prenatal resource directory
Created by:Molly Pratt, MPH, HBCE
HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator & Mind-Body Support Practitioner, Embodied Birth
Pregnancy can feel beautiful, tender, practical, emotional, and overwhelming – sometimes all in the same day. This guide is meant to make that feel simpler. Inside, you’ll find resources I often recommend to clients, including videos, articles, local supports, movement and pelvic health tools, breastfeeding prep, birth physiology education, and decision-making resources. It’s organized by common questions and pain points, so you can start with what you need most right now.
You do not need to use everything here. A few well-timed resources are often more helpful than trying to consume all the birth content on the internet. This list is updated periodically. If you know of a helpful resource to include, I’d love to hear from you: molly@embodiedbirth.ca
last updated: June 17, 2026
Disclaimer: This is a curated list of resources I find useful in my practice. It is not a comprehensive directory and is intended to supplement other Yukon perinatal resources and the guidance of your healthcare providers. Inclusion is for informational purposes only and does not constitute endorsement. Please use your own judgment and consult qualified professionals as needed.
Important note: Online resources are helpful, but they are not a substitute for medical care. Call your care provider, midwife, maternity clinic, or the Whitehorse General Hospital Maternity Unit if you have urgent concerns such as decreased fetal movement, bleeding, severe headache, vision changes, sudden swelling, fever, severe abdominal pain, waters releasing, regular contractions before 37 weeks, or anything that feels concerning to you. In an emergency, call 911.
quick access guide
Getting Ready - “I want to prepare, but I don’t know where to start.”
Pregnancy Discomfort + Pelvic Health - “Help - my ribs, back, pelvis, hips, or pelvic floor hurt.”
Pregnancy Movement + Workouts - “I want exercise routines I can follow for each trimester.”
Body Prep + Labour Movement - “I want to know about my body and learn how to move well in labour.”
Mental Health - “I’m having a hard time and want support before baby comes.”
Coping With Labour Intensity - “I’m nervous about labour pain or losing control.”
Birth Physiology + Anatomy - “I want to understand what my body is doing.”
Navigating Care + Decisions -”I want to understand induction, interventions, or my options.”
Nutrition + Gestational Diabetes - “I want to eat well, but I don’t know where to start.”
Breastfeeding / Chestfeeding Prep - “I want to feel more ready to feed my baby.”
Newborn + Postpartum Prep - “I want to know what happens after birth.”
Local Whitehorse Support - “I want to know who I can call locally.”
Podcasts + Deeper Learning - “I like learning while I walk, drive, or rest.”
Birth Stories + Feeling Connected - “I want to feel more hopeful and connected.”
getting ready
I want to prepare, but I don’t know where to start.
BeHerVillage Baby Registry Checklist — A registry guide that goes beyond baby gear and includes support services like doulas, lactation support, meals, cleaning, and postpartum care.
If you are interested in adding my services to your registry, you can do so here
Molly’s YouTube Playlist: Pregnancy Tips — Practical pregnancy reminders, birth prep tips, and simple things to think about as birth gets closer.
URL: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo6Navp7wMb7jZxuDqY7d53ZXyeOR5-F1&si=2CW49XZkFP3fKqYb
From Molly’s blog:
Antici…pation — A reflection on birth planning, self-advocacy, informed choice, and why preparation is about clarity, not control.
HypnoBirthing — The Mongan Method — A reflection on how mindset, environment, and physiology shape birth.
BeHerVillage — A reflection on why support belongs on the baby registry too.
pregnancy discomfort + pelvic health
Help – my ribs, back, pelvis, hips, or pelvic floor hurt.
Local Whitehorse Supports —Pelvic Health Physiotherapists
Sophie Villeneuve / Beyond Birthing — Local Whitehorse pelvic floor physiotherapy support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Whitehorse Physio — Local Whitehorse pelvic floor physiotherapy support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Evergreen Wellness —Local Whitehorse pelvic physio therapy
URL: https://evergreenwellnessyukon.ca/pelvic-health-physiotherapy/
Body Ready Method: Rib Pain in Pregnancy — Stretches, breathwork, and body mechanics to help with rib discomfort in pregnancy.
Pelvic Floor Relaxer — Optimal Maternal Positioning technique to relax the pelvic floor; can be used in pregnancy as well as during labour to help baby find optimal position
How to self assess the pelvic floor tightness—Important for determining what aspects of pelvic exercises you want to focus on and if you need further pelvic floor support
Self-assessment method: https://youtu.be/X5XIFp0mClc?si=alUcl_Fs83JaYDqK
9 symptoms of a tight pelvic floor: https://youtu.be/nsIonNKhDlE?si=CpezqUKgkrOZz4gY
Pelvic Floor Prep — How to videos on prepping the pelvic floor for labour and birth.
