Helpful Resources
Health, Fitness and Nutrition
Ask Dr. Sears
Learn about your pregnancy, baby, and family health issues from America's family of pediatricians.
BeFit-Mom
Your essential resource for prenatal and postpartum fitness and exercise. With BeFit-Mom as your guide, you’ll have the power to generate optimal health, self confidence, strength, flexibility, and peace-of-mind during your pregnancy and postpartum period – and beyond!
Cord Blood Registry
#1 recommended cord blood bank by OBs. Storing your baby's lifesaving cord blood stem cells provides you with peace of mind and a powerful medical resource to treat many severe illnesses for your child and loved ones.
Fit Pregnancy
Fit Pregnancy addresses your concerns about how to stay healthy, eat right and look great while expecting and how to get back into shape after delivering. We also offer the essentials for new parenting and infant care through baby's first year.
March of Dimes
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. Saving babies, together.
Save Babies Through Screening
The Save Babies Through Screening Foundation is a national nonprofit public charity whose mission is to improve the lives of babies by working to prevent disabilities and early death resulting from disorders detectable through newborn screening. We support, assist and advocate screening for disorders that are detectable through filter paper newborn screening; are unlikely to be clinically diagnosed without screening; and cause mental retardation, physical disability and/or death in early childhood when left untreated.
Stem Cell News
Stem Cell News is packed with the latest information on stem cell technology.
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Maternity
Baby Boy Names
A unique Website to help you find the perfect name for your bouncing baby boy.
Baby Draw
Looking for a baby shower game different from the ones at every shower? Try Baby Draw! It's perfect for co-ed showers and can be played by drawing your answers or by acting them out, charades-style.
Baby Girl Names
A comprehensive directory of names for girls to help you find the right one for your new baby!
Baby Name Center
Searching for that perfectly unique name for your perfect, unique baby? Check out Baby Name Center for hundreds of ideas, whether you're looking for traditional, historical, or popular.
Baby Names World
Our site has over 11,000 baby names to help you find the perfect baby name. Search by alphabet, origin, and most popular names.
Bradley Childbirth Method
The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth stresses the importance of healthy baby, healthy mother and healthy families. Bradley Method classes teach families how to have natural births by teaching couples how they can work with their bodies to reduce pain and make their labors more efficient.
4D Scan Professional Clinics
Professional clinics for 3D and 4D ultrasound scans throughout the UK, providing you with an amazing bonding experience with your baby. 4D and 3D ultrasound scans provided by a dedicated team of health professionals. 4D ultrasound is a dynamic recording of your baby ultrasound recorded in 3D ultrasound. These have been credited with enabling maternal and family bonding with the baby before birth.
Childbirth Directory
Childbirth Directory provides a powerful place for childbirth educators to connect with expectant parents, fellow educators, referral sources and much more.
Due Maternity
Everything's changed. And nothing's changed. You're still you. You still want the same great styles and comfort. And now you can find what you're looking for—from stylish maternity clothes to nursing and skin care, all in one place: Due.
Imajean Photography
An affordable alternative for in-home or on-location portraiture, specializing in maternity and newborn portraits.
Joy In Birthing
A Website dedicated to empowering women through their birthing and early parenting experiences. You'll find hundreds of articles about newborn and baby care, prenatal health, breastfeeding tips, pros and cons of vaccination, and much more.
Labor of Love Childbirth Class
This video/DVD provides comprehensive childbirth information and demonstrates techniques commonly used in hospitals today, including birth positions and how to use the birth ball. It's a great way to prepare for your baby's big arrival!
Maternity & Style
The weekly online maternity magazine for the stylish and fashionably fun woman in every expecting mother. View this week's maternity fashion trends, share beauty advice, and discover what's hot in The Scene.
Motherhood Maternity
Fashionable, yet affordable clothing and accessories for the modern mother-to-be.
BellaBlu Maternity
An online maternity clothing store that knows just because your body has changed doesn't mean your style has.
PregnancyWeekly Blog
PregnancyWeekly's online journal for the latest on pregnancy, baby care and parenting.
Stork Radio
Let Stork Radio provide you with the joy and peace of mind of hearing your unborn baby's heartbeat as early as 8 weeks into pregnancy with the Stork Radio Fetal Doppler. Stork Radio is the only fetal doppler rental company owned and operated by a board certified OB/GYN.
The Best Birth
A true innovation in prenatal education, The Best Birth is a dynamic childbirth preparation class that helps expectant parents achieve a satisfying labor and delivery. It incorporates the best of last century's Lamaze and Bradley methods, along with McMoyler's 20 years of direct experience in both the delivery room and in the classroom.
Today's Pregnancy
Your daily online guide to many pregnancy-related topics and featured articles.
Unique Baby Name
Unique Baby Name is the resource for finding a unique name just right for your new bundle of joy.
Water Birth Information
We provide in-depth information on the use of water for labor,
childbirth, and early childhood development. Our Website includes fascinating information
from the world's leading waterbirth pioneers, product information on ordering the
award-winning Water Baby video documentary, and a waterbirth providers list.
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Healthcare Professionals
American College of Nurse-Midwives
The mission of ACNM is to promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities through the development and support of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives, and certified midwives.
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association
CAPPA is a non-profit international organization that offers the highest level of professional membership and training to childbirth educators, lactation educators, labor doulas, antepartum doulas and postpartum doulas. They also provide a comprehensive directory of childbirth professionals for expecting mothers.
Childbirth Directory
Childbirth Directory provides a powerful place for childbirth educators to connect with expectant parents, fellow educators, referral sources and much more.
Doulas of North America
We are an international, non-profit organization of doulas that strives to ensure every doula is trained and educated to provide the highest quality of birth and/or postpartum support to women and their families. We promote continuing education for doulas and provide a strong communication link between doulas, families and the medical birthing community.
Midwives Alliance of North America
Our goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery, thereby improving the quality of health care for women, babies, and communities. We strive to provide a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among midwives.
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Safety
Pregnancy Insurance
Approximately 13 percent of all pregnant women are without insurance. Learn how to navigate Medicaid, maternity coverage, and alternative care options on this site.
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Visit the CPSC Website to find information on the latest product recalls to protect your family. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
US Food and Drug Administration
Find the latest food and drug recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts.
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