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Pregnancy Websites |
General
- ABCs of Pregnancy, The - offers a guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting.
- About: Pregnancy & Childbirth - week by week pregnancy calendar, community, and ultrasound picture collection.
- All About Moms - covers pregnancy, birth, motherhood, child proofing, and death of a child. Includes ask the experts forum and resources.
- AmazingPregnancy.com - includes week by week pregnancy calendar, birth plan creator, picture galleries, and more.
- Amniocentesis - An Evaluation of the 35+ Rule - abstract of a paper.
- AmnioNet - provides information on fetal development, prenatal diagnosis, and amniocentesis illustrated with ultrasound images.
- Anemia During Pregnancy - information on causes, risks and prevention.
- Ask NOAH about Pregnancy - almost, but not quite, a FAQ for pregnancy. Also links to other resources.
- Baby Corner - provides expecting and new parents with support, information, and tools to lead them through the journey of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. Includes chat and message boards.
- Baby Soon - guide for expectant parents includes articles on pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care, information on weekly change, illustrations, polls, and community forums.
- BabyCenter - resource for parents-to-be and new parents from the time of pre-conception planning through the baby's first year.
- BabyData - offers ovulation calendar and pregnancy data and diary.
- BabyMed - contains online fertility and pregnancy tools including an ovulation calendar and a BTT chart. Also offers information on infertility and pregnancy symptoms.
- Babytimes.co.nz - guide for new and expecting parents.
- BabyZone - comprehensive baby name guides, adoption index, and step by pregnancy information.
- Basal Body Temperature Thermometer - description of basal body temperature (BBT) and how it relates to achieving or preventing pregnancy.
- Birth Connections of Northern Virginia - links to medical research, listings for birth professionals, parent resources, and birth-related organizations.
- BirthStories.com - gives true tales of labor and delivery.
- Childbirth Solutions - provides articles, personal stories, and message boards covering a range of related subjects.
- Childbirth.org - contains pages of resources for all cycles of pregnancy and birthing.
- ePregnancy.com - articles, interactive features, forums, news, ideas and resources to keep you informed and inspired from before conception to after birth.
- Eve's Apple - humorous site with reviews and articles.
- Fetal Monitoring Information - looks at the different types of monitoring, research in the area, and how it affects your labor and birth.
- First 9 Months - multimedia journey through the first, second, and third trimesters of an unborn child's life.
- Fit Pregnancy
- Great Expectations - offers information, encouragement, and advice about pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum adjustment, and more.
- Home Testing for Pregnancy - analysis of home pregnancy, cholesterol, glucose, and other testing kits.
- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) Reference Service - contains information about false positive and erroneous hCG pregnancy tests, why these occur, and where to get help.
- I Dream of Baby - educating women on fertility and pregnancy issues.
- Just the Facts - explores the full nine months of a developing fetus.
- Lamaze.com - offers a range of information about babies and pregnancy.
- Lynne's Ultimate Pregnancy Page - from fertility awareness to infertility to adopting.
- Make a Sono-Portrait - learn how to make a pre-portrait of your baby-to-be using sonogram enhancement.
- Maternal Neonatal Health (MNH) Program - strives to increase access to, demand for, and use of appropriate maternal and neonatal healthcare.
- Miracle Of Life, The - information and photos of fetal development.
- Mome - medical information about pregnancy and labour written by a leading UK obstetrician.
- Mommyguide.com - offers information about motherhood, including pregnancy and birth, and parenting.
- National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) - focused on raising public awareness of prenatal care. Includes initiatives, publications, events, and funding information.
- NCT Pregnancy and Baby Care - covers pregnancy, birth, early childhood development, and becoming a dad.
- ParentsPlace.com: Trying to Conceive - message board for parents who are trying to conceive, but have not yet begun infertility procedures or are not suffering from secondary infertility.
- Paternity Angel - information for men during their partner's pregnancy. Includes due date calculators, information on paternity, fertility, fetal development, and more.
- Plus-Size Pregnancy - offers information and resources about pregnancy and birth for large women.
- Postpartum Plastic Surgery - Comprehensive information about plastic surgery after pregnancy.
- Pregnancy Advisor - for expectant parents wanting to share information.
- Pregnancy and Birth Related Information
- Pregnancy and Parenting Naturally
- Pregnancy Bed Rest - offers information and support for families and caregivers.
- Pregnancy Centers Online - lists pregnancy help centers around the world that provide pregnancy information and counseling to pregnant women.
- Pregnancy Daily Calendar, The - find out what's happening to your body and your baby every day.
- Pregnancy Inc. - resource and online community for new and expectant parents. Features an interactive baby name tool, a pregnancy forum, and an encyclopedia of pre-natal information.
- Pregnancy Related Email Lists - include the ICAN online cesarean support group, midwife, doula, childbirth educators, and apprentice midwife lists.
- Pregnancy Resource Centers - offers support for women facing unexpected pregnancies.
- Pregnancy Today - resource and community for expectant parents offering Q&A, birth planner, boards, birth stories, news articles, and more.
- PregnancyWeekly - personalized e-newsletter and web site for issues concerning pregnant women, parenting, family, moms, and baby.
