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BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport - Baby’s Best Chance: Parents’ Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care (PDF 4.41 MB).

BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport - Baby’s Best Chance: A Guide for Expectant Parents (video). BC Women's participated in the development of this video and is proud to have supported some of the mothers and their babies featured.
 
Motherrisk offers pregnant, planning and breastfeeding women with answers to common questions.

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) - Vancouver
  • Healthiest Babies Possible
  • Newborn Hotline - provides professional medical advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week (604-737-3737)
  • Vietnamese Baby Clinic
Healthy Beginnings www.sogc.medical.org/healthybeginnings - SOG's handbook to pregnancy and birth

Family Resource Library www.cw.bc.ca/library/default.htm - consumer health library operated by volunteers and professional staff out of BC Children's Hospital


Canadian Pediatric Society www.cps.ca


Caring for kids www.caringforkids.cps.ca - child health information from Canada's pediatric experts


La Leche League http://groups.lllc.ca - provides breastfeeding support and education

Breastfeeding Classes - offered through BC Women's

Prenatal Classes - Offered through BC Women's

Prevent SBS BC - The program here at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver is working to prevent shaken baby syndrome through a province-wide community-based educational program.

Special Products Distribution Centre - retail service that carries an extensive line of nutritional products, including formulas for oral and tube feeding, thickened products for swallowing problems, low-protein foods, as well as tube feeding supplies and equipment.


Updated: August 20, 2009