LINKS
GENERAL PERINATAL CARE RESOURCES
- Vancouver Department of Midwifery
- Health Link BC - Register to find a Doctor or Nurse Practicioner
- British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives
- Midwives Association of BC
- Canadian Association of Midwives
- International Confederation of Midwives
- UBC Midwifery Program
- Perinatal Services BC
- Vancouver Pregnancy
- Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
- BC Reproductive Mental Health Program
- Association of Ontario Midwives - Client Handouts
- Due Date Calculator
- Childbirth Connection
- Baby's Best Chance
Handbook to Pregnancy and Baby Care
BC WOMEN'S, LABS & CORD BLOOD
- BC Women’s Hospital
- BC Women's hospital Virtual Tour
- The BrightStart Bundle
- Life Labs
- Cord Blood Donation - Information and Registration
PRENATAL SCREENING
- BC Prenatal Screening Program
- PCRM Prenatal Screening
- Olive Prenatal Screening
- Dynacare - NIPT Harmony for BC residents
- Life Labs - NIPT Panorama
RESOURCES FOR INDIGENOUS FAMILIES
- Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
- Urban Native Youth Association
- BC Indigenous Patient Liaison
- Vancouver Native Health Society
- Aboriginal Infant Development Program
- Aboriginal Mother Centre
- Spirit of the Children Society
- First Nations Health Authority
MEDICATION, DRUG, NOISE AND CHEMICAL EXPOSURE IN PREGNANCY & BREASTFEEDING
- Infant Risk Center & Call centre - Drug and chemical exposure
- Reproductive Health and the Workplace
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DIET AND NUTRITION
- Canada Food Guide
- Folic Acid
- HealthLink BC Healthy Eating in Pregnancy
- Alia Isaev - Our very own Registered Dietician, CNP - Vybrant Nutrition (covered by most extended health plans) email: info@midwiferygroup.ca to book :)
- Integrative Natropathic Medical Centre
- Erin Levine Registered Holistic Nutritionist
- Nurture The Future, Jill Wallace Registered Dietitan
- First Nations Canada Food Guide
- Mercury in Fish
PRENATAL CLASSES
- Bloom - Prenatal Classes (formerly Dancing Star)
- Online Prenatal Class Life Starts with Birth
- The Childbearing Society
- The Birth Place
- Baby Prep
- Hypnobabies with Jenn
- Birthing Embrace
- BROOD - Online Courses, In Person Private and Group Prenatal Workshops
PRENATAL & POSTPARTUM FITNESS
- Fit 4 Two
- Uphoria Prentatal Yoga
- Form Body Lab Pilates
- Barre Fitness
- Mama Method - modern movement
- Open Door Yoga
- Green Room Yoga
- Elevate - Pilates & Physio
- Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity in Pregnancy
- Swimming and Water Activities
TRAVELLING DURING PREGNANCY
- Government of Canada
- Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Zika Virus and Pregnancy
- Safe Travel During Pregnancy
DOULA SERVICES
- Doula Services Association of BC
- Doulas of North America
- Acumamas
- Own Your Birth Giulia Salles - Birth and Postpartum Doula
- Bloom Birth and Postpartum Doulas
- Vancouver Doula Lolli Comar
- Cherish Childbirth Care Candice Johnson
- Doulas of Vancvouver Birth & Postpartum Doulas
- Birthing Embrace Birth and Postpartum Doulas
- Rheja Gilchrist Birth & Postpartum Doula
- Kristie Robin Doula & Photographer
- Morag Hastings Doula & Photographer
- Jill Colpitts Birth Support and Education
- Jill Colpitts
- Nesting Doula Collecive Providing services to BIPOC communites
- The Divine Child Michelle & Raman
- ekw’í7tl Doula Dollective Doula service for Indiginous Familes
- BROOD Birth & Postpartum Doulas
HOME BIRTH & BIRTH SUPPLIES
- The Midwifery Group rents TENS machines! Call 604.877.7766
- Canadian Association of Midwives - Position Statement on Home Birth
- Home Birth Demonstration Project BC - Study
- Birth Pool Rental New Spirit
- Birth Pool Rental Blue Moon
- Water Birth Supplies Birth Supplies Canada
CESAREAN BIRTH & VBAC
- VBAC.com
- International Cesarean Awareness Network
- A Doula's Guide to C-sections
- BCWH Power to Push
- VBAC Decision Tool
- Family Centered Cesarean
COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES
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- Sally Lin - Juno Physiotherapy
Our in house Physio - to help with all your pregnancy aches and pains!
Sally also specializes in Pelvic Floor Physio
- Vancouver Osteopathy Centre
- Acumamas
- Amanda Buckle, RAc - AcuBirth - Registered Acupuncturist
Our in house Acupunturist - for relief of nausea, aches and pains or cervical ripening and more
- - Call our front desk @604-877-7766 OR email amanda@doulasofvancouver.ca to book an appointment
- Acubalance
- Hideo Takahashi Registered Acupuncturist
- Dr Jeda Boughton TCM
- Dr Karen Lam TCM
- Amy Luong, RMT - Amy provides massage to our pregnant and postpartum clients right here at The Midwiery Group! Click here to book an appointment.
