client resources

genetic screening

PSBC - What are your options? (video)

Prenatal Genetic Screening: It’s Your Choice (English)

Prenatal Genetic Screening: It’s Your Choice (French)

SIPS/IPS/QUAD - Understanding your provincially funded options

What it means to 'screen positive' 

A positive Screen - What do you do now? (English)

A Positive Screen - What do you do now? (French)

What is NIPT?

Down syndrome Resource Foundation

Canadian Down Syndrome Society

INVITAE NIPS

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going overdue

In Due Time: Pregnancy Beyond 40 years old (English)

In Due Time: Pregnancy Beyond 40 years old (French)

When Your Pregnancy Goes Past Your Due Date (English)

When Your Pregnancy Goes Past Your Due Date (French)

gestational diabetes

what is gestational diabetes?

 

The preferred approach to screening & diagnosing

home birth

Considering Homebirth? - AOM

Choosing homebirth (short video)

Choosing Homebirth - A deep dive into the research

College of Midwives of BC Place of Birth Handbook

2009: Planned home birth versus planned hospital birth 

2016:: Planned home birth versus planned hospital birth

Homebirth Equipment & Medications - What Midwives Bring

What Happens At A Homebirth?

Homebirth with your first baby (English)

Homebirth with your first baby (French)

Homebirth with your second baby and beyond (English)

Homebirth with your second baby and beyond (French)

Home or Hospital - Saras Vedam - TedTalk

A beautiful home water birth (video)

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high blood pressure

What are Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy? (English)

What are Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy? (French)

VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)

International Cesarean Awareness Network
VBAC decision making tool (English)
VBAC decision making tool (French)
VBAC a deeper look into the research

ultrasound

Routine Ultrasound in Pregnancy (English)

 

Routine Ultrasound in Pregnancy (French)

 

If you've been told your baby is big

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iron deficiency

Iron Deficiency and You (English)

 

Iron Deficiency and you (French)

 

Iron Supplements: A comparison graph

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labour & delivery

When your water breaks before labour

 

Evidence Based Birth - The Third Stage of Labour

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gbs : group b streptococcus

newborn procedures

Evidence Based Birth - Vitamin K

Canadian Paediatric Society - Vitamin K 

Evidence Based Birth - Eye Ointment

AOM Position Statement - Eye Ointment

PSBC: Changing Eye Ointment Recommendations

Newborn Metabolic Screen

newborn care

Normal Newborn Behaviour (English)

Normal Newborn Behaviour (French)

What is Jaundice? (English)

What is Jaundice? (French)

When Your Baby Needs Phototherapy (English)

When Your Baby Needs Phototherapy (French)