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Lactation Consults from the comfort of home Go ahead, stay in your slippers! Book your Lactation Consult today and receive a virtual visit in the comfort of your home.

Breast milk is amazing ✨✨✨

“Our study, ‘Intranasal Human Milk as Stem Cell Therapy in Preterm Infants with Intraventricular Hemorrhage: Safety, Feasibility and Short-Term Outcomes,’ attempts to harness the power of fresh human milk, which has stem cells and growth factors, as an intervention for very preterm babies with brain bleeds, a condition currently with no effective therapy,” said Alessia Gallipoli, MD, neonatal-perinatal medicine fellow at the University of Toronto.

“Our prospective trial in Toronto, the first in the world, showed that these preterm infants were able to tolerate nasal milk therapy through 28 days of life without major safety events. We hope to use this preliminary data to plan a larger trial to gain more information on the effect of intranasal breastmilk on short- and long-term outcomes for this patient population.”

Belly button keepsakes a symbol of connection to culture and family

Belly button keepsakes a symbol of connection to culture and family | CBC News A Métis doula hopes to empower Indigenous women by sharing the cultural practice of keeping and honouring their child's umbilical cord stump after birth.

Calling all mamas! We're pleased to announce that our physiotherapist, Renée Scruton, will be joining Mama Tribe on Tuesday, March 30th at 1:30pm to speak about postpartum pelvic floor health. If you're interested in learning more, please register by visiting: https://buff.ly/2XBvHDB.⠀

We're pleased to announce that we're offering two virtual parent support groups facilitated by our Indigenous Perinatal Mental Health Worker, Melissa Maidment. Our 8-week online "After Baby Group" runs every Wednesday from 1:30-3:30pm and our 6-week online "Our Babies, Our Grief" support group meets on Thursdays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. To learn more and to register for these programs, please visit: https://buff.ly/3bSITuv⠀

Local podcast I've been enjoying and this episode features local Perinatal Mood Disorder Coordinator Jaime Charlebois who works out of OSMH. Take a listen parents, I'm sure you can relate to these feelings throughout the motherhood and parenting experience.

Here’s a show for you… SFP 015 | On Perinatal
Mental Health - How Depression and Anxiety Can Steal Away The Joy of Motherhood; How Fathers Also Struggle With Mental Health in The Perinatal Period; And How Perinatal Mental Health Is About So Much More Than Postpartum Depression episode of Smart Family Podcast

SFP 015 | On Perinatal Mental Health - How Depression and Anxiety Can Steal Away The Joy of Motherhood; How Fathers Also Struggle With Mental Health in The Perinatal Period; And How Perinatal Mental Health Is About So Much More Than Postpartum... Expecting a baby and giving birth is supposed to be a happy occasion and a time of love and bonding. For so many parents however, it is a time of struggle and deep emotional pain, like being in a fog. The accompanying guilt and loss of function can rob a mother or father of the opportunity to nurtur...