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Pregnancy And Birth

Making healthy choices before you conceive and when you are pregnant can help you have a healthy baby. Pregnancy is a special time, bringing with it changes to your body, your mood, and other things in your life. It’s normal to have questions and concerns. Having the answers will help you make good decisions about how to take care of yourself and your growing baby.

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Mental Health - Pregnancy and life with a new baby are not always what you expect (PDF 589 KB) English / Francais

Occupational and Other Common Exposures

Working During and Pregnancy

Safety - You and your baby (PDF 334/ 247 KB) English / Francais

Travelling While Pregnant English / Francais

Zika Virus English / Francais

Gestational Diabetes

Gestation Hypertension and Pre-eclampsia

Placenta Previa

Human Placenta Products English / Francais

Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PDF 142 KB)

Labour and Birth
Breech Birth (PDF 223 KB)
Caesarean Birth (PDF 314 KB)
Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) (PDF 224 KB)
Preventing conjunctivitis (pinkeye) in your newborn English / Francais

Review:
Healthy Start for Baby and Me (PDF 28 / 27.6 MB) English / Francais

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Pregnancy Info
Healthy Pregnancy English / Francais 
COVID-19: Pregnancy, childbirth and caring for a newborn English / Francais

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