How To Do Pelvic Floor Exercises & Routine - (refer to self assessment on pelvic floor tightness before establishing routine)
Molly’s YouTube Playlist: Pregnancy — Pelvic Health — Videos on pelvic floor function, pelvic discomfort, tightness, weakness, pressure, and body awareness, how-to guides for pelvic floor exercises and pelvic massage.
Youtube channels:
Dr. Amy Konvalin / PT for Everybody — youtube channel offering evidence-informed free pelvic health education for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery.
URL:https://www.youtube.com/@PT4Everybody
Sophie Villeneuve / Beyond Birthing — youtube channel from Local Whitehorse pelvic floor physiotherapy support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
MamasteFit — Evidence-based pregnancy, birth, and postpartum education, fitness guidance, and labour support resources created by a perinatal fitness trainer/birth doula and a labour and delivery nurse/student midwife.
Pelvic Floor 3D Model — A visual anatomy video showing the pelvic floor muscles and how they support the body.
Diaphragm, Pelvis + Pelvic Floor Function — A helpful breakdown of pelvic bones, muscles, diaphragm function, and how these relate to pelvic floor symptoms.
Jaw Clenching and Pelvic Floor Tension — A video showing the relationship between jaw tension, nervous system tension, and pelvic floor holding patterns.
Belly support bands — May help with pelvic girdle pain, SI joint discomfort, vulvar pressure, round ligament pain, or back strain, especially during higher-activity times, not as something you wear all day. For ongoing or significant pain, a pelvic floor physiotherapist can help you choose the right style, fit, and placement.
Some options:
Diane Lee Maternity Support Belt — best pelvic-physio-aligned pregnancy option.
Baby Belly Pelvic Support by Diane Lee — targeted SI joint / pubic symphysis support.
Bellies Inc. Ab Wrap — best saved for postpartum recovery, not as a primary pregnancy support belt.
pregnancy movement + workouts
I want to move, but I don’t know what’s safe or useful.
Molly’s YouTube Playlist: Pregnancy Workouts — Pregnancy-friendly movement videos to help you stay active, strong, mobile, and connected to your body.
MamasteFit — Pregnancy workouts, birth-prep education, strength training, labour positions, and postpartum recovery resources; you can also sign-up for some free workout series on their website
Body Ready Method Learning Center — Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum movement education, especially around pelvic mobility, core function, and body mechanics.
body prep + labour movement
I want to know about my body and learn how to move well in labour.
Pelvic Floor Prep — How to videos on prepping the pelvic floor for labour and birth.
How To Do Pelvic Floor Exercises & Routine - (refer to self assessment on pelvic floor tightness before establishing routine)
Spinning Babies Resources — Body-balancing and birth-positioning resources to support comfort, fetal positioning, and easeful birth preparation.
Body Ready Method:
Baby’s Journey Through the Pelvis — A helpful explanation of how babies rotate and descend through the pelvis, and how pelvic movement can support that process.
Movement of the Pelvis + Birth Balls — A short visual on how pelvic movement and birth-ball positions can help create space and mobility.
How Position Impacts the Pelvic Outlet — A visual explanation of how different positions can change the shape and space of the pelvis during birth.
Which Positions to Use as Baby Descends — A video showing how different positions may support different stages of baby’s descent through the pelvis.
Labour Positions to use When Baby is Low in Pelvis - Spinning Babies overview of key positions for opening the pelvic outlet in Birthing Stage (2nd stage)
Different Movements for Different Stages of Labour — A short video showing how movement needs may shift depending on where baby is in the pelvis.
Molly’s YouTube Playlists:
Visualizing Labour and Birth — Visual videos to help you understand what’s happening in the body during labour and how movement, breath, and position can support the process.
Pregnancy - Pelvic Health — Practical videos on pelvic mobility, birth positions, and movements that may help your body feel more ready for labour.
From Molly’s blog:
Movement — A reflection on birth as a dance between you, your body, and your baby.
mental health
I’m having a hard time and want support before baby comes.
If you are in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 911. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Support is available 24/7 across Canada.
Free / Low-Cost Support
Yukon Government
Free Adult Counselling in Whitehorse
Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services — Free counselling and support for mental wellness and substance use concerns, including 1:1 counselling, short-term counselling, groups, education, and rapid access counselling.
