Your Maternity Journey
Maternity Checkpoints
Routine Checkups
HealthLink BC highlights an example of a schedule for routine checkups, please see the table below or visit their website here for more information. Your child's doctor will recommend an appropriate schedule for routine checkups. Visit the Infant Vaccination section of our website for more information on where to get your baby’s immunizations, click here.
| Example of a Routine Checkup Schedule | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | 3-5 days | 1 month | 6 weeks | 2 month | 4 month | 6 months | 9 months | 12 months | 18 months | 2 years | 30 months | 3 years |
| Baby | x | x | Immunizations | Immunizations | Immunizations | x | Immunizations | Immunizations | x | x | x | |
| Mom | Postpartum Check | |||||||||||
Importance of Care
After hospital discharge, all your concerns and baby’s concerns will be followed by your family doctor or nurse practitioner. These routine visits with your care provider are important to check for problems and make sure that your baby is growing and developing as expected. Your family doctor or nurse practitioner can provide ongoing, comprehensive care for you and your baby. Don’t be afraid to call your care provider any time you have concerns about your baby’s health.
Need a family doctor or nurse practitioner? Please visit the Attachment Hub to register for the waitlist for a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
If you are waiting for attachment to a family doctor or nurse practitioner and need care in the meantime, please visit the Pathways Medical Care Directory.
When to Seek Care
You may have concerns about your baby or yourself before these check ups, please reference the Baby’s Best Chance handbook for common health concerns and when to seek care:
Mom health concerns and when to seek care, see pages 55-59
Baby health concerns and when to seek care, see pages 82-85
Baby milestones and guidelines for physical, social, emotional, and language development, see pages 91-93
For mothers who delivered at Royal Columbian Hospital, refer to your discharge summary from the hospital, click here for a copy. This resource is currently being translated to different languages.
Links to Comprehensive Resources:
Fraser Health also has some checklists to help keep track of your baby’s development, click here to fill them out digitally on their website or see below for the PDF versions:
For a full list of comprehensive handbooks and resources available in multiple languages, visit the HealthLink BC’s website here:
Baby's Best Chance Handbook
Child Health Passport
Toddler’s First Steps: A Best Chance Guide to Parenting Your 6-36 Month–Old Child
Safer Sleep for My Baby
Other comprehensive resources:
Pregnancy Passport Handbook - Perinatal Services BC
Pregnancy Guide - Fraser Health
More resources with multiple languages - HealthyFamilies BC