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Childbirth and beyond

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Prepare yourself for this amazing experience! Get facts on labor and delivery. And find out how to care for yourself and your baby in the first precious few weeks. Follow these links to learn more.

• Labor and birth
• Your baby's first hours of life
• Recovering from birth
• Newborn care and safety
• Getting pregnant again
• Returning to work – Share your story
• Babysitters and child care

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More information on childbirth and beyond

Explore other publications and websites

• Body Image: Loving Your Body Before, During, and After Your Pregnancy (Copyright © American Pregnancy Association) — This publication discusses the importance of being comfortable with your body before pregnancy. It also explains what you can do to continue to love your body through all the major changes of pregnancy and the postpartum period.
  http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/bodyimage.html
• Pregnancy Information Center, CDC — If you're pregnant or planning to get pregnant, you probably have a lot of questions. This website will help you learn how to be healthy (before, during, and after pregnancy) and give your baby a healthy start to life.
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/pregnancy_gateway/default.htm
• Safe Motherhood: Promoting Health for Women Before, During, and After Pregnancy — This report emphasizes the importance of proper care from conception through delivery, in order to prevent complications when possible. The ideal result is a labor at term without any unnecessary interventions.
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/pdf/drh.pdf

Connect with other organizations

• American Academy of Family Physicians
  http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  http://www.acog.org/
• American Pregnancy Association
  http://www.americanpregnancy.org/

Content last updated September 27, 2010.

Resources last updated September 27, 2010.

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