Activity in the first six weeks after giving birth
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37870
IWK. Physiotherapy, IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, IWK. Family and Newborn Unit, IWK. Urogynaecology / General Gynaecology, IWK. Birth Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2017.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0898
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
After the hard work of delivery of a baby, many mothers have questions about when they should start to exercises, or return to their usual exercise routine. This guide should help with some of those questions.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Physiotherapy
- IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- IWK. Urogynaecology / General Gynaecology
- IWK. Birth Unit
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Exercise
- Maternal Health
- Postnatal Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Exercise
- New mothers--Health and hygiene
- Postnatal care
- Abstract
- After the hard work of delivery of a baby, many mothers have questions about when they should start to exercises, or return to their usual exercise routine. This guide should help with some of those questions.
- Notes
- This pamphlet replaces PL-0245 "Exercise Program after Birth of Your Baby" and PL-0246 "Exercise Program after Caesarean Birth" as of 2015.
- Responsibility
- IWK Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0898
Caring for Your Late Preterm Infant
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38080
IWK. Family and Newborn Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1266
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Late preterm infants’ organs are still immature compared to a full-term baby. This can cause your baby to have challenges that need extra monitoring and help. This booklet will review these challenges, as well as what you can do to help your baby through them.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infant, Premature
- Infant, Extremely Premature
- Infant Health
- Infant Care
- Premature Birth
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Infants--Health and hygiene
- Premature infants
- Newborn Infants
- Newborn infants--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- Late preterm infants’ organs are still immature compared to a full-term baby. This can cause your baby to have challenges that need extra monitoring and help. This booklet will review these challenges, as well as what you can do to help your baby through them.
- Responsibility
- IWK Family and Newborn Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1266
Community Resource Information for New Parents in Nova Scotia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37643
IWK. Family and Newborn Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0035
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Contact numbers for various resources for families with a new baby. Post-partum.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community Health Services
- Parenting
- Postnatal Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Community health services
- Parenting
- Postnatal care
- Abstract
- Contact numbers for various resources for families with a new baby. Post-partum.
- Notes
- The French version of this pamphlet PL-0035, "Information sur les ressources communautaires pour les nouvelles familles de la Nouvelle-Écosse", is also available.
- Responsibility
- IWK Family and Newborn Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0035
Healthy Eating Plan for Diabetes in Pregnancy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37715
IWK. Pregnancy and Diabetes Program, IWK. Clinical Nutrition, IWK. Family and Newborn Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0314
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Suggested meal pattern and helpful hints.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Pregnancy and Diabetes Program
- IWK. Clinical Nutrition
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diet, Healthy
- Diabetes, Gestational - diet therapy
- Abstract
- Suggested meal pattern and helpful hints.
- Responsibility
- IWK Pregnancy and Diabetes Program, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0314
[In French] Guide pour les parents
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37971
IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IWK. Neonatal Care Team, IWK. Family and Newborn Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1030-FR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
In French. Tout de suite après la naissance, le contact peau contre peau est favorisé en plaçant votre bébé sur votre poitrine. Le contact peau contre peau est encouragé tant après un accouchement vaginal que par césarienne. / Skin-to-skin contact is supported immediately after birth by placing your baby on your chest. Skin to skin contact will be supported after both vaginal and cesarean births.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- IWK. Neonatal Care Team
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- Alternate Title
- Le contact peau contre peau
- A Parent's guide to skin-to-skin contact
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infant Care
- Infant, Newborn - psychology
- Parent-Child Relations
- Touch
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Newborn infants--Care
- Parent and infant--Psychological aspects
- Touch
- Abstract
- In French. Tout de suite après la naissance, le contact peau contre peau est favorisé en plaçant votre bébé sur votre poitrine. Le contact peau contre peau est encouragé tant après un accouchement vaginal que par césarienne. / Skin-to-skin contact is supported immediately after birth by placing your baby on your chest. Skin to skin contact will be supported after both vaginal and cesarean births.
- Notes
- This shared resource by IWK Health Centre and NSHA replaces IWK's previous patient pamphlets PL-0586-FR and PL-0662-FR.
- Responsibility
- IWK Health Centre and NSHA
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1030-FR
[In French] Ressources communautaires pour les nouveaux parents en Nouvelle-Écosse
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37819
IWK. Family and Newborn Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0035-FR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Perinatal medicine ; Community resources.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- Alternate Title
- Community Resource Information for New Parents in Nova Scotia
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community Health Services
- Parents
- Postnatal Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Community health services
- Parents
- Postnatal care
- Abstract
- Perinatal medicine ; Community resources.
