Tag Archives: pregnant

Pregnant? Get the real deal on your meal

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Halton Guest Blogger

Doesn’t it seem that when you are pregnant everyone wants to tell you how to eat, what to eat and everything in-between? As a Registered Dietitian working with the Halton Prenatal Nutrition Program I hear a lot of myths around prenatal nutrition. … Continue reading →

Posted in Pregnancy, Prenatal Health | Tagged Feeding Your Baby in the First Year, Food, health, healthy-living, myths, national nutrition month, nutrition, Physical Health, pregnancy, pregnant, prenatal nutrition program | 4 Comments

I’m overdue, now what?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Halton Guest Blogger

This is the second post in a three-part series about the pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond. You’re so excited that the end of your pregnancy is coming, and you can’t wait to meet your new baby. Unfortunately, that due date … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health, Preparing to Breastfeed | Tagged birth, birthing, childbirth, due date, induce, Induction, Labour, Lamaze, natural, Natural Childbirth, oxytocin, past due date, pregnant, start labour | Leave a comment

Top Five Myths about the Flu and Flu Vaccine

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Halton Guest Blogger

This is the final post in a three-part series about the influenza virus and vaccine. As a nurse, I often talk to people in the community who are confused by all the misinformation that exists about the flu and the flu … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Pregnancy, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers | Tagged disease prevention, facts, flu, flu shot, influenza, myth, Physical Health, pregnancy, pregnant, school health, truth, vaccine | Leave a comment

The flu shot is not just about you—it’s about those around you too!

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Halton Guest Blogger

This is the second post in a three-part series about the influenza virus, vaccine and kids. This year I have an especially important reason to make sure that I—and the rest of my family—get the flu shot. A few months ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Babies with Special Needs, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Children & Tweens, Children & Tweens with Special Needs, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Pregnancy, Teens, Teens With Special Needs, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Toddlers & Preschoolers with Special Needs | Tagged baby, cancer, elderly, flu, flu shot, ill, immunocompromised, infants, influenza, Physical Health, pregnant, preventing disease, risk, Services, sick, special needs, vaccine | 2 Comments

Getting Ready to Breastfeed

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Andrea Scott RN

My husband and I are expecting our first child in December. Over the past 7 years I have I have helped countless moms and dads on their breastfeeding journeys, first as a postpartum hospital nurse and now as a Public … Continue reading →