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• Adoption:
  • ViewAdoption Agencies/Professionals by State
  • Adoption: Collection of adoption articles for birth families and prospective parents..
  • Bethany Christian Services: A not-for-profit, Christian adoption and family services agency with more than 75 locations in 31 states and ministries in 15 other countries. Our Christian care extends to people struggling with unplanned pregnancies, infertility, and a multitude of other challenges.
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• BabyItems:
  • Bee a Star Personalized Books and Gifts : Personalized books for all ages and occasions. Write your own story. We'll make you book.
  • The Classic Baby Store : Catering to those parents who share our passion for fine clothing, furniture, upscale decor, unique heirlooms and the classic baby style.
  • Cora's Baby Closet : At Cora's Baby Closet, our mission is to continuously exceed your expectations, by maintaining superior online service and providing the highest quality baby products, for a fair price, while conducting our business with integrity and the highest ethical standards.
  • Glenna jean Crib Bedding at Huckleberry Moon : We offer a fine selection of Glenna Jean baby crib bedding, toddler and child clothing, modern baby crib bedding, newborn and shower gifts, personalized artwork and nursery decor.
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• Baby Naming:
  • 123-Baby-Names: Baby naming site to help new moms with selecting names.
  • Baby Names World: Site for helping you find the best name for your new baby.
  • BabyNamesUSA: Exclusive personality test can help you find the perfect name for our baby.
  • Cool Baby Names: Find Baby Names by Sex, Ethnic Origin, Meaning and More! Choosing a baby name to be proud of is the most important gift you can give a child. The right baby name can contribute to personal and professional success. We have over 50,599 baby names and meanings to choose from plus a lot more, so take a good look around!
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• Birth:
  • The Waterbirth Website : All about waterbirth & water babies. In-depth information on the newest innovation in safe, gentle, joyous, empowering childbirth. Includes a photo gallery, tutorial, personal stories, and info on a Water Baby documentary.
  • Birth Doulas : Article to help women and families learn about doulas and the role and benefits they bring to the birth experience.
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• Birth Announcements:
  • Little Angel Announcements and Invitations: traditional custom printed birth announcements, baby shower, christening, baptism, and first birthday party invitations. See our "verses" for wording ideas.
  • Birth Announcements & Baby Shower Invitations by Baby Cachet: Baby Cachet offers beautiful birth announcements, baby shower invitations, personal baby websites, adoption announcements, pregnancy announcements, birthday party invitations, baptism & christening invitations.
  • Holiday Personalized Photo Cards
    Come to PhotoAffections.com for photo birth announcements, wedding & elopement announcement & christmas and holiday cards.
  • Little Fingers, Little Toes: birth announcements, photo birth announcements, Vellum birth announcements, Holiday Cards, thank you cards and baby shower invitations.
  • First Memories Online Baby Announcements: Save yourself the printing costs, stamps, and expensive card stock. Instead, impress your friends and family with a fun web site to announce the birth of your new baby. Includes 10 pictures, link to email, music, baby statistics, personal message and password protection.
  • 1000 Greeting-Cards: Send Free online cards.
  • Photo Creations Birth Announcements: Unique and affordable photo birth announcements, birthday invitations, holiday cards, and graduation announcements. Introduce your baby with an announcement you can be proud off!
  • Holiday Personalized Photo Cards
    Come to PhotoAffections.com for photo birth announcements, wedding & elopement announcement & christmas and holiday cards.
  • InfantMail - Photo Birth Announcements
    We specialize in unique photo birth announcements. Customize your birth announcement with your baby's photo and birth stats!
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• Birthing Centers:
  • View Birthing Centers by State
  • American Association of Childbearing Centers: AACC explains the birth center concept and the midwifery model of care for expectant parents, birth center professionals, and health policy advocates. Links and referrals are also provided.
  • Birth Center: Article on what a birth center is, the services they provide and benefits of using a birth center to deliver your baby.
