Prenatal, Postpartum, and Parenting Resources
Waterloo Region and area is home to experienced professionals and essential resources for soon-to-be, new, and seasoned parents, here are a few of our favourites
Community Programs
KW Moms Club’s goal is to help you build your village. They provide a unique blend of social and educational programs geared towards moms and their child(ren) aged 0-4.
The Ontario Early Years Centres offer free sleep sessions three times a week in Waterloo Region. These helpful sessions will teach you about how your baby sleeps and what you can do.
Life With A Baby is a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to provide ongoing practical and emotional peer-based support for new and expecting parents, and parents of children up to the age of six. This program offers informational seminars and programs geared towards families of young children, open forums discussing everyday parenting and child rearing issues, and fun social events for the entire family.
Breastfeeding Services
Not enough milk is the most common reason women cite for ceasing to breastfeed.
Did you know that most breastfeeding issues, including low milk supply, can be resolved by following the principles of baby-led, exclusive breastfeeding, a good latch and loads of positive support? It is true.
Our goal at Yellowood is to support you by encouraging you, teaching you and helping with the latch, checking for a possible tongue tie (which both affects the latch and milk supply) and everything else that goes along with having a newborn. Our lactation consulting will help you feel more confident and get the skill you need.
Everyone listed on this page we know personally and have either been a client of or have sent clients to. They are all kind, warm and masters of their trades.
Tara has been a Paediatric Nurse Practitioner for the last 16 years and a Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) for over 20 years, having worked at Cambridge Memorial Hospital and Community settings (Waterloo Region Community Health Department, Cambridge Paediatric and Breastfeeding Clinic).
As a Lactation Consultant who specializes in tongue/lip ties, she has also assisted thousands of women with other breastfeeding concerns such as slow weight gain, sore breasts, yeast infections, acid reflux and much more. She is very involved in international breastfeeding communities and offers up to date literature and information on treatments both from a medical and alternative perspective.
The Cedar Lily Bra Boutique offers bra fitting services. We carry many popular brands, such as Triumph, Wonderbra, Bali & Glamorise. We are committed to helping each woman find exactly what they are looking for, so we carry a wide range of sizes and styles. All of our bras can be turned into nursing bras with our easy-to-use magnetic clasps.
Doula Support and Prenatal Classes
Balancing From Birth to Baby offers the widest range of prenatal education classes in Waterloo Region along with birth and postpartum doula services. Learn from a registered labour and delivery Nurse and a full time Doula. Their focus is on sharing important medical knowledge, holistic information, and hands on skills for birth and parenting.
Oh Baby Fitness and Doula support is the regions only fitness studio dedicated to keeping you healthy and strong during your pregnancy and postpartum period. With a wide range of prenatal and mom and baby fitness classes you are sure to find the perfect fit for your needs. Along with fitness classes we also provide birth and postpartum doula support, comfort measures for birth classes and placenta encapsulation. We strive to support, educate and empower all our clients during the journey of parenthood.
Wellness & Fitness
Oh Baby Fitness offers a variety of pre and post-natal fitness programs in Cambridge and surrounding areas. We strive to ensure our clients have safe and effective options for their fitness goals at any stage of pregnancy and postpartum. Always educating and encouraging safety with our changing bodies is our number 1 goal while still providing a challenging and fun experience.
At Revive Massage Therapy we have experienced Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) that strive to stay current in their massage therapy techniques and modalities. All of our RMT’s will provide relaxation and/or therapeutic massage therapy treatments in a very relaxing environment. We have created a beautiful and tranquil atmosphere while keeping the same therapeutic treatments found in a traditional massage therapy clinic. Massage Therapy is an excellent treatment option for people with injuries, muscle tension and daily stress, Additionally, receiving regular massage therapy treatments can be tremendously beneficial to preventing injuries/ pain, and improving flexibility.
People often ask if they should attend therapy. Our response is that we all have times when we need a little help. Whether it seems like a small ‘bump’ in the road or a ‘mountain’ standing before you, making the decision to attend counselling is often difficult—it takes courage. However, it can be the most important decision you can make for personal growth and health. While problems may seem overwhelming at times, counselling offers you a new perspective and skills to overcome the problems.
At Sherry Maxwell and Associates we work with individuals, couples and families dealing with a wide range of issues.
In all of our work we take the goals set by the client and work toward those goals. For individuals it might be self-esteem, stress, anxiety, disordered eating, abuse issues, trauma, addictions or needing someone to help them develop their life plan or path. We like to take people from struggling, to acceptance, to total happiness.
Through years of working within the women’s health industry, Sherri Moore saw a need for a new division devoted to the women within Brant County and surrounding areas. Through devotion to study, great staff, and amazing clients we have been able to make this division possible. Services and products include: Pregnancy Massage Therapy, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy, Maternity Belly Belts, Core Rehabilitation/Pilates, BlockedMilk Duct Therapy, Diastasis Recti Screening, Infant Massage, Childbirth Classes and Essential Oils.
The Birth Essentials portion of the practice is dedicated to offering confidence, education, treatment and care for moms, moms-to-be and their babies.
We are a group of alternative medicine practitioners, located in the heart of Belmont Village in Kitchener. We provide you Manual Osteopathy, Registered Massage Therapy, hot stone massage, Hand & Foot Reflexology, Reiki & Indian head massage.