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- BBW Birth Stories - A collection of birth experiences particularly concentrating on the labors, issues and concerns of plus sized women giving birth. Also includes a glossary of medical abbreviations and many other sections dealing with pregnancy.
- Strenuous Working Conditions During Pregnancy are Related to Preterm Birth - Information on the pregnancy outcomes for over 160,000 women documents the association between physically demanding work during pregnancy and preterm birth, maternal hypertension, preeclampsia and small-for-gestational age babies.
- Birth Defect Research for Children - Birth Defect Research for Children (BDRC)provides birth defect information, parent networking, resource referral and news updates on birth defect prevention. BDRC sponsors the National Birth Defect Registry, a project that collects data for birth defect research.
- birth.net.nz - Pregnancy, birth, home birth and parenting links and information as well as a family homepage. A strong emphasis on home birth with the Waikato Home Birth Association site, and personal birth stories and photos.
- Amazing Pregnancy.com - Conception guide which includes week by week pregnancy calendar, due date calculator, birth plan creator, ultrasound, labor and birth picture galleries.
- Pregnancy Birth and Beyond - Up-to-date and extensive source of information and support for pregnancy, birth and parenting from an Australian perspective.
- All about Pregnancy - Information and answers to frequently asked questions on topics such as birth, breastfeeding and pre-conception diet.
- Kiss It Make It Better: Vitamin A and Birth Defects - Includes information on possible risks pre-formed vitamin A for a pregnant woman.
- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean - A Good Idea? - Why a vaginal birth may or may not be the right choice.
- Christy's Birth Pages - Promotes informed and empowered birthing. Includes information on choosing a birth attendant and birthing place, creating an effective birth plan, the importance of labor support and the basics of breastfeeding.
Wikipedia Articles
- Beginning of pregnancy controversy - Controversy over the beginning of pregnancy usually occurs in the context of the abortion debate. Depending on where pregnancy is considered to begin, some methods of birth control might be abortifacient.
- Birth weight - Birth weight is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height.
- Pregnancy journal - Pregnancy journal is a type of a diary that is meant specifically for mothers to keep track of their experiences during pregnancy and a baby's birth.
- Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy - For women with diabetes mellitus, pregnancy can present some particular challenges for both mother and child. If the woman who is pregnant has diabetes or develops diabetes during pregnancy, it can cause early labor, birth defects, and very large babies.
- Traditional birth attendant - A traditional birth attendant (TBA), also known as a traditional midwife (TMs), is a primary pregnancy and childbirth care provider. Traditional birth attendants provide the majority of primary maternity care in developing countries, and may function within specific communities in developed countries.