Pregnancy, Labour & Postpartum
Download and print checklists, guides and more for use at home and at checkups:
Weight gain and healthy eating
- Pregnancy weight gain chart
- Nutrition when pregnant with twins, triplets or more
- Eating fish in pregnancy
- Dairy foods for pregnancy
- Iron foods for pregnancy
- Eating well during pregnancy
- Take a Multivitamin When Pregnant
Physical activity
- Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy (GAQ-P) (French | Catalan | Greek | Italian | Polish | Portuguese (BR) | Portuguese | Spanish | Turkish)
Planning ahead: birth wishes, supplies, and feeding
- Thinking about your birth wishes
- Baby supplies
- Packing list for the birth centre
- Deciding how to feed your baby
- A partner’s guide to breastfeeding support
Mental health during pregnancy and postpartum
Postpartum Mental Health
- Postpartum Mental Health information sheet (Arabic | French | Italian | Punjabi | Spanish | Traditional Chinese | Vietnamese)
Self-Care
- Why Self-Care is Important (Arabic | French | Italian | Punjabi | Spanish | Traditional Chinese | Vietnamese)
Family Support Plan
Having a support plan may help when you are feeling overwhelmed. The Family Support Plan is your own plan to help you cope and find resources. You make the plan and if you wish, share it with your family. When you complete the Family Support Plan it may help you identify when you are distressed, ways of coping, and which friends, family, health care professionals and community supports you can call on for help.
- Family Support Plan (English | Arabic | Traditional Chinese | French | Italian | Punjabi | Spanish | Vietnamese)
Crying Plan – Take a break, don’t shake
Plan ahead so you’re ready for the times when your baby’s crying becomes too much. The Crying Plan printable is your own plan to help you cope when you are feeling overwhelmed.
Postpartum Resource: Birth – 2 Months
Congratulations, your baby is here! The first 6 weeks after your baby’s birth is called the postpartum period. There is a lot of information that your health care provider will teach you to support you in caring for yourself and your baby. This printable provides links and page numbers to key messages in Healthy Parents, Healthy Children resources for postpartum families (birth to two months of age). This tool will not replace the need to seek professional advice through your public health nurse or family doctor.
