We celebrate both mothers and expectant mothers in May. Being pregnant can be a very joyous event, anticipating the birth of a child. This may be the first child and being pregnant and preparing for the birth can be both exciting and a bit anxiety ridden. What free information resources can your library or organization offer? Here are just a few.<\/p>\n
MedlinePlus<\/a> Every Stage Health<\/a> HealthyChildren.org<\/a> HRSA<\/a> Office on Women\u2019s Health<\/a> The link to each topic may include fact sheets, infographics, infocards, guides, and videos.<\/p>\n Of course teens can use the resources already listed but here are a couple that are specifically written for teens.<\/p>\n Nemour\u2019s Teen Health<\/a> Center for Young Women\u2019s Health<\/a> We celebrate both mothers and expectant mothers in May. Being pregnant can be a very joyous event, anticipating the birth of a child. This may be the first child and being pregnant and preparing for the birth can be both exciting and a bit anxiety ridden. What free information resources can your library or organization… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,457],"tags":[474,266,460,473],"class_list":["post-22295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-health","category-consumer-health-minute","tag-birthing","tag-maternal-health","tag-parenting","tag-pregnancy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22298,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295\/revisions\/22298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis consumer health resource by the National Library of Medicine, includes a whole category on Pregnancy and Reproduction<\/a>. Specific topics are listed alphabetically that include:<\/p>\n\n
\nThe information on Every Stage Health is developed by the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG), the nation\u2019s leading membership organization for ob-gyns. Pregnancy and topics related to pregnancy<\/a> are covered. You\u2019ll also find additionally related topics in the A-Z listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe American Academy of Pediatrics developed this website for parents and caregivers. Information is available in Ages and Stages<\/a> including Prenatal<\/a>, Baby, all the way to Young Adult.<\/p>\n
\nThe Health Resources and Services Administration has services to offer your patrons who are expecting or have babies.<\/p>\n\n
\nThe Office on Women\u2019s Health includes information on topics related to maternal health including:<\/p>\n\n
Teen Pregnancy<\/h4>\n
\nThe Kids Health website also includes information for parents, educators and teens. They have information written for teens. Another bonus is the information is available in audio, Spanish and audio in Spanish. Having a Healthy Pregnancy<\/a> includes information about prenatal care, emotional health, and school.<\/p>\n
\nThis resource is a collaboration between the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine and the Division of Gynecology at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital. The Center is an educational entity that exists to provide adolescents of all genders with carefully researched health information, health education programs, and community spaces. Several topics are related to pregnancy but the Pregnancy: General Information<\/a> is a good place to start. You\u2019ll notice related links to the right side of the screen, similar to MedlinePlus. Information is also available in Spanish. The Young Men\u2019s Health website<\/a> has information about becoming a father<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"