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Booklet describing breastfeeding techniques and common problems associated with breastfeeding.
This 3 page pamphlet provides tips on breastfeeding for multiple babies. Includes tips on getting started, what to do if your babies are in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) or IN (Intermediate Nursery), as well as information on breast feeding supplies.
Information on how to start and keep up breast milk supply when a baby is not breastfeeding.
Learn about how oral immune therapy benefits premature or ill babies. This pamphlet explains how to how to hand express colostrum and breast milk for your baby.
This handout explains why your baby may have low blood sugar, how nurses check your baby's blood sugar, and how you can help your baby.
This booklet contains information about breastfeeding, specifically for mothers who have babies in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.)
These easy steps explain how to massage and hand express breast milk.
This pamphlet provides information about nipple shields, a nipple-shaped covering worn over the nipple during breastfeeding to help a baby feed.
What to eat and avoid when breastfeeding your baby with a cow's milk protein allergy, or CMPA.
This pamphlet answers some of the most commonly asked questions about mastitis. (Mastitis is an infection of the breast tissue and/or milk ducts.)
This booklet contains a collection of quick and delicious recipes that can help toddlers, children & youth bond with parents and siblings.
This resource guide is designed for multiple birth families living in Canada, particularly those in British Columbia and the Lower Mainland. Includes information on multiple birth statistics, nutrition and multiple pregnancy, pregnancy at-home care programs, safety, telephone support, and other res…
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This pamphlet provides information on breast or bottle feeding a newborn baby with a cleft lip and/or palate.
Your doctor or nurse practitioner has ordered a medical imaging test that requires you to have an injection of contrast media.; While it is possible that tiny amounts of contrast media can enter breast milk, we want you to know that it is safe to continue to breast feed your baby.; This document ex…
When your child has a new burn or wound, food is very important. Your child needs more calories (energy) to help heal the skin.; Learn how nutrition can help your child to heal. This handout explains how to:; -Optimize meal times; -Offer high-calorie foods; -Offer high-protein foods; You will also …
Explains what a seizure is, what you should and should not do when your child is having a seizure.
This pamphlet provides information about C. difficile, also known as Clostridium difficile or C.diff. It's a germ (bacteria) that can cause diarrhea.; It answers the questions about what it is, who can get it, how it's treated, how it spreads, how the hospital prevents the spread, what you can do t…
This pamphlet answers the most frequently asked questions about when your water breaks early, also known as premature rupture of membranes or PROM.