PHONE: 867-456-3838 | TOLL-FREE (YUKON): 1-866-456-3838
CMHA Yukon — Mental health support, programs, and resources for Yukoners, including the Reach Out Support Line and BounceBack, a free guided self-help program for low mood, anxiety, stress, or worry; and Cultural Connections First Nations Counselling Program, unlimited free counseling services for First Nation Individuals
URL:https://yukon.cmha.ca/ | https://yukon.cmha.ca/mental-health/find-help-now/reach-out-support-line/
CONTACT: Email: admin@yukon.cmha.ca | (867) 668-6429
Postpartum-Specific Support:
Yukon Perinatal Resource Guide — A fuller local guide to postpartum, feeding, mental health, public health, and family supports.
Private Counselling / Therapy / Support:
Cultivating Light Counselling — Trauma-informed counselling support; may be relevant for pregnancy, postpartum, stress, and life transitions.
Connect Counselling & Psychotherapy — Trauma-focused therapy and counselling support.
Common Ground Counselling — Whitehorse counselling support; directory listing notes specialization in peri/postnatal mental health and birth trauma.
Embodied Birth HypnoBirthing and Healing — HypnoBirthing childbirth education and 1:1 mind-body support for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and life transitions, including guided relaxation, nervous-system tools, decision-making reflection, energy work, and embodied practices.
Postpartum Support Yukon — Perinatal mental health support, counselling, parent coaching, infant feeding support, and infant sleep support.
coping with labour intensity
I’m nervous about labour pain, intensity, or losing control.
Molly’s YouTube Playlists:
Birth Tips — Practical tools for labour coping, breath, mindset, and support.
Positive Birth Stories — Stories that help balance fear-based birth messages with examples of birth that felt supported, powerful, or meaningful.
Pregnancy & Birth — Bonding Activities — Gentle ways to connect with your baby, your body, and your birth intentions before labour begins.
From Molly’s blog:
Breath — A reflection on breath as a nervous-system tool and part of preparing for smoother birth.
Hypnosis — A clear, down-to-earth explanation of what hypnosis is and what it is not.
Inner Work — A reflection on how fears, beliefs, expectations, and nervous-system patterns can shape birth beneath conscious thought.
KT’s Story — A birth story about fast labour, overwhelm, and what changes when birth begins to feel like something you’re part of.
birth physiology + anatomy
I want to understand what my body is doing.
Molly’s YouTube Playlists:
Visualizing Labour and Birth — Education-focused birth videos that help make labour feel more understandable, less mysterious, and less scary.
Childbirth Herstory and Physiological Birthing Anatomy Lessons — Videos on birth history, physiology, anatomy, and the bigger cultural context around birth.
Incredible animation of baby’s head moulding as they move through birth path
Penny Simkin on Delayed Cord Clamping
5 Benefits of Delayed Cord Clamping—Heather Dessinger’s article outlining research on 5 main benefits of delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord at birth.
The Beautiful, Incredible Umbilical Cord —Monet Nicole, birth photographer on the wonders of umbilical cords through photos
Pelvic Floor 3D Model — A visual anatomy video showing the pelvic floor muscles and how they support the body.
From Molly’s blog:
Environment — Mind — Body — A reflection on how the birth environment, mind, and body work together in labour.
URL: https://www.embodiedbirth.ca/reflect/environment-mind-bodyPoop — A reflection on the shared physiology between bowel movements and birth.
URL: https://www.embodiedbirth.ca/reflect/poopReclaim — A reflection on what HypnoBirthing is really about: reclaiming body, voice, choice, and trust.
URL: https://www.embodiedbirth.ca/reflect/reclaim
nutrition + gestational diabetes
I want to eat well, but I don’t know where to start.
Local Supports:
Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre — Healthy Babies, Healthy Futures program offers free services such as maternity and baby clothing, free dietitian support, wellness and fitness activities, pre+postnatal education, vitamin supplementation vouchers and carseats, and more!
CONTACT: cpnp@vfwomenscentre.com | PHONE: (867) 667-4134
Council of Yukon First Nations Bibia Natsat Strong Babies Program — A prenatal and postnatal support program for Yukon First Nations and Indigenous families, including birthworker support, ceremony, support and advocacy, and financial support for nutrition and prenatal supplements, infant items, and more.
CONTACT: family.preservation@cyfn.net | EMAIL: birth.worker@cyfn.net | PHONE: (867) 393-9200 (ext 9273)
Health Canada: Healthy Eating When Pregnant and Breastfeeding — Canadian guidance on eating a variety of foods in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Lily Nichols’ Real Food for Pregnancy:
Prenatal Vitamin Recommendations — Lily Nichols’ guide to what to look for in a prenatal vitamin.
