Healthy Pregnancies
Regular prenatal care is key to a healthy pregnancy. If you think you're pregnant, call your health care provider to schedule your first prenatal appointment. Nutrition, exercise, and sleep are essential to the health of you and your child.
If you are healthy and the pregnancy is not high-risk, your health provider will want to see you:
- Every 4 weeks until the 28th week of pregnancy,
- Then every 2 weeks until 36 weeks,
- Then once a week until delivery
Video: Dr. Sharma, a specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology, gives tips for healthy pregnancies on postpartum depression, nutrition, exercise, low back pain, and red flags.
Perinatal Depression Resources
Electronic Resources
Websites
Perinatal Depression. An overview from the National Institute of Health on mood disorder, signs and symptoms, and treatment.
Depression During and After Pregnancy. Center for Disease Control symptoms and common treatments.
Apps
Parents.com reviewed ten apps to support parents with postpartum depression.
Additional Readings
Fact Sheets
Feeling anxious or depressed? What every new mom or mom-to-be needed to know.
Articles
Postpartum Depression Can Happen to Any Parent. The Atlantic explains how postpartum depression can present in any new parent, biological or non-biological.
Postpartum Depression. Women's Health provides an overview of symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and resources.
Books
Videos and Podcasts
Videos
Parents.com provides a short video about supporting partners with postpartum depression.
TEDx talks about postpartum depression by Lisa Abramson.
BBC highlights the stories of various fathers who experienced postnatal depression.
Podcasts
NPR podcast about recognizing postpartum depression and treatment options.
Healthy Pregnancy Resources
Electronic Resources
Websites
Pre-Pregnancy Health. Planned Parenthood covers common pre-pregnancy planning such as questions and concerns, the role of partners, and common health concerns.
Staying Safe and Healthy. The Office of Women's Health provides health guidelines for staying healthy during pregnancy.
Childbirth Connection resources. Tips about healthy pregnancies, tools for preparing for a maternity care provider visits, and planning for giving birth.
Apps
Text4baby is a free text messaging app that sends health and safety information to your phone throughout a pregnancy.
Cosmopolitan reviews the twelve best pregnancy apps of 2020.
Services
Women, Infants, and Children is a program that provides healthcare and nutrition for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding women, and children under five.
Additional Readings
Fact Sheets
Prenatal nutrition. Michigan Medicine reviews nutrients, foods, common health concerns, and risk factors.
Tips for Pregnant Moms. United States Department of Agriculture provides food, nutrition, and exercise recommendations.
Books
GoodReads popular pregnancy reads.
VeryWellFamily highlights the top eight pregnancy books of 2020.