Powerful Parents part 4: How a patient’s partner went from ‘lost cause’ to loving dad | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/20221219_124234%20(2).jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Powerful Parents part 4: How a patient’s partner went from ‘lost cause’ to loving dad | In part four of our series on Powerful Parents between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, read how Jean-Pol and Tausha quit substance use with the help of BC Women’s and Together We Can to keep custody of their daughter and create a happy home in Chilliwack. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/powerful-parents-part-4-how-a-patient’s-partner-went-from-‘lost-cause’-to-loving-dad | | 2023-06-15T07:00:00Z | | |
How to breathe easier during wildfire season when pregnant | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1011789360.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | How to breathe easier during wildfire season when pregnant | Increasing temperatures and dry weather have contributed to the rise in wildfires across the province. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/how-to-breathe-easy-during-wildfire-season-when-pregnant | | 2023-06-13T07:00:00Z | | |
Powerful Parents part 3: Partners of patients at BC Women’s receive substance use treatment | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/frank%20collage.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Powerful Parents part 3: Partners of patients at BC Women’s receive substance use treatment | After 14 years of substance use, Frank has stopped for nine months now, thanks to the birth of his son, BC Women's and Together We Can. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/powerful-parents-part-3-partners-of-patients-at-bc-women’s-receive-substance-use-treatment | | 2023-06-08T07:00:00Z | | |
Milk donor tells story of loss and giving | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/stephanie%20and%20Nell.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Milk donor tells story of loss and giving | In honour of World Day of Human Milk Donation, Provincial Milk Bank donor Stephanie shares her heart-wrenching story - a mother processing her grief while helping others. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bcw-milk-donor-tells-story-of-loss-and-giving | | 2023-05-19T07:00:00Z | | |
The importance of milk donation for micro-preemie baby | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Screenshot_20230512_202357_Gallery.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | The importance of milk donation for micro-preemie baby | May 19 is World Day of Human Milk Donation and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre is in need of donors. BC Provincial Milk Bank donor, Lisa Naylor, tells the story of her daughter's premature birth and the "liquid gold" that helped save her. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/the-importance-of-milk-donation-for-micro-preemie-baby | | 2023-05-19T07:00:00Z | | |
Powerful Parents part 2: Fostering resilience, recovery and strength at BC Women's | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Melissa%20embrace%20shot.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Powerful Parents part 2: Fostering resilience, recovery and strength at BC Women's | Melissa had all of her children removed from her care as a result of her substance use, but she has them back after going through the Families in Recovery (FIR) program and now uses this experience to support others at BC Women’s. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/powerful-parents-part-2-fostering-resilience-recovery-and-strength-at-bc-womens | | 2023-05-19T07:00:00Z | | |
Tips during pregnancy to stay safe during hot weather | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1226112459.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Tips during pregnancy to stay safe during hot weather | Pregnant women are more vulnerable to heat exhaustion or even heat stroke than the general public. Read the advice from a BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre expert. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/tips-for-pregnant-women-to-stay-safe-during-the-summer-heat-wave | | 2023-05-11T07:00:00Z | | |
Powerful Parents part 1: Overcoming substance use to become a mother helping other mothers | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/darci.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Powerful Parents part 1: Overcoming substance use to become a mother helping other mothers | As we celebrate Mother’s Day, read part one of our series on Powerful Parents and how a BC Women's leader is paying the help she received forward in the work she does today. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/overcoming-substance-use-to-become-a-mother-helping-other-mothers-at-bc-womens | | 2023-05-11T07:00:00Z | | |
Celebrating the diverse and talented nurses at BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Nursing%20week_Social_BC%20Women’s_1920x1080.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Celebrating the diverse and talented nurses at BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre | National Nursing Week is May 8-14 and to celebrate, we are highlighting a few of the nurses who make up the BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre team. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/celebrating-the-diverse-and-talented-nurses-at-bc-womens-hospital-and-health-centre | | 2023-05-08T07:00:00Z | | |
Be part of the change: Q&A with Dr. Brian Fitzsimmons | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Fitzsimmons%20cropped.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Be part of the change: Q&A with Dr. Brian Fitzsimmons | May 1 is National Physicians’ Day, and we are marking the day by talking to Dr. Brian Fitzsimmons about his career as a staff gynecologist at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/be-part-of-the-change-qa-with-dr-brian-fitzsimmons | | 2023-04-28T07:00:00Z | | |