Healthy Pregnancy

Useful Links

Learn more about pregnancy by consulting the following resources:

• Canada's Food Guide
• Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
  The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) is a comprehensive community-based program that supports pregnant women facing circumstances that threaten their health and the health and development of their infants.
• Women’s Health Matters - From the New Women’s College Hospital
• The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
• Healthy Pregnancy - Health Canada
• Mother's Voices (20 pages, 920 KB)
  A booklet specifically intended for women that presents a few highlights from the Maternity Experiences Survey results, along with some of the latest research and recommendations.

Alcohol and Pregnancy

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - It's Your Health
• Public Health Agency of Canada's FASD Initiative
• FASD - First Nations and Inuit

Smoking and Pregnancy

• Advice for Pregnant Women and New Mothers on Smoking
• Pre and Postnatal Issues of Smoking
• Second-hand Smoke
• March of Dimes
• PREGNETS: Common Questions for Moms and Moms to Be
• Fact sheet from the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission

Folic Acid

• Folic Acid and Birth Defects - It's Your Health
• Public Health Agency of Canada's Folic Acid Program

Prenatal Nutrition

• Information on Nutrition Labelling
• BMI Nomogram
• Choosing Foods - Women of Childbearing Age
• Prenatal Nutrition
• Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy
  
• Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator
  

Physical Activity

• Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living
• Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP)
• BMI Nomogram

Emotional Health

• Mental Health
• Mood Disorders Society of Canada
• Canadian Mental Health Association

Oral Health

• Oral Health - Health Canada
• Canadian Dental Association
• Canadian Dental Hygienist Association