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\n Life changes when a baby arrives. Expect a bundle of joy as well as new challenges.
\nWhether you are pregnant, considering pregnancy, or already a new mom, here are a few tools to help keep you and your baby safe and healthy.
\nText4baby
\nCheck out Text4baby. It\u2019s a free cellphone text messaging service for pregnant women and new moms. Three times per week, you\u2019ll receive tips on how to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, and how to care for your baby up to 1 year of age. The timely tips are based on your expected due date or your baby\u2019s date of birth.
\n \nMobile app on alcohol and pregnancy
\nCDC\u2019s free mobile application (app) on alcohol and pregnancy has the latest information on how drinking alcohol may affect your pregnancy. You can also learn how to help prevent, recognize, and treat fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). These are problems that can occur in a baby whose mother drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. FASDs are 100 percent preventable. You can easily view and share content in English or Spanish right from your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.
\nCDC app on alcohol and pregnancy
\nTest your knowledge
\nHow much do you know about folic acid? Take the folic acid quiz to learn how having folic acid before and during pregnancy helps prevent birth defects. The quiz tells you all of the different ways you can get the right amount of folic acid every day.
\n \nHow much do you know about birth defects? About one in every 33 babies is born with a birth defect. Take the following quiz to learn about:
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- Preventing birth defects \n
- Getting vaccinations (shots) during pregnancy \n
- Drinking alcohol while pregnant \n
- Using medication during pregnancy \n
- Diabetes and pregnancy, and more. \n
How much do you know about alcohol use during pregnancy? In addition to learning more by using the CDC mobile app on alcohol and pregnancy listed above, you can take the following quiz to learn:
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- What kind of lifelong effects are caused by alcohol use during pregnancy \n
- Whether any types of alcohol are safe to drink during pregnancy \n
- When to stop drinking if you\u2019re planning a pregnancy \n
- What risky drinking is for women who are pregnant or could become pregnant \n
- Why some women drink during pregnancy and their children are healthy. \n
Before, during, and after pregnancy
\nVisit CDC\u2019s pregnancy and reproductive health pages for information on a healthy pregnancy, a healthy baby, and a healthy you. Knowing that you are doing all you can to stay healthy before, during, and after pregnancy, and giving your baby a healthy start in life, will help you to have peace of mind.
\n \nPodcasts
\nIn just a few minutes, learn reliable health and safety information to help you and your baby. Browse \u201cpregnancy\u201d and \u201cwomen\u2019s health\u201d topics on CDC\u2019s podcast page.
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- CDC podcasts \n
More Information
\nMore Information
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- CDC Bats and Rabies Page \n
- Women's Health \n
- Reproductive Health \n
- Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities \n
- Smoking Risks \n
- Learn the Signs. Act Early. \n
- Breaking the Cycle of Teen Pregnancy \n
- Preventing Repeat Teen Births (CDC podcast) \n
- Reproductive Health \n
- Selected Federal Apps \n
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- LactMed App \n
- 52 Weeks for Women's Health \n
- Ask Karen (Food Safety) \n
- Embryo \n
- Find a Health Center \n
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