Real Food for Pregnancy Success Stories
Lily Nichols’ Real Food for Gestational Diabetes:
Book - A practical nutrition resource for people navigating gestational diabetes.
Free Gestational Diabetes Video Series — Free videos on food, blood sugar, and gestational diabetes management.
Articles
Early Gestational Diabetes Screening (research) https://lilynicholsrdn.com/early-gestational-diabetes-screening/
breastfeeding / chestfeeding prep
I want to feel more ready to feed my baby.
Molly’s YouTube Playlist: Breastfeeding Videos — Videos on latch, positioning, hand expression, early feeding, and common breastfeeding questions.
Hand Expression Video — A practical video showing how to express breast milk or colostrum by hand.
HealthLink BC: Hand Expressing Breastmilk — A simple video resource on the basics of hand expression.
La Leche League Canada: Breastfeeding Essentials Prenatal Class — A prenatal breastfeeding class covering preparation, positioning and latch, milk production, how to know baby is getting enough, and where to get support.
Yukon Breastfeeding / Infant Feeding Support — Yukon community health nurses offer breastfeeding and infant feeding support, including private appointments.
Yukon Midwifery Program: Infant Feeding Mondays — Public infant feeding support in Whitehorse for pregnant people and parents of infants up to 12 months.
From Molly’s blog: Postpartum — Preparing Part 2 — Practical support planning for postpartum, including feeding, rest, food, recovery, and who to call.
newborn + postpartum prep
I want to know what happens after birth.
From Molly’s blog:
Postpartum — Unraveling Part 1 — A reflection for when postpartum feels harder than expected and you wonder why no one prepared you for this.
Postpartum — Preparing Part 2 — Practical tips for building a postpartum support map before baby arrives.
Postpartum — Anchoring Part 3 — Breath and simple tools for getting through the hard moments, especially when the nights feel long.
Hope — A reflection on uncertainty, parenthood, and letting hope take root.
URL: https://www.embodiedbirth.ca/reflect/hope
local whitehorse support
I want to know who I can call locally.
Pelvic Health Physiotherapists
Sophie Villeneuve / Beyond Birthing — Local Whitehorse pelvic floor physiotherapy support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Whitehorse Physio — Local Whitehorse pelvic floor physiotherapy support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Evergreen Wellness —Local Whitehorse pelvic physio therapy
URL: https://evergreenwellnessyukon.ca/pelvic-health-physiotherapy/
Friendship Centres and Women’s Centres
Skookum Jim Friendship Centre — Prenatal Nutritional Program
EMAIL: prenatal@skookumjim.com | PHONE: 867-633-7680 ext 1006
Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre — Healthy Babies, Healthy Futures program offers free services such as maternity and baby clothing, free dietitian support, wellness and fitness activities, pre+postnatal education, vitamin supplementation vouchers and carseats, and more!
FACEBOOK: HealthyBabies HealthyFutures | EMAIL: cpnp@vfwomenscentre.com |PHONE: (867) 667-4134
Free Whitehorse Prenatal Classes — Local prenatal classes covering labour, comfort measures, breastfeeding, newborn care, and postpartum.
podcasts + deeper learning
I like learning while I walk, drive, or rest.
BeHerVillage Podcast — Conversations about pregnancy, birth, postpartum, support, and building a village around new parents.
The Midwives’ Cauldron — A birth podcast that often goes deep into physiology, midwifery, and evidence-informed birth topics.
Birthful — A broad pregnancy, birth, and postpartum podcast with practical interviews and birth stories.
Evidence Based Birth Podcast — Research-focused episodes on common pregnancy, birth, and newborn care topics.
The Great Birth Rebellion — Midwife-led conversations on birth physiology, maternity care, interventions, and informed choice.
birth stories + feeling connected
I want to feel more hopeful, grounded, and connected.
TED Talk: What We Learn Before We’re Born — Science writer Annie Murphy Paul explores research on prenatal learning, including how babies begin absorbing sounds, language patterns, and even food preferences before birth.
Molly’s YouTube Playlists:
Positive Birth Stories — A collection of birth stories to help balance fear-based birth messages with more grounded and hopeful examples.
Pregnancy & Birth — Bonding Activities — Gentle ways to connect with your baby, your body, and your birth intentions before labour begins.
From Molly’s Blog:
KT’s Story — A story about fast birth, overwhelm, and what changes when birth begins to feel like something you’re part of.
Bee’s Story — A positive birth story involving a fast birth, a large baby, no major tearing, and deep confidence and connection.
Hope — A reflection on uncertainty, parenthood, and letting hope take root.
Edge of Transition — A reflection for feeling unmoored at the edge of change and learning how to hold steady where you are.