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Resources

ACUPUNCTURE for pregnancy, birth and postpartum

BABY LED WEANING (AKA BABY LED FEEDING)

BIRTH PLANS (templates, how and why to write them)

‘How To’ write a birth plan
Interactive birth plan template (childbirth.org)
Birth plan template (naturalparentingadvice.org)

BIRTH SUPPLIES

Birthing Buddies- Pool Rentals
Cherish Childbirth Care– Birth Supplies Rental Packages
Mama Goddess Birth Shop– Birth and Postpartum products for sale

BOOKS

And Baby Makes Three (John and Julie Gottman)
Gentle Birth Choices (Barbara Harper)
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (Penny Simkin et al.)
Ina May Gaskin– Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding, Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta and Spiritual Midwifery
Siblings Without Rivalry (Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish)
Taking Charge of your fertility (Toni Weschler)
The Vital Touch (Sharon Heller)
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (LLLI)
The Year After Childbirth (Sheila Kitzinger)

BREASTFEEDING (see Breastmilk for where to get donations, or Lactation Consultation for expert help)

A Perfect Latch video– Stanford University
Bloom Breastfeeding Basics Education – Vancouver
Dr Jack Newman– Canadian breastfeeding expert
Hand Expression video– Stanford University
Kelly Mom
Le Leche League– phone: 604.520.4623 (go to a meeting while you’re pregnant!)
Maximizing Production video– Stanford University

BREASTMILK (Donor milk)

BC Women’s Hospital (Formal Milk Bank)
Eats on Feets (Informal sharing)
Human Milk for Human Babies (Informal sharing)

CHIROPRACTORS

Dr Anne Stacey– Commercial Drive (Active Release Technique for pregnancy and newborns)
Dr Avtar Jassal– West Broadway
Dr Giselle Chamberlain- West Broadway (family chiropractor- including prenatal and newborn)
Dr Mark Speakman– Kitsilano or Broadway at Main St.
Dr Rozeela Nand– West Broadway (including conception and pregnancy issues)

CLOTH DIAPERS

Hipkiddo
Inara’s Cloth Diapers
Kawaii
Little Monkey Store (diapering workshops,diaper rental kits and cloth diaper distribution)
New and Green (diapering workshops,diaper rental kits and cloth diaper distribution)

CONSCIOUS PARENTING

Attachment Parenting
Dr David Chamberlain
The Birth Continuum Bonnie Davis
The Vital Touch (book by Sharon Heller)
“Why Your Newborn is Only Happy in Your Arms”

DELAYED CORD CLAMPING (A very important thing to consider!)

Are Doctors Causing Infant Brain Damage by Clamping the Umbilical Cord Prematurely? (Dr Mercola)
Dr. Nicholas Fogelson Videos in 4 parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
How the Cord Clamp Injures your Baby’s Brain (by George M. Morely)
Penny Simkin Demonstration Video

DIAPER SERVICES {Cloth versus Paper diaper facts}

Diapers Naturally
Happy Baby Cheeks (*best referral system!)
Review of Happy Baby Cheeks by a Vancouver Mom

“DUE DATES”

FERTILITY (see also Acupuncture, Naturopaths and Nutrition)

Natural Fertility Info Website
Yinstill Reproductive Wellness Centre

FITNESS

Bare Fit and Pregnant– Prental and Postnatal fitness programs
Fit 4 Two
Semperviva– prenatal yoga
Semperviva– mom and baby classes

GOVERNMENT AID

GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS (GBS Testing)

Information from the American Pregnancy Association
Natural Prevention Methods
Garlic Treatment

HEALTH

BC Ministry of Health
BC Nurse Line 811 or for the deaf and hearing-impaired 1.866.889.4700
Newborn Hotline 604.737.3737

HOMEBIRTH (studies concluding that it is safe)

“Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician” Janssen et al., 2009 (Canada)
“Perinatal mortality and morbidity in a nationwide cohort of 529 688 low-risk planned home and hospital births” de Jonge et al., 2009 (Netherlands)

HYPNOBABIES (Classes include a full childbirth education plus hypnosis tools for birthing)

INFANT MASSAGE CLASSES

INTERVENTIONS vs NATURAL BIRTH- Research Papers and Articles

Low Amniotic Fluid… I Don’t Think So– Gloria Lemay
Obstetric Lie #90- Your Fluid Levels Are Low– Mama Birth
Oxytocin during labour and risk of severe postpartum haemorrhage– Belghiti et al., 2011
Pain in Labour: You hormones are your helpers– Sarah Buckley
Reducing Inductions: Lack of Justification to Induce for “Postdates’– Slome Cohain
The Most Scientific Birth is Often the Least Technological Birth– Alice Dreger
Ultrasounds– linked to brain damage

LACTATION CONSULTATION

Bloom Midwifery Lactation Consultants
Brittney Kirton– IBCLC, RHN Urban Doula clients get $20 off their initial consultation!
Sandra Yates- IBCLC sandrayates@shaw.ca | 604.988.1284

MASSAGE THERAPY

MENTAL & EMOTIONAL WELLBEING

Dr. Mia Kalef– Birth Recovery Therapy
Pacific Post Partum Support Society phone 604.255.7999
Reproductive Mental Health
Solace for Mothers

MIDWIFERY CLINICS

Birth and Beyond– UBC
Bloom Community Midwives- Downtown Vancouver
Commercial Drive Midwives– Commercial Drive at Broadway, Vancouver
Open Door Midwifery– South Granville, Vancouver
Pomegranate Community Midwives-East Hastings
Strathcona Midwifery Collective– Strathcona/Downtown Eastside
The Midwifery Group– Main Street, Vancouver
Westside Midwives– West 4th Ave at Alma

MULTIPLES

NATURAL CLEANING AND BODY PRODUCTS

Skin Deep– An online database for you to research your ‘natural’ baby product and find out the truth
The Soap Dispensary– Offers bulk, refillable, earth-friendly products (Main St)

NATUROPATHS