Please note that this article may trigger emotional responses in some readers. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (October 15) is a day to break the silence around the thousands of people ac...
St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof is the main delivery centre for maternity patients in 18 surrounding communities, including Indigenous communities, that extend as far North as Takla Nation, South to S...
Did you know that only one-third of Canadian women go to prenatal education classes? To help support more pregnant women, the free SmartMom program was launched in 2017. SmartMom texts you informat...
Did you know that in BC there are laws that protect women’s right to breastfeed in public? To raise awareness of this right, Northern Health has made available a window decal that states: “We welc...
There are multiple ways to give your baby your breast milk Tailor-made to meet the nutritional needs of her baby, a mother’s milk supplies unique immune factors, stem cells, hormones, and enzymes...
Baby news! Our family is growing, and soon, we’ll be welcoming our second baby. This special news has our preschooler very excited – this is the same little girl, Jovie, who helped me to learn abo...
Did you know that there are four human milk banks in Canada? We are lucky to have one in BC: the BC Women’s Provincial Milk Bank, in Vancouver. This milk bank provides screened, pasteurized donor br...