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• Birth Defects:
  • CHASK: Christian Homes and Special Kids is a non-profit organization that offers help, information, and support for people who have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis. CHASK also helps arrange adoptions for these special children if the birth family decides they can not provide for a special needs child, but they do not wish to terminate the pregnancy.
  • March of Dimes: Provides information on pregnancy health, prematurity, birth defects, and low birthweight.
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• Breast Feeding:
  • Breastfeeding.Com: Supplies information,education, and product recommendations related to breastfeeding.
  • La Leche League: LLL believes that breastfeeding, with its many important physical and psychological advantages, is best for baby and mother and is the ideal way to initiate good parent-child relationships. They provide education, support, and research information concerning breastfeeding.
  • Miracle of Touch: Pre-natal classes for parents to learn breastfeeding. Post-natal classes for parents with their infant, aged 3 weeks to pre-crawling, to learn infant massage and discuss new parenting concerns.
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• Cord Blood Banking:
  • Cord Blood Banking: Article on cord blood banking to help women and families determine if storing cord blood is relavent to them.
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• Diapers & Care: Return to Top
• Doula Services:
  • ViewDoulas by State or country
  • Doulas: Information provided by the American Pregnancy Association on the roles, benefits and services of doulas.
  • Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association: CAPPA is a non-profit international organization that was founded in 1998 to offer the highest level of professional membership and training to childbirth educators, lactation educators, labor doulas, antepartum doulas and postpartum doulas. They offer referrals for finding an educator or doula in your area.
  • Childbirth International: Provides comprehensive training programs for doulas and childbirth educators all over the world.
  • Childbirth.Org: Information on different types of childbirth, childbirth services, and doulas.
  • Doula World: Information concerning doulas, childbirth, and breastfeeding, and referrals for locating a doula.
  • Doulas of North America: DONA is an international association of doulas who are trained to provide the highest quality emotional, physical and educational support to women and their families during childbirth and postpartum. They offer education concerning doulas, doula training and certification, and referrals for finding a doula.
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• Embryo Adoption:
  • Embryos Alive
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• Employment:
  • Child Care Services: Find employment opportunities within the child care community.
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• Endometriosis:
  • Fertility Institute of the Mid-South: located in Memphis, the Fertility Institute sponsors research and education in fertility, endometriosis and reproductive surgery.
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• Fertility Related:
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine: ASRM is an organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in infertility, reproductive medicine and biology.
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• Fetal Development:
  • Just the Facts: Information and detailed ultrasound images to help you understand and see fetal development like never before.
  • Stand Up Girl: Offers in utero pictures, 3 and 4-D ultrasound pictures, and contact embryoscopy pictures.
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• Government-Sponsored:
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Find out more information about Medicaid and locate the Medicaid office in your area. Many pregnant women qualify for Medicaid to cover their medical expenses during pregnancy and delivery.
  • Insure Kids Now: Find out if your children qualify for free or low cost health insurance.
  • Women, Infants, and Children: This website is maintained by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), a Federal agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, responsible for administering the WIC Program at the national and regional levels.
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• HealthDepartments:
  Health Departments by State: View the official web site for the health department of your state.
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• Home Study Agencies:
  • Adoption Home Study: Adoption home study's completed quickly and efficiently by state of Ohio certified professional Adoption Assessor for International, Domestic, Relative, and Step-Parent adoptions. We have been through the international adoption process and will help you be approved. We serve the Indiana and Ohio area.
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• Infant/Newborn Care:
  • Keep Kids Healthy.Com: A medical and parenting site designed as 'a Pediatrician's guide to your children's health and safety.' Offers free parenting advice, online forums, info product recalls and pediatric news updated daily, an immunization schedule, and many other interactive features.
