HIGH RISK PREGNANCY RESOURCES

revised 5-02, copyright 2002 Mary Searcy

 

If you have any resources that you would like to add to this list, or any corrections or problems with the list, please contact me at MarAim@aol.com and put high risk pregnancy in the subject line.

 

SOURCES:

Books and other articles followed by AM can be obtained from Amazon.com Books, 549 South Dawson, P.O. Box 81410, Seattle, WA 98108-1310, 1-800-201-7575, fax (206) 346-2950, http://www.amazon.com.

Books and other articles followed by BLB can be obtained from the Birth and Life Bookstore, 141 Commercial Street NE, Salem, OR 97301, customer service and catalog requests (503) 371-4445, orders (800) 443-9942, fax (503) 371-5395.

Books and other articles followed by CF can be obtained fron The Childbearing Family, 5032 Wendover Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92686, (800) 234-7405.

Books and other articles followed by PTR can be obtained from A Place to Remember, 1885 University Ave. W., Suite 110, St. Paul, MN 55104, (612) 645-7045, (800) 631-0973, http://www.APlaceToRemember.com.

 

BOOKS:

And Mommy's On Her Side, by Heidi Morse-Travis. PTR.

Bedrest Before Baby: What’s a Mother to Do? - A Survival Handbook for High-Risk Moms, by P. Isenock, Mustardseed, Huntington Beach (CA), 1992. CF.

The Bed Rest Survival Guide, by Barbara Edelston Peterson, Avon Books, NY, 1998.

Coping with Bedrest in Pregnancy, by Jamie Eloise Bolane. PTR.

Days in Waiting: A Guide to Surviving Pregnancy Bedrest, by Mary Ann McCann. PTR.

(Every Pregnant Woman’s Guide to) Preventing Preterm Birth, by Barbara Luke, ScD, MPH, RN, RD, Times Books, New York, 1995. AM. ISBN: 081292830X.

How to Prevent Miscarriage and Other Crises of Pregnancy, by Stefan Semchyshyn, MD and Carol Colman, Collier Books, New York, 1989. BLB.

Intensive Caring: New Hope for High Risk Pregnancy, by Dianne Hales and Timothy RB Johnson, MD, Crown Publishers, New York, 1990.

My Mommy Is On Bedrest, coloring book. PTR.

Pregnancy Bedrest: A Guide for the Pregnant Woman and her Family, by Susan Johnson and Deborah Kraut, Holt, New York, 1990. CF.

The Pregnancy Bedrest Book, by Amy E. Tracy, Berkley/Penguin-Putnam, 2001.

Preterm Labor, by MG Elder, RF Lamont and R Romero (textbook), 1997. Available from http://www.churchillmed.com/Featured/titles/obstet4.html and http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0443058571. AM. ISBN: 0443058571.

Preventing Preterm Birth: A Parents’ Guide by Michael Katz, 1988. BLB.

So You're Going to Be A Mother: Taking Control of Your Pregnancy, by Karla Morales and Charles B. Inlander. ISBN: 188260623X.

When Pregnancy Isn’t Perfect by Laurie Rich, http://www.larata.com, 1991. BLB, CF.

 

ONLINE/INTERNET RESOURCES

Complications of Pregnancy, http://www.childbirth.org/articles/comp.html.

OBGYN.net Womans and Patients News Page, http://www.obgyn.net/women/women.htm

Post Preemie Pregnancy listserv, http://www.egroups.com/group/pppg.

Pregnancy Complications Bulletin Board, http://www.babycenter.com/bbs/1703.

Pregnancy Complications News, http://www.mediconsult.com/pregnancy/news/.

Pregnancy or infant related topics, http://www.babycenter.com.

Resources for Parents of Preemies, http://members.aol.com/MarAim/preemie.htm.

Sidelines weekly chat schedule, http://www.sidelines.org/chat3.htm

 

AUDIO TAPES:

Baby & Me: Guided Relaxation Especially for Preterm Labor, by Sylvia Klein Olkin. 1993. BLB, CF.

 

ORGANIZATIONS:

Sidelines National Support Network, P.O. Box 1808, Laguna Beach, CA 92652, (714) 497-2265, http://www.sidelines.org

Sidelines Canada Prenatal Support Network, 31 Iona Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 3L6, (877) 271-SIDE toll free in Canada, 792-3633 locally from the National Capital Region, info@sidelinescanada.org, http://www.sidelinescanada.org.

The Confinement Line, c/o The Childbirth Education Association, P.O. Box 1609, Springfield, VA 22151, (703) 941-7183.

High Risk Mom, P.O.Box 189165, Chicago, IL 60638-9165, (708) 515-5453.

Neo-Fight, 4364 Idlewild Lane, Carmel, IN 46033, (317) 255-5242, http://members.tripod.com/~Neofight.

 

CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS:

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS

Understanding Bacterial Vaginosis, http://www.columbia.net/consumer/datafile/vagi.html.

