Did you know? • During pregnancy babies need to store enough iron to last them until they are 6 months old! • Eating foods high in iron during pregnancy will help your baby get the iron she needs for brain development. • Try chili with ground beef and red kidney beans to boost your iron intake.

WELCOME TO

Healthy Start for Mom & Me
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA

Jeans… camaraderie… acceptance… snacks… neighbourhood-based adult education for expectant and new families with babies up to one year…other practical supports. It adds up to an enthusiastic, collaborative support to families of all sorts and sizes and cultures and challenges and strengths.Operating since 1997 and named by young mothers who were involved in planning this outreach initiative, we now see 1300-1400 women a year and well over 80% are breastfeeding. The low birth weight rate is averaging 6% - which in a “high risk” population is an encouraging change for the better. Healthy Start for Mom & Me is funded by the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (Public Health Agency of Canada) and the Healthy Baby program (Healthy Child Manitoba). Healthy Start for Mom & Me is incorporated as a non-profit organization, and is a registered charity.

Read about HSMM…

Click here to take a peek at a postnatal drop-in session.

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“… you make me feel like I already know something.” program participant