Whether you just found out that you're expecting or your due date is fast approaching, find out what you need to know about pregnancy, childbirth, and preparing for parenthood.

• Pregnancy & Newborn Center

Your Pregnancy

• 10 Things That Might Surprise You About Being Pregnant
• Are All X-Rays Risky During Pregnancy?
• Are Ultrasound "Snapshots" of Your Unborn Baby a Good Idea?
• Birth Plans
• Eating During Pregnancy
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Exercising During Pregnancy
• Folic Acid and Pregnancy
• Genetic Counseling
• Group B Strep and Pregnancy
• How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
• How Do You Treat Pregnancy Hemorrhoids and Constipation?
• Medical Care During Pregnancy
• Miscarriages
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Pregnancy Myths and Tales
• Pregnancy Precautions: FAQs
• Prenatal Tests
• Rh Incompatibility
• Severe Morning Sickness (Hyperemesis Gravidarum)
• Sex During Pregnancy
• Sleeping During Pregnancy
• Staying Healthy During Pregnancy
• Surviving Bed Rest
• What Can I Do to Relieve My Pregnancy Backaches?
• What Can I Do to Stop Passing Gas During My Pregnancy?
• What Does "High-Risk" Pregnancy Mean?
• What Is Gestational Diabetes?
• What Is the Apgar Score?
• What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
• When Your Teen Is Having a Baby

Preparing for Parenthood

• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• All About Genetics
• Auto Safety
• Becoming a Father
• Birth Plans
• Birth of a Second Child
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
• Birthing Classes
• Booster Seat Safety
• Can Getting Immunizations Affect My Unborn Baby?
• Car Seat Safety
• Childproofing and Preventing Household Accidents
• Choosing Safe Baby Products
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Back Carriers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Bathtubs
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Changing Tables
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Cribs
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Gates
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Infant Seats & Child Safety Seats
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Playpens
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Strollers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: The Dangers of Walkers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Toys
• Cord-Blood Banking
• Finding a Doctor for Your New Baby
• Genetic Counseling
• How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Parenting Multiples
• Postpartum Depression
• Prenatal Tests
• Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
• Preparing for Multiple Births
• When Your Teen Is Having a Baby

Childbirth

• Barbara's Birth Story
• Birth Plans
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
• Birthing Classes
• Cesarean Sections (C-Sections)
• Choking
• Cord-Blood Banking
• Dealing With Pain During Childbirth
• Epidurals
• Inducing Labor
• Lena's Birth Story
• Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
• Midwives
• Natural Childbirth
• Recovering From Delivery
• Samala's Birth Story
• The First Day of Life
• Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital

Newborn Care

• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• A Primer on Preemies
• Bonding With Your Baby
• Booster Seat Safety
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Breastfeeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Out and About
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pain and Discomfort
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pumping
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Safely Storing Breast Milk
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Sleep - Yours and Your Baby's
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Solids and Supplementing
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Supply and Demand
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Your Eating and Drinking Habits
• Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
• Bringing Your Baby Home
• Burping Your Baby
• Can I Feed My Baby Honey?
• Car Seat Safety
• Choking
• Circumcision
• Communication and Your Newborn
• Constipation
• Cosleeping and Your Baby
• Could That Lump Be a Hernia?
• Cradle Cap (Infantile Seborrheic Dermatitis)
• Diaper Rash
• Diapering Your Baby
• Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Feeding Your Newborn
• Finding a Doctor for Your New Baby
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Formula Feeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Preparation and Storage
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Supplementing
• Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
• Growth Charts
• Growth and Your Newborn
• How Can I Overcome Breastfeeding Difficulties?
• How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor
• I Love My New Baby. So, Why Am I Sad?
• Immunization Schedule
• Is My Baby Ready for Shoes?
• Jaundice in Healthy Newborns
• Laundering Your Baby's Clothes
• Learning, Play, and Your Newborn
• Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your Newborn
• Medical Issues in Adoption
• Milk Allergy in Infants
• Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Nursing Positions
• Oral Thrush
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Sleep and Newborns
• Stopping the Bottle
• Taking Your Preemie Home
• Teething Tots
• The Facts on Undescended Testicles
• The First Day of Life
• The Senses and Your Newborn
• Trimming Your Baby's Nails
• Weaning Your Child
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 to 4 Weeks
• Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital
• Your Child's Immunizations
• Your Colicky Baby

Newborn Health Conditions

• A Primer on Preemies
• Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
• Apnea of Prematurity
• Birth Defects
• Birthmarks
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
• Circumcision
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Common Diagnoses in the NICU
• Constipation
• Could That Lump Be a Hernia?
• Cradle Cap (Infantile Seborrheic Dermatitis)
• Diaper Rash
• Egg Allergy
• Erythema Toxicum
• Failure to Thrive
• Febrile Seizures
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Hemangiomas: Suzanne's Story
• Hunger and Malnutrition
• If Your Child Has a Heart Defect
• Infant Torticollis
• Intestinal Malrotation
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
• Intussusception
• Jaundice in Healthy Newborns
• Lead Poisoning
• Meconium Aspiration
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Milk Allergy in Infants
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Neonatal Infections
• Nut and Peanut Allergy
• Oral Thrush
• Port-Wine Stains
• Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Sepsis
• Spina Bifida
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Teething Tots
• The Facts on Undescended Testicles
• The NICU: Parents Talk (Video)
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• When Your Baby Is Born With a Health Problem
• When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Your Colicky Baby

