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Baby Center (Chat Site) (Support Site)
“BabyCenter.com is the leading site on the Internet for new and expectant parents. We're dedicated to helping you find the information, support, and products you need for your pregnancy, baby, or toddler.” This award winning site offers the following features: news, parenting and medical expert advice, bulletin boards and chat rooms specific to your interests, free newsletters, on-line birth announcements, baby names, and many articles related to development of the fetus and toddler. The development feature allows the parents to receive up-dated information about the fetus growth every week via e-mail or on-line search. This feature displays the fetus in full color for viewing. Some articles which are available for viewing include: Preconception, Pregnancy, Baby Issues, and Toddler Issues. This site also features Baby Center Store where parents can order baby products on-line.
Childbirth.org (Chat Site) (Support Site)
This award winning site offers the advice of childbirth educators, lactation consultants, Doulas, midwifes, and nurses on a great variety of issues. This site features a search engine as well as easy to use subheadings such as: Birth Stories, Birth Plans, Cesareans, Complications, Feeding, Health and much more. This site also offers bulletin boards and chat rooms for support of the expectant parents.
ePregnancy
This site is maintained by the US Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Reproductive Health. The site discusses the following: Adoption, Infertility, Multiples, Birth, Nutrition, Breastfeeding, Preconception, Contraception, Prenatal testing, Safety, Stages, Expert Advice, Fitness and much more. The site features a search engine, links, newsletter, complications of labor, and risk factors.
Information for Women who are Pregnant
This site is dedicated to food safety and applied nutrition. It is owned by the FDA and covers the following topics: Health alert for Hispanic women who are pregnant, All about eating for two, Breastfeeding, Healthy pregnancy/Health baby, Infant formula; second but good enough, Dangers of lead still linger, Mercury in fish, Folic Acid, Perplexities of pregnancy, Vitamin A and birth defects, Role of nutrition in prevention of birth defects. This is an in-depth site with accurate, reliable information.
Parenthood Web Site (Chat Site) (Support Site)
This is an informative site that offers pregnancy information and support. Some of the topics discussed include: After a loss, Baby’s Development, Baby’s Sex, Back/Hip Pain, Birth Defects, Classes, Comfort, Contraception, Depression, Drugs/Vitamins, and much more. The unique feature of this site is the actual ultrasound images of the fetus throughout 1st , 2nd and 3rd trimester. Some of the other features this site provides includes: determining your due date/likely ovulation dates, family budgeting, surveys, live chats, pregnancy discussion boards, newsletters and much more.
Parent’s Place (Chat Site) (Support Site)
This website is filled with information pertaining to pregnancy and young children. Some of the topics this site discusses includes: Nutrition, Complications, GYN and other concerns, 1-3rd trimester, Labor, Birthing, Postpartum Recovery, Immediate Newborn Care, Breastfeeding and much more. This site features a Personalized Birth Plan, Due Date Calendar, Search Engine, Bulletin Board (also teen bulletin board), Chat rooms and free Newsletters.
Sidelines Canada-Prenatal Support Network
(Chat Site) (Support Site)
“Sidelines Canada Prenatal Support Network is Canada’s national, non-profit network supporting families experiencing complicated pregnancies. Founded by women and men who have all experienced difficult pregnancies ourselves, and backed by a team of leading medical advisors, we are here to give you the information and support you need to deliver a healthy baby as close to term as possible.” This site offers in-depth information on the following: Pre-term Labor, Pre-eclampsia and Pregnancy Induced Hypertension, Placenta Previa, Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy or Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Gestational Diabetes, Bed Rest, Coping with a high risk pregnancy, and much more. This site offers Canada wide links including the following Windsor resources: Home Nursing Care, Prenatal Education, Prenatal Education for Multiples. The unique feature of this site is that it also offers a free volunteer matching program where expecting moms can be connected with mothers who have already gone through the same type of pregnancy. The site also features a search engine and strictly monitored chat rooms.
The ABC's of Pregnancy
“This website is a frank discussion about all aspects of childbearing.” Some of the topics this site addresses include: Becoming Pregnant, Preparing for Pregnancy, A year of Pregnancy, Staying Health during Pregnancy, Your Pregnant Body, Vaginal Birth after Previous Cesarean, Labor and Delivery, Post-partum Period, and Pregnancy Loss. The language is above grade 12 level but there is a glossary of terms provided for medical terminology.
Your Pregnancy (Support Site)
This site offers pregnancy information following the 3 trimester guideline. The site discusses the following within each trimester: Physical changes and symptoms, What is happening with the baby/Common concerns, Complications, Office Visits. The site also offers support and features the following: Viruses that are dangerous during pregnancy, Sibling rivalry, and How to become pregnant.
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