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- Abstinence:
- Abstinence Clearinghouse: Networking people for abstinence; provides a central location where character, relationship, and abstinence programs, curricula, speakers, and materials could be accessed.
- Worth the Wait: Educating adolescents and adults on the consequences of teen sexual activity including the medical, social, economic, and legal impacts. Includes special sections for teens, educators, and parents.
- Adoption:
- View Adoption Agencies/Professionals by State
- Adoption.Com: Committed to helping as many children as possible find loving, permanent homes. We also provide critical information at the decision-making moment to women facing crisis pregnancies. We assist adoptees and birthparents to find birthfamilies, and we help hopeful adoptive parents make adoption dreams come true.
- Bethany Christian Services: A not-for-profit, Christian adoption and family services agency with more than 75 locations in 31 states and ministries in 15 other countries. Our Christian care extends to people struggling with unplanned pregnancies, infertility, and a multitude of other challenges.
- America's Pregnancy Helpline - Adoption Area: Read profiles from families seeking a child to adopt, or list your own family so birthmothers can meet your family.
- Baby Clothes:
- My Kids Closet: We save expecting parents a lot of money on their baby items. We offer both new and gently used baby and children's merchandise.
- Baby Furniture:
- Baby Related:
- Create your Baby Website Create an adorable baby website in minutes! Share photos, journals, video, polls and more. Keep your family & friends worldwide updated on your baby’s accomplishments. Simple to use and fun!
- Cora’s Baby Closet sells products for newborn babies to children starting kindergarten. We have quality products that are unique to simplify life with your child.
- It's a Mom's World - Site created to help moms with parenting and staying healthy.
- Baby Shower:
- Birth:
- The Waterbirth Website : All about waterbirth & water babies. In-depth information on the newest innovation in safe, gentle, joyous, empowering childbirth. Includes a photo gallery, tutorial, personal stories, and info on a Water Baby documentary.
- Birth Announcements:
- Order Holiday Cards Online : PhotoAffections.com is an online provider of high quality and stylish birth announcements, wedding and holiday related photo cards.
- Baby Momento : Design and create unique online birth announcements in flash which lets you share your joy and excitement with family and friends around the world.
- Miller Prints: Photo cards for all occasions! All invitations, announcements and note cards are printed on heavy linen, photo glossy or card stock, just like premium store bought cards -- only with your photo and your text. It's time for your cards to deliver a personalized message form your heart.
- First Memories Online Announcements : Affordable, fun and unique way to announce the birth of your baby. Save yourself the costs of expensive stationery, printing and stamps.
- Birth Announcements at Ten Fingers and Toes : Your source for custom birth announcements, photo birth announcements, baby birth announcements, baby announcements and baby shower invitations. Designer birth announcements at affordable prices.
- 1000-greeting-cards : Looking for free greeting cards to send? Find that perfect ecard by searching our large free ecard database.
- InfantMail - Baby Photo Birth Announcements & Baby Shower Invitations : We specialize in unique photo birth announcements. Customize your birth announcement with your baby's photo and birth stats! We also have a new, growing line of hand crafted baby shower invitations.
- Artistic Gestures These baby announcements combine exclusive artwork, embossing foil-stamping, diecutting, raised printing and thick paper to produce a memorable way to announce your baby's arrival. Offers a free catalog.
- Celebration Cottage Custom designed photo birth announcements and invitations using your baby's photo. Years of experience ensure your announcements to be of a consistent and lasting quality. Offers free catalog and samples.
- Miracle Munckins Custom Birth Announcements, Photo Birth Announcements, Invitations, and Shower Favors!
- Birth Announcements Inviting Smiles provides a variety of independently designed birth announcements, baby shower invitations, and personalized baby & child gifts.
- Customcraft Baby Announcements These baby announcements combine exclusive artwork, embossing foil-stamping, die cutting, raised printing and thick paper to produce a memorable way to announce your baby's arrival. Offers a free catalog.
- MaccLin Creative Custom Photo Birth Announcements MaccLin Creative specializes in unique custom photo birth announcements, magnet photo birth announcements, holiday cards, thank you cards and more.
- Birth Defects:
- CHASK: Christian Homes and Special Kids is a non-profit organization that offers help, information, and support for people who have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis. CHASK also helps arrange adoptions for these special children if the birth family decides they can not provide for a special needs child, but they do not wish to terminate the pregnancy.
