Resources for Pre-Pregnancy Checkup
Childbirth Connection Resource
Planning Pregnancy: Pre-Pregnancy CheckupIn our section called The Stages of Pregnancy, we have outlined the planning of your pregnancy, each stage of pregnancy, giving birth, and the early period after birth. This link is devoted to your pre-pregnancy checkup.
Resources for Healthful Planning Related to Pregnancy
The Mayo Clinic: Pre-Pregnancy Planning: Take Care Now for a Healthy Baby Later, how to prepare your body for pregnancyPlanned Parenthood: Pre-Pregnany Health, steps to plan for a healthy pregnancy
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin: Before Your Next Pregnancy, what to do before (and during) your next pregnancy to lessen the chance for birth defects
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Before Your Pregnancy: A 90-Day Guide for Couples on How to Prepare for a Healthy Conception (2011), by Amy Ogle and Lisa Mazzullo. Ogle, a dietician, exercise physiologist, and personal trainer, and Mazzullo (OB-GYN, Northwestern Univ. Medical Sch.) recognized that while the importance of optimal health during pregnancy is widely acknowledged, relatively little information is available to consumers about the significant 90 days that precede conception. Interspersed throughout the readable text are numerous checklists, tables of important facts and practical advice, and patient vignettes. Learn more about Before Your Pregnancy from Amazon  |
Resources for STDs and Pregnancy
American Social Health Association: STDs/STIs, offers information on specific diseases and links to reliable hotlinesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention: STDs & Pregnancy, CDC fact sheet on STDs and pregnancy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hotlines
- General Information: 1-800-227-8922
- AIDS Specific Information: 1-800-342-2437
- En Espanol: 1-800-344-7432
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Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
Most recent page update: 9/7/2012