Resources
In this section, we are pleased to provide book, website, magazine, workshop and business recommendations for pregnancy, photography, creativity and women’s health. Please check back from time to time as we update this area for you.
Photo Tips For New Fathers
Tara Wilkinson of Love Nest Photography has written a series of Tips to help Daddy-to-be get ready for the most important role of his life... official photographer! Download the Father Tips PDF and print a copy for handy reference!
Parentbooks
Address: 201 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1H6
Phone: 416-537-8334
E-mail: Info@parentbooks.ca
Fax: 416-537-9499
Toll-free: 1-800-209-9182
For Families... Parentbooks offers the most comprehensive selection of resources available anywhere from planning a family to everyday parenting issues to special needs of all kinds. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find the books you need.
For Professionals...Parentbooks' selection of resources for caregivers, counsellors, therapists, educators and clinicians serving the everyday and special needs of families is unequaled. We can help you find exactly what you need for a specific client or situation, and we can help you build your professional library.
Doula Services
Lucina Birth Services
Contact: Rean Cross
E-mail: info@lucina.ca
Web: www.lucina.ca
Tel: 416-737-4086
The childbearing year is a time of physical and emotional power and challenge for women and those who love them. Women need reliable information, caring support and unpressured time to make their own best decisions about pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. Lucina provides doula support for labour and the first few weeks postpartum, as well as skilled breastfeeding support and thought-provoking prenatal classes.
Water Birth / Massage Therapy
True Blue Natural Family Resources
Breathing and Birthing sustain the Life.
Contact: Eliana Trinaistic
E-Mail: birthing@truebluetherapy.com
Web: www.truebluetherapy.com
Tel: 416-878-5392
Palmer Massage Therapy Clinic
Contact: Lidia Palmer, BA, RMT and/or Christine Botelho, BSc, RMT
E-mail: palmermassage@rogers.com
Web: http://www.palmermassage.com
Tel: (416) 231-1099
Pregnancy is a time of tremendous musculoskeletal, physical and emotional change and yet, is a condition of wellness". As massage therapists, we evaluate and monitor physical changes with the focus on maintaining wellness and relieving pregnancy-induced conditions like back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and constipation, to name a few. We will also promote a healthy pregnancy by including relaxation and providing a supportive environment.
Post pregnancy treatments would focus on potential lower back and ligament problems, enabling the client to regain proper posture and biomechanics. We also provide safe and effective exercise programs.
Reading
La Bella Luna
by Justine Howland-Goodwin
A book of henna patterns for pregnant women: Coordinating sets of bellies, hands and feet
To order: http://www.tapdancinglizard.com/labellyluna/
Motherhood Rising: The Blessingway Journey into Motherhood
Yana Courtland, Barb Lucke & Donna Miller Watelet
To order: http://www.indigo.ca or http://www.tenspeed.com
Today’s Parent Magazine
With each Pregancy Portrait Package, our expectant moms will receive a 1 year subscription to Today’s Parent Magazine - Canada's #1 parenting magazine - as a gift of thanks and congratulations from Love Nest Photography! Published 12 times a year, Today's Parent Magazine serves parents with children from birth to age 14. Articles, both practical and philosophical, tackle a complete range of relevant issues, including health, education and behaviour. At Love Nest, we know that good parenting depends, in part, on adequate social support. Today's Parent offers a community that will help see you through the rough patches and celebrate the great joys of being a parent! Enjoy!
Photo Life Magazine
The very best imaging information for Canadian photographers everywhere ... from professionals to enthusiasts! Join us in promoting the expansion of image-making excellence in Canada. www.photolife.com
Pregnancy Websites
www.babycenter.co.uk
A wonderful website dedicated to helping new, expecting and “actively trying” parents find the information, support and reassurance they need. This site delivers high quality, medically reviewed information, a design that's upbeat and easy to use, and a community of supportive, helpful parents who are going through the same things that you are. The site includes practical advice from expert sources, such as obstetricians, paediatricians, doctors, midwives and fellow parents. It’s also a site you come back to when you have questions and concerns or when you just want to let off steam! Make the most of one of life's greatest experiences by calming your worries and saving them time. Babycentre tries to represent multiple points of view, knowing that no two pregnancies, no two births and no two children are alike.
