Links are organized into the following categories: Multiple Birth Related Sites, Health Related Sites, Parenting Sites, and Child Safety Sites. Canadian sites are identified with a .
Multiple Birth Related Sites
- Multiple Births Canada/Naissances multiples Canada (MBC) – The source for information on multiple births in Canada, with an extensive network of local chapters, health care professionals and organizations.
- Very Well Family – A treasure trove of information for parents of multiples, from babies through adulthood.
- Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB), Inc. – Parents who have experienced the death of one or more, both or all of our twins or higher multiples at any time from conception through birth, infancy and childhood.
- Center for the Study of Multiple Births – Purpose is to stimulate and foster medical and social research in the area of multiple birth and to help parents with the special problems they and their offspring may encounter.
- Mothers of Supertwins (MOST) – Network of families with triplets, quadruplets and more. MOST provides information, resources, empathy and good humor during pregnancy, infancy, toddlerhood and school age.
- Multiple Births: Prenatal Education and Bereavement Support – Pregnancy and post-natal information and, from the point of view of new parents, addresses questions and concerns. Also offers bereavement support.
- PreemieTwins.com – Resource to both parents of multiples and/or parents of premature infants.
- Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation – Dedicated to providing educational, emotional and financial support to families and caregivers before, during, and after pregnancies diagnosed with twin to twin transfusion syndrome.
- Twinless Twins Support Group – Serving in support of twins (all multiple births) who suffer from the loss of companionship of their twin through death or estrangement.
- TWINS Magazine – American magazine about multiples.
Health Related Sites
- Caring For Kids – Developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society. Child health information from Canada’s paediatric experts.
- Children’s Info – This site brings together information about all the children and youth programs and services provided by the Government of Ontario.
- Lutherwood’s Children’s Mental Health Services Helping children, youth and their families in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and surrounding rural areas.
- Grand River Hospital – Located at 835 King Street West, Kitchener. Comprehensive community hospital that provides patient-centered care to residents in the Region of Waterloo and the surrounding communities.
- Health Canada Online – Canada’s federal department of health. Provides national leadership to develop health policy, enforce health regulations, promote disease prevention and enhance healthy living for all Canadians.
- Fertility Matters – Provides educational material, support and assistance to individuals or couples who are experiencing the anguish of infertility.
- La Leche League International (Nursing Multiples page) – Organization with the sole purpose of helping breastfeeding mothers.
- McMaster University Medical Centre – Located in Hamilton, delivers a wide range of Womenâs Health services, including high-risk obstetrics and gynecology. Also houses the McMaster Childrenâs Hospital with over 40 pediatric clinics and home to one of the country’s newest and busiest Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
- Medic-Alert – Leading provider of medical information services that are linked to customized medical bracelets and necklets.
- Region of Waterloo Public Health Pregnancy and first year
- Sidelines National Support Network – Provides nationwide support for women and their families experiencing high-risk pregnancies.
Parenting and Miscellaneous Sites
- BabyNames.com – Dedicated to maintaining an ethnically diverse database of names and meanings.
- Exceptional Parent Magazine – Provides information, support, ideas, encouragement and outreach for parents
and families of children with disabilities, and the professionals who work with them. - Our Place – 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. Created by the Ontario government.
- Today’s Parent – The web site of Canada’s #1 parenting magazine, Today’s Parent. Includes a library of information on all the ages and stages of your growing family, fun tools and features, discussion forums to swap advice with other parents, and contests for fantastic prizes.
Child Safety Sites
- Block Parent Program of Canada – Canada’s largest volunteer-run child safety organization.
- Canadian Toy Testing Council (CTTC) – Non-profit, voluntary, registered charitable organization, working for parents to test toys and to help parents make good toy purchases.
- Parachute – National injury prevention program of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Helps to keep children safe by providing information on how to prevent injuries.