Top Ten Pregnancy Articles on Associated Content

The Best Resources AC Has for the Nine Months You Are Pregnant

I'm a childbirth educator who has been teaching childbirth prep classes for three years. I've also not only had two births of my own, but attending four births as a labor support person. So pregnancy and childbirth is something I feel very passionately about. I love helping women educate themselves at a time when they are experiencing SO many changes in a short few months.

Some of these articles are ones I've written, while others are fantastic resources I only WISH I had penned first. All of them share some great information related specifically to the nine months of pregnancy and your unborn baby.

1. Child Birth: Planning for the Birth of Your Child
This article provides a great overview of some choices available to pregnant women, the process of labor and delivery, and ways to cope with labor. While nothing is discussed in detail, and none of the risks/benefits are assessed, it does at least give parents a place to begin looking at the options available. Often, I've found with my students, they don't hear that they HAVE choices available, so I appreciated seeing the list of options broken down for parents-to-be.

2. Best Books for Pregnancy and Childbirth
This article is a review of a handful of the top, most well-balanced and helpful books available. There are SO many titles that pregnant women have to choose from, but this childbirth educator will help you select the top five must-reads. Books listed are not only geared toward the mother, but also for any support people as well.

3. Best Pregnancy Websites for First Time Parents
I enjoyed looking over the website choices she mentioned and have to agree with most of them. Babycenter.com especially, is a website I frequent often and am often on the Childbirth Choices bulletin board. I've also used reference materials from American Baby.com in my childbirth education classes.

4. Fetal Senses and Development
Want to know what's going on in there? This article will take you in the womb to see what you baby is doing and when he or she is able to do it. Can a baby smell? Hear? When can he or she do these thing? A much more in-depth look than the simple week-by-week charts!