Essential Information For Your First Appointment
College of Midwives of Ontario: About Midwifery
Informed Choice
Pregnancy
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Pocket Guide
Iron Deficiency Anemia and You – Association of Ontario Midwives
Guide to Iron Supplements – Association of Ontario Midwives
Pregnant during Ramadan
Mariah’s Prenatal Class Videos
Prenatal Genetic Screening
To learn more about genetic prenatal screening, including a list of ultrasound labs that are accredited to provide the ~11-13week NT Ultrasound, visit Prenatal Screening Ontario.
Pregnancy and Early Newborn Vaccinations
For Pregnant Person:
- TDaP (“whooping cough”)
- Flu shot
- COVID vaccination/booster
For Baby:
CANImmunize app – digital vaccination app (digital version of the “yellow” vaccination card)
Vitamin K
Erythromycin Eye Ointment
RSV Fact Sheets:
Mental Health and Parenting Support
Ask your midwife about a referral to one-Link
Women’s College Postpartum Matters Program
Self-directed cognitive behavioural therapy workbooks for perinatal anxiety and perinatal depression.
Free online support groups (mental health/anxiety/depression, Black parents, Desi parents, special needs children, Queer + Trans parents, NICU parents and many other groups!)
Bounce Back Ontario – free, guided program (telephone, videos, etc.)
Bridgeway – lots of free programs for parents, and parents/kids
Info Peel – Info Peel and Service Pathways provides a front door for childcare, early years and developmental services within Peel Region, specializing in providing information and referrals for childcare centres, early years, special needs and community services
Prenatal Classes and Doulas
Mariah’s Prenatal Classes
BridgeWay Prenatal programs (including HealthyStart, Teen Prenatal Supper Club, CarSeat Safety, Prenatal Classes, Infant CPR and more)
Trillium Health Partners free online prenatal program
Midwife Holliday Tyson, RM Youtube Prenatal Videos (Part 1 -3)
Doulas of North America (DONA) International – http://dona.org/mothers/
Association of Ontario Doulas – http://ontariodoulas.org/
Shawn Gallagher – ChildBirthJoy Prenatal Hypnosis
Womb: Birthing from Within Prenatal Classes
Keep Calm Hypnobirthing
Graceful Birth
Mother Matters: Prenatal Classes
Birthing While Black (free online course)
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
Making an Informed Choice VBAC
An Unnecessary cut: How the C-Section Became America’s Most Common Major Surgery
Labour and Birth
Water Birth Tubs
Postpartum
Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
How to Register Your Baby and Hearing Screening Follow-up and Milestones
Is This Normal? For birthing parent and baby, including warning signs and when to page.
Printable Diaper and Feeding Log
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Services – Central West
Breastfeeding Services – Peel Region
Trillium Breastfeeding & Pumping Community Resources
International Breastfeeding Centre
La Leche League Mississauga – support for breast/chest-feeding parents
Antenatal Colostrum Collection
Parenthood
Ontario Early Years Centres
Caring for Your Baby and Yourself – Trillium Health Partners Videos
Region of Peel – Baby’s First Year
Region of Peel – Children and Parenting
24 Hour Cribside Assistance – New “Dad” Manual
Bridgeway Family Centre
Dad Central
The naming of any organization, product or therapy, does not imply endorsement from Midwives of Mississauga. This information is provided for reference purposes only.