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• Maternity Clothes: Return to Top
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• Medicaid:
  • Medicaid : Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Alabama Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Alaska Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Arizona Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Arkansas Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • California Medical Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Colorado Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Connecticut Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Deleware Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Florida Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Georgia Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Hawaii Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Idaho Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Illinois Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Indiana Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Iowa Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Kansas Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Kentucky Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Louisiana Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Maine Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Maryland Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Masshealth Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Michigan Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Minnesota Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Mississippi Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Missouri Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Montana Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Nebraska Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Nevada Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • New Hampshire Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • New Jersey Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • New Mexico Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • New York Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • North Carolina Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • North Dakota Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Ohio Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Oklahoma Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Oregon Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Rhode Island Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • South Carolina Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • South Dakota Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Tennessee Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Texas Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Utah Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Vermont Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Virginia Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Washington Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • West Virginia Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
  • Wyoming Medicaid Application: Free Medicaid application assistance.
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• Midwives:
  • ViewMidwives by State
  • American College of Nurse-Midwives: ACNM provides research, accredits midwifery education programs, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress.
  • Midwives: article on whate a midwife is, the services they provide and the benefits of using a midwife in your birth.
  • Midwives Alliance of North America: MANA provides a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among midwives. Through a collective strength, we can ensure midwifery care for all mothers and their babies throughout North America.
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• Morning Sickness :
  • Morning Sickness: Article on nausea and other symptoms related to morning sickness; links to remedies to prevent or reduce nausea.
  • Sea Sickness Remedies: Biobands Relief Bands or Wristband for Motion sickness is an acute condition of medical distress that results in skin pallor, weakness, nausea and vomiting. It often starts as stomach discomfort, bodily warmth, headache, dizziness and/or drowsiness, and then proceeds to stomach distress, then nausea and vomiting.
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• Multiples:
  TwInsight: Helps individuals and families become aware of the specific issues regarding multiples, to experience the joys and confront the challenges of multiple births.
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• Ovulation:
  Billings Ovulation Method: Education concerning ovulation to attempt pregnancy prevention or successful conception.
  • Ovulation Calendar: Free ovulation calendar and ovulation calculator to help determine the best window for trying to conceive.
  • Ovulite Ovulation and Fertility Test: Trying to conceive? Find the best days to get pregnant. No fuss, no mess, no nonsense. Results in minutes.
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• Other Health Concerns:
  • Monobrex: Monobrex is a blend of pure botanical substances guaranteed to strengthen your liver and spleen to fight off infection.
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• Paternity Tests: (these sites provide information and services)
  Genelex: Genelex Paternity Testing offers a complete range of DNA tests available during and after pregnancy. AABB accredited.
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• Pregnancy Related:
  • Symptoms of Pregnancy
    Comprehensive guide to your symptoms of pregnancy.
  • Free Pregnancy Journal
    Share the joys of pregnancy with your own FREE pregnancy journal. Blog your progress now!
  • Pregnancy:Articles on everything related to pregnancy presented by the American Pregnancy Association.
  • Babies Online Free Pregnancy Blogs: Create a daily online pregnnacy journal, complete with pictures, instantly and for free! Tons of other great (and free!) stuff for expectant parents too, like weekly pregnancy calendars, baby names, and more so check it out.
  • BabyJellyBeans :Fully customizable baby websites in just minutes. Share your precious photos and video with a creative and unique website. It's fun, easy and fast to create a website for your baby. Try us for a free month.
  • Fit For 2, Inc. : Get the latest information on staying fit throughout pregnancy and getting back into shape after childbirth.
  • The Pregnancy Connection
    Comprehensive network of pregnancy and parenting sites committed to connecting moms and moms-to-be with support and resources.
  • Mom's View : List of pregnancy resources and sites for families.
  • National Women's Health Information Center: Created to provide free, reliable health information for women everywhere. Browse our database for great resources or take a look through our Special Sections on topic areas like heart disease, disabilities and pregnancy.
  • Pregnancy-Info.net: is an excellent resource for parents-to-be providing an array of information on related pregnancy topics.
  • Pregnancy Stories: Short stories about being pregnant.
  • Pregnancy Weekly: On-line resource to support you through your pregnancy week-by-week.
  • TotSites - Create an adorable baby website in minutes! Share photos, journals, video, polls and more. Keep your family & friends informed on the developments of your baby.
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• Pregnancy Loss:
  • Baby Loss: Provide information and support online for women and their partners who have experienced the loss of a baby.
