EOM Clients

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

• ​​What is a midwife?​​​
• Understand Your Birthplace Options
• ​​Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre
• L’Hôpital Montfort's Family Birthing Centre
• Prenatal Screening Ontario​​​
• Prenatal Screening Options Summary

Early Pregnancy

• Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Pocket Guide
• Physical Activity During and After Pregnancy
• Canada Food Guide
• Eating for a Healthy Pregnancy
• ​Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy
• Safe Food Handling for Pregnant Women​​
• Ottawa-Gatineau information and support for pregnancy loss, infant lost and infertility​
• Physical Changes
• Safety During Pregnancy

​vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)

• Thinking about VBAC: Deciding what's right for me
• ​International Cesarean Awareness Network
• ​I Can Push (local info sessions)​​
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (Association of Ontario Midwives)​
• Prenatal Education Ontario

​RH Negative

• Rh Sensitization During Pregnancy
• About Rh Immune Globulin​​

Second trimester

• Preterm Labour Signs and Symptoms​
• Fetal Movement and Kick Counts
• What are Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy?
• ​Pregnancy and Diabetes
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Vaccine​
• Anemia in the pregnancy

Childbirth Preparation

• ​Ottawa Birth and Wellness Center - Preparing for birth ​
• Birth supplies for home, hospital and birth centre births
• ​Ottawa Valley Doulas
• Ottawa Childbirth Education Association​
• ​Mothercraft prenatal education​
• ​Prenatal Classes & Pregnancy Circles
• Naissance-Renaissance Outaouais prenatal classes
• HypnoBirthing, the Mongan method 
• The Bonapace method​

Third Trimester

• ​​When your water breaks before labour
• Antepartum, Intrapartum and Postpartum Management of Group B Streptococcus Summary​​​
• ​When your pregnancy goes past your due date

Optimal Fetal POsitioning

• Spinning Babies
• ​The Miles Circuit

Newborn

• Newborn Registration Service
• About Newborn Screening
• 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

• ​​Normal Newborn Behaviour
• Newborn Care
• Newborn Safety
• 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
• Breastfeeding - Prenatal Education Ontario
• La Leche League local groups
• ​Parenting in Ottawa: Breastfeeding
• Bottle Feeding (from the Eastern Ontario Health Unit)​
• Formula feeding: Amount and schedule
• The Newman Breastfeeding Clinic

Post partum 

• Postnatal Personal Care for Mothers
• Recovery After Birth
• Measuring for a nursing bra
• Transition to Parenthoodwww.ontarioprenataleducation.ca/transition-to-parenthood/

POST PARTUM Depression/Mental Health

• 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​
• Mental Health -  Prenatal Education Ontario

PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES

• What is pelvic floor physiotherapy?
• ​Pelvic Support FAQ
• ​​Lisa Flanders: Connecting your Pelvic Floor​

MISCaRRIAGE/Pregnancy Loss/Infant Loss/Infertility

• Ottawa-Gatineau information and support for pregnancy loss, infant lost and infertility
• Miscarriage Association UK
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Substance use in pregnancy

• Cannabis: Thinking about using cannabis before or during pregnancy? A resource by the PHAC and Best Start​
• Alcohol - Prenatal Education Ontario 
• Smoking - ​Prenatal Education Ontario
• Medications and Drugs

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Vaccination in pregnancy

• Ottawa Public Health Vaccine Information​
• Introduction to Vaccines 
• Canadian Association of Midwives - Vaccines
• Health Canada - Vaccines in Pregnancy

BREECH BIRTH

• Breech birth - SOGC handout
• If your baby is breech - BC women's