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence: Provides information on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders that includes fetal alcohol effects and fetal alcohol symdrome.
- It's A Mom's World (FASD) Helping parents with children that have special needs be the best parents they can be.
- March of Dimes: Provides information on pregnancy health, prematurity, birth defects, and low birthweight.
- National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities: NCBDDD is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They promote the health of babies, children, and adults, and enhance the potential for full, productive living. They provide information about birth defects, possible causes, and possible prevention tips.
- Birthing Centers:
- View Birthing Centers by State
- American Association of Childbearing Centers: AACC explains the birth center concept and the midwifery model of care for expectant parents, birth center professionals, and health policy advocates. Links and referrals are also provided.
- Breastfeeding:
- Breastfeeding.Com: Supplies information,education, and product recommendations related to breastfeeding.
- La Leche League: LLL believes that breastfeeding, with its many important physical and psychological advantages, is best for baby and mother and is the ideal way to initiate good parent-child relationships. They provide education, support, and research information concerning breastfeeding.
- Miracle of Touch: Pre-natal classes for parents to learn breastfeeding. Post-natal classes for parents with their infant, aged 3 weeks to pre-crawling, to learn infant massage and discuss new parenting concerns.
- Common Discomforts:
- Cord Blood:
(these sites provide information and services)- CorCell: CorCell Cord Blood Banking is accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks. They offer information on cord blood banking as well as provide private cord blood banking services.
- Cord Blood Donor Foundation
- Cord Blood Banking: An article on banking your baby's cord blood.
- Cryobanks International
- Contraception:
- Birth Control : Index to various articles on differty types of birth control.
- Morning After pill: Article on emergency contraception.
- Diaper Related:
- Doulas:
- Find A Doula in your area.
- Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators: ALACE supports women's choices in childbirth by offering training and referrals. ALACE believes knowledgeable childbirth educators and labor assistants/birth doulas can do a great deal to provide pregnant women with information and practical alternatives so that they may give birth with confidence, strength and joy.
- Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association: CAPPA is a non-profit international organization that was founded in 1998 to offer the highest level of professional membership and training to childbirth educators, lactation educators, labor doulas, antepartum doulas and postpartum doulas. They offer referrals for finding an educator or doula in your area.
- Childbirth International: Provides comprehensive training programs for doulas and childbirth educators all over the world.
- Childbirth.Org: Information on different types of childbirth, childbirth services, and doulas.
- Doula World: Information concerning doulas, childbirth, and breastfeeding, and referrals for locating a doula.
- Doulas of North America: DONA is an international association of doulas who are trained to provide the highest quality emotional, physical and educational support to women and their families during childbirth and postpartum. They offer education concerning doulas, doula training and certification, and referrals for finding a doula.
- Educational Toys:
- Little Smarties: Educational toys for your "Little Smarties."
- Embryo Adoption:
- Embryos Alive: Embryo adoption is an alternative for both genetic parents who want to choose the family who adopts their frozen embryo's (cryo- tots) as well as the adopting family who carries and gives birth to the embryos. Your cryongenically stored embryos are matched with your choice of approved couples.
- Endometriosis:
- Fertility Institute of the Mid-South: located in Memphis, the Fertility Institute sponsors research and education in fertility, endometriosis and reproductive surgery.
- Exercise Related:
- Fertility/Infertility:
- Find An Infertility Specialist in your area.
- First Steps to Pregnancy A free DVD that presents the information you need related to conception and pregnancy.
- IHR.com Infertility Resources: Provides extensive information concerning infertility, treatment options, products, and referrals for services.
- Clear Blue Easy: Clear Blue Easy has a web site that offers information about getting pregnant and how to use their products to help you get pregnant faster.
- Fertell: Fertell is the first at-home fertility test for couples. Its patented, clinically-proven technology now enables you to test for key elements of both male fertility and female fertility.
- Shared Journey: A helpful site for those struggling with infertility and experiencing loss; includes a shared stories section.
- Fetal dopplers:
- Fetal Development:
- Just the Facts: Information and detailed ultrasound images to help you understand and see fetal development like never before.
