Welcome to our prenatal information section! (Updated October 19, 2022)
South Shore Family Resource Association

We have researched the answers to many of the common questions asked by pregnant women and their families. Below you will find the results. Each question is followed by one or more links to a credible site where you will find the answer.
Please feel free to send us your questions and we will do our best to find the answers:

Having a healthy pregnancy

• How do I find out when my baby is due? Click Pregnancy Calculator
• I want to find out what a midwife can do for me and how can I contact one?
  Click this link
• What kind of exercise do I need during pregnancy? Click Healthy activity
• Can I do yoga while I'm pregnant? Click Yoga for your Pregnancy
• What do I need to eat while I'm pregnant? Click Healthy eating
• What do I need to know about drugs, smoking and alcohol use during my pregnancy?
  
  • Click New Life Book (scroll down a few inches)
    
  • Smoking, Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • Click Drugs, Alcohol & Pregnancy
• What do I need to know about infectious diseases like chicken pox and measles?
  Click Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Baby
  
• Can I be tested for HIV during pregnancy? Click HIV test
• Should I be tested for hepatitis C when I'm pregnant? Click Hepatitis C in pregnancy
• Do I need to get the Chicken Pox vaccine? Click this link
• What do I need to know about Group B Streptococcus? Click this link

How Your Baby Grows in the Uterus

• I want to see how my baby grows each month, where can I find this information?
  Click this link

Some Discomforts of Pregnancy

• What are some of the discomforts I might have during my pregnancy?
  Click this link

Some Terms You Might Hear During Your Pregnancy

• What are some terms that I might hear during my pregnancy and what do they mean?
  Click this link

Preterm Labour

• What is preterm labour and how do I know I'm having it? Click this link

Labour & Delivery

• What are the different types of birth? Click this link
• If I had a caesarian will I always have to have a caesarian? Caesarean FAQs
• What are the misconceptions about giving birth? Click this link
• How do I get ready for labour? Click this link
• What should I do when my labour starts?
  • Click The Stages of Labour
• What can I do to be more comfortable during labour?
  • Click General tips
  • Click Breathing Techniques
• How do I time the contractions? Click Contractions Timer

Delivering at Bridgewater - SSRH

• Virtual Tour: Having your baby at South Shore Health

Delivering at the IWK

• If I need to go to the IWK to deliver my baby, what do I do when I get there?
  Click Pre-Birth Information video

What should I pack for the hospital?

• Click packing

Planning for Infant Feeding

• I am planning to breast feed and want to read more about it. What is a good source?
  • South Shore Collaborative Breastfeeding Network Newsletter - 2014
  • Click breast feeding basics
  • Click breast feeding - the first few days

• I am planning to bottle feed my baby, what should I know?
  • Click baby-led bottle feeding
  • Guide to bottle feeding (pdf 24 pages)

Getting Ready for Baby

• I want to use cloth diapers, how do I make them?
  • Click for instructions
  • Click for free pattern
• How can my partner and I start getting ready for parenting? Click this link

List of Programs & Services
The South Shore Family Resource Association has developed a comprehensive list of programs and services that take place along the South Shore and Digby counties. Programs vary from site to site. Please refer to each centres Calendar of Events for programs in your area. In addition to these programs each centre also offers faxing, photocopying, access to wi-fi, computer access for participants, access to rebate forms and local resources for families/participants.
List of Programs and Services in Alphabetical order

Land Acknowledgement:
"The SSFRA respectfully acknowledges that we work and live in Mi'kma'ki,
the unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people."