While the pandemic pressures may have eased, there are still precautions, recommendations, and practices that can help keep everyone safe, including vaccinations. If you have concerns about COVID-19 during pregnancy and postpartum, we have put together a list of resources and information for you, some of which are available in different languages and formats.
What is COVID-19?
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- FAQs for Vancouver (Vancouver Coastal Health)
- Public information website (BC Centre of Disease Control)
- FAQs from the international authority (World Health Organization)
- Overview article (Healthy Families BC)
- Collection of COVID-19 information and resources (OMama – an initiative of BORN Ontario)
- COVID-19 Information in your language (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology)
How to be Prepared?
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- COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant or breastfeeding (BC Centre for Disease Control)
- Comprehensive FAQs on vaccines (Immunize BC)
- Vaccine information for children 5-11 (Government of BC)
- Pregnancy and COVID-19 vaccinations: An illustrated comic (First Nations Health Authority)
- Online self-assessment to see if you need testing (Government of BC)
- General COVID-19 preparedness (Government of Canada)
- Specific to pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care (Government of Canada)
- Fact sheets for a number of COVID-19 topics in over 30 languages (Health Literacy Program)
Indigenous Resources
Virtual Prenatal Classes
Most providers continue to offer virtual options. Please visit our Prenatal Classes information for a listing.
Mental Health & Coping During COVID-19
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- Postpartum supports (Pacific Post Partum Society)
- What to do if you’re anxious or worried about coronavirus (Anxiety Canada)
- Additional articles on coping with COVID-19 (Anxiety Canada)
- Card system for coping with fears and anxiety (Anxiety Canada)
- Echotherapy meditation in 10 steps (NY Times)
- The CBT Skills Group Program (offering practical tools to improve your mental health) is now offered online (CBT Skills Group Society)
- Immediate 24/7 crisis support for victims of family or sexual violence is available by phone through VictimLink. For more information call 1-800-563-0808 or email: VictimLinkBC@bc211.ca
- Updated Mental Health during COVID-19 (French Resource- Government of Quebec)
Delivery Hospitals & COVID-19
Giving birth at any time can come with a mix of nervousness, excitement and other emotions. Often, there’s also a lot of questions too. With COVID, things are changing in the hospital – and more changes may happen before/when you deliver. Remember that even through this change, doctors, midwives, nurses and the entire hospital team are working hard to make sure you have the best care possible.
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- BC Women’s Hospital: COVID-19 information and testing information for pregnant patients
- Updated St. Paul’s Hospital: COVID-19 information for all Providence Health Care sites, including St. Paul’s and general info about their Pregnancy, Birthing and Newborn Centre
Breastfeeding & COVID-19
Information About Children & Parenting During COVID-19
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- Vaccine information for children 5-11 (Government of BC)
- Keep calm and carry on immunizing (BC Centre for Disease Control)
- Care for children and COVID-19 info about care at Children’s Hospital (BC Children’s Hospital)
- COVID-19 and your child on CaringForKids.ca (Canadian Paediatric Society)
- How can we talk to kids about COVID-19? (Canadian Paediatric Society)
- Parenting during COVID-19 (Canadian Paediatric Society)
- “My Hero is You”” children’s book (UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Mental Health)
- Article on social media and screen time (MediaSmarts)
- “I Can Recover from Home”” children’s book about recovering at home (*Please note* book and authors (along with resources referenced) are from Singapore.)
- COVID-19 and your child in over 30 languages (Health Literacy Program)
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