Most health care providers hate Dr. Google. People show up in our offices every week saying that they know they shouldn’t have consulted Dr. Google but they did and now they are worried about something. Dr. Google is notoriously poor at helping people access quality information. Quality information is out there. But Dr. Google can’t […]
Archives for July 2016
Is it Normal to have Sharp Shooting Pain in my Abdomen during Pregnancy?
Abdominal pain is always a little disconcerting when you are pregnant, and women often fear for the worst. Being doubled over your rounding belly in pain is shocking to most, and unfortunately can be a normal part of your pregnancy. A common cause of abdominal pain is from the stretching of the ligaments supporting your […]
Is This Normal? Get the juicy details on mucous plugs.
Pregnancy is a time of fantastic change in a person’s body. For some, the changes in bodily fluids seem to be the most startling. From the overactive bladder to leaking nipples, and what is this slime coming from the vagina? The mucus plug is a jelly squishing out of the vagina towards the end of […]
How Midwives Save You Money
Due to the high-quality, personalized maternity care that midwives provide, many people assume that hiring an Ontario midwife is expensive and unaffordable. That couldn’t be further from the truth. First of all, midwifery care is free! This is true whether you have OHIP or not. Midwifery care is funded by the Ministry of Health and […]
Are Midwives as Safe as Doctors? YUP.
In Ontario, registered midwives are regulated by the College of Ontario Midwives. This means that midwifery care is quality controlled by the same mechanism as doctors and nurses. Midwives order all the same routine blood, urine and ultrasound tests as doctors. Midwifery care is paid for by the Ministry of Health just like the care […]
5 Questions to ask your care provider once you’ve peed on that stick…
So, you’ve had your suspicions, your cycle is a bit late, your breasts may be tender. Now, the little window in the stick is staring up at you with its two lines, or a plus sign, or happy face, so many stick choices these days. You are all at once elated, scared, dumbfounded, etc. Now […]
5 Tips to preventing infection in pregnancy.
We live in a time where we have all heard the term “Superbugs” but what are they? How can we protect ourselves and our families? What are we supposed to look for? When we think of bugs, most of us can already feel our skin crawl. Whether it be insect bugs that we can see […]
15 Tips for nausea and vomiting (morning sickness) in pregnancy
Nausea and vomitting in pregnancy is often called morning sickness even though it doesn’t only happen in the morning for many people. It is actually a really positive sign that pregnancy hormones are high and doing their thing. That usually means that you are less likely to have a miscarriage. Great! But you are however […]