Beginnings, Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond
Welcome to pregnancy!
First trimester
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What's happening
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Your changing body
Your growing baby
Your emotions
Your sexuality
Having a healthy pregnancy
Medical care
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Prenatal care
Warning signs
Screens and tests
Types of screens
Making decisions
Early pregnancy loss
High blood pressure
Second trimester
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What's happening
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Your changing body
Your growing baby
Discomforts
Your emotions
Your sexuality
Having a healthy pregnancy
Contractions
Relaxation techniques
Having more than one baby
Special circumstances
Medical care
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Screens and tests
Preterm labor
Vaginal birth after a Cesarean
Preeclampsia
Third trimester
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What's happening
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Your changing body
Discomforts
Your growing baby
Having a healthy pregnancy
Fetal movement counts
Your emotions
Your sexuality
Medical care
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Screens and tests
Special circumstances
Preeclampsia
When to call your health care provider
Diet and exercise
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Nutrition
Top 20 foods for pregnancy
Food safety
Reading labels
Kegel exercise
For partners
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You
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Your journey to parenthood
How are you feeling?
What you can do during labor
Being at the birth
Being with your baby right after birth
During the hospital stay
Power of Two
Your partner
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What your partner might need from you
Sexuality during pregnancy
Resuming sexual activity
Your partner's emotions
Your baby
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How you can help after the baby is born
How you can help with breastfeeding
How you can help with formula feeding
Preparing for labor
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At home
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What happens during labor
Relaxing your body
Breathing to relax
Breathing to distract
Breathing for pushing
How you will cope with labor
Getting the labor support you need
Making a birth plan
Water birth options
Other preparations
At the hospital
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Others at your baby's birth
What you should know about a labor epidural
Preparing for your baby
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The first weeks after birth
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Circumcision
Decisions to make
Safety tips and nursery decisions
Giving birth
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Birth and after birth
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At the hospital
Positions for labor and birth
Dealing with back pain
Techniques for pushing and birth
To the labor companion
Pain medicine
Procedures during labor
Cesarean birth
How to tell if you're in labor
When to call your health care provider
Timing contractions
Stages of labor
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First stage
Second stage
Third stage
What happens to your baby after birth
Your recovery
Your hospital stay
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You and your baby
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Your emotions after giving birth
Your physical changes
Pain after birth
If you had a Cesarean birth
Ready to go home from the hospital
Rooming-in with your healthy baby
Tests your newborn will have
Your baby's birth certificate and Social Security number
About visitors
Home care visits
Your recovery at home
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Your changing body
Your emotions
Exercise
Food and beverages
Your sexuality
Preeclampsia
Older brothers and sisters
When to call your health care provider
Your newborn
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Baby care
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Bathing your baby
Circumcision care
Clothing
Cord care
Diapers & diaper rash
Foreskin care
Jaundice
Nail care
Stools & bowel movements
The importance of reading to your child
Health care
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Your baby's appearance
Your baby's behavior
Caring for your crying baby
Taking your baby's temperature
Reducing the risk of SIDS
How tobacco affects babies and children
When to call your baby's health care provider
Safety checklist
Breastfeeding
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Breastfeeding basics
How to get off to a good start
Breastfeeding positions
Latch
Common concerns
Pacifier use
Bottle use (for breastmilk)
Expressing and storing breastmilk
Breastfeeding in public
Weaning
Breastfeeding quiz
Newborn feeding
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Banked human milk
Formula feeding
How to burp your baby
How to tell if your baby is getting enough milk
Special circumstances
Resources
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Your baby
Your baby
This section covers your own adjustments and how you can help:
after the baby is born
with breastfeeding
with formula feeding
