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| Dionne Quints | ||
| The complete story of the lives of the Dionne Quintuplets, including their years at "Quintland," when they were wards of the Ontario government. ( http://www.cnn.com/US/9711/19/dionne.quints ) | ||
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| The Visible Embryo | ||
| Stunning photos of the embryo at different points in prenatal development. ( http://www.visembryo.com/ ) | ||
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| The Trimesters | ||
| Explore the trimesters of prenatal development on a week-by-week basis. ( http://kidsdirect.net/BD/pregnancy/trimester1.htm ) | ||
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| Health and Prenatal Development | ||
| This website has extensive connections to other sites that have information about health and prenatal development. ( http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/obgyn.html ) | ||
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| Exploring Teratology | ||
| Extensive connections to websites with information about Teratology. ( http://www.teratology.org/members/memblink.htm ) | ||
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| High-Risk Situations | ||
| Examines pain, diabetes, low birthweight, viruses, genetics, preterm labour, and other high-risk situations. ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/pregnancy/pcomp.html ) | ||
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| Mother Risk Program | ||
| The Canadian Health Network provides evidence concerning risk to the child during pregnancy and lactation related to drugs, chemicals, disease, and environmental exposure. ( http://www.motherisk.org ) | ||
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| LaterLife Pregnancy | ||
| Learn more about the factors involved in becoming pregnant at 30, 35, and 40 years of age. ( http://preconception.com/resources/articles/pglater.htm ) | ||
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| Nutrition and Pregnancy | ||
| Provides guidelines for prenatal nutrition, resources, and related topics. ( http://www.moonlily.com/obc/nutrition.html ) | ||
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| Exercise in Pregnancy | ||
| Read about various aspects of fitness and nutrition during pregnancy. ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/pregnancy/exercise.html ) | ||
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| Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Syndrome | ||
| Health Canada site that describes the nature of fetal alcohol syndrome and provides links to sites with information about the syndrome. ( http://www.child.gov.ab.ca/whatwedo/fas/page.cfm?pg=index ) | ||
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| Smoking and Pregnancy | ||
| Examines the negative effects of smoking during pregnancy, secondhand smoke, and strategies for quitting smoking. ( http://pregnancy.miningco.com/health/pregnancy/library/weekly/aa111998.htm ) | ||
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| Pregnancy and HIV | ||
| Discusses basic ideas about pregnancy and HIV, family-planning decisions, testing and counselling, drug treatments, and other related topics. ( http://www.hivpositive.com/f-Women/9-Pregnant/9-PregMenu.html ) | ||
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| Canadian AIDS Society | ||
| The Canadian AIDS Society website has fact sheets on Women and HIV/AIDS, including prevention, treatment, support, and specific recommendations. ( http://www.cdnaids.ca ) | ||
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| International Diabetes Institute | ||
| The website of International Diabetes Institute has information on diabetes and pregnancy, including gestational diabetes mellitus. ( http://www.diabetes.com.au/home.htm ) | ||
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| Teen Pregnancy | ||
| A youth pregnancy fact sheet from Ontario's Maternal, Newborn, and Early Childhood Development Resources Centre. ( http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/preg/preg3.htm ) | ||
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| Women Care Midwives | ||
| The website of Womancare Midwives has information on services, birth, training, education, and related resources. ( http://www.midwives.on.ca/index.html ) | ||
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| Reproductive Health Links | ||
| Read about men's health and women's health related to various aspects of reproduction. ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/reprolinks.html ) | ||
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| Exploring Pregnancy | ||
| Read about many different aspects of pregnancy. Links to a wide range of sites with information about pregnancy are provided. ( http://dmoz.org/Home/Family/Pregnancy/ ) | ||
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| Childbirth Classes | ||
| Study variations in childbirth classes, such as doula, the Bradley method, and Lamaze. ( http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/631.html ) | ||
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| Prenatal Care | ||
| This website has extensive information about prenatal care, including fetal development, pregnancy resources, support groups, and many other topics. ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prenatalcare.html ) | ||
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| Preparing for Birth | ||
| Advice for pregnant women about preparing for the birth of their babies. ( http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/topics/0,,4rpv,00.html ) | ||
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| Women's Health | ||
| The Canadian Women's Health Network website provides information, resources, and strategies related to improving women's health. ( http://www.cwhn.ca ) | ||
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| Mothers' Network | ||
