Body Awareness in Pregnancy Resources
Childbirth Connection's Body Awareness Resources for Pregnancy
Planning Pregnancy: Body Awareness: In our section called The Stages of Pregnancy, we have outlined the planning of your
pregnancy, each stage of pregnancy, giving birth, and the early
period after birth. This page is devoted to awareness of your body.Your Growing Body & Baby: Pictures: You can view pictures of the development of your pregnancy at milestone weeks to see how your baby is growing. Adapted from our childbirth education tool, The Growing Uterus Charts, eight finely illustrated drawings show the baby's development at various weeks of your pregnancy
Total Overview of a Woman's Body Related to Pregnancy
  | Our Bodies, Ourselves (2011), by the Boston's Women's Health Collective and Judy Norsigian. Learn more about Our Bodies, Ourselves from Amazon  |
PBS: Life's Greatest Miracle
Programs and features for prospective and expectant mothers
Comprehensive Guide to Planning Pregnancy
 | Before Your Pregnancy: A 90-Day Guide for Couples on How to Prepare for a
Healthy Conception (2011), by Amy Ogle and Lisa Mazzulo. Comprehensive manual to help couples understand and influence the many factors before and shortly after conception that affect the developing embryo and fetus. Learn more about Before Your Pregnancy from Amazon |
Body Image and Pregnancy
 | Body Wars: Making Peace
with Women's Bodies, An Activist's Guide (2000), by Margo Maine. Learn more about Body Wars from Amazon |
Fertility and Pregnancy Resource
Feminist Women's Health
Center: Fertility AwarenessWomen's Issues and Pregnancy Resource
National Women's Health Network: Analysis and advocacy for women's health
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Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
Most recent page update: 9/7/2012