Resources

Explore our collection of handouts and resources designed to help you prepare for pregnancy, labour and birth and postpartum and newborn care. From practical tips to supportive information, these tools will support you every step of the way.

Baby's Best Chance: Parents' Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care

Parents' Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care is intended to offer general information about pregnancy and parenting, with a focus on ensuring the health and well-being of you and your baby. It also provides guidance on how you can access additional support, should you need it. Topics covered include pregnancy, birth and parenting a baby up to six months of age. The PSBC Parent and Pregnancy Learning Centre has been developed in alignment with this important Provincial resource.

Our Sacred Journey: Indigenous Pregnancy Passport

Do you identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, or Inuit)? If yes, are you familiar with the Indigenous pregnancy passport? The Our Sacred Journey: Indigenous Pregnancy Passport is a resource you may find helpful to guide you through your pregnancy, birth, and you and your baby’s first few weeks. The pregnancy passport provides an expectant mother/person with:
  • Traditional teachings
  • Health information and resources
  • Growth charts, checklists, and Indigenous
  • A place to write down goals, thoughts, ideas and dreams for your baby
The Indigenous Pregnancy Passport was developed by Perinatal Services BC in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and First Nations Health Authority.
A special thank you goes out to the First Nations and Aboriginal Elders, community members, and professionals who helped develop this resource; members of the Provincial Advisory Committee; expert reviewers from around the province; and the Population and Public Health Program at the Provincial Health Services Authority. 
Ask your health care provider or health unit for a Pregnancy Passport.

Our Special Journey: Pregnancy Passport

Our Special Journey Pregnancy Passport supports you in having a healthy pregnancy, tracking your progress, and preparing for your baby. 
The Pregnancy Passport Includes:
  • Information about your needs and the care you can expect during your pregnancy, birth, and after your baby is born
  • A place to record check-ups and tests
  • A list of resources for more information
The Pregnancy Passport is published by Perinatal Services BC in partnership with the Ministry of Health and health authorities. The Pregnancy Passport is a companion to Baby's Best Chance.
Ask your health care provider or health unit for a Pregnancy Passport.

Pregnancy Passport Handout

The Pregnancy Passport Handout is a 2-page pull out from the pregnancy passport on breastfeeding or chestfeeding.

Birth Preference Guide

The Birth Preference Guide is a communication tool to support you with labour and birth options. Communicating your labour and birth preferences is an opportunity to share with your care team what is important to you. You may find it useful to use this guide early and often to discuss with your circle of support.

The Labour and Birth Hospital List

The Labour and Birth Hospital List offers parents some ideas of what they may want to pack in their labour and birth bag for the hospital.

Home Birth Supplies Checklist

The Home Birth Supplies Checklist offers parents some ideas of what they will need if planning to have a home birth. it is also a good idea to connect with your midwife to learn what supplies they may have for you. 

Early Labour Handout

It's when irregular contractions begin to occur, your cervix softens, shortens and prepares to open. It can last from several hours to several days and may start and stop several times. Staying home during early labour has many benefits and can help you to progress in labour. Always seek help from your health care provider and hospital as needed.

Deciding How to Feed Your Baby

Deciding How to Feed Your Baby is an important part of parenting. You may find it helpful to use this resource to write down any questions that you might have. Explore these with your health care circle at any time during your pregnancy. It is important to have all the information you need to make an informed decision on how to feed your baby.

NESTS for Well-Being

NESTS for Well-Being is a tool to write down some ideas that may help support your health and well-being. To help remember the basics of well-being, think of the term: 'NESTS'. 

Postpartum Support Guide

As you prepare to welcome your baby into the world, it is important to think about what comes after the birth — this is called the postpartum period. This is a time of great change and new beginnings for you and your family. A Postpartum Support Guide may help you and your family plan ahead for the weeks and months following birth.

Safer Sleep for My Baby

Safer Sleep for My Baby: In the early weeks of life, babies sleep for about 16 hours a day. When it comes to sleep, your baby’s sleep environment is always important – day or night. Some sleep practices are safer than others. Safer Sleep for My Baby pamphlet shares information about how to help make your baby’s sleep environment as safe as possible.

Honouring Our Babies Safer Sleep Cards

Indigenous infants are disproportionately impacted by sudden, unexpected infant death during sleep. While there is no one sleep practice that completely eliminates the risk, these cards support parents to choose safer infant sleep positions, environments, surfaces and protective factors.

Postpartum Sexual Health

‎Each person experiences their sexual health differently after having a baby. This resource will help answer any questions or concerns you may have about your sexual health after having a baby.

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Territory Acknowledgment

We respectfully acknowledge this Provincial Prenatal Education was developed at Perinatal Services BC on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish People, specifically the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations who have cared for and nurtured the lands and waters around us for all time. We give thanks for the opportunity to live, work and support care here.

We wish to acknowledge with gratitude that we also collaborated with many partners who live on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of many B.C. First Nations. We also acknowledge that there are other Indigenous people that live on these lands that originate from their own respective territories outside of these lands, the Chartered Communities of the Métis Nation B.C. and Inuit.
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