| A comprehensive list of frequently asked questions about pregnancy, birth, and related topics about becoming a mother answered by professionals. ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/faqs.html ) | ||
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| Childbirth Strategies | ||
| Study various options in childbirth, including perineal massage, water birth, epidurals, birthing rooms, doulas, homebirth, and many other childbirth topics. ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/labor/choices.html ) | ||
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| Childbirth Setting and Attendants | ||
| This article, written by a certified nurse-midwife, discusses the issues of a natural childbirth setting. ( http://www.babycenter.com/expert/pregnancy/childbirth/2266.html?CP_bid= ) | ||
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| Fathers and Childbirth | ||
| Information for new dads about childbirth, fathers and postpartum depression, diaper changing, and what it means to be a father. ( http://kidsdirect.net/PD/fathers/tips.htm ) | ||
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| Siblings and Childbirth | ||
| Read about birth order, children at birth, introducing a new baby to the family, preparing a toddler for the birth of a baby, and sibling rivalry. ( http://www.childbirthclass.com/siblings.htm ) | ||
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| Voices for Children | ||
| Voices for Children promotes healthy lives for children and their families with issues, resources, and articles concerning the nurturing, protecting, and valuing of children. ( http://www.voicesforchildren.ca ) | ||
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| Canadian Health Network | ||
| A website of Health Canada, with health information for all Canadians on a wide variety of topics. ( http://www.canadian-health-network.ca ) | ||
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| Ambiguous Sex | ||
| The website of the Intersex Society of North America, dedicated to ending shame, secrecy, and unwanted surgeries in intersex individuals. ( http://www.isna.org/ ) | ||
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| Lamaze | ||
| Learn more about what Lamaze involves, what is taught in a Lamaze class, and find links to other sites with information about Lamaze. ( http://www.lamaze.com/ ) | ||
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| Labour and Birth Resources | ||
| Information on what to expect regarding labour, how to tell if it is really happening, how to time contractions, finding pain relief in labour, labour complications, and other related ideas. ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/labor.html ) | ||
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| Caesarean Childbirth | ||
| Study what caesarean childbirth involves, why caesarean rates have increased, benefits of this approach, risks of this approach, and psychological effects. ( http://www.childbirth.org/section/section.html ) | ||
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| Health on the Net | ||
| A Health Canada document with extensive information on maternity and newborn care, with links to sources on nutrition during pregnancy, infant nutrition, and breastfeeding. ( http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/preg-gros/index_e.html ) | ||
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| Mother and Child Glossary | ||
| A complete glossary of topics providing health and medical information for mother and child, including reproduction, pregnancy, birth, postnatal period, and childhood illness. ( http://www.hon.ch/Dossier/MotherChild ) | ||
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| Neonatal Research | ||
| Extensive information about a variety of topics in neonatal research, including preterm infants, feeding, neonatal infection, massage therapy, non-nutritive sucking, pain, and other topics. ( http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochraneneonatal/ ) | ||
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| Preterm Infants | ||
| Popular and medical summaries about preterm infants are presented on this website. ( http://kingproductions.com/babylink4.htm ) | ||
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| Low-Birthweight Infants | ||
| Study many different aspects of low-birthweight infants in this article, which provides causes and recommendations for research, prevention, and care on this topic. ( http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2826/information_show.htm?doc_id=79875 ) | ||
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| Exploring Low Birthweight | ||
| This entire issue of The Future of Children is devoted to low birthweight. You can read all of the articles online at this site, which include analyses and recommendations and discussions of costs, preventing low birth weight, neonatal intensive care, and many more related topics. ( http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info.htm?doc_id=79872 ) | ||
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| Touch Research Institute | ||
| Find out more about the benefits of massage therapy with high-risk infants. Touchpoints, a quarterly newsletter published by the Touch Research Institute, is available on this website. ( http://www.miami.edu/touch-research/home.html ) | ||
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| Postpartum Adjustment | ||
| Covers emotions and depression, exercise, physical recovery, and many other aspects of postpartum adjustment. ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/postpartum.html ) | ||
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| Postpartum Resources | ||
| Read about what life is like for parents after the baby is born, coping with fatigue, emotions, exercise, support, and other postpartum topics ( http://www.childbirth.org/articles/postpartum.html ) | ||
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