Midwifery Model of Care:

The Canadian midwifery model of care position statement

Midwifery Council of New Brunswick (regulates the profession of midwifery

Please note some decisions regarding labour & birth and the newborn period will be discussed prenatally. You can find more information in those sections.

Calculating your due date

• Due date calculator

Genetic Screening:

• Prenatal Genetic Screening

• Options for prenatal screening (please note, the timing/options in NB vary slightly compared to the IWK but this is good a general overview)

• A positive result: What does it mean and what should I do now?

• Understanding prenatal screening: A visual aid

Nutrition:

• Healthy eating while pregnant and breastfeeding

• Canada’s Food Guide

Anemia / Iron Deficiency:

• Iron deficiency anemia and you

Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy

• Nausea and vomiting

• IWK handout on nausea and vomiting

Gestational Diabetes:

• Gestational Diabetes

High Blood Pressure:

• Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: What do I need to know?

• Gestational Hypertension

Vaccines in Pregnancy

• Vaccines: We can talk about it

• Recommended vaccines in pregnancy

• Tdap vaccine

Prenatal milk expression / prenatal breastfeeding classes

• More milk sooner

• How to hand express video

• Prenatal breastfeeding classes (online)

Substance Use in Pregnancy

• Substance use

Work / Employment

• Working during pregnancy

Choice of Birth Place:

• Your first birth: Weighing your options for choice of birthplace

• Your second or later birth: Weighing your options for choice of birthplace

• Position Statement: Home birth

VBAC/TOLAC or repeat C-section?

• Deciding how to give birth after a caesarean section

Group B Strep (GBS)

• What do I need to know?

Post-Dates / Induction of Labour

• When your pregnancy goes past your due date

• In Due Time: Pregnancy beyond 40 (years old) and induction of labour

• Oxytocin to start or advance labour: 5 questions to ask

Pre-Labour Rupture of Membranes (PROM)

• When your water breaks before labour

Post-partum hemorrhage (PPH):

• Life after PPH

Normal Newborn Behaviour:

• Normal newborn behaviour

Newborn Screening:

• Maritime newborn screening program

Vitamin K:

• Vitamin K for newborns

• Evidence on vitamin K for newborns

Vitamin D:

• Vitamin D

Jaundice:

• What is jaundice?

• Phototherapy

Safe Sleep:

• Safer sleep for my baby

Infant Feeding:

• Breastfeeding supports and resources: Fredericton region

• Breastfeeding and Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI)

• Every drop counts: A breastfeeding guide for you and your family

• Feeding your baby in the first year

• Signs that feeding is going well

• Breastfeeding videos

• Preparing and handling powdered infant formula

• How to hand express video

• Horizon Health Early Nutrition Information

Milk Sharing / Donating Milk

• Breastmilk sharing

• Donating milk (BC)

• Northern Star Mothers’ Milk Bank (Alberta)

Newborn Conjunctivitis (pinkeye):

• Prevention conjunctivitis (pinkeye) in your newborn

Vaccines for your newborn:

• Hepatitis B

• Routine immunization schedule

Hearing:

• Newborn and infant hearing screening program

Circumcision and infant genital care:

• Circumcision of baby boys: Information for parents

• Cleaning your young child's natural (Uncircumcised) penis

• Tips for diapering a newborn baby

Miscarriage:

• What is a miscarriage?

• Treatment options for miscarriage

• Information and resources to support you during pregnancy loss

Termination/Abortion:

• Family Planning Clinic / Abortion Clinic (Moncton)

• Accessing abortion in New Brunswick

• Abortion information

Lactation after loss:

• Lactation after loss FAQ

• Lactation after loss info

• Donating milk (BC)

• Northern Star Mothers’ Milk Bank (Alberta)

Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Sex and U

• It’s a plan (contraceptive options in Canada)

Breastfeeding:

• Kellymom