free vitamins
• Canada Public Health Services
• Mental Health

• Medications for Common Discomforts
• Medications During Pregnancy
• Prenatal Genetic Screening Options
• Prenatal Ultrasound
• Smoking Cessation
• Vaccinations During Pregnancy
• When Your Pregnancy Goes Past Your Due Date
• Young Parents Resource Tool
• Low dose aspiring in pregnancy
• Low iron (iron deficiency anemia)
• Medication Safety

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Prenatal classes

• Hamilton Public Health
• Mother Matters
• Hypnobirthing in Hamilton
• Eternally Maternal
• Birthing While Black
• Nutrition focused

• ​The Womb - World of my Baby (Burlington Site)
• Hamilton Family Doulas
• The Baby Academy
• Birth Beginnings
• ​Sunnybrook Hospital
• Holiday Tyson
• Namaste Doula Services​

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Labour and birth

• Is this Labour?
• The stages of labour
• What is a doula?​
• Having Your Baby at St. Joe's
• St. Joe’s Virtual Tour
• Breech Childbirth
• TENS for pain relief
• SJH New Parent Handbook and Hospital Guide
• Deciding how to give birth after cesarean section
• When your water breaks before labour, 37+ weeks
• Episiotomy and perineal tears

• ​Caesarean Section
• Thinking about a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)
• VBAC and Planned Cesarean
• Going overdue
• Age 40+ and induction of labour
• The Miles Circuit

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Breastfeeding

• 10 Great Reasons to Breastfeed
• Hamilton Public Health Breastfeeding Support
• La Leche League Canada
• International Breastfeeding Centre (Dr. Jack Newman )

• ​Breastfeeding Matters
• Breastfeeding Your Late Preterm Baby
• Best Start Breastfeeding Guide
• Ontario Breastfeeding Network
• Birth and Baby Needs (OHIP or $)

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Nutrition

• Healthy Eating in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
• Canada Food Guide
• Prenatal Nutrition
• Food Sources of Calcium
• Health Fats
• Folic Acid
• Iron in Foods
• Iron deficiency anemia
• Listeriosis

• ​Food Sources of Iron
• Food Safety During Pregnancy
• Hamilton Food Banks
• Weight Gain in Pregnancy
• Free food in Hamilton
• Prenatal nutrition assistance
• Free food and vitamins
• Free vitamins from Sobeys

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Mental Health

• PPD overview
• City of Hamilton: Mental Health Resources in Hamilton
• Peer support
• Lara Stewart-Panko, RSW
• Cherry Tree Counselling
• Mountain Brow Counselling

• Pospartum.org podcast
• Postpartum.org videos
• Anxiety Canada
• Postpartum progress
• CBT workbook
• CBT for anxiety
• Wellbeing in Pregnancy workbook

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Postpartum

• Going Home From the Hospital
• Parenting Groups
• Your First Week at Home
• Hamilton Postpartum
• Care for your stitches
• Episiotomy after care
• ​Postpartum Depression
• Medications for Common Discomforts

• C Section scar massage
• Recovery after C Section
• Exercise after a cesarean
• Belly Breathing after C section
• Pelvic Floor and Core after C section
• How to do Kegals
• Postpartum hemorrhage
• Parental leave and family benefits

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Newborn

• Car Seat Safety
• Circumcision
• Jaundice in Newborns
• Lights for Jaundice
• Ontario Newborn Screening Program
• Infant Hearing Screening
• Normal Newborn Behaviour
• What to Expect in the First Three Months
• Sleep Well, Sleep Safe
• Tummy Time
• Floor Play
• Guppy Stretch

• ​Vaccinations for Babies
• Vitamin D for Babies
• Preventing a Flat Head
• Baby's Second Night
• About Kids Health learning hub
• Sick Kids: About Kids Health
• Vitamin K
• Register the Birth
• RSV Protection
• Protecting your baby from RSV (indigenous languages available)

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Pregnancy loss

• ​Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS)
• ​Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network (PAIL) Canada
• Self Care After Loss
• The Miscarriage Association​

• Pregnancy Loss
• Miscarriage
• Miscarriage: Care instructions
• Dealing with Grief
• Supporting Someone After a Stillbirth
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

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Other resources

• Association of Ontario Midwives
• Best Start
• Canadian Association of Midwives
• Canadian Pediatric Society
• College of Midwives of Ontario
• Guide to Healthy Pregnancy (Health Canada)
• Hamilton Public Health
• Hamilton Public Library
• Health Connections
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children
• Omama
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Service Ontario
• World of My Baby
• Evidence Based Birth
• How to do Pelvic Floor Exercises​

• Parental leave and family benefits
• Young Parent Program (Banyan Family Services)
• Ancestral Hands (for the Black Community)
• ​Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
• Sex & U​
• For Clients Without OHIP
• ​Rainbow Health Ontario
• LGBTQ Parenting Network
• ​Domestic violence
• Abortion
• Sexual Assault Centre
• Good Shepherd
• Low Income Housing
• Housing Help Centre

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COVID-19 Resources

• Government of Ontario​

• ​Hamilton Public Health​

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