Resources — Tri-City Midwives

Pregnancy Passport – An on-line booklet for tracking your pregnancy’s progress
SOGC Pregnancy Info – Tons of great information on pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum, including links to relevant resources
Healthy Families BC – Pregnancy & parenting resources for all stages of your family
Best Beginnings – Register here for the Best Beginnings program which provides public health support to pregnant people, new parents, & babies
RCH Maternity Unit – General information about delivering at RCH, including cost of private or semi-private rooms
RCH Maternity Tour – use this link to see the updated video for the RCH Maternity Tour. Currently in-person tours are on hold due to COVID
Pregnancy & Baby Health Guide – This Fraser Health website provides links to a number of topics relevant to pregnancy, birth, and life with baby
Fraser North Maternity Hub – Resources for pregnancy and newborn care in the Tri-Cities and New Westminster.
Evidence Based Birth – An unbiased look into some of the big decisions you will have to make in your pregnancy

SOGC Postpartum Info – for info on common topics and links to resources
March of Dimes – information on what to expect during the first 6 weeks postpartum
Contraception – information from the SOGC on different methods of contraception
Mother Me – for extra support by a postpartum doula
MamaBear Holistic Care – offers postpartum & breastfeeding support, along with CPR & choking workshops, prenatal classes, sleep consultation and more

Baby’s Best Chance – a reference guide for pregnancy, birth, and your baby’s first six months
Caring For Kids – information for parents provided by the Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS)
Infant Development Program – serves children from birth to 3 years who are at risk for or have a developmental delay. You can self-refer or seek a referral from your family doctor or other community health care worker
Circumcision – information for parents provided by the CPS
Newborn Sleep – information for parents provided by the CPS
Safe Sleep – information on making the newborn sleep environment as safe as possible

Dr. Jack Newman – tons of great resources including helpful videos
Kellymom – evidence-based resources on breastfeeding and parenting
La Leche League Canada – resources, phone, and in-person support
Vancouver Breastfeeding Center – resources & in-person breastfeeding support provided by doctors & covered by MSP. Let us know if you’d like a referral!

SOGC Statement on Planned Homebirth
CMBC Statement on Planned Homebirth
CMBC Planned Place of Birth Handbook – before you plan a home birth, we recommend you read this!
CMBC Required Equipment – a list of what RMs bring to your home for a home birth. We hope you find this reassuring!
CMBC Planned Place of Birth Informed Consent – please read and sign after discussing planned home birth with us
Association on Ontario Midwives – our RM colleagues in Ontario have developed this on-line resource to help you learn about home birth
Canadian Birth Products – Birth pools and other supplies for home birth. Jill offers CPR/first aid and doula services as well

Doula Services Association – information on doulas, as well as a referral service to hook you up with local doulas
Doulamatch – a referral service to hook you up with local doulas
Birthing Mother Doula Services
Voyage Birth
Luci Gimenes – (778)321-1729

Spirit of the Children Society – offers services to families with indigenous children, including prenatal groups with Elder teachings and Cultural parenting groups and teaching

Pacific Post Partum Support Society – in-person, phone/text & informational support
Healthlink BC – Info on PPD including an interactive tool
Share Family & Community Services – offers access to both general counseling services & an urgent access service (this service is referral only)
Fraser Health Mental Health Centres – offers community-based mental health support & access to the Fraser Health Crisis Line
Reproductive Mental Health – This is a referral only service in Fraser Health providing psychiatric consultation in pregnancy & up to one year postpartum
BC Reproductive Mental Health – Information & access to services for women across BC, run through BC Children’s Hospital
Anxiety BC – Support and resources for pregnant people & parents-to-be
Edinburgh Perinatal/Postnatal Depression Scale – a screening tool that can be used to assess risk for mood changes in pregnancy & the postpartum

TDaP Vaccine – Q&A from the SOGC
TDaP Vaccine during Pregnancy – Information form the BCCDC
COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding – Statement from the SOGC
Healthlink BC – information regarding recommended vaccine before and during pregnancy
Ontario Midwives – Our colleagues in Ontario have prepared this summary on safe vaccines for pregnancy

Healthy Eating in Pregnancy – a guide to nutrition provided by Fraser Health
Canada Food Guide – click here to find the updated version
Health Canada – Healthy food guide & information for pregnancy
Health Canada – Recommendations for folic acid supplementation & dietary sources
HealthLink BC – healthy eating guidelines for pregnancy
Dietitians of Canada – evidence based information & links
SOGC Folic Acid – information on importance & dosing of Folic Acid
Exercise and Pregnancy – information prepared by BC Women’s Hospital
Pregnancy Info – Exercise – prepared by the SOGC with links to resources

Bump Physio & Co – local prenatal & postpartum physiotherapy, including pelvic floor
Dayan Physiotherapy & Pelvic Floor Clinic – another great clinic for pelvic floor physiotherapy
Coast Therapy – physiotherapy & other allied care providers with multiple locations

MotherToBaby – provides evidence-based information on the safety of different medications and exposures in pregnancy
Lactmed – a searchable database for medications and breastfeeding. They have an app as well
InfantRisk Center – information & resources on safe medications for pregnancy & breastfeeding, run by Dr. Thomas Hale, an expert in the field
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Pocket Guide – lots of information for safe home treatments & safe medications for common discomforts of pregnancy