- Stand Up Girl: Offers in utero pictures, 3 and 4-D ultrasound pictures, and contact embryoscopy pictures.
- Greeting Cards:
- Waiting for You Greeting Cards: Baby and Pregnancy Cards - Offer your well wishes to parents-to-be, big brothers, and big sisters, from the perspective of the unborn baby! A unique way to let them know how you feel.
- Government-Sponsored:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The CDC offers information about many health issues, including prenancy health, birth defects, immunizations, and travel health safety.
- Food and Drug Administration: The FDA offers general information, recall notices, and safety alerts related to food, medications, cosmetics, and medical devices.
- Having a Healthy Pregnancy: ABC's of Pregnancy Health, provided by the National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities
- Health.gov: This is a portal for other health related websites and information provided by the US Government.
- Medicaid Application: Site that helps pregnant women access Medicaid easier.
- Health Finder: Offers information and links covering a wide array of health-related topics.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Find out more information about Medicaid and locate the Medicaid office in your area. Many pregnant women qualify for Medicaid to cover their medical expenses during pregnancy and delivery.
- Insure Kids Now: Find out if your children qualify for free or low cost health insurance.
- National Women's Health Information Center: Created to provide free, reliable health information for women everywhere. Browse our database for great resources or take a look through our Special Sections on topic areas like heart disease, disabilities and pregnancy.
- Women, Infants, and Children: This website is maintained by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), a Federal agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, responsible for administering the WIC Program at the national and regional levels.
- Hair Care:
- HealthDepartments:
- Health Departments by State: View the official web site for the health department of your state.
- Home Study Agencies:
- Adoption Home Study: Adoption home study's completed quickly and efficiently by state of Ohio certified professional Adoption Assessor for International, Domestic, Relative, and Step-Parent adoptions. We have been through the international adoption process and will help you be approved. We serve the Indiana and Ohio area.
- Infant Care:
- Easy
Potty Training
Easy potty training informs parents how to toilet train toddlers quick and easy. Is toilet training your child frustrating; your child afraid to use the potty, try Easy Potty Training. - Keep Kids Healthy.Com: A medical and parenting site designed as 'a Pediatrician's guide to your children's health and safety.' Offers free parenting advice, online forums, info product recalls and pediatric news updated daily, an immunization schedule, and many other interactive features.
- Easy
Potty Training
- Jewelry:
- Heartbeat Designs: Jewelry designed from teh heart. Exclusive designer of the detailed mother's charm depicting a baby in a mother's heart...for all those who hold a baby in their heart.
- Joggers & Walkers:
- Journals:
- Childhood Medical Journal: A parent's personal helper to organize and record their child's milestones, memories and complete medical information.
- Labor & Birth:
- Magazines:
- Maternity Clothes:
- Due Maternity Fashion for Expecting Mothers
- dressmaternity
- Medicaid:
- Texas Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance for pregnant women in Texas.
- Midwives:
- Find A Midwife in your area.
- American College of Nurse-Midwives: ACNM provides research, accredits midwifery education programs, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress.
- Citizens for Midwifery: CfM is the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care. CfM works to provide information and resources that promote the local midwife, as well as midwives and midwifery care across the country.
- Midwives Alliance of North America: MANA provides a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among midwives. Through a collective strength, we can ensure midwifery care for all mothers and their babies throughout North America.
- Morning Sickness :
- Preggie Pops: All natural lollipops that ease nausea associated with morning sickness.
- Multiples:
- National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs: (NOMOTC is a network of member clubs across the United States.
- Triplet Connection: Provides vital information to families who are expecting triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets or more, as well as encouragement, resources, and networking opportunities for families who are parents of larger multiples.
- TwInsight: Helps individuals and families become aware of the specific issues regarding multiples, to experience the joys and confront the challenges of multiple births.
- Nursing Support:
- Lactation Connection Empowering the nation to "latch on" since 1993. We offer nursing fashions, nursing gowns, nursing bras in extended sizes, breast pumps, feeding supplies, baby scales, gifts and more.
- Ovulation:
- Billings Ovulation Method: Education concerning ovulation to attempt pregnancy prevention or successful conception.
- IHR.com Infertility Resources: Provides extensive information concerning infertility, treatment options, products, and referrals for services.