- Bamboo Healing Centre Dr. Keema Shields TCM
- Harmony Family Wellness Centre Dr. Gabrielle Steinberg TCM
- Soma Prenatal / Postnatal Massage
- Dr. Ingrid Neufeld Chiropractor
- Dr. Paul Dodsworth Chiropractor
- Dr. Nora Rahemtulla Chiropractor
- The Continence Clinic
- Envision Physio
- Main Street Chiropractic
- Main Street Physio
- Form Body Lab Physiotherapy
NATURAL PHARMACIES
- Gaia Garden Herbal Dispensary
- Finlandia Natural Pharmacy
MENTAL HEALTH
- Anxiety Canada
- Pacific Postpartum Support Society
- BC Reproductive Mental Health Program BCWH
- Lisa Brooks, RCC - Perinatal Counselling - Right here at The Midwifery Group! - click here to book
- Tanya Podlozniuk Counselling
- Beverley Anderson Counselling
- Brian Dean Williams Counselling
- Family Services of Greater Vancouver - some free programs such as Trauma Counselling
- Robyn Kozak Perinatal Mental Health - Counselling
- Elana Sures Counselling
- Kate Borsato Counselling-online
- The PerinatalCollective Counselling & Parenting Support
WOMEN’S HEALTH
- Health Link BC - pregnancy & parenting
- BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
- BC Cancer Agency Cervical Screening Program - Check out the new self screening option!
- Women’s Health Collective Canada
- Our Bodies Ourselves
LGBTQ2IA Health & Support
- Gender Equity Resources
- Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre Wellness services for trans and gender diverse people
- Qmunity Queer Resource Centre
- Trans Care BC
- Queer and Trans Pregnancy and Parenting Group Strathcona Facebook Group
SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS
- Options for Sexual Health
- Smart Sex Resource
- BC Centre for Vulvar Health for assessment of vulvar pain conditions
- Sex During Pregnancy Info
RESOURCES FOR LOW INCOME AND SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES
- The YWCA of Vancouver
- Single Parent - Super Moms FB group
- Parent Support Services of BC
- Single Parent - Super Moms FB group
- Mom 2 Mom Support Servies
- Kiwassa Neighbourhood House
- Leisure Access Pass - for low income Vancouver residents
- Vancouver Family Connections
- Covenant House BC
- Sheway - A Community Program for Women and Children
- Baby Go Round
- Mamas for Mamas
FERTILITY & CONCEPTION
- Grace Fertility Clinic
- Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine
- Olive Fertility Centre
- Acubalance TCM Clinic
- Yinstill Reproductive Wellness
- Taking Charge of Your Fertility Book and Resources
PREGNANCY LOSS
- Pacific Post Partum Support Society
- Informative Video - What is miscarraige?
- Sea to Sky: Perinatal and Infant LossFacebook Support Group
- Dr Michal Regevpsychologist: 604 671 7356
- Tanya ZuikoskyCounselling: 604 771 8647
- Well Woman Counselling604 568 6765
- Brief Encounters
ABORTION
- Everywoman’s Health Clinic
- Willow Women's Clinic
ANTI-VIOLENCE RESOURCES
- WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre
- Battered Women's Support Services
BABY NAMES
- Baby name Wizard
- Baby Name Meaningssearch by meaning or origin
- BC Vital Statsmost popular names in BC
BABIES & PARENTING
- Healthy Families BC
- Healthy Swaddling Video Link
- Ask Dr. Sears
- Best Start: Ontario’s Maternal, Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre
- Canadian Institute of Child Health
- The Fussy Baby Site
- Parent Support BC
- Vancouver Family Connections
- Caring For Kids
- Canadian Down Syndrome Society
- BC Centre of Abiity
- Parenting Styles Article
- Kelly Mom Parenting
INFANT FEEDING AND LACTATION CONSULTANTS
- International Breastfeeding Centre
- Breastfeeding Videos
- Droplet Website: Videos - including Hand Expression - click here
- Kellymom: Breastfeeding & Parenting
- Maya Bolman Website - Videos including Hand expression
- La Leche League
- Breastfeeding Online
- Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic
- Jillian Simon - Lactation Consultant
The Milk Maven Right here at The Midwifery Group:) - Our In House LC's - Jillian Simon, Tracy Kemp and Candace Plohman
Click here to book an appt - Covered by MSP with a referral from your GP or midwife
- Mommy's Milk, Lactation Consultant
- Tracy Kemp, Lactation Consultant - ask your midwife for a referral
- BC Women's Milk Bank
- Trans Care BC - Feeding Resources
- BC Women's Breastfeeding Clinic
POSTPARTUM & COMMUNITY SUPPORT
- Pacific Postpartum Support Society
- Postpartum Meals with The Food Doula - Jacinda Oldale
- Mother Me - Postpartum Doulas
- Doula Services Association
- Momwell - Learning Centre Link
- BROOD - Postpartum doula services
- Postpartum Support International
IMMUNIZATION
- National Advisory Committee on Immunization
- World Health Organization
- T-Dap Vaccine in Pregnancy
- Vaccines in Pregnancy - CDC Guideline
- Vaccine Choice Canada
- Immunize BC
CIRCUMCISION
- Pollock Clinic
- Canadian Pediatric Society info for parents
- Evidence and Ethics on Circumcision
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