- Prenatal Care - designed by Physician Assistant students at the University of Florida to educate women about prenatal care during pregnancy.
- Prenatal Ed - electronic handbook on developing and evaluating health related content and materials sponsored by Beginnings.
- Preterm Labor Resources - list of resources for women experienceing preterm labor or pregnancy bedrest.
- Restore Unity in the World Corporation - assist pregnant women with heroin addiction.
- rosebaby.com - provides products for infants, toddlers, and for new moms. Also contains checklists, communities, chats, and information for mothers.
- Running on Full - support for pregnant women who run. Topics include exercise, running, healthy eating, breastfeeding, medical research.
- Shes Got Baby - informational site covering pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. Includes message boards, newsletter, and personal essays from moms.
- Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy
- Signs of Pregnancy - common signs you may be pregnant.
- StorkNet - resource for parents-to-be and new parents. Includes a week-by-week calendar of what to expect during pregnancy.
- SureBaby.com - offers information and tips for pregnancy and baby care, including names, newborn care, infant checklist, baby shower games and etiquette, gift registry, and more.
- Symptoms and Signs of Pregnancy - offers information about getting pregnant, the symptoms, home tests, and an interactive pregnancy calendar.
- Trying to Conceive - offers comfort, a place to talk, and advice from personal experience.
- Ultrasound, Amniocentesis, and other Prenatal Diagnostic Tests - information for parents-to-be about prenatal ultrasound, amniocentesis, AFP blood testing for birth defects, Downs Syndrome and premature labor.
- urbanbaby.com - a blend of content, community, and a boutique gift shower registry tailored to expecting and new parents.
Birth
- All About Babies - allows parents to show off their children, while providing resources and information on all aspect of parenting.
- APGAR Scoring for the Newborn - explanation and graphical representation of APGAR neonatal assesments.
- Baby-Care - review of baby-care basics including breastfeeding support and much more.
- BestFed.com - information on conventional and alternative methods of childbirth and child rearing.
- Birth Psychology - information, theory and resources concerning the mental and emotional dimensions of pregnancy and birth. Some discussion of violence and birth.
- Birth Stories - includes email addresses of mothers and updates on the babies.
- Bodywise - Unipath - site for understanding women's reproductive health. Also designed as a resource for health professionals.
- Christy’s Birth Pages - promotes informed birthing and includes information on choosing a birth attendant and birthing place, creating a birth plan, labor support, and the basics of breastfeeding.
- Depression After Delivery - postpartum depression, education, support, referrals.
- For Childbirth Educators - starting point for childbirth educators, doulas, or people looking into the profession of childbirth.
- Houston's Aid in Neonatal Death (H.A.N.D.) - support group for parents who have experienced the death of their baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, prematurity, or other causes in infancy.
- Is This Really Labor? - tips on determining if this will really be your baby's birthday.
- Labor and Birth Resources
- Motherisk Program, The - offers research and counselling on reproductive risks, safety of drugs, and chemicals and maternal disease in pregnancy.
- Personal Baby Chart - based on the famous ancient Chinese baby chart from the Qing Dynasty.
- SureBaby.com: Fetal Development Pregnancy Month to Month - information regarding the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy including signs and symptoms.
- Which Childbirth Classes Should I Take? - answers and advice to this question.
- With Child - offering a site for finding midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, and childbirth educators in California, and specializing in the Bay Area.
Breastfeeding
- Baby Milk Action - campaigning for a boycott of unsafe baby formulas.
- Bad Ass Breastfeeding Babes - dedicated to in-your-face breastfeeding and instinctive parenting.
- Basics and Beyond - Lynn Isenhart, B.S.N., I.B.C.L.C. Offers breastfeeding consultations and infant, prenatal, and postnatal massage.
- BFAR - Breastfeeding After Reduction - group of women who for various reasons, underwent breast reduction surgery in the past and are now breastfeeding, or soon will be.
- Brazilian Breastfeeding Page - information on breastfeeding for mothers and health care workers.
- Breast-Feeding Best Bet for Babies - informational article.
- Breastfeed.com - articles and resources.
- Breastfeeding and Attachment Parenting Twins
- Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (RE9729) - policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Breastfeeding and the Working Mother - one mother's experience.
- Breastfeeding Basics Online Course - offers a short, medically-oriented, online course for medical professionals or prospective parents/partners.
- Breastfeeding Discussion Forum
- Breastfeeding Stories - stories written by breastfeeding mothers.
- Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre - education and motivation resource for lactation consultants.
- Index of Dr. Jack Newman's Articles - contains a wide range of topics.
- Kathy Dettwyler's Commentaries - explains her research on extended breastfeeding and related issues.
- LactMama - find information on the benefits of breastfeeding, common questions and answers, support and encouragement, and links to other breastfeeding friendly sites.
- Lactnews On-Line - information on breastfeeding conferences, educational materials, courses, and links to other related support sites.
- Militant Breastfeeding Cult - offering advocacy and support with an email list, forum, articles, and more.
- Nursing Mothers Advisory Council - includes information for nursing mothers. Also includes local meeting schedules and articles.
