Prenatal Health Information

Your health during pregnancy and the health of your baby in the early years of life provide a firm foundation for your child’s future.

Parents face a big responsibility in caring for each other and their children. Prenatal information and support can help parents build a healthy family life and ease the early challenges of parenting.

Resources for Parents:

Prenatal Classes

• choice of one day workshops or prenatal course series over several evenings.

• online prenatal classes

  Topics for the one day, series or online prenatal courses include labour and delivery, infant    

  feeding, infant care and behaviour, safety, adjustment to parenthood and healthy family living.

 

Let’s Grow a Healthy Baby is a detailed book to help guide you through pregnancy.

Let’s Grow is a mail-out of resources and information for parents.

Community Resources is a list of services parents can access.                         

Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Home Visiting Program

Information for Expectant Parents:

Labour and Delivery

• Warning Signs During Pregnancy
• How Will I Know If I am in Labour?
• How Will Labour Progress?
• Breathing Techniques for Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery
• Comfort Suggestions for Labour
• Reminder Sheet for Birth Partner
• Packing Mom’s Suitcase
• Caesarian Birth
• Grey Bruce Health Services - Owen Sound Birthing Unit Tour Video

Infant Characteristics and Care

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

• Your Newborn at Birth - Visit the Infant section for more information

Feeding and Infant

• Breastfeeding
• Soothers

Adjusting to Parenthood

• Postpartum Physical Changes
• Postpartum Emotional Changes
• Fathers 
• Tips for New Parents