Postpartum: the fourth trimester
Register your child's birth (Service Ontario)
Motherhood: what to expect in the early days
Breastfeeding Resources
LOCAL SUPPORTS
Kingston Breastfeeding Connection DropIn
Kingston Breastfeeding Connection website
La Leche League Kingston Facebook
KFL&A/Napanee Public Health Breastfeeding Clinics
Queen's Family Medicine Breastfeeding DropIn
KCHC- BetterBeginnings Peer Support
ONLINE RESOURCES
24/7 Bilingual Online Breastfeeding Service
Breastfeeding Videos for Mothers: Early Days, Positions, Milk Expression, etc (Global Health Media)
Breastfeeding: Getting Started (with videos) & Learning to Breastfeed (KFL&A Public Health)
Australian Breastfeeding Association (videos & info)
Breastfeeding Inc. (Dr. Jack Newman) Website (videos & info)
Breastfeeding Matters- Best Start Guide to Breastfeeding (francais) (arabic) (espanol) (chinese) (farsi) (other languages)
My Breastfeeding Guide - Best Start (available in many languages)
La Leche League International
The Breast Crawl Video
kellymom.com: Evidenced-Based Breastfeeding and Parenting website
Hand Expressing Colostrum (video)
Signs your baby is hungry: early, mid and late baby feeding cues
Expressing and Storing Breastmilk (Best Start)
Breastfeeding After A Reduction (BFAR)
Depression or other negative emotions during milk let-down (D-MER)
Early Sexual Abuse and Breastfeeding (Podcast)
Introducing Solid Food to your Baby (KFLAPH)
Breastfeeding your Late Preterm Baby (francais) (multiple languages)
Breastfeeding your Early Preterm Baby (francais) (multiple languages)
Breastfeeding your Preterm Baby Video (NHS)
Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank
Postpartum Adjustment Resources:
Coping with Anxiety During Pregnancy and Following the Birth: (Self-Management Guide for Women)
Life with a new baby is not always what you expect (Beststart) (francais) (chinese)
When sadness follows childbirth: Postpartum Depression (CWHN)
Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale Screening Tool
Kingston Peer Support Group: No Parent Left Behind
Mother Matters: an online support group for postpartum mood and adjustment concerns
Self Care and Recovery
New mother care: early weeks postpartum & what to expect (BC midwives advice)
Caesarean recovery (c-section) BC midwives advice
After your cesarean birth (Univ of Washington)
Factors in Postpartum Recovery (Penny Simkin)
Recovering from Postpartum Hemorrhage/PPH (AOM) (francais) (espanol) (chinese) (arabic) (farsi)
Not what we planned: two stories of birth and postpartum hemorrhage (AOM video)
Pelvic Floor Health (Childbirth Connection)
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy (K-Town Physio Downtown &West End)
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy (Lifemark Physiotherapy)
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy (Cassie Dionne @ Taylored Training)
The Newborn:
Normal Newborn Behaviour (francais) (espanol) (chinese) (arabic) (farsi)
Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants: Recommendations Birth to 6 months (Health Canada)
Vitamin K for newborns (Evidence Based Birth)
Jaundice in newborns (CPS) (Guidelines for providers)
Bathing your baby (Parenting in Ottawa video)
Preventing and Treating Your Baby's Flat Head
Communication Milestones (KFL&A Public Health)
Car Seat Safety
Car Seat Installation Clinics Kingston (Seats for Kids)
Infant Sleep
The Safe Sleep Seven for safer bedsharing from LaLecheLeague
Sleep Safety from Attachment Parenting Int.
Normal Infant Sleep (Infant Sleep Information Source/ISIS)
Using a Sling for Daytime Sleep (ISIS)
Dummies, Swaddling and Baby Sleep Bags (ISIS)
Sleep Well, Sleep Safe: A booklet for parents (Beststart)
Sexual Health:
Post Baby Hanky Panky: Keeping the Spark Alive
Birth Control (contraception) (SOGC)
Taking Charge of Your Fertility
Resource list of sexual health books
When can we have sex again after birth (NHS video)
Community Resources
Children's Outpatient Centre (COPC) at HDH
Child and Baby Talk Line (KFL&A Public Health)
613-549-1154 or 1-800-267-7875 ext. 1555
Healthy Babies, Healthy Children (KFL&A)
Health Canada: Is Your Child Safe? series
Caring for Kids: Canadian Pediatric Society
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network
Ontario Vaccination Schedule (Ontario public health)
Postpartum Doulas
Go Green Baby Postpartum Doula
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