- Official Page of Breastfeeding Propaganda - pro-breastfeeding page with links and information.
- Pumping Moms Information Exchange - offers support for moms who are pumping/expressing milk for their babies.
- Returning to Work - Continuing to Breastfeed - contains personal experience.
- Stichting Zorg voor Borstvoeding - in Dutch.
- Ted Greiner's Breastfeeding Website - focused on the study and practice of making the world a place where breastfeeding works better for mothers and babies.
- Why You Should Breastfeed! - contains stories from nursing moms and many links.
- Woman’s Guide to Breastfeeding, A - from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Working Cow, The - sharing information and experience about breastfeeding and working.
- Zelda's Breastfeeding Page
Breastfeeding Organizations
- Australian Breastfeeding Association - comprised of people interested in the promotion and protection of breastfeeding.
- International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners - for nurses, doctors, dietitians, volunteer lay counselors interested in certification as a specialist in breastfeeding and lactation management.
- La Leche League - International - nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
- La Leche League - Ireland - offers a way for mothers, health professionals and students to learn more about the benefits of breastfeeding and the mother-to-mother support service provided.
- La Leche League - Longview, TX
- La Leche League - New Jersey - breastfeeding support and conference information for mothers and health professionals.
- La Leche League - San Angelo, TX - local support for moms who breastfeed and live in the San Angelo area.
- La Leche League - Syracuse, NY
- Moms4Milk.org - compiles breastfeeding research including FAQ, abstracts, articles, resources, and links.
- MomsNET - fighting harassment of breastfeeding mothers by urging businesses to adopt breastfeeding friendly policies.
- National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (NABA)
- Nursing Mothers Counsel - offers support, information, and links.
- Promotion of Mother's Milk, Inc. - provides articles, message boards, and advice about breastfeeding.
- World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) - global network of organizations and individuals who believe breastfeeding is the right of all children and mothers and who dedicate themselves to protect, promote and support this right.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Arc's Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Resource and Materials Guide
- FAS/FAE Information - provides an electronic forum for the discussion of FAS/FAE issues.
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Effects
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Pregnant Pause - educates expectant parents on preventative practices.
- Region 3 FAS/E Partnership - provides advocacy, support, and information to families affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects.
- What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? - explores the issues with FAS, and ways to avoid it.
Post Partum Depression
- Depression After Delivery - national, non-profit organization which provides support for women with postpartum depression.
- Dr Donnica: Postpartum Depression - article from women's health expert and advocate Donnica Moore.
- Emotional Disorders in the Postpartum Period - includes information about major depression, panic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, and psychosis.
- FAQ: Post-partum Depression
- National Women's Health Information Center: Postpartum Depression - examines symptoms and treatment.
- North West Tasmania Post-Natal Depression Network
- Online PPD Support Group - devoted to mothers and families affected by Post Partum Depression. Includes information, advice, and support.
- Postnatal Depression - information for men.
- Postpartum Depression and the 'Baby Blues'
- Postpartum Resource Center of New York - self-help organization established to provide education, emotional support, and professional referrals to mothers who are suffering from postpartum depression.
- Postpartum Support International - social support network, information center, and research guide concerning postpartum mood disorders and depression.
- StorkNet: Postpartum Depression - brief article about what is also called the "baby blues".
- Women and Depressive Episodes: Postpartum Blues, Depression, and Psychosis
Pregnancy Loss
- Bonnie Babes Foundation - provides support for Australian families who have lost a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or prematurity. Raises funds for medical research into pregnancy loss.
- Christian Miscarriage Support Group - includes an email list, support, encouragement, and other assistance.
- Helping After Neonatal Death (HAND) - nonprofit group providing information concerning infant death and pregnancy loss to bereaved families and health care providers.
- Hygeia - devoted to the subject matter of grieving and loss as it pertains to pregnancy loss, genetic complications, miscarriage, neonatal loss.
- In Memory of Madison - includes information and resources on pregnancy and infant loss.
- Madison Foundation, The - provides funding to hospital programs that counsel families after miscarriage or stillbirth.
- Miscarriage Association - offers support and information. Topics include causes, treatments, and the way pregnancy loss is managed in hospitals and the community.
- Miscarriage by Dawn Banks George - shares miscarriage loss.
- MISS - Mothers In Sympathy & Support - provides a safe haven for parents to share their grief after the death of a child.
- Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death (MEND) - Christian not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is to reach out to those who have lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death.
- Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support (Vic) - SANDS is a self-help support group comprised of parents who have experienced the death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or shortly after birth.
- PAM - Pregnancy After Miscarriage - offers news, resources, and tools.
- Pregnancy Loss - miscarriage support, pregnancy loss references, a tribute to an unborn baby, and links to other miscarriage sites.
- Toni's Angel Pages - dedicated to those who have experienced any type of pregnancy loss. Also pregnancy, infertility, surrogacy, and trying after a loss to get pregnant.
- Waiting With Love - for parents who continue their pregnancy knowing their unborn baby will die before or shortly after birth and for families who learn their newborn will die soon.
- Wisconsin Stillbirth Service Program - serves families that experience the tragedy of stillbirth and the professionals who care for them.