- Clear Blue Easy: Clear Blue Easy has a web site that offers information about getting pregnant and how to use their products to help you get pregnant faster.
- Ovulation-Calendar.com : Ovulation Calendar is a program that calculates the time of ovulation and generates your personal fertility calendar
- Ovulation Calendar : An ovulation calendar and calculator.
- Pain Relief:
- Paternity Tests:
(these sites provide information and services)
- DNA Diagnostics Center – Our caring staff at DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) provides personalized paternity testing services. Our laboratory is fully accredited by the AABB, ISO, CAP and NYSDOH, performing 3 of 4 private US paternity tests. Place your trust in an established and reliable company that provides affordable, accurate and confidential testing services. Contact DNA Diagnostics Center at (800) 798-0580.
- Genelex – Genelex Paternity Testing offers a complete range of DNA tests available during and after pregnancy. AABB accredited.
- Portraits:
- Pregnancy (General):
- 123Greetings : Greeting cards provided by 123Greetings to help celebrate new pregnancies and new babies.
- ABCBirth.Com: Provides The ABCs of Pregnancy: An Online Textbook About Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Early Parenting. We have designed the site to be one-stop-shopping for basic information on pregnancy, childbirth, and early baby care. We hope you find the site helpful.
- ABabyResource.com : A Baby portal which contains baby resources and pregnancy information
- Pregnancy
Stories
Short stories about being pregnant. - Babies Online: Information and services for parents-to-be and new parents.
- BabyJellyBeans : Creating personal baby websites with flare.
- Baby Place: Over 100,000 pages of baby-related content plus over 2,500 links to other sites that have been reviewed.
- Fit For 2, Inc. : Get the latest information on staying fit throughout pregnancy and getting back into shape after childbirth.
- Mommy Resources : Pregnancy and parenting resources. Offers expert advice, articles, freebies, Chinese calendar, due date calculator, forums, monthly newsletter and much more.
- Mom's View : List of pregnancy resources and sites for families.
- MyparenTime.com : Content on parenting and families including pregnancy related information
- Pregnancy-Info.net Place: is an excellent resource for parents-to-be providing an array of information on related pregnancy topics.
- Pregnancy Insurance: Personal guide to help you navigate through maternity coverage, alternative care, and personal care to help reduce your prenatal care expenses.
- Pregnancy Loss:
- Baby Loss: Pprovide information and support online for women and their partners who have experienced the loss of a baby.
- Healing Hearts Baby Loss Comfort: Miscarriage and pregnancy loss resources and gifts to help heal the hearts and bodies of grieving mamas.
- MEND: Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death is a 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 and offer a way to share experiences and information through support groups, the quarterly newsletter, and our Internet web site.
- Mind, Intelligence & Clever Ideas: Life coaching services for women and couples struggling to get past the pain of a pregnancy or infant loss.
- Miscarriage Support Auckland: We are a team of volunteers of various ages who have all experienced the loss of our own babies and would like to provide emotional support and information for women and their families during and after miscarriage and subsequent pregnancies.
- SANDS Australia: Miscarriage and pregnancy loss support for citizens of Australia.
- Pregnancy Testing:
- Find A Pregnancy Center in your area.
- Clear Blue Easy: Clear Blue Easy offers information about their pregnancy tests and how to read the results.
- History of the Pregnancy Test Kit: History of the pregnancy test kit and explanation of how they work, provided by the National Institute of Health.
- Early Pregnancy Tests: Site for purchasing early pregnancy tests and other fertility related products.
- Pregnancy
Wellness:
- Expect Fitness : Information and resource for preventing and managing back pain during pregnancy.
- Having a Healthy Pregnancy: ABC's of Pregnancy Health, provided by the National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities
- Pregnancy Health at Keep Kids Healthy: Information about pregnancy health, pregnancy issues, birth options, and pregnancy tools.
- Prenatal Tests:
- Kids Health for Parents: Information on prenatal testing procedures and results. Great introductory article on what prenatal tests are looking for, how they work, and why you might consider having testing performed.
- Prenatal Testing: Prenatal Testing section provides education and research articles on various prenatal tests.
- Prenatal Vitamins:
- Natal Sure NatalSureT is a clinically proven formula that conforms to the highest standards set by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
- Products & Services:
- Beyond Fertility: Offers pregnancy and fertility tests, products for mom and baby, and articles related to pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Childhood Medical Journal Parent's personal helper to organize and record their child's milestones, memories and complete medical information.
