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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.

Baby’s Growth During Pregnancy
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Body Changes
Sex

Alcohol
Smoking
Cannabis
Drugs
Mental Health (PDF 209KB)
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
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

Watch:
First Trimester
Second Trimester
Third Trimester

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

Visit:
Pregnancy Info (SOGC)
Healthy Pregnancy (Health Canada) English / Francais 
COVID-19: Pregnancy, childbirth and caring for a newborn (Health Canada) English / Francais

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