Maternity Education Resources
The following links include information valuable to your health. Information is provided for educational purposes only, and is meant to be used as a supplement for professional medical advice. You should not use the information on this, or any web site, for diagnosing or treating a medical condition. If you have a suspected medical condition, please contact a health professional.
The American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecologists' website has numerous patient education publications on their website. There is information on a number of topics including: pregnancy, labor, and delivery, contraception, gynecologic problems, special procedures and women's health. Please follow this link to access those publications: www.acog.org/patients.
Contraception
- Barrier Methods of Birth Control: Spermicide, Condom, Sponge, Diaphragm, and Cervical Cap
- Combined Hormonal Birth Control: Pill, Patch, and Ring
- Emergency Contraception
- Fertility Awareness-Based Methods of Family Planning
- Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Intrauterine Device and Implant
- Postpartum Birth Control
- Postpartum Sterilization
- Progestin-Only Hormonal Birth Control: Pill and Injection
- Sterilization by Laparoscopy
- Sterilization for Women and Men
- Using Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Right After Childbirth
Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Care
- Assisted Vaginal Delivery
- Breastfeeding Your Baby
- Cesarean Birth
- Exercise After Pregnancy
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor
- How to Tell When Labor Begins
- Induction of Labor at 39 Weeks
- Labor Induction
- Medications for Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery
- Newborn Male Circumcision
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Postpartum Depression
- Preterm Labor and Birth
- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery
- When Pregnancy Goes Past Your Due Date
Pregnancy
- A Healthy Pregnancy for Women with Diabetes
- A Partner’s Guide to Pregnancy
- Back Pain During Pregnancy
- Bleeding During Pregnancy
- Car Safety for Pregnant Women, Babies, and Children
- Carrier Screening
- Carrier Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Cord Blood Banking
- Cystic Fibrosis: Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis
- Early Pregnancy Loss
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Exercise During Pregnancy
- Extremely Preterm Birth
- Genetic Disorders
- Gestational Diabetes
- Good Health Before Pregnancy: Prepregnancy Care
- Group B Strep and Pregnancy
- Having a Baby After Age 35: How Aging Affects Fertility and Pregnancy
- Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Pregnancy
- HIV and Pregnancy
- How Your Fetus Grows During Pregnancy
- If Your Baby Is Breech
- Listeria and Pregnancy
- Marijuana and Pregnancy
- Morning Sickness: Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
- Multiple Pregnancy
- Nutrition During Pregnancy
- Obesity and Pregnancy
- Opioid Use Disorder and Pregnancy
- Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Choices — Raising the Baby, Adoption, and Abortion
- Prenatal Genetic Diagnostic Tests
- Prenatal Genetic Screening Tests
- Reducing Risks of Birth Defects
- Repeated Miscarriages
- Routine Tests During Pregnancy
- Skin Conditions During Pregnancy
- Special Tests for Monitoring Fetal Health
- The Flu Vaccine and Pregnancy
- The Rh Factor: How It Can Affect Your Pregnancy
- Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, and Pregnancy
- Travel During Pregnancy