- Dynamicdoppler Listen to your unborn baby's heartbeat in the privacy of your own home.
- Nature's Child Organic and natural products for pregnancy and children in Australia.
- Stork Radio Fetal Dopplers Rent/buy the fetal doppler trusted by more expecting parents and medical professionals world wide than any other. Listen to your unborn baby's heartbeat in the privacy of your home.
- Sweetbeats Fetal doppler rentals for in home use. Enjoy the sound of your unborn baby's heartbeat.
- Professional Organizations:
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: AACE is a professional medical organization devoted to the enhancement of the practice of clinical endocrinology (including diabetes and thyroid diseases).
- American Board of Obstertics & Gynecology: ABOG is an independent, non-profit organization that certifies obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States.
- American College of Nurse-Midwives: ACNM provides research, accredits midwifery education programs, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress.
- American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists: ACOG is a membership organization dedicated to the advancement of women's health through education, practice, research and advocacy.
- American Heart Association: a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
- American Nurses Association: ANA is a full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.7 million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine: ASRM is an organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in infertility, reproductive medicine and biology.
- Association for Pre- & Perinatal Psychology and Health: APPPAH is a forum for individuals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines interested in psychological dimensions of prenatal and perinatal experiences. Typically, this includes childbirth educators, birth assistants, doulas, midwives, obstetricians, nurses, social workers, perinatologists, pediatricians, psychologists, counselors, researchers, and teachers at all levels. One does not have to be a professional, however: all who share these interests are welcome to join.
- Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators: ALACE supports women's choices in childbirth by offering training and referrals. ALACE believes knowledgeable childbirth educators and labor assistants/birth doulas can do a great deal to provide pregnant women with information and practical alternatives so that they may give birth with confidenSce, strength and joy.
- Doulas of North America: DONA is an international association of doulas who are trained to provide the highest quality emotional, physical and educational support to women and their families during childbirth and postpartum.
- Gynecologic Surgery Society: The Gynecologic Surgery Society is a professional medical association emphasizing minimally invasive surgery in obstetrics and gynecology
- National Women's Health Network: The National Women's Health Network improves the health of all women by developing and promoting a critical analysis of health issues in order to affect policy and support consumer decision-making.
- Organization of Teratology Information Services: Provides information exposures, that may contribute to potential birth defects.
- Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology: SART promotes and advances the standards for the practice of assisted reproductive technology to the benefit of patients, members and society at large. Access and contact information for infertility clinics.
- Society for Fetal Urology: The Society for Fetal Urology is a non-profit society whose main purpose is to promote fetal and prenatal urology, appropriate practice, and education as well as exchanges between practitioners involved in the treatment of hydronephrosis.
- Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology: SART promotes and advances the standards for the practice of assisted reproductive technology to the benefit of our patients, members and society at large. Their website also offers ways for clients to locate and contact infertility clinics.
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine: SMFM's primary objectives are to promote and expand education in Maternal-Fetal medicine and to encourage the exchange of new ideas and research concerning the most recent approaches and treatments for obstetrical problems.
- Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology: The mission of the Society is to promote excellence in research and practice of obstetric anesthesiology and perinatology.
- Skin Care:
- Sleep Support:
- Halo Innovations: is dedicated to creating a safer sleeping environment for infants with products like the SleepSack(TM) wearable blanket and Active-Airflow(TM) crib mattress. Recommended by First Candle/SIDS Alliance. Contact Halo Innovations at 888-999-HALO (4256).
- Teen Pregnancy:
- Stand Up Girl: Becky's personal story about being a teen facing an unplanned pregnancy. She also has great information on fetal development and a column where you can hear from other teens facing pregnancy.
- Teen Pregnancy : A helpful site that provides eduction and support to teenagers and young adults; offers a toll-free helpline.
- Teratogen Services:
- Texas Teratogen Information Services: Statewide services for identifying substances that are harmful to the developing fetus.
- Women's Health:
- IHR.com Infertility Resources: Provides extensive information concerning infertility, treatment options, products, and referrals for services.
- Search Directories & Guides
- Links for Women : The Women's Online Resource Directory.
- Supporters