THANK YOU for being a part of Oakville Family Birth’s prenatal classes! It’s a sincere honour to play a small part in your journey.
Here are some of the resources we’ve discussed and some extras, too.
Hospital Info:
If you haven’t checked out your hospital’s site yet, look there for helpful info.
Halton Healthcare: https://www.haltonhealthcare.on.ca/programs-and-services/maternal-newborn-and-paediatrics/maternal-newborn.html
Oakville Trafalgar Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSSqHNbL1YU&feature=youtu.be
Milton District Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqmobYTY_Mw
Trillium Health Partners: https://trilliumhealthpartners.ca/patientservices/womens/Having-Your-Baby/Pages/default.aspx
Credit Valley Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL66F4516E2E4198AE
Trillium (Mississauga Hospital): https://trilliumhealthpartners.ca/patientservices/womens/Having-Your-Baby/Pages/Having-your-baby-at-the-Mississauga-Hospital-site.aspx
Joseph Brant Hospital: http://www.josephbranthospital.ca/en/programs-and-services/having-a-baby.asp
McMaster Hospital: http://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/documents/Patient%20Education/GettingReadyForChildbirth-lw.pdf
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton: http://www.stjoes.ca/hospital-services/women-s-infants-/birthing-unit
Mount Sinai Hospital: https://www.mountsinai.on.ca/patients/having-a-baby-at-mount-sinai
Feeding:
All hospitals in the area have post-discharge breastfeeding supports; inquire at the location where you give birth.
Halton Health Care’s Breastfeeding Clinics:
https://www.haltonhealthcare.on.ca/programs-and-services/maternal-newborn-and-paediatrics/maternal-newborn/outpatient-services.html
Peel Region’s Breastfeeding Clinics:
https://www.peelregion.ca/health/family-health/breastfeeding/resources/index.htm
St Joseph’s Hamilton – Breastfeeding and Newborn Assessment Unit: https://www.stjoes.ca/health-services/women-s-infants-/breastfeeding-newborn-assessment-clinic
McMaster Hospital Newborn Assessment Post-Discharge (NAP) Clinic: 905-521-2100 ext. 76347
Public Health Units – regardless of where you deliver, you have access to your local health unit:
Halton: http://www.halton.ca/cms/One.aspx?portalId=8310&pageId=10794
Peel: https://www.peelregion.ca/health/family-health/breastfeeding/
Hamilton: https://www.hamilton.ca/public-health/clinics-services/breastfeeding-clinics-supports
International Breastfeeding Centre http://ibconline.ca/ …videos are particularly helpful http://ibconline.ca/breastfeeding-videos-2/
Telehealth Ontario: 1-866-797-0000 (24/7 breastfeeding advice)
Maternal Mental Health
Peel Region has an excellent website on postpartum mood disorders: https://www.pmdinpeel.ca/
There are some great local resources around maternal mental health in this blog post I wrote: https://oakvillefamilybirth.com/2016/09/08/postpartum-depression-and-other-perinatal-mood-disorders/?iframe=true&theme_preview=true
Parenting Support
Oakville Parent-Child Centre https://www.op-cc.ca/
Milton Community Resource Centre: https://mcrc.on.ca/earlyon/
Mississauga: Bridgeway Family Centre: https://bridgewaycentre.ca/programs-services/
Burlington Reach Out Centre for Kids: https://rockonline.ca/earlyonandfamilycentre/
Hamilton EarlyON centres: https://www.hamilton.ca/social-services/early-years-and-child-care-services/earlyon-child-and-family-centres-locations
If there are any additional resources or contacts that would be helpful to you, don’t hesitate to ask.
Wishing you all the best with the remainder of your pregnancy and a great and healthy birth experience!
Oakville Family Birth 