Pregnancy Calendar

• A Week-by-Week Pregnancy Calendar
• Week 1
• Week 10
• Week 11
• Week 12
• Week 13
• Week 14
• Week 15
• Week 16
• Week 17
• Week 18
• Week 19
• Week 2
• Week 20
• Week 21
• Week 22
• Week 23
• Week 24
• Week 25
• Week 26
• Week 27
• Week 28
• Week 29
• Week 3
• Week 30
• Week 31
• Week 32
• Week 33
• Week 34
• Week 35
• Week 36
• Week 37
• Week 38
• Week 39
• Week 4
• Week 40
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Week 8
• Week 9

Q&As

• Are All X-Rays Risky During Pregnancy?
• Are Ultrasound "Snapshots" of Your Unborn Baby a Good Idea?
• Can Getting Immunizations Affect My Unborn Baby?
• Could That Lump Be a Hernia?
• How Can I Overcome Breastfeeding Difficulties?
• How Can I Tell if My Baby Is Constipated?
• How Do You Treat Pregnancy Hemorrhoids and Constipation?
• I Love My New Baby. So, Why Am I Sad?
• I'm Pregnant. Can I Lower My Baby's Food Allergy Risk?
• Is Breastfeeding a Good Form of Birth Control?
• Is My Baby Ready for Shoes?
• Is it Safe to Breastfeed if I Have the Flu?
• What Can I Do to Relieve My Pregnancy Backaches?
• What Can I Do to Stop Passing Gas During My Pregnancy?
• What Does "High-Risk" Pregnancy Mean?
• What Is the Apgar Score?
• What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
• When Can Babies Begin Drinking Cow's Milk?
• When Can I Take My Newborn Out in Public?

Pregnant or Breastfeeding? Recipes for You

• "Baked" Candied Sweet Potato
• 5-Minute Rice and Beans
• Apple French Toast
• Bean Burrito to Go
• Caesar Salad
• Carrot-Ginger Soup
• Chicken Salad With Apples
• Chocolate Pudding
• Coq au Vin
• Creamy Broccoli Soup
• Denver Omelet Sandwich
• Easy Turkey Lasagna
• Fortified Mashed Potatoes
• Garlic-Rosemary Oven Fries
• Greek Salad
• Lemon Chicken
• Lentil Rice Salad
• Mediterranean Turkey Burger
• Melon-Cucumber Smoothie
• Microwave Chicken Melt
• No-Fuss Chicken Quesadilla
• Pasta and Cheese
• Quick Baked Apple
• Quick and Easy Burrito
• Soy Berry Smoothie
• Spinach Salad
• Spinach, Pear, and Gruyere Salad with Sweet Dressing
• Tropical Smoothie
• Turkey Pepperoni and Mushroom Calzones
• Whole-Grain Chicken-Broccoli Pockets
• Yogurt Parfait

En español

• Circuncisión
• Conducto arterioso persistente (CAP)
• Costra láctea (dermatitis seborreica del lactante)
• Elegir productos seguros para su bebé: hamaquitas y sillas de seguridad infantiles
• La comunicación y su recién nacido
• Los sentidos y su recién nacido
• Movimiento, coordinación y su recién nacido
• NICU: Hablan los padres (video)
• Náuseas del embarazo de carácter grave (hiperémesis gravídica)
• Restricción del crecimiento intrauterino (RCIU)
• Traumatismo craneoencefálico por maltrato (síndrome del bebé sacudido)
• ¿Cómo puedo tranquilizar a mi bebé mientras le ponen inyecciones?

Su embarazo

• Anestesia epidural
• Asfixia por aspiración
• Cambiar los pañales a su bebé
• Clases de preparación para el parto
• Comadronas
• Consejo genético
• Cortarle las uñas a su bebé
• Cuando su bebé nace con un problema de salud
• Cuidado de la salud durante el embarazo
• Cómo convertirse en padres afecta su relación de pareja
• Cómo preparar a su hijo para la llegada de un nuevo bebé
• Cómo prepararse para un parto múltiple
• Dermatitis del pañal
• El aspecto de un recién nacido: qué es normal
• El estreñimiento
• El primer día de vida
• El sueño durante el embarazo
• El ácido fólico y el embarazo
• Exámenes prenatales
• Guía para padres primerizos
• Hacer ejercicio durante el embarazo
• Hacer eructar a su bebé
• Ictericia en recién nacidos sanos
• Inducción del parto
• Infecciones neonatales
• Lactancia materna versus lactancia artificial
• Lavar la ropa del bebé
• Manejo del dolor durante el parto
• Náuseas del embarazo de carácter grave (hiperémesis gravídica)
• Parto natural
• Planes para el nacimiento
• Precauciones a prueba de niños para prevenir accidentes caseros
• Precauciones durante el embarazo: respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Algunas inquietudes habituales
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Alimentos sólidos y complementos
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Cuánto y con qué frecuencia
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Cómo empezar
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Cómo guardar la leche materna
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Dolor y molestias
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Estar preparada y equipada
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Extracción de leche
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Oferta y demanda
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Su sueño y el de su bebé
• Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la lactancia materna: Sus hábitos alimenticios y de bebidas
• Recuperación del parto
• Si su hija adolescente va a tener un bebé
• Su bebé con cólicos
• Síndrome de alcoholismo fetal
• Vinculación con su bebé
• ¿Qué es la incompatibilidad Rh?
• ¿Qué es la puntuación de Apgar?

Calendario semanal del embarazo

• Calendario semanal del embarazo
• Semana 1
• Semana 10
• Semana 11
• Semana 12
• Semana 13
• Semana 14
• Semana 15
• Semana 16
• Semana 17
• Semana 18
• Semana 19
• Semana 2
• Semana 20
• Semana 21
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• Semana 3
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• Semana 4
• Semana 40
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