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