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Getting Ready for Baby

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Becoming a parent is one of life's biggest joys and responsibilities. Doing all you can do to prepare now, before your baby is born, will make the transition to parenthood much easier. Follow these links to learn more.

• Birthing and Parenting Classes
• Breastfeeding
• Circumcision
• Health Care for Baby
• Making Your Home Safe
• Baby's Layette
• Last Minute To-dos

Additional Resources

Publications

1.   MyPyramid for Pregnancy & Breastfeeding — When you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you have special nutritional needs. This section of MyPyramid.gov is designed just for pregnant and breastfeeding women and includes important advice to help keep mothers and babies healthy.

   http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramidmoms/index.html

2.   Pregnancy Information Center, CDC — If you're pregnant or planning to get pregnant, you probably have a lot of questions. This website will help you learn how to be healthy (before, during, and after pregnancy) and give your baby a healthy start to life.

   http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/pregnancy_gateway/default.htm

3. Pregnancy Calendar: A Week-by-Week Guide (Copyright © Nemours Foundation) — This illustrated pregnancy calendar is a detailed guide to all the changes taking place in your baby — and in you! Each week of pregnancy includes a description of your baby's development, as well as an explanation of the changes taking place in your body. You'll also find important medical information that will help keep you and your baby healthy.

   http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/calendar/pregnancy_calendar_intro.html...

Organizations

1.   Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, HHS
2. American Academy of Family Physicians
3. American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
4. March of Dimes

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Content last updated March 5, 2009.