  • Healing Hearts Baby Loss Comfort: Miscarriage and pregnancy loss resources and gifts to help heal the hearts and bodies of grieving mamas.
  • MEND: Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death is a Christian not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is to reach out to those who have lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death and offer a way to share experiences and information through support groups, the quarterly newsletter, and our Internet web site.
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• Pregnancy Testing:
  • View Pregnancy Testing Centers by State
  • History of the Pregnancy Test Kit: History of the pregnancy test kit and explanation of how they work, provided by the National Institute of Health.
  • Early Pregnancy Tests: Site for purchasing early pregnancy tests and other fertility related products.
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• Pregnancy Wellness:
  • Having a Healthy Pregnancy: ABC's of Pregnancy Health, provided by the National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities
  • Pregnancy Health at Keep Kids Healthy: Information about pregnancy health, pregnancy issues, birth options, and pregnancy tools.
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• Prenatal Tests:
  • MEDLine Health Information: Prenatal Testing section provides education and research article links.
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• Products & Services:
  • Dynamicdoppler Listen to your unborn baby's heartbeat in the privacy of your own home.
  • Nature's Child Organic and natural products for pregnancy and children in Australia.
  • Stork Radio Fetal Dopplers Rent/buy the fetal doppler trusted by more expecting parents and medical professionals world wide than any other. Listen to your unborn baby's heartbeat in the privacy of your home.
  • Sweetbeats Fetal doppler rentals for in home use. Enjoy the sound of your unborn baby's heartbeat.
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• Professional Organizations:
  • American College of Nurse-Midwives: ACNM provides research, accredits midwifery education programs, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress.
  • American Nurses Association: ANA is a full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.7 million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
  • American Pregnancy Association: A nonprofit health organization committed to promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness.
  • Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators: ALACE supports women's choices in childbirth by offering training and referrals. ALACE believes knowledgeable childbirth educators and labor assistants/birth doulas can do a great deal to provide pregnant women with information and practical alternatives so that they may give birth with confidenSce, strength and joy.
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• ProLife Organizations:
  • Baptists For LifeOrganization that equips churches and centers to defend the cause of life.
  • Care Net: Pregnancy Center affiliate organization.
  • Heartbeat International: International and national affiliate organization of pregnancy centers.
  • Priests for LifeCatholic prolife organization that equips priests, churches, and individuals to defend the cause of life.
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• Supporters:
  • Industrial Sales: Hi-Line is a supporter of reproductive and pregnancy wellness. As a sales company Hi-Line uses atypical route sales to meet the needs of customers.
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• Teen Pregnancy:
  • Stand Up Girl: Becky's personal story about being a teen facing an unplanned pregnancy. She also has great information on fetal development and a column where you can hear from other teens facing pregnancy.
  • Teen Pregnancy: Helpful site that talks about pregnancy related things for teenagers and young adults; offers a toll-free helpline.
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• Teratogen Services:
  • Texas Teratogen Information Services: Statewide services for identifying substances that are harmful to the developing fetus.
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• Tourism Services:
  • Sea World Adventure Park Info: Photos, reviews, show info, and articles of SeaWorld, Orlando.
  • Nushagak King Salmon Fishing: True Alaskan wilderness experience in the comfort of a Bristol Bay fishing lodge. Whether you fish or hunt we provide you with a variety of opportunities and campsites on the fabled Nushagak River.
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• Weight Management:
  • A new big concern in the health community is childhood obesity. It has serious consequences on the child's life and future
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• Women's Health:
  • Women's Health Guide: Your ultimate source for women's health care.
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• Supporters:
  • Industrial Sales: Hi-Line is a supporter of reproductive and pregnancy wellness. As a sales company Hi-Line uses atypical route sales to meet the needs of customers.
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• Other Links:
  • Abortion : Article on abortion procedures.
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• Search Directories & Guides
  • Directory Healthy : The comprehensive health web directory.
  • Health Digest : A Drug and medication directory with over 10,000 drug and medication pages, health resources and medical information.
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