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City of Hamilton - Public Health Services
Hamilton Prenatal Nutrition Project
The Hamilton Prenatal Nutrition Project is a community partnership that links 9 weekly prenatal groups offered by two agencies:
- Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies; OEYC Hamilton West
- Welcome Baby, City of Hamilton, Public Health Services (PHS), Family Health Division.
Each free weekly prenatal group offers a two hour session where a pregnant woman can talk/share experiences, take part in an educational activity, prepare/enjoy a healthy snack, and receive a grocery gift certificate and bus tickets.
A woman can join as soon as she knows that she is pregnant and continue until her baby is 6 months old.
Groups are facilitated by a Public Health Dietitian and a Public Health Nurse and are partially funded by the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP), Public Health Agency of Canada. Child-minding is provided for older children 1-6 years.
Locations / Times / Contact Information
Cost: Free
Last updated: February 24, 2010
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Topics covered:
- healthy eating for a healthy baby
- labour and delivery
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- and alcohol-free pregnancy
- lifestyle changes during pregnancy
- breastfeeding
- reading nutrition food labels
- discomforts of pregnancy
- intimate partner violence
- well woman check
- immunization
- calcium and vitamin D
- essential fatty acids
- iron needs during pregnancy & for baby
- folic acid
- healthy weights
- car seat safety/infant safety
- perinatal depression
- contraception
- food safety
- foods to avoid or use with caution
- feeding baby
- dental health
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