Helpful Resources
Early Pregnancy Resources
Due Date Calculator
Miscarriage
Evidence Based Information
- She Found Health
- Having A Baby
- Childbirth Connection
- Optimal Birth BC (Perinatal Services BC)
- Evidence Based Birth
- MothertoBabe Factsheets on Medications and Herbs
- Association of Ontario Midwives, Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Healthy Families BC
- Baby's Best Chance
- SexandU.ca. Information about sexuality and contraception
Covid-19 Information
Nutrition
Childbirth Educaton Online
Birth
- Spinning Babies
- Simulated Childbirth
- Ceci Jane Birth Videos
- Mothering Magazine Birth Video List
- She's a Girl Like Me!! Home birth video
- Pregnancy Exercises to Help with Labour
VBAC
Waterbirth
Homebirth Research
- TEDx Talk on Homebirth
- Canadian Association of Midwives Homebirth Statement
- An Annotated Guide to the Literature - University of British Columbia
- Outcomes associated with planned place of birth among women with low risk pregnancies (Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2015
- Outcomes of Planned Homebirth (Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2009)
- Outcomes of Planned Homebirth (Britsh Medical Association Journal, 2005)
- Severe Adverse Maternal Outcomes Among Low Risk Women with Planned Home Birth (British Medical Assoiciation Journal, 2013)
- Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009. (Journal of Midwifery, 2014)
- Costs of Planned Home vs. Hospital Birth in BC Attended by Registered Midwives and Physicians, Janssen, July 2015
Breastfeeding
- Dr. Jack Newman
- Breastfeeding Online
- Motherwear Essential Breastfeeding Guide
- La Leche League Canada
- BC Women's Milk Bank
Newborn Issues
- Canadian Pediatric Society
- Co-Sleeping
- No-Cry Sleep Solution - Elizabeth Pantley
- Starting Solids and Infant Feeding
- 10 Reasons Not to Circumcise
Parenting Support
Mental Health Issues/Postpartum Depression Support
- Postpartum.org
- Here to Help
- Perinatal Depression Treatment Options (BC)
- Cognitive Behavour Therapy Workbooks (free online)
- AnxietyBC
Other Great Sites
Information about Maternity and Parental Benefits
Midwifery
- Midwives Association of British Columbia
- Canadian Association of Midwives
- College of Midwives of British Columbia
- Canadian Midwifery Regulators Consortium
Other Related Professional Affilliations
- BC Perinatal Services
- Canadian Pediatric Society
- Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Canada (SOGC)