- Notes
- The English version of this pamphlet PL-0035, "Community resource information for new parents in Nova Scotia", is also available.
- Responsibility
- IWK Family and Newborn Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0035-FR
Oral Sucrose for Painful Procedures
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38063
IWK. Adult Surgery and Women's Ambulatory Clinics, IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, IWK. Family and Newborn Unit, IWK. Birth Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1251
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Oral sucrose is a 24% sugar water that causes the body to release endorphins, which are chemicals that can help reduce pain. Oral sucrose can be used to comfort babies under 12 months during procedures that could cause pain.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Adult Surgery and Women's Ambulatory Clinics
- IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- IWK. Birth Unit
- Alternate Title
- A Guide for Patients/Families
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pain in infants
- Infant Health
- Therapeutics
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Pain
- Therapeutics
- Infants--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- Oral sucrose is a 24% sugar water that causes the body to release endorphins, which are chemicals that can help reduce pain. Oral sucrose can be used to comfort babies under 12 months during procedures that could cause pain.
- Responsibility
- IWK Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1251
Pain Relief and Tips After Having a Baby
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37816
IWK. Adult Surgery and Women's Ambulatory Clinics, IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, IWK. Family and Newborn Unit, IWK. Birth Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2016.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0753
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Information is given on things one can do at home to help relieve pain, what medications can be taken, and what conditions merit contact with a healthcare provider.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Adult Surgery and Women's Ambulatory Clinics
- IWK. Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- IWK. Birth Unit
- Alternate Title
- Patient and Family Information
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Reproductive Medicine
- Infant Health
- Maternal Health
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Women's Health
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Women--Health and hygiene
- Therapeutics
- Surgery, Operative
- Reproductive health
- Maternal health services
- Infants--Health and hygiene
- Diagnosis
- Abstract
- Information is given on things one can do at home to help relieve pain, what medications can be taken, and what conditions merit contact with a healthcare provider.
- Responsibility
- IWK Family Newborn Adult Surgery Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0753
A Parent's guide to skin-to-skin contact
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37950
IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IWK. Neonatal Care Team, IWK. Family and Newborn Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1030
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Skin-to-skin contact is supported immediately after birth by placing your baby on your chest. Skin to skin contact will be supported after both vaginal and cesarean births.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- IWK. Neonatal Care Team
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- Alternate Title
- What you can do to support your baby
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infant Care
- Infant, Newborn - psychology
- Parent-Child Relations
- Touch
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Newborn infants--Care
- Parent and infant--Psychological aspects
- Touch
- Abstract
- Skin-to-skin contact is supported immediately after birth by placing your baby on your chest. Skin to skin contact will be supported after both vaginal and cesarean births.
- Notes
- This shared resource by IWK Health Centre and NSHA replaces IWK's previous patient pamphlets PL-0586 and PL-0662.
- Responsibility
- IWK Health Centre and NSHA
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1030
A Parent’s Guide to Soothers
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37943
IWK. Family and Newborn Unit, IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1019
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
There are many things to consider before making an informed decision about giving your infant a soother. Soothers can interfere with successful breastfeeding.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Alternate Title
- What you need to know about pacifiers and soothers
- by the IWK Baby Friendly Initiative
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infant Care
- Pacifiers
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Comforting of infants
- Pacifiers (Infant care)
- Abstract
- There are many things to consider before making an informed decision about giving your infant a soother. Soothers can interfere with successful breastfeeding.
- Notes
- The French version of this pamphlet is also available.
- Responsibility
- IWK Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1019
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37809
IWK. Perioperative Services, IWK. Birth Unit, IWK. Obstetrical Day Unit, IWK. Breast Health, IWK. Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience, IWK. Urogynaecology / General Gynaecology, IWK. Family and Newborn Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0734
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
What it is, the risk factors, ways to prevent it.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Perioperative Services
- IWK. Birth Unit
- IWK. Obstetrical Day Unit
- IWK. Breast Health
- IWK. Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience
- IWK. Urogynaecology / General Gynaecology
- IWK. Family and Newborn Unit
- Alternate Title
- What are some of the risks, symptoms and preventions?
- Patient and Family Information
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Venous Thromboembolism - prevention & control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Thromboembolism--Prevention
- Abstract
- What it is, the risk factors, ways to prevent it.
- Notes
- The French version of this pamphlet is also available.
- Responsibility
- IWK Perioperative Services, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0734
