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Welcome to our client section. The following links and downloadable files provide a wealth of useful information for all stages of pregnancy, childbirth and early infant care. Additional pregnancy, childbirth and parenting links can be found in our Community Resources section.
How to contact your midwife
Initial Visit
  • Important Signs to Watch For If You are Pregnant
  • ​What is a midwife?
  • ​About Midwifery​
  • Understand Your Birthplace Options
  • ​Facts About Home Birth in Ontario
  • Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre
  • L’Hôpital Montfort's Family Birthing Centre
  • Prenatal Screening Ontario​​​
  • Prenatal Screening Options Summary
Early Pregnancy
  • The Sensible Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Pocket Guide
  • Physical Activity During and After Pregnancy
  • Canada Food Guide
  • Eating for a Healthy Pregnancy
  • Dieticians of Canada
  • Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy
  • Safe Food Handling for Pregnant Women
  • Pregnancy is Not Always What You Expect
  • Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy
  • Ottawa-Gatineau information and support for pregnancy loss, infant lost and infertility​
​vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)
  • Thinking about VBAC: Deciding what's right for me
  • ​International Cesarean Awareness Network
  • Power to Push
  • I Can Push (local info sessions)
  • ​Vaginal Birth After Cesarean and Choice of Birthplace
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (Association of Ontario Midwives)
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada)
​RH Negative
  • Rh Sensitization During Pregnancy
  • ​test
Second trimester
  • Preterm Labour Signs and Symptoms
  • My Baby's Movements
  • Fetal Movement and Kick Counts
  • What are Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy?
  • ​Pregnancy and Diabetes
  • Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Vaccine​
  • Anemia in the pregnancy
Childbirth Preparation
  • Birth plan guide and template
  • Ottawa Birth and Wellness Center - Preparing for birth ​
  • Pain Relief During Labour and Delivery
  • ​Ottawa Valley Doulas
  • Ottawa Childbirth Education Association​
  • ​Mothercraft prenatal education
  • ​Ottawa Public Health prenatal classes
  • ​Prenatal Classes & Preganacy Circles
  • Naissance-Renaissance Outaouais prenatal classes
  • HypnoBirthing, the Mongan method 
  • The Bonapace method​
Third Trimester
  • Birth supplies for home hospitals and birth centre births
  • Management of Prelabour Rupture of Membranes at Term
  • Group B Streptococcus Prevention and Management in Labour
  • ​Prevention of Early-onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
  • Group B Streptococcus and Management of a Newborn
  • ​When your pregnancy goes past your due date
Optimal Fetal POsitioning
  • Spinning Babies
  • ​The Miles Circuit
Newborn
  • Newborn Registration Service
  • Newborn Screening and Your Baby
  • Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening
  • Circumcision of baby boys: Information for parents
  • ​Newborn male circumcision - position statement from Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Eye prophylaxis - position statement from Ontario Association of Midwives
  • Preventing ophthalmia neonatorum - position statement from Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Guidelines for detection, management and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia in infants - position statement from Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Jaundice in Newborns
  • Routine administration of vitamin K to newborns - position statement from Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Newborn Hearing Screening
  • Vitamin D information
  • Vitamin D supplementation - position statement from Canadian Paediatric Society
Caring for new baby
  • Ontario Newborn Registration
  • Daily Care for Newborns
  • Normal Newborn Behaviour
  • Parenting in Ottawa
  • LGBTQ Parenting Network
  • Ontario immunization schedule
  • A parent's guide to vaccination
  • ​Installing and Using Carseats
  • Sleep: Is you child safe?
  • Safe Sleep for Your Baby
Feeding resources
  • Ottawa Breastfeeds
  • La Leche League local groups
  • Breastfeeding Inc
  • ​Parenting in Ottawa: Breastfeeding
  • Getting started with breastfeeding by Stanford Medicine (videos)
  • Bottle Feeding (from the Eastern Ontario Health Unit)
  • Infant Formula: What You Need to Know
  • Breastfeeding: Positioning and Latching
  • Formula feeding: Amount and schedule
Post partum 
  • Postnatal Personal Care for Mothers
  • Measuring for a nursing bra
POST PARTUM Depression
  • Life With Your Baby
  • O​ttawa Area Perinatal Mental Health Resources​
  • Life With a New Baby is Not Always What You Expect
  • Post Partum Mood Disorder – Symptoms​
PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES
  • What is pelvic floor physiotherapy?
  • ​Pelvic Support FAQ
  • ​​Lisa Flanders: Connecting your Pelvic Floor
  • The Pelvic Floor Muscles
  • ​Yolates Rehab
  • Andrea Plitz: Holistic Movement Blog
MISCaRRIAGE
  • Ottawa-Gatineau information and support for pregnancy loss, infant lost and infertility
  • Miscarriage Association UK
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network
Substance use in pregnancy
Cannabis
  • 8 things you need to know about cannabis, pregnancy and breastfeeding by the SOGC
  • Cannabis Fact Sheet by the SOGC
  • Thinking about using cannabis before or during pregnancy? A resource by the PHAC and Best Start
  • Maternal Cannabis Use during Pregnancy. A report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
​Alcohol
  • Alcohol and pregnancy by the SOGC
  • Motherisk Alcohol and Substance use Helpline
EXERCISE IN PREGNANCY
2019 Canadian Guidelines on Exercising in Pregnancycsepguidelines.ca/guidelines-for-pregnancy/
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