Every pregnancy has a unique and profound impact on women and their families. Support at this important time can have positive short and long-term benefits.
The Prenatal Education and Outreach Services provides local group or individual prenatal education, support, and outreach to pregnant women and their families in Sooke and the surrounding areas. This service works to ensure that all who need or want prenatal services can access low to no-cost programming.
All pregnant women may find benefit from the support of these services and resources.
The overall goal of this program is to provide services to enhance the health of families in our community.
If you or someone you know needs extra support in pregnancy please call:
Sooke Family Resource Society at 250-642-5152
Prenatal Education
Our prenatal class series offers 6 weeks of group classes for the expectant mother and the partner of her choice.
Class topics:
- Healthy lifestyle for pregnancy
- Nutrition and exercise
- Late pregnancy symptoms and how to cope with them
- Warning signs in late pregnancy and preterm labour
- Physical and emotional process of birth
- Natural pain management for labour
- Medications for pain in labour
- Common medical procedures
- Cesarean birth
- Life with a new baby
- Infant feeding and nutrition
The 6 week series cost is $100, however price can be based on a sliding scale as needed. Child-minding available on site, if needed
Prenatal Outreach Services – Outreach Services are Free
Outreach services are provided to pregnant women who may have extra needs in pregnancy.
Services include:
- One-to-one pregnancy education and support
- Nutritional support through food vouchers and/ or healthy eating education
- Prenatal vitamins
- Referrals to community resources
- Resource lending library