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RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

  • MIDWIFERY
    About Midwifery in BC CAM Position Statement on Midwifery and Normal Birth Midwifery Scope and Model of Practice Philosophy of Care Policy on Informed Choice Indications for Discussion, Consultation and Transfer of Care Indigenous Families 2SLGBTQIA Families Immigrant and Refugee Care Rural and Remote Midwifery Care
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
    BC College of Nurses and Midwives Midwives Association of British Columbia UBC Midwifery Program Canadian Association of Midwives International Confederation of Midwives The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada Canadian Paediatric Society
  • GENERAL PREGNANCY INFORMATION
    SOGC Pregnancy Info Sex During Pregnancy Travel Safety During Pregnancy Fetal Movement Counting Multiples Pregnancy & Parenthood Pregnancy and Dental Health Working During Pregnancy PSBC Prenatal Care Checklist
  • NUTRITION AND EXERCISE
    Canada's Food Guide Nutrition During Pregnancy Folate and Folic Acid in Pregnancy Facts about Folate Healthy Weight Gain Foodborne Illness During Pregnancy Iron Deficiency Anaemia & You Food Sources of Iron Comparison Guide for Iron Supplements Food Sources of Calcium Guidelines for Exercise During Pregnancy Exercise & Pregnancy Kegel Exercises Free Online Yoga Videos
  • COMMON DISCOMFORTS IN PREGNANCY
    Nausea & Vomiting in Pregnancy Remedies for Minor Discomforts of Pregnancy Massage Therapy During Pregnancy Prenatal Physiotherapy Pregnancy and Sleep
  • PRENATAL TESTING AND DECISIONS
    Prenatal Genetic Screening Program Prenatal Genetic Screening Decision Tool Prenatal Genetic Screening Visual Aid Non-Invasive Prenatal Sceening (NIPS) Understanding Ultrasound During Pregnancy The Rh Factor When You Need Rh Immune Globulin (WinRho) Immunizations During Pregnancy Gestational Diabetes Gestational Diabetes Screening (SOGC) Gestational Diabetes Screening: The Evidence Induction for Gestational Diabetes Group B Strep Visual Tools Group B Strep: The Evidence Post Dates Pregnancy Pregnancy Beyond 40 & Induction of Labour The Third Stage of Labour Vitamin K & Your Newborn Vitamin K: The Evidence CPS Position Statement on Circumcision Circumcision: The Evidence
  • MEDICATION & DISEASE EXPOSURE
    MotherToBaby Cannabis Use During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding 8 Things You Need to Know about Cannabis, Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Quit Smoking BC Antidepressants During Pregnancy: Decision Aid Alcohol & Drug Use in Pregnancy Toxoplasmosis Parvovirus (Fifth Disease) Zika Virus: CDC Guide Vaccinations & Pregnancy Is it Safe in Pregnancy?
  • COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY
    Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Living With Gestational Diabetes Preterm Labour Signs & Symptoms Obesity & Pregnancy
  • PREGNANCY LOSS
    Miscarriage Treatment Options Miscarriage - SOGC Pregnancy & Infant Loss Network Pregnancy Loss Resources Grace Baby Loss Support Group Mothering Your Heart Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Clinic
  • ONLINE PRENATAL EDUCATION
    Prenatal Class Part 1: Prenatal Prenatal Class Part 2: Labour and Birth Prenatal Class Part 3: Postnatal It Starts With Birth Online Classes SmartMom Canada
  • CHOICE OF BIRTHPLACE
    Choice of Birthplace: Your First Birth Choice of Birthplace: Your Second or Later Birth I Want a Healthy Vaginal Birth - Optimal Birth BC Home or Hospital? (TED Talk) Choosing Home Birth (video) Planned Place of Birth Handbook CAM Position Statement on Home Birth SOGC Statement on Planned Home Birth Evidence on Home Birth Safety Waterbirth: The Evidence Seven Secrets of Successful Waterbirth
  • CHOICES AFTER CESAREAN BIRTH
    Cesarean Birth SOGC Guidelines for VBAC Thinking about VBAC: Deciding What's Right for Me Ideas for the Best Cesarean Possible CMBC Policy Statement on Planned VBAC BC Power to Push Campaign Power to Push: VBAC vs. Repeat Cesarean An Unnecessary Cut? (Video)
  • BREECH BIRTH
    If Your Baby is Breech I Have a Butt-Down Baby! Moxibustion (Video) Dr. Andrew Kotaska on Breech Birth (Video) External Cephalic Version
  • LABOUR PREPARATION
    Tell Me a Good Birth Story Penny Simkin: Nurturing Positive Birth Memories Since 1968 Optimal Fetal Positioning When Labour Starts: Early Labour Perineal Massage 10 Hints to Help You With Labour and Birth Comfort in Labour Pain Relief Options During Labour Your Guide to Labour & BIrth TENS During Labour
  • DOULAS
    Doulas for Aboriginal Families: Grant Program Doula Services Association of BC DONA International The Evidence for Doulas
  • BIRTH COMPLICATIONS
    Assisted Vaginal Birth Shoulder Dystocia C-Section: What You Need to Know Life After Postpartum Hemorrhage Stillbirth & Newborn Loss
  • BIRTH VIDEOS & PODCASTS
    Ceci Jane (YouTube Channel) Sibling Preparation Videos Home Water Birth with Midwives Apple Blossom Families Scheduled Cesarean Birth TED Talks When You're Expecting The Spirit of Birth: Aboriginal Documentary Evidence Based Birth Podcast Rock Star Birth Radio
  • NEWBORNS
    The Early Days Normal Newborn Behaviour Normal Newborn Stool Chart Vitamin D Newborn Jaundice Newborn Skin Conditions BC Early Hearing Program Umbilical Cord Care Umbilical Granuloma in Babies The Period of PURPLE Crying Colic and Crying Hip-Healthy Swaddling Circumcision Information for Parents Care of the Uncircumcised Penis Tongue Tie, Lip Tie & Releases Online Birth Registration
  • POSTPARTUM
    The First Six Weeks Postpartum Caring For Yourself After Birth Baby Blues & Postpartum Depression Caring For Baby and Yourself Maternity & Parental Benefits Pacific Postpartum Support Society
  • INFANT FEEDING
    CAM Statement on Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Basics Breastfeeding Your Newborn Is My Baby Getting Enough Milk? Hand Expression of Breastmilk Hands-On Pumping Technique Breastmilk Storage & Handling Supplemental Nursing System Luna Lactation Resources La Leche League Canada KellyMom BCWH Breastfeeding Your Baby BCWH Formula Feeding Your Baby Transgender Feeding Guide to Bottle Feeding Breastfeeding Basics (video) Your Baby Knows How to Latch On (video) Dr. Jack Newman's Visual Guide to Breastfeeding Dr. Jack Newman's Breastfeeding Videos Laid-Back Breastfeeding Rhythmic Movements for Breastfeeding Difficulties International Breastfeeding Centre (information sheets) WHO Growth Chart for Breastfed Babies LactMed Database Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgery Tongue Tie: From Confusion to Clarity Natural Remedies for Mastitis BC Women's Provincial Milk Bank Human Milk 4 Human Babies - Vancouver Island First Droplets
  • PARENTING
