Family Library
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Learn about the exercise program recommended for you after you give birth by cesarean section.
Learn how to help your healing after a vaginal birth. This handout describes abdominal and pelvic floor exercises you can do, starting immediately after birth. Also lists dates and times for the BC Women's postpartum physiotherapy class.
This patient handout provides an overview of using the cell saver during a caesarean section.
This pamphlet answers some of the most commonly asked questions about mastitis. (Mastitis is an infection of the breast tissue and/or milk ducts.)
Information on what a PICC is, how to care for a PICC, and what to watch for.
This pamphlet provides information on Developmental Dysplasia of the hip
A practical and informative guide for parents who discover their unborn child has a heart problem. Sections include: answers to commonly asked questions; choices and decisions; talking about feelings; building your support team; pregnancy-related questions.
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This pamphlet looks at what a Central Venous Line (CVL) is, how it works, and why your child might need one. It also explains how doctors put a CVL in.
This pamphlet provides information on breast or bottle feeding a newborn baby with a cleft lip and/or palate.
Explains the types of clubfoot, treatment including Botox, long term follow-up.
Explains what a seizure is, what you should and should not do when your child is having a seizure.
This pamphlet answers the most frequently asked questions about when your water breaks early, also known as premature rupture of membranes or PROM.
Information on how to start and keep up breast milk supply when a baby is not breastfeeding.
What is a retractile testicle?; What causes it?; How is this diagnosed?
Explains the heart catheterization procedure, including why your child may need it, what to expect during the procedure, how to prepare, and what to do after the procedure.