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Health Services - Family Birth Center

Web Resources: Pregnancy Tips

Drinking and Your Pregnancy - Also available in Spanish, drinking alcohol during pregnancy can hurt your baby and can cause fetal alcohol syndrome. This brochure lists problems associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, answers some questions about alcohol and drinking during pregnancy, and provides a list of resources on this subject. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health

 

Healthy Pregnancy - The National Women's Health Information Center is a service of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The NWHIC offers Federal and other women's health information resources.

 

Information for Pregnant Women - This site links to selected information and resources for pregnant women. The site is maintained by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and FDA and covers such issues as food safety, breastfeeding, and the role supplements (folic acid) play in preventing birth defects. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

March of Dimes Pregnancy & Newborn Health Education Center - Great resource for pregnancy & newborn care information. The site includes access to information specialists at the March of Dimes who will answer your questions by e-mail or online chat. Sponsored by the March of Dimes Foundation

 

NOVA Online: Life's Greatest Miracle - The companion website to "Life's Greatest Miracle," broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Station, a sequel to the popular NOVA film: "Miracle of Life." Through this site you can watch the program, follow a mother's journal through her pregnancy, see examples of diagnostic and screening techniques, learn more about the stem cell debate, and find out how cells divide or how the sex of a baby is biologically determined.

 

Pregnancy and Childbirth - familydoctor.org - Articles and health tools on variety of pregnancy and delivery subjects. Cover topics such as prenatal testing, breech babies, breastfeeding, exercise and post-partum depression. © 2004 American Academy of Family Physicians

 

Prenatal Care Resources for Consumers from MEDLINE - A great consumer-level site on the topic of prenatal care. This site links to the best consumer resources that have been developed by the National Library of Medicine in conjunction with other Library organizations. Go here for pre-defined Medline literature searches, disease overview information and descriptions of treatment and rehabilitation.