Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE in Spanish) will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or their baby’s date of birth.

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Read the report, Guidelines for the Identification & Management of Lead Exposure in Pregnant & Lactating Women, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Empowering Pregnant Women To Promote Healthy Outcomes is the title of an upcoming conference sponsored by Central New Jersey Maternal and Child Health Consortium.  The purpose of this continuing education program is to update health professional and outreach worker knowledge regarding evidence based practice and treatment in order to decrease perinatal risks from substance abuse.

For more information about this cutting edge empowering conference for pregnant women.

Can stress reduce your chances for becoming pregnant? Read this article to find out what a current research study says about stress and pregnancy.

If you are pregnant or know someone else who is pregnant Text 4 Babies is a must have resource.  Or you may be a new mom needing information of things like breast feeding. All you need is a cell phone to get fast answers to questions you have about pregnancy.

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Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411 will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth.

Text4baby is made possible through a broad, public-private partnership that includes government, corporations, academic institutions, professional associations, tribal agencies and non-profit organizations. Founding partners include HMHB, Voxiva, CTIA – The Wireless Foundation and WPP. Johnson & Johnson is the founding sponsor, and premier sponsors include WellPoint, Pfizer and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. U.S. government partners include the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense Military Health System. The mobile health platform is provided by Voxiva and free messaging services are generously provided by participating wireless service providers. Implementation partners include BabyCenter, Danya International, Syniverse Technologies, Keynote Systems and The George Washington University. MTV Networks is a media sponsor.

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There is a very active discussion going on on a site called Today’s Mom.  The story is told about a  visibly pregnantwoman who went out with some friends and ordered a glass of wine. The bar attendant  refused to serve her because she was pregnant.  Please take a minute to read the post and add your comment.

Read the post about the refusal of a bar to serve a pregnant woman.

Do you agree with some of the comments?

Being pregnant, giving birth and becoming a mother can be  an emotional rollercoaster; thrilling and exciting at times, terrifying and stressful at others, and in-between dominated by exhaustion and   hard work. Yet, if there is a mood disorder would you be able to recognize it and get help for yourself or loved one?

There will be a free teleconference repeated three (3) times this month on Perinatal Mood Disorders. Listen and chat with an expert. She will discuss signs and symptoms,risk factors and treatment options, and questions about how to recognize whether you or a loved one is experiencing a perinatal mood disorder.

The sceduled times for this FREE teleconference are:

June 10, 2010—3 p.m. & 9 p.m.
June 17, 2010—Noon & 3 p.m.
June 24th, 2010 —Noon & 9 p.m.

How Do You Join?

No registration required. Simply dial in.
• Dial the Ready Access number: 800-747-5150.
• Listen for the prompt.
• Enter 7 digit access code: 6651764.
Questions? Call 856-665-6000
• Participation can be anonymous.
• The Facilitator will end the call after 15 minutes
if there are no participants.

We want you and your loved ones to Be in the Know! For a copy of the announcement about this informative Mood Disorders teleconference for pregnant and post-partpartum women just click on this lin

This teleconference is presented by The Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative with funding by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.