Resources

• (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
• A Primer on Preemies (Nemours Foundation)
• ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Am I in Labor? (Iowa Women's Health Center, University of Iowa)
• American College of Nurse-Midwives
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Anesthesia Options for Labor and Delivery: What Every Expectant Mother Should Know (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
• Apgar Scores (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Back Labor (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Banking Your Newborn's Cord Blood (Nemours Foundation)
• Basic Facts About Certified Nurse-Midwives (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
• Best Practices Initiative: Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Improves Breastfeeding Initiation Rates (Office of Public Health and Science, OS, HHS)
• Birth and the First Moments After (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Birth Plans (Nemours Foundation)
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services (Kids Health)
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services (Nemours Foundation)
• Birthing Classes (Nemours Foundation)
• Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby is Breech? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby is Breech? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• C-Section: A Safe Birthing Option (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Cesarean Delivery (American Medical Association)
• Cesarean Section (YourSurgery.com)
• Cesarean Section--A Brief History (National Library of Medicine Office of Public Information)
• Childbirth (Cleveland Clinic)
• Childbirth (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Childbirth (Medline Plus)
• Creating A Birth Plan (Cleveland Clinic)
• Dealing with Pain during Childbirth (Nemours Foundation)
• Down Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Eighth Month - The Growth and Development of Your Baby (Smart Moms, Healthy Babies)
• Embarazo: Lo Que Debe Esperar Si Ha Pasado Su Fecha Probable De Parto (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Epidurals: Reducing Pain during Labor and Delivery (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Episiotomy (Smart Moms, Healthy Babies)
• Episiotomy (Cleveland Clinic)
• Episiotomy: Is It Always Necessary? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• FASTATS: Births--Method of Delivery (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FASTATS: Obstetrical Procedures (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Fetal Fibronectin (fFN): A Test for Preterm Delivery (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Find a Nurse-Midwife (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
• Giving Birth "In Place": Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
• Group B Streptococcal Disease (GBS) (Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Health Diary: Myself-My Baby, Second Edition (Health Resources Services Administration Information Center)
• Healthy Pregnancy (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
• Healthy Pregnancy: Childbirth (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
• Home Uterine Monitors Not Useful for Predicting Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• How to Tell When Labor Begins (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• How to Tell When Labor Begins (Smart Moms, Healthy Babies)
• Increase in Induction: Unnecessary or Saving More Babies? (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• JAMA Patient Page: Birth Labor (American Medical Association)
• Labor Induction (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Labor Induction (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal (Nemours Foundation)
• Magnitude of Maternal Morbidity During Labor and Delivery, United States, 1993-1997 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Meconium Aspiration (Nemours Foundation)
• Medical Terms to Know (American Pregnancy Association)
• Monitoring High-Risk Pregnancy (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
• National Women's Health Information Center (National Cancer Institute)
• Newborn Behavior (Cleveland Clinic)
• Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Ninth Month - The Growth and Development of Your Baby (Smart Moms, Healthy Babies)
• Nonstress Test, The (Iowa Women's Health Center, University of Iowa)
• Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery (Smart Moms, Healthy Babies)
• PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - Perinatal health in the United States
• Pregnancy, Childbirth and Bladder Control [Easy-to-Read] (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Pregnancy: What to Expect When Your Due Date Has Passed (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Premature babies: Caring for your baby (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Premature Birth (MayoClinic)
• Preterm Birth (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Recovering from Delivery (Nemours Foundation)
• Research on Preterm Labor and Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Routine Vaginal Delivery (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Signs of Labor: Know What to Expect (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Talasemia (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Ten Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy (Lamaze International)
• Ten Tips for a Normal Birth (Lamaze International)
• Thinking of Using a Nurse-Midwife? What You Need to Know (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
• Umbilical Cord Prolapse (Cleveland Clinic)
• Vacuum Extraction and Forceps Delivery (Cleveland Clinic)
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
• What to Take to the Hospital (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• What You Need to Know about Cesarean Section (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Women, Children, and HIV (UCSF Center for HIV Information (CHI))
• You and Your Baby: Prenatal Care, Labor and Delivery, and Postpartum care - ACOG Publication #AB005 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)