RESOURCE LIST
For Pregnancy, Birth, Miscarriage and Infant Loss
~Fertility/Conception~
Websites:
http://www.awakenlife.me/fertility-corner/
http://www.cfas.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259&Itemid=274
http://www.ottawavalleymoms.com/category/family/trying-to-conceive/
Facebook Groups:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/296933920507120?tsid=0.5358146340586245&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/732531940147973?tsid=0.23875928134657443&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=486094944772291&tsid=0.17972659785300493&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/605034619518009?tsid=0.7685043362434953&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/344785869035745
Books:
- Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health
- Fertility Wisdom: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Help Overcome Infertility
- Get Ready to Get Pregnant: Your Complete Prepregnancy Guide to Making a Smart and Healthy Baby
- The Couple's Guide to Fertility, Third Edition: Entirely Revised and Updated with the Newest Scientific Techniques to Help You Have a Baby by Gary S. Berger
- Taking Charge of Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston
~Pregnancy/new parents~
Websites:
http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/public-health/pregnancy-and-babies/prenatal-classes-offered-ottawa
http://www.parentresource.ca/en/ottawaprc/Home_p555.html
http://www.stmaryshome.com/en/stmaryshome/Home_p1186.html
http://www.salvationarmy.ca/2013/02/26/ottawa-bethany-hope-centre-officially-opens/
Facebook Groups:
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=188895944509130&tsid=0.7210749390069395&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1489374741292889
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=620220311381045&tsid=0.1454940759576857&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/369299549897679?tsid=0.2669995091855526&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/247764555274967?tsid=0.5991812930442393&source=typeahead
Books:
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (Revised, Expanded Edition): The Complete Guide (2010), by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley and Ann Keppler.
- What to Expect When You're Expecting
- The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions (3rd edition, 2008), by Penny Simkin
- Teach Your Children Well by Madeline Levine
- The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
- Stuff Every Mom Should Know by Heather Flett and Whitney Moss
~Lactation Support~
Websites:
http://www.ottawabreastfeeds.ca/index.php/professional-help/breastfeeding-support-drop-ins/
Facebook Groups:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/946925308664824?tsid=0.5170776578597724&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=294736987307386&tsid=0.7659359415993094&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/HM4HB.EasternON?tsid=0.6389927114360034&source=typeahead
Books:
- Breastfeeding With Confidence
- Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers
- The Womanly Art Of Breastfeeding
~Pregnancy & Infant Loss~
Websites:
http://www.bfo-ottawa.org/programs.shtml
http://www.cheo.on.ca/En/griefbereavement
Facebook Groups:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/145288315526003?tsid=0.12360399472527206&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/miscarriage?ref=content_filter
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=226192384229761&tsid=0.004858617438003421&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=266328346717032&tsid=0.25368769466876984&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/551916171608341?tsid=0.2975194107275456&source=typeahead
Books:
- About What Was Lost: 20 Writers on Miscarriage, Healing and Hope. Jessica Berger Gross
- The Baby Project. Sarah Ellis
- Coping with Infertility, Miscarriage, and Neonatal Loss: Finding Perspective and Creating Meaning. Amy Wenzel
- Grieve Like a Man - Jonathann Fann
~Resources for Children and Families of Child Loss~
https://m.facebook.com/mumsanddadsofangels?tsid=0.536510081263259&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/248622351998631?tsid=0.535653916420415&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/groups/112155245480840?tsid=0.3508583421353251&source=typeahead
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/home.aspx
http://www.bereavedfamilies.net
http://www.prematurity.org/coping-loss-sites.html
- Something Happened: A book for children and parents who have experienced pregnancy loss.
- Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies—Theresa Huntley
- Couple Communication After a Baby Dies: Differing Perspectives—Sherokee Ilse & Tim Nelson
~List of Local Hospitals and Health Care~
~List of Local Funeral Homes~
- Kelly Funeral Homes
585 Somerset St W
Ottawa, ON K1R 5K1
Tel: 613-235-6712
- St Laurent Funeral Home
1200 Ogilvie Rd
Gloucester, ON K1J 8V1
Tel: 613-748-1200
- McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home & Chapel
1411 Hunt Club Rd
Ottawa, ON K1V 1A6
Tel: 613-737-7900
- Whelan Funeral Home
515 Cooper St
Ottawa, ON K1R 5J1
Tel: 613-233-1488
- Beechwood, Funeral, Cemetery and Cremation Services
280 Beechwood Avenue, P.O. Box 7025
Ottawa ON K1L 8E2
Tel: 613 741-9530