Women’s Health Matters: Pregnancy

Women's Health Matters is a source for reliable, evidence-based and up-to-date information on women's health. At Women's Health Matters you will find the latest information, news and research findings on women's health, diseases and lifestyle trends.

Health Before Pregnancy

A baby can change your life. But are you ready? Making decisions about pregnancy can be challenging. Whether individually or with a partner, this site will serve as a guide to one of the biggest decisions you will ever make.

Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating

This resource outlines the food groups, the recommended range of daily servings, and other information about healthy eating.

Canada’s Physical Activity Guide

A guide that will help you make wise choices about physical activity. These are choices that will improve your health, help prevent disease, and allow you to get the most out of life

Motherisk

Motherisk is the recommended source for evidence-based information about the safety or risk of drugs, chemicals and disease during pregnancy and lactation.

Tri-County Addiction Services

TRICAS is a community-based, non-profit organization that provides addiction services in Lanark, Leeds & Grenville counties.

Childbirth Solutions

This site educates women about their options, without steering them in one direction or another, so that they may make informed choices for the most empowering birth experience possible.

Baby’s Best Chance

Knowing what to expect during pregnancy can make the coming changes easier to handle and enjoy. This handbook is designed to help. It contains short, easy-to-read articles on a range of topics from the emotions you may be experiencing during the pregnancy, to the way an infant develops physically and mentally in the first few months of life.

Public Health Agency of Canada: Healthy Pregnancy

A healthy pregnancy is in your hands. If you are pregnant, or are planning to become pregnant, this Website is for you! Consider it your gateway to pregnancy-related information from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Health Canada: Folic Acid & Birth Defects

Gives information about why a woman who may become pregnant should take folic acid on a daily basis before pregnancy to help prevent serious birth defects in the unborn baby.

Health Canada: Caffeine and Your Health

The best way for consumers to avoid any adverse effects from caffeine is to become familiar with the many sources of this substance, to read product labels and to moderate consumption of caffeine-containing products.

Health Canada: Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy - National Guidelines for the Childbearing Years

This is a resource to help women, and families, have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies through better nutrition and healthy eating practices.

Health Canada: Go Smoke Free

Information on Tobacco-use prevention.

Health Canada: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which is the medical term used to describe certain birth defects that result from drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

PREGNETS

The Pregnets website hosts the most up-to-date information to help eliminate smoking in pregnant and postpartum women, by increasing the capacity to quit and stay quit.

FASworld

FASworld is an international alliance of parents and professionals who do not want to see any more children, teenagers and adults struggle with birth defects caused when their mothers drank alcohol in pregnancy.

Ontario Ministry of Transportation: Seatbelts

Information about wearing your seat belt properly to dramatically increase your chance of surviving a motor vehicle collision.

The Father Involvement Initiative

An Ontario chapter working to increase knowledge about the importance of father involvement in healthy child development and to educate and support fathers in their role as positive contributors in shaping the lives of their children.

Strengthening Families by Strengthening Fathers

Our goal is to help men be better fathers. Most fathers who use this site are looking for practical tips and suggestions on how to improve their fathering of children of all ages. 

Pregnancy & the Newborn: Just for Dad

While it’s true that she’s having the baby and she’s the one whose belly is growing, there’s a lot for Dad to do during this exciting and sometimes confusing time.

Child & Family Canada

Fifty Canadian non-profit organizations have come together under the banner of Child & Family Canada to provide quality, credible resources on children and families on an easy-to-navigate website.

March of Dimes

The March of Dimes works to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.

Canadian Diabetes Association

The goal of the Canadian Diabetes Association's web site is to become THE online resource for people with, and affected by, diabetes and for healthcare professionals treating those affected by the disease.

Health Canada: Gestational Diabetes

Information about diabetes during pregnancy

Multiple Births Canada

Multiple Births Canada exists to improve the quality of life for multiple birth individuals and their families in Canada. With an extensive network of local chapters, health care professionals and organizations, Multiple Births Canada is the source for information on Multiple Births in Canada.

Kids Health

KidsHealth is a large and well-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.

Kids Health/Teens

Section of Kids Health site devoted just to teens.

Ontario Works

Provides financial and employment aid to people in temporary need of help. 

Sexuality and U

The ultimate Canadian web site devoted to sexuality education and information.

Canadian Paediatric Society

Child health information from Canada’s paediatric experts.

SafeKids Canada

Injuries are the number one cause of death and disability among Canadian children. At Safe Kids Canada, our job is to help keep children safe by providing information on how to prevent injuries.

Ontario Ministry of Labour

Fact sheet on Pregnancy & Parental Leave

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity: Mothers in Motion

A website for women who want to lead healthy lifestyles and mentor their children to the same.

Pacific Post Partum Support Society

The Pacific Post Partum Support Society is a non-profit society dedicated to supporting the needs of distressed postpartum mothers and their families.

Growing Healthy Canadians

A guide for positive child development

Invest in Kids

This is a national not-for-profit organization whose goal is to help families make the most of their children’s first five years.  They are dedicated to strengthening the parenting knowledge, skills, and confidence of all those who touch the lives of our youngest children.