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Healthy Pregnancy

Baby’s Best Chance – A comprehensive resource on pregnancy and postpartum

Medications and Common Products
Pregnancy Pocket Guide (Medications)

Exercise, Activity and Sleeping
Kegel exercises
Nutrition
Weight gain
Foods to avoid
Food Safety

Community Resources
Pregnancy & Infant Loss

Infant Loss Support
Empty Cradle – Support Group
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

About Midwifery & Maternity Care

College of Midwives BC
Midwifery Association of BC
Canadian Association of Midwives
“Having a Baby” by Canadian Association of Midwives
International Confederation of Midwives
Perinatal Services BC
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
Punjabi CMBC Information Sheet

Prenatal Resources

Baby’s Best Chance: Handbook to Pregnancy and Baby Care
Healthiest Babies Possible
Maxxine Wright Community Health Centre
Thrifty Foods Free Prenatal Vitamins “Healthy Baby Program”

Medication, Drug, and Chemical Exposure in Pregnancy

Mother to Baby

Nutrition

Canada Food Guide
Folic Acid
Iron
Calcium

Doula Services

Doula Services Association of BC
Doulas of North America

Caesarean Birth & VBAC

VBAC
SOGC Guidelines
International Caesarean Awareness Network
Caesarean Task Force Report 2008
College of Midwives of BC, VBAC Guidelines

Water Birth

College of Midwives of BC – Guidelines

Tongue Tie

Dr Jimmy Chan Laser Frenectomy
Tongue Tie Anatomy
Diagnosing Tongue and Lip Tie

Multi Language Resources

Click here for Complete Health Link Resource List in a Wide Variety of Languages!
Baby’s Best Chance Handbook – Punjabi
Baby’s Best Chance Handbook – Chinese
Baby’s Best Chance Handbook – Arabic
Preparing for Labour and Birth – Punjabi
Preparing for Labour and Birth – Chinese
Breastfeeding Your Baby – Punjabi
Breastfeeding Your Baby – Chinese
Breastfeeding Your Baby – Arabic

 

Do you need interpreter services for any of your Fraser Health Appointments?
Interpreter Services Information – Chinese
Interpreter Services Information – Punjabi
Interpreter Services Information – Vietnamese

First Trimester (up to 14 weeks)

How to Page the Midwife-Emergency/Urgent Concerns
When to Call the Midwife-Throughout Your Time in our Care

Nausea in Pregnancy
Spotting, Cramping and Bleeding
Ultrasound
Vaccinations and Pregnancy

Genetic Screening
Genetic Screening Options (Perinatal Services)
Lifelabs NIPT Information Video
Lifelabs Panorama NIPT 
Invitae NIPS $99
Invitae Testing Panel
PEGASUS UBC Trial – Funded NIPT/SIPS

 

Breast Health
Know Your Lemons
How to- Self Breast Exam

Second Trimester (14-28 weeks)

Gestational Diabetes Evidence from Ontario Midwifery Association
Screening Options for Gestational Diabetes
What is Gestational Diabetes?
Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes

 

RH Negative Birthing Persons
BCWH Info Sheet Rh Neg
Fraser Health Handout RH Neg
Semiahmoo Midwives Information Handout RH Negative
Rho(D) Immune Globulin Injection Fact Sheet

Third Trimester (28 weeks and on)

Delivering the Placenta
Vitamin K Treatment for Baby
Newborn Eye Treatment
 – Perinatal Services BC Guideline
 – Canadian Paediatric Society
Newborn Screening
GBS Screening for Mom
Antenatal Hand Expression

Labour and Birth

When to Call
Semiahmoo Birth Plan
Surrey Memorial Hospital, FAQ’s and Wayfinding
VBAC Planning Checklist
Supplies for Hospital Labour and Coming Home
Peanut Ball in Labour
Spinning Babies (Optimal Fetal Positioning, and Exercises for Pregnancy and Labour)
Evidence Based Birth (Articles, Podcasts, and Reliable Information for Pregnancy and Labour)
Active Birth Article
The Miles Circuit

Induction of Labour Info Sheet

After Baby is Born (Postpartum)

When to call the Midwife-Postpartum
Caring for the New Mom
Caring for Baby
Newborn Screening Handout
Newborn Screening Information Perinatal Services BC
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Resource
Telus Baby Health Tracking App
Local Physiotherapist Kjersti Malinsky-Pelvic Floor Tips

 

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding and Diaper Log
Breastfeeding your baby
Recommendations for the breastfeeding Mother
Signs that your baby is breastfeeding well
Breast Engorgement
Increasing your milk supply
Treating a blocked duct
Sore Nipple Management
How to support a Mother who is breastfeeding
Breastfeeding and Newborn Care Videos
Unicef Breastfeeding – Latch Videos

Forms
Evaluation Form
Home Birth Handbook

BCCNM Home Birth Standards of Practice
SOGC Statement on Home Birth
Home Birth Supply List
Home Birth Consent
Outcomes Study of Planned Home Birth
Evidence Based Birth Home Birth Webinar
Home Birth 5 Year Study
Guidelines for Water in Labour

COVID-19 & Pregnancy

WHO COVID & Pregnancy
WHO Vaccines Explained
Common Myths about COVID
BC CDC Vaccine in Pregnancy and Lactation
BC CDC Covid Positive in Labour/Hospital Guidelines
Covid Vaccine Informed Choice
SOGC Covid Vaccine Statement
Omicron
Statement from Health Canada Regarding Booster, See Page 9
Study of Covid Vaccine in Pregnancy (Prelim)

Cannabis in Pregnancy and Lactation

Cannabis in Pregnancy and Lactation
Women and Cannabis
Ontario Public Health Best Start Cannabis Resource
http://www.bclca.ca/resources/Documents/Cannabis%20_Lactation_BCLCA_Final_Nov_8_2019.pdf

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3388 Rosemary Heights Crescent
Surrey, BC V3Z 0K7
Contact
Phone: 778-545-1622 | Fax: 778-571-2975
Emergency Pager: 1-778-760-2886
Email: info@semiahmoomidwives.com
Semiahmoo Bay Midwives would like to acknowledge that we provide services within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Stz'uminus, Kwantlen, W̱SÁNEĆ, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Kwikwetlem, sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen), and Katzie First Nations.
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