The following resources have been reviewed and are recommended by physicians at Riley Park Maternity Clinic.

Find them under General, pregnancy, parenting, community supports and contact information for other services.

1. General

• Alberta Health Services Parenting Programs – General Information
• Healthy Parents, Healthy Children (AHS website)
• Birth and Babies: Best Beginning Program (For low-income or isolated pregnant women). Best Beginning Prenatal Book also available in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese
• Birth and Babies: Pregnancy Wellness Guide (AHS website)
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
• Government of Canada Healthy Pregnancy Guide
• Mother to Baby (Safety of Products and Medication in pregnancy and breastfeeding – under Fact Sheets)

2. Pregnancy

AHS Prenatal classes

• Birth and babies (Register for online AHS classes)

Exercise

• Exercise in pregnancy
• Pre-exercise screening form
• Pregnancy Exercises by Dr. Bennion
• Video one: Exercise in pregnancy
• Video two: Exercises for pregnancy

Genetic screening

• Early Risk Assessment Program

Immunization

• Immunization before and during pregnancy

Maternity and Parental Benefits

• Government of Canada Employment Insurance Maternity and Parental Benefits

Medications

• Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Pocket Guide (Advice on medications and other products)

Nutrition in Pregnancy

• Canada’s Food Guide
• 7 steps to healthy eating in pregnancy

Strep B

• Group B Strep in Pregnancy

Substance Use

• Alcohol and pregnancy
• Cannabis
• Video: making informed choices about cannabis use in pregnancy
• Smoking cessation

3. Parenting

General parenting

• AHS Birth and Babies’ new parent checklist
• Families Matter (parenting programs and classes)
• Recommended parenting books

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

• ACEs primer (5 minute video)
• ACEs too high
• Building healthy brains
• Alberta Health Services – Ready or Not

Breastfeeding

• Getting Breastfeeding off to a good start 
• Breastfeeding Topic Pages 
• 10 tips for successful breastfeeding
• 10 great reasons to breastfeed
• Online Breastfeeding Resources
• Breastfeeding and stages of nutrition
• Hand expression

Circumcision

• Risks and benefits (Canadian Pediatric Society)
• American Academy of Pediatrics

Sleep

• Safe sleep

4. Community supports:

• Healthlink: call 811
• Early Start line: call 403-244-8351
• Alberta community supports

5. Contact information for other services

• Calgary Lab Services
• AHS Community Health Centres (immunizations, post-partum support and services for baby)

Radiology companies:

• EFW Radiology
• Calgary Maternal Fetal Medicine Centre
• Canada Diagnostic Centres