    Safer Sleep for My Baby Safe Sleep Seven The Wonder Weeks Tummy Time The Benefits of Babywearing Safe Babywearing Guidelines Caring for Kids A Parent's Guide to Vaccination Fathering Parent Support Services Society of BC
  • SEX AND CONTRACEPTION
    Sex After Childbirth Postpartum Contraception Sex & U Contraception Methods Booklet Fertility Awareness Methods Gynaecology Collaboration
  • PARENTING AND PLAY
    Valley Child Comox Valley Early Years Collaborative StrongStart BC Comox Valley Child Development Association Courtenay Recreation MamaCentric Cumberland Black Creek Parent & Peanut Healthy Families Program Comox Valley Twins & Multiples Kindermusik
  • NUTRITION
    Comox Valley Food Bank Farmer's Market Nutrition Coupon Program Healthy Babies Prenatal Nutrition Program Free Prenatal Vitamins
  • ADDICTIONS & CRISIS CARE
    Comox Valley Mental Health and Substance Use Orientation to Child, Youth and Family Services Health Connections Clinic Vancouver Island Crisis Phone 1-888-494-3888 Vancouver Island Crisis Text Line 250-800-3806 Crisis Nurse at Comox Valley Hospital 250-331-5900 Emergency Housing (Transition Society)
  • AFTER A LOSS
    Grace Baby Loss Support Group Comox Valley Hospice Society Piercy's-Mt Washington Fune ral Home After The Loss of Your Baby
  • HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROVIDERS
    Find a Family Doctor in the Comox Valley Nourish Wellness The Grove Health & Wellness Mamatoto Counselling Comox Valley Acupuncture Vancouver Island Osteopathy Growing Bodies Wellness Comox Valley Reflexology Craniosacral Therapy Cumberland Physio & Yoga Cumberland Village Wellness Full Moon Physiotherapy Comox Physiotherapy Courtenay Family Chiropractic
  • BREASTFEEDING
    Comox Valley Public Health Breastfeeding Drop-In Private IBCLC Carol Venters 250-897-0849 Sound Births (IBCLC) Amy's Lactation Consulting
  • DOULAS
    Chelsea Reid Lavender Bloom Birth Doula (also providing birth tub rentals) Kristin Osolin Campbell River/Comox Valley Email: lightwithindoulaservices@gmail.com Phone/text: 778-552-8982 *Doula approved for the Aboriginal Grant Program Arva Nagy Perla Doula Co. Campbell River/Comox Valley Email: info@perladoulaco.com Phone: 403-464-4251 *Doula approved for the Aboriginal Grant Program Kayla Valentyik Campbell River/Comox Valley Phone: 250-203-8575 Judi Calhoun Comox Valley Helping Hands & Heart Juniper7@live.ca Amanda Dick Black Creek (Campbell River/Comox Valley) Eucalyptus Doula Co. Email: eucalyptusdoula@gmail.com Phone: 604-997-9265
  • FOR INDIGENOUS FAMILIES
    First Nations Health Benefits - Pregnancy & Infant Care Doulas for Aboriginal Families Early Years Aboriginal Program K'omoks First Nation Precious Beginnings 250-339-4545 Wachiay Friendship Centre Programs Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry Valley Child Indigenous Resources First Nations Health Authority
  • MENTAL HEALTH IN PREGNANCY
    Reproductive Mental Health Program Coping With Depression Coping With Anxiety AnxietyBC - Pregnancy Depression During Pregnancy Bounce Back BC BC Crisis Centre North Island Regional Eating Disorders Program
  • ABUSE & VIOLENCE
    Domestic Violence & Abuse Comox Valley Transition Society
  • SUBSTANCE USE
    Substance Use in Pregnancy Alcohol Use in Pregnancy Comox Valley Mental Health and Substance Use 250-331-8524
  • POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION & ANXIETY
    Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Postpartum Support International Coping with Postpartum Depression & Anxiety Here to Help Online Screening BCWH Let's Talk Depression
  • SUICIDE PREVENTION
    24/7 BC Crisis Line Pathways Directory Comox Valley
  • BIRTH TRAUMA
    Birth Trauma Counseling Birth Trauma Association Solace for Mothers
  • GRIEF & LOSS
    Grief & Grieving Children, Teens & Loss Surviving the Death of a Baby Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
  • PLUM CLIENT HANDOUTS
    BCCNM Client Evaluation of Care
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