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Pregnancy

Baby Center Tools and Calculators
Calculators for ovulation, due date, pregnancy heart rate, weight gain, baby weight, growth percentile, baby book, baby names, child’s speech and hearing skills, etc.
Pregnancy
Provides advice from pregnancy symptoms to labour; follow your pregnancy week by week, get birth advice, plan your baby nursery, and choose the perfect baby name.
Pregnancy.org
Has every thing from a pregnancy check list to labour and delivery. Also has eight instructional videos to watch.
Pregnancy & Parenting: For Today’s Mom
Offers information on from trying to conceive through your child’s teen years. Check out The Baby Name Wizard .

Homemade Baby Food Recipes
Offers a complete range of homemade, baby-food recipes, from first foods to full meals. These recipes are simple and rewarding to make.
Safe & Secure:
Choosing the right car seat for your child.
Child Safety – Government Notices
Offers up todate detailed information on child safety restraints, safety in the car and school bus safety.

Halton Child Care Registry -
You and your child can visit the Halton Ontario Early Years Centres for a range of free services:
• Early learning and literacy programs for parents and their children;
• Parenting programs that support parents and care givers of young children in all aspects of early child development;
• Information and training for new parents about pregnancy and parenting

Ontario Early Years Centres
The Ontario government created Ontario Early Years Centres to be a place where parents and caregivers can get answers to questions, information about programs and services that are available for young children, and an opportunity to talk to early years professionals, as well as other parents and caregivers in the community.

Prenatal Classes in Hamilton
Offers prenatal classes for couples, single moms, and teens. All classes are taught by a Public Health Nurse in partnership with St. Joseph's Hospital and McMaster University Medical Centre.
Healthiest Babies Possible in Halton
It's a prenatal and parent education program led by Public Health Nurses from the Halton Region Health Department.
Pregnancy - Prenatal Classes in Peel
Offers a variety of free prenatal classes to meet the needs of the residents of Peel. All of these classes are facilitated by a Public Health Nurse. All locations offer free parking.

Fetal Development
Shows and explains the development of the fetus from Week One to Week Fourteen.
First Five Years
Aims to strengthen the parenting knowledge, skills and confidence of all those who touch the lives of children from birth to age five.

Birth Certificates
Is responsible for issuing birth certificates for people born in Ontario. A certificate is the "foundation identity document" required to apply for other forms of identification, such as social insurance numbers or health cards.