Plum Midwifery

Now Serving Cumberland!!

Plum Midwifery satellite clinic Fridays 9am - 12pm

Dunsmuir Medical Clinic Cumberland, BC

Call 250-890-0832 for appointment

Do you have questions about midwifery, pregnancy & birth?

Check out our Ask A Midwife column featured at our big earth.

Plum midwifery is now accepting new clients!

 

PLUM INFORMATION HANDOUTS
 
INFORMATION ABOUT MIDWIFERY
 
Midwifery Associations Contact Info - click here
UBC Midwifery Program
 
PRENATAL RESOURCES
 
GENERAL RESOURCES
Baby's Best Chance
Gestational Diabetes
RH factor - healthlink BC
Pregnancy & Dental Health - healthlink BC
Influenza Vaccines - healthlink BC
Flu Vaccine Effectiveness - Cochrane review
 
Healthy Babies Prenatal Program
250-338-7575
Comox Valley Family Services Association
250-338-7575
Prenatal Wellness Support Group
250-338-1711
Employment Insurance (Maternity benefits)
1-800-206-7218
 
TWINS & MULTIPLES
Naturally Parenting Twins
Comox Valley Twin Club
250-890-0184
 
DIETARY LINKS
Canadian Food Guide
Folic Acid
Healthy Weights for Women
Listeriosis - healthlink BC
Minerals - common dietary sources of essential minerals
 
NAUSEA & VOMITING IN PREGNANCY
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Morning Sickness - Motherisk
 
GENETIC SCREENING
BC Prenatal Genetic Screening Program
Canadian Down Syndrome Society
 
SMOKING CESSATION
Health Canada
Quit Now.ca
 
MEDICATION & DRUG EXPOSURE IN PREGNANCY
Medication use and Drug Exposure in Pregnancy - Motherisk
More drug and pregnancy information
Substance use: drugs, alcohol and cigarettes
 
EXERCISE
Exercise & Pregnancy - BC Women's Hospital
Fit to Deliver
Yoga online
Yoga in the Comox Valley
Prenatal Yoga  Lewis Centre
250-338-5371
Prenatal Yoga Filberg Centre
250-338-1000
 
WELLNESS & COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES
Comox Valley Accupuncture
Harbour View Therapeutic Massage
Cranial Sacral Therapy
Kirsten Werner - Pre/Postnatal & Infant Massage
10th Street Chiropractic
250-338-9606
 
PRENATAL EDUCATION
 
Pregnancy Planning Guide
Beautiful Birth
Harmony HypnoBirthing - Penny Scott
Comox Valley Public Health Unit
250-338-1711
 
CHILDBIRTH RESOURCES
 
Optimal Birth BC
Childbirth Connection
Spinning Babies - optimal fetal positioning
Waterbirth International
One World Birth - FREE online videos about birth, maternal/child health
Cord Blood Banking
Newborn Screening
Circumcision
Plum Midwifery Home Birth Kits
 
BREECH POSITION
Breech baby options - BC Women's Best Birth Clinic
Breech position, external cephalic version - healthlink BC
 
VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
Power to Push Campaign
VBAC - BC Women's Best Birth Clinic
VBAC - healthlink BC
 
CESAREAN BIRTH
Having a Cesarean-in-Awareness - some thoughts on making peace with your birth should you deliver by cesarean.
Childbirth Connection - cesarean birth section includes information, research & tips on things like increasing the likelihood of a vaginal birth, having a safer cesarean delivery and having a satisfying cesarean birth experience.
ICAN - International Cesarean Awareness Network - this highly informative and well-respected organization offers support groups and information on recovery, advocacy and VBAC, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean.
 
CORD CLAMPING
Delayed Cord Clamping - cord around the neck: what parents & practitioners should know
Penny Simkin on Delayed Cord Clamping - video demonstration
 
DOULAS
 
Comox Valley Doulas
Doula Services Association of BC
DONA International
 
POSTPARTUM RESOURCES
 
Solace for Mothers - Healing Birth Trauma
Postpartum Wellness Support Group
250-338-1711
Mom and Baby Yoga - Lewis Centre
250-338-5371
Mom and Baby Yoga - Filberg Centre
250-338-1000
Prenatal, Postnatal, Mom & Baby Yoga - Comox Recreation Centre
250-339-2255
Baby Talk
250-339-0194
Little Cruisers
250-339-0194
Parents of Multiple Births Association
1-519-272-2203
 
BREASTFEEDING
 
Dr. Jack Newman - FAQs, tips & instructional videos
Kelly Mom - Breastfeeding & Parenting
Breastfeeding Online
La Leche League International
Comox Valley La Leche League  -  Dominique McGrady
250-890-9330
Breastfeeding Drop-in at Health Clinic
250-338-1711
 
Breastfeeding Positive Children's Books - Excellent resource list of children's books that are pro-breastfeeding. Wonderful ways to prepare your child for a new sibling or to create a more visible and positive breastfeeding culture.
 
PARENTING
 
Child Development Birth to Age 3 - healthlink BC
Canadian Paediatric Society
Dr. Sears
The Fussy Baby Site
Cloth Diapering - everything you need to know
 
CO-SLEEPING & BED SHARING
Dr. James McKenna - Co-sleeping research and FAQ (Mother-Baby Behavioural Sleep Lab at the University of Notre Dame).
The Natural Child Project - Dr. James McKenna library
Bed Sharing Precautions - healthlink BC
Additional Bedsharing Literature - Appendix B, pages 20-21
 
BABY WEARING
Babywearing International
Strollers, Baby Carriers & Infant Stress
Safety & Correct Positioning of Newborns
Babywearing - instructions, reviews & product comparison
 
PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS

The College of Midwives of British Columbia
Suite 210, 1682 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4S6
Phone: (604) 742-2230
Fax: (604) 730-8908
Email: information at cmbc.bc.ca
www.cmbc.bc.ca

Midwives Association of British Columbia
204-636 West BraodwayVancouver, BC V5Z 1G2
Phone: (604)736-5976
Fax: (604)736-5957
Email: mabc@telus.net
www.bcmidwives.com

Canadian Association of Midwives
#442-6555 chemin de la Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, H3S 2A6
Phone: 514-807-3668
Fax: 514-738-0370
Email: admin@canadianmidwives.org
www.canadianmidwives.org

International Confederation of Midwives
Laan van Meerdervoort 70, 2517 AN, The Hague
The Netherlands
Phone: 00 31 (0)70 30 60 520
Fax: 00 31 (0)70 35 55 561
Email: info@internationalmidwives.org
www.internationalmidwives.org