Resources

  • Association of Ontario Midwives – http://www.aom.on.ca/ – The Association of Ontario Midwives is the professional body representing midwives and the practice of midwifery in the province of Ontario. They also have a consumer website at the same link that we encourage you to join. Help Ontario Midwives improve birth care in Ontario.

  • College of Midwives of Ontario – http://www.cmo.on.ca/ – Midwifery care in Ontario is defined and guided by a history of and ongoing support for community-based midwives working in partnership with childbearing women. The CMO envisions a time when every community and every woman in the province has midwifery care as an accessible and viable option for childbearing.

Evidence Based Birth – Prenatal Classes

  • Child Reach Resource Centre 265 Maitland Street, London. Meets every Thursday morning (group not available in July or August)
  • Circumcision
  • Infantline, 519-675-8444 Public nurses available evenings 4:30-10:00 pm and weekends 10:00 am-8:00 pm to answer questions about your baby.
  • Mother Reach Middlesex and London, 519-434-3644 x 619Postpartum depression support.
  • Ontario Early Years Centres There are 3 centres in London that run a number of children’s programs, a drop-in play centre and a toy lending library FREE of charge. Look online for a location close to you.
  • Parent Resources Guide A comprehensive guide on a variety of parenting topics.
  • Psychology Today Search for therapists in your local area.
  • The Health Line Information about local health care services in Middlesex County.
  • OMAMA OMama is a website and a mobile application (app) that connects women and families to a trusted, evidence-informed healthy pregnancy, birth, and early parenting information for Ontario, Canada. Keep in touch with OMama by visiting our Facebook page.
  • OMAMA App Download the OMAMA App here.

Many of these books are available online in digital format, for order, or for loan from the online London Public Library or our clinic library.

Pregnancy
1. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: the complete guide – by Penny Simkin
2. Real Food for Pregnancy: the Science and wisdom of optimal prenatal nutrition – by Lily Nichols
3. Healthy Beginnings: Giving your baby the best start from preconception to Birth -by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

Birth
1. The Birth Partner: A complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and other labour companions- By Penny Simkin
2. Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth – by Ina May Gaskin
3. Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesto – by Ina May Gaskin
4. Fearless Birthing: Clear your fears for a positive birth -Alexia Leachman
5. Mindful Birthing – by Nancy Bardacke
6. Birthing from Within – by Pam England
7. Hypnobirthing 4th edition: the natural approach to safer, easier, more comfortable birthing – by Marie Mongan
8. Helping Birth: your guide to pain relief choices and interventions in labour and childbirth with real stories – by Eleanor Hayes (UK)

Breastfeeding
1. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding – 8th Ed. – by the Le Leche League
2. Dr. Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding – by Dr. Jack Newman
3. Latch: A handbook for breastfeeding with confidence at every stage – by Robin Kaplan (IBCLC)

Newborns and the Postpartum
1. Build Your Nest: a postpartum planning workbook – Kestrel Gates
2. The Baby Book – everything you need to know about your babe from birth to age two. – By Dr.Sears
3. The Baby Owner’s Manual – by Louis Borgenicht
4. Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family
5. The First Forty Days: the essential art of nourishing the new mother – by Heng Ou
6. The Fourth Trimester: A postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring your Vitality – by Kimberley Ann Johnson
7. Postpartum: A story of unraveling and becoming – by Flow Belinsky

Perinatal and Postpartum Emotions/ Postpartum Mood Disorders
1. Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: a Self Help Guide for mothers
2. The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: practical skills to help you overcome anxiety, worry, panic attacks, and compulsions – by Kevin Gyoerkoe (Psy D) and Pamela Wiegartz (PhD)
3. This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression – by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Davis Raskin
4. Good Moms Sometimes Have Scary Thoughts: a healing guide to the secret fears of new mothers – by Karen Kleiman and Molly McIntyre

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I am pregnant or breastfeeding. Should I get the COVID-19 Vaccine? COVID-19 vaccination (including booster doses) is strongly recommended during pregnancy. Getting vaccinated, as soon as possible, is the safest choice to protect yourself and your baby from the known risks of COVID-19 infection. Check out the following document to answer any other questions you could have in regards to this.

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