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PREGNANCY | CHILDBIRTH
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Pregnancy Resources
Everything you need to know as you prepare for your first pregnancy.
- Pregnancy Questions & Answers
- by Vicki Swindell, RN, Certified Childbirth Educator and Nurse Manager
at Columbia Rose Medical Center, Labor and Delivery in Denver, Colorado.
- Pregnancy Questions & Answers
- by Tenet Healthcare in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 3D / 4D Ultrasound: State-of-the-Art
Technology
- by Greater Pittsburgh Ob/Gyn &MercyLink.
- In a Family Way: Getting Everyone Involved
- by Mark D. Freedman, MD at Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center. Dr.
Freedman is board-certified in family practice, which includes obstetrics
and neonatal/infant care. He is also a clinical instructor for the University
of Illinois College of Medicine Department of Family Practice.
- What to Expect from Him When You're Expecting
- by Jennifer Maxfield, Marketing, Unity Health, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Hatha Yoga for a Health, Happy Pregnancy
- Editorial provided by Carol Beck & Kathleen Murphy. Carol &
Kathleen are both mothers & have completed the 2002-03 Yoga Teacher
Training Program through the Three Rivers Yoga Institute.
- Exercise during Pregnancy Helps You Stay
Healthy
- by Hobson Booth, MD, ACOG, Alle-Kiski Women's Healthcare, at Citizens
General Hospital, and Mary Lynn Alpino, Assistant Director Community
Relations at Citizens General Hospital in Pennsylvania.
- Maternity Fashions
- by Dave Burchmore from Expecting One, a maternity and children's fashion
store in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
- Stay Fit in Fashion - Activewear for the
Expecting Mom
- by Teresa Gallagher and Maria Mueller of Anna Cris Maternity.
- Nutrition during Pregnancy
- by the Antepartum Care Task Force of Stamford Health System, a healthcare
delivery system in Stamford, CT. The task force has produced a pregnancy
guide with detailed information on nutrition, activity, prenatal tests,
gestational development, labor and delivery and community resources
for all women having their babies at The Stamford Hospital.
- Nutrition during Pregnancy
- by Alison J. Conte. Conte is a corporate communications specialist
for Heritage Valley Health System (Sewickley Valley Hospital and The
Medical Center, Beaver) in Pennsylvania.
- Prenatal Yoga
- by Gail Silver, JD, Cyt, founder and director of Yoga Child, a Philadelphia
based family yoga studio.
- Prenatal Music Classes
- by Judy Meier Farley, instructor of early childhood music for twenty
years. She is the co-owner of Arts a la Carte, a fine arts studio for
children located in Houston, Texas.
- Smoking & Pregnancy
- by Christine Meyer, RN, MSN, FACCE at Pittsburgh's Ohio Valley General
Hospital School of Nursing in Pennsylvania.
- Prenatal Testing - Peace of Mind
- by John Hobbins, MD, Chief of Obstetrics at University Hospital in
Denver, Colorado, and Director of the Colorado High-Risk Maternity and
Newborn Program.
- Prenatal Testing
- by Mary Shanahan, RN, CES and Pat DiGiacomo, RNC, MSN. Both women
are perinatal education coordinators at North Penn Hospital in Lansdale,
Pennsylvania.
- Newborn Screening
- by Alicia Perez, MD of Complete Newborn Care, PC in Danbury, Connecticut.
- Sex during Pregnancy
- by Joy Hackl, RN, FACCE, LCCE, Perinatal Education Coordinator at
St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
- Pros & Cons of Weight Gain during
Pregnancy
- by Jackie Lapetino, RNC, BSN, and Manager of the New Life Unit at
Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois.
- The Benefits of Massage
- by Chris Prince, CMT, MA; owner of Mother Goose Massage LLC, specializing
in massage for pregnant and non-pregnant women and offers private instruction
on infant massage.
- Improving Your Pregnancy with Chiropractic
Care
- by the Colorado Chiropractic Association which represents the over
1300 doctors of chiropractic practicing in Colorado.
- Fetal Growth & Development: What is Happening?
- by Tierney Matthews RNC, MSN, and Mary De Ritter RN, BSN Englewood
Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey.
- Fetal Growth and
Development
- by Jaye M. Shyken, MD, specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, St.
Louis University School of Medicine (and mother of three). Dr. Shyken
and her eight partners practice obstetrics and high-risk obstetrics
at St. Marys Health Center and provide consultations at numerous
locations in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri area.
- Birthing Plans
- by Dr. Stefano Stella, MD, FACOG, who is the director of obstetrics
and gynecology at St. Mary Hospital of Hoboken, New Jersey, and a partner
in Amerimed.
- Planning Your Baby's Birth
- by Tsulan Balka, RNC, MS, NP, Manager of the Women's Pavilion at Exempla
Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
- Making Your Birth Plan
- by Dana B. Perlman, CNM, MSN, of Pennsylvania Midwifery Associates
at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Multiple Births
- by Jack Ludmir, MD, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Pennsylvania Hospital, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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