Last updated: July 26, 2024

Pregnancy is a time of change and learning. In this section, you will find many resources to help you prepare. You will also find resources about parenting children and how to ensure they develop healthy habits.

If you are planning to get pregnant, you’ll want to make sure you are as healthy as possible. 

Go to Planning Your Pregnancy

In this section, learn what to expect during pregnancy and how to prepare for your baby's arrival.

 Go to Pregnancy

Learn tips that can help you prepare for every stage of your labour journey. 

Go to Labour and Birth

Learn more about your baby’s needs and how to care for them in the first 12 months.  

Go to Parenting Babies

In this section, learn more information to help you make the most of every aspect of your toddler’s growth and development between 12 and 36 months. 

Go to Parenting Toddlers

Learn ways that you can nurture your child’s development and help build your relationship with them. 

Go to Parenting Preschoolers

In this section, learn about your child’s development, how to nurture their self-esteem and provide them with communication skills.

Go to Parenting School-Age Children

Learn about how to support your teens through emotional and physical changes as they enter adolescence.

Go to Parenting Teens 

You can help guide your child towards healthy behaviours and making informed decisions at any age.

Go to Parenting Young Adults

Children don’t always recognize hazards and dangerous situations. Take extra steps to keep them safe. 

 Go to Keeping Your Child Safe.

In this section, learn about how strong family and social relationships can make your child feel loved and secure.

Go to Relationships and Emotional Health.

Learn about creating healthy habits for all age groups, from infants to growing children.

Go to Healthy Habits for a Healthy Life

Your child may have a health condition that needs special care in a hospital or at home. In this section you can learn about how to care for your child when they are ill.

Go to Children and Illness

Baby’s Best Chance is a reference guide for current and future parents.Topics covered include pregnancy, birth and parenting a baby up to six months of age.

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This resource provides guidance on how to support your child as they go through the many stages of toddlerhood and encounter new experiences such as the arrival of a new baby or entering child care.

Go to Toddler's First Steps

Having unprotected sex can lead to pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections. In this section, learn about the effects and different types of birth control.

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