 

BEDREST

Bedrest bulletin boards at http://www.childbirth.org/bbs.html and http://www.parentsplace.com.

The Bedrest Pregnancy Resource Page, http://frontpage.webzone.net/diel/bedrest.htm.

Excuses, Excuses - An Essay on bedrest, http://www.blarg.net/%7Eicurk/excusesrvsd.html.

“How to Deal with a Long Bedrest” tips from mothers who experienced bedrest,http://hem2.passagen.se/preemie/bedrest.htm.

How to Survive Bedrest, http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/726.html.

Pillowtalk Presonalized Childbirth Teaching Pregnancy/Childbirth Resource Internet Site, http://storksite.com

Sidelines National Support Network's chat schedule, http://www.sidelines.org/chat3.htm.

 

CHILDBIRTH CLASSES

Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA), http://www.childbirthprofessional.com.

Childbirth class on video, http://www.childbirthclass.com.

Childbirth Class To Go, FemmEd, Inc., (877) FemmEd8.

The Pregnancy Learning Center's Lamaze class on video, http://www.maternitymarketing.com.

 

GROUP B STREP (GBS)

Group B Strep Association, http://www.groupbstrep.org.

Learn About Group B Strep, http://www.angelfire.com/ca/gbstrep/index.html.

 

HELLP

The Fund for HELLP Syndrome Research and Education, http://members.aol.com/lindapax/private/hellp.html.

HELLP Syndrome Society, http://members.aol.com/lindapax/private/hellp.html.

HELLP Syndrome WebRing, http://members.tripod.com/~AnderPander/index.html.

 Mailing list for survivors of HELLP syndrome who would like to talk about HELLP, it's effects and complications, and contemplation of a subsequent pregnancy after HELLP, email sgrimes@mail.coin.missouri.edu.

 

INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION (IUGR)

Britannica IUGR Search, http://www.eb.com/cgi-bin/g?keywords=intrauterine%20growth%20retardation%20%28med%2e%29.

CSMC NICU Teaching Files: IUGR, http://www.csmc.edu/neonatology/syllabus/iugr.html.

Coffee Consupmtion and IUGR in Brazil, http://www.mweb.co.za/health/diet/nutrilit/v01n04/nl4c.html.

University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook: Chapter 8: Obstetrics: IUGR, http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter08/12-8.html.

IUGR, http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00942.html.

IUGR, http://housecall.orbisnews.com/databases/ami/convert/001500.html.

IUGR, http://www.exnet.com/staff/sys4/iugr.html.

IUGR: Etiology, http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00943.html.

IUGR: Phenotypes, http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00944.html.

IUGR Radiology, http://radiology.creighton.edu/eg.acgi.

Low Dose Aspirin in Prevention and Treatment of IUGR and PIH, http://camis.stanford.edu/people/purcell/docs/rsch-lnct-93156501.html.

OB/GYN Disease Case Study 1: IUGR, http://http.uchicago.edu/~cppweb/cases/94-OB1.html.

Paediapedia: An Imaging Encylopedia of Pediatric Disease, http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/Providers/TeachingFiles/PAP/PAPHome.html.

http://external.csmc.edu/neonatology/syllabus/iugr.html.

http://www.aap/org/policy/re9701t1.html.

 

PLACENTA PREVIA

Club Previa, http://members.aol.com/nofoolkc/index.htm.

 

POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME

PCO: What It Is, Why It Is and Why You've Never Heard of It, http://www.ivanhoe.com/docs/backissues/polycysticovariansyndrome.html.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association, P.O. Box 7007, Rosemont, IL 60018-7007, http://www.pcosupport.org/.

 

PREECLAMPSIA

Abnormalities and Complications of Pregnancy: Preeclampsia and eclampsia from the Merck Manual, http://www.merck.com/!!uS8e51TqTuS8h23pGy/pubs/mmanual/html/infnkhkg.htm.

http://www.alexian.org/babies/secondtri/toxemia/html.

 

PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES (PROM)

The PROM Page and PROM Forum, http://hem2.passagen.se/prom.

 

PRETERM LABOR

Biomed Premature Labor site, http://medweb.nus.sg/kkh/patient/prem.html.

Born Too Early: Preterm Labor and Birth, http://www.musc.edu/nursing/midwife/pregncy/ptl.htm.

Karen's Preterm Labor Drugs Page, http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/3604/.

Nitebird Creations preterm labor site, http://www.nitebird.com/preterm.html.

Preterm labor management audio tape, http://www.newwaychildbirth.com.

Preventing Preterm Labor, http://www.noah.cuny.edu/pregnancy/march_of_dimes/birth/preterm2.html.

University of Pennsylvania's preterm labor site, http://www.obgyn.upenn.edu/History/preterm.html.

 

UTERINE PROLAPSE

http://www.healthanswers.com/database/ami/conver.