Further Information

Videos

• Baby’s Best Chance: A Guide for Expectant Parents:
  • Chapter 1 – Early Pregnancy (0‑14 weeks) (11:02 minutes)
  • Chapter 2 – Mid‑Pregnancy (15‑27 weeks) (10:33 minutes)
  • Chapter 3 – Preparing to Give Birth (28 weeks – birth) (9:40 minutes)
  • Chapter 4 – Giving Birth (12:55 minutes)
  • Chapter 5 – Early Days with Your Baby (11:13 minutes)
  • Chapter 6 – First 6 to 8 Weeks at Home (16:05 minutes)
  • Chapter 7 – Pre‑Conception – Planning for a Pregnancy (4:58 minutes)
• Your Child's Baby Teeth and Maintaining your Child's Good Dental Health

General Health Resources for Women

• HealthLinkBC
  • HealthLinkBC Files
• Dietitian Services at HealthLinkBC
• When are you Most Fertile? (Interactive Tool)
• Eating Well With Canada's Food Guide
• You and Your Health: A Woman’s Guide

Health during Pregnancy

• Dietitian Services at HealthLinkBC
• HealthLinkBC Files on health during pregnancy
• What is Your Due Date? (Interactive Tool)
• Is it safe for my baby? ‑ Risks and recommendations for the use of medication, alcohol, tobacco and other drugs during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
• My Food Guide Serving Tracker for pregnant women
• Pregnancy Passport

Early Childhood Health and Parenting

• Baby’s Best Chance: Parents’ Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care (39 mb)
• BC Children’s Hospital Home Safety Checklist
• BC Children’s Hospital Tip Sheets to promote healthy weights in children ages 2‑5
  • Promoting Healthy Weights
  • Active Play
  • Healthy Eating
  • A Healthy Relationship with Food
• HealthLinkBC Files on early childhood
• Dietitian Services at HealthLink BC
• Child Health Passport (English)
• Child Health Passport (French)
• Every Sleep Counts! Safe Sleep Parent Resource - Brochure
  • English (colour)
  • English (black & white)
  • Chinese Simplified
  • Chinese Traditional
  • Korean
  • Punjabi
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
• Every Sleep Counts! Safe Sleep Parent Resource - Poster
  • English 8.5x11 (colour)
  • English 8.5x11 (B & W)
  • English 11x17 (colour)
  • English 11x17 (B & W)
  • Chinese Simplified
  • Chinese Traditional
  • Korean
  • Punjabi
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
• Food Flair Activity Cards (A Leap BC caregiver resource to promote healthy eating in early childhood)
• HealthLinkBC Files on early childhood
• Is My Child Growing Well? (Questions and Answers for parents from the Dietitians of Canada)
• Move with Me from Birth to Three (A Leap BC family resource to support early childhood development)
• Toddler’s First Steps: A Best Chance Guide to Parenting Your 6‑ to 36‑ Month‑Old Child