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Local Associates
All About Women often refers patients to the following offices. Please feel free to visit their websites or call them to become familiar with the offices.
Delaware Health and Social Services - Click here to view the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program's Brochure on Quiting Smoking.
Lionville Natural Pharmacy - Specializing in natural Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). All About Women recommends this pharmacy as a supplier of natural hormone replacement formulations. Address: 309 Gordon Drive, Lionville, PA; phone 610.363.7474. Click here to view Lionville's Brochure.
Nursing Mothers, Inc. - Supporting breastfeeding now and in the future. Address: P.O. Box 5462, Wilmington, DE; phone: In Delaware 302.733.0973; In Maryland: 443.485.0109; In Pennsylvania: 484.741.9019.
Quest
Diagnostics - The nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing,
information and services. Quest is our in house laboratory that we use and all specimens will be sent to Quest unless insurance mandates otherwise.
SaveWay Pharmacy - Specializing in customized medications. Formulations include capsules, creams, transdermal gels, medicated "treats", flavored liquids and more. All About Women directs patients to this pharmacy for its supply of natural HRT supplements. Address: 31 Albe Drive, Unit 1, Newark, DE; phone: 302.369.5520.
Women's HealthSource - Midlife Education Programs. Address: 200 Continental Drive, Suite 209, Newark, DE; phone: 302.368.3228. Click here to view Women's HealthSource's Brochure.
Insurance Company Sites
General Medical Links
WebMD
Probably one of the most complete resources for medical information, this
site allows you to search by topic through a thorough search engine. We
suggest you use this site as an information-gathering resource and follow
up with your doctor to determine whether this information applies to you.
OBGYN.net
This site details specific OB/GYN issues. We suggest you use this site
as an information-gathering resource and follow up with your doctor to
determine whether this information applies to you.
Med-Decisions
This site surveys visitors concerning current risks, such as your chance
of heart disease. Again, we suggest you use this site as an information-gathering
resource and follow up with your doctor to determine whether this information
applies to you.
For Our OB Patients
Important Prenatal Links and Downloads
So many questions, so little time … only 9 months! Here are a few links that might help answer more of your questions.
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Patients page
Nutrtion and Feeding Before and After Birth
See here for helpful information about prenatal and postnatal nutrition.
Trying to
Get Pregnant?
Follow this link
to track your ovulation cycle.
When am
I Due?
Did you just find out you are pregnant? Although your doctor can calculate
your due date as accurately as possible, this link
will help you determine your due date before your first prenatal visit.
You'll find a detailed description of how due dates are ascertained and
a due date calculator to compute your own. You only need to enter the
date of the first day of your last menstrual period (LMP). Of course,
don't make too many detailed plans, these are just estimates. In fact,
only about 5% of babies actually show up on the date they're due.
What's Happening
in There?
This link gives
you day-by-day progress of your pregnancy with helpful hints and other
useful information to help you through.
Keep your own personalized daily journal by clicking here.
Or, if you prefer, follow your week-by-week progress with this link.
Ultrasounds and Fetal Development
How did
those poor women survive in the old days, wondering how their babies were
growing and whether it was a girl, a boy, or maybe both? Thanks to modern
medicine, you don't have to wonder.
These links will give you the technical information that lets you see actual pictures of fetal development at each stage and how ultrasounds work.
Cord Blood
Thousands of
pregnant families are taking advantage of new technology to save their
babies' cord blood stem cells because they can be used to treat cancers
or blood disorders and may one day help cure diabetes or Alzheimer's.
Check out Cordblood, the most informative site for learning about your baby's stem cells and information on how to collect and bank them as "biological insurance." You can order a collection kit online.
Viacord, Cryocell, and Corcell are also other informative links about this subject matter.
Viacord Online Patient Tutorial
Some Interesting
General Sites for our Obstetrics Patients
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Patients page
http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/home/default.htm
http://www.pregnancycorner.com/
http://www.babynet.com/
- This site has a variety of links to services, products, and information
needed by new Mothers and Fathers
http://www.ibirthing.com/ - offers parents-to-be an easy, simple and well-grounded resource for preparing for birth.
Top Pregnancy Websites, According to Today's Pregnancy Magazine
In a recent issue of Today's Pregnancy magazine, the editors gathered together a list of their favorite websites. Here they are with their descriptions.
ChildbirthClass.com
With their one-of-a-kind Pregnancy Learning Center, you can watch
educational pregnancy videos online through state-of-the-art streaming
video. Lean about false labor, epidurals, postpartum and more. Plus, you
can email questions directly to a childbirth educator.
NewScreenTest.com
Every expectant mom should learn about expanded newborn screening for
her baby. This incredible new technology can help save thousands of babies
every year from serious illness, mental retardation or even death. The
simple screening requires only a few drops of blood from the routine heel
stick that your baby already will receive. Screening costs less than $100,
but you'll need to order the screening packet well before your baby is
born. The site features lots of information on the new procedure, and
you can sign up online.
PregnancyWeekly.com
PregnancyWeekly.com
offers a "smart" weekly e-newsletter that is customized just
for you. Enter your due date as well as a few other details about yourself
and you'll get an individualized, week-by-week report about your baby's
development, important reminders for your next doctor visit and more.
Chat with other soon-to-be moms at the site's message boards and win prizes
from BabySweeps.
AnnaCris.com
If
spending hours at the mall looking for new maternity fashions sounds like
swollen ankles waiting to happen, visit Anna Cris, an online boutique
of maternity fashions you can't find anywhere else. Find a Vienna jacket
and sleeveless dress for work, supportive lingerie, or workout gear —
all specially designed for your growing belly. For full product selection,
request their free catalog.
PregnancyToday.com
We
like the fun "toys" on this site. Visit the sound gallery to
listen to baby sounds from inside the womb. You can hear a baby's heartbeat,
a baby with hiccups and what it sounds like when the baby kicks. Also
look for the due date calculator and Web cards for announcing your pregnancy.
BabyChatter.com
Looking
for free stuff? It never hurts to save a few dollars when you've got a
baby on the way. Baby Chatter's Baby Freebies section is your guide to
free samples, contests, coupons and magazines. Also find a complete checklist
for child proofing your home as well as safety alerts and product recall
information.
BabiesOnline.com
Even
if you think you're not computer savvy, Babies Online makes it easy for
you to set up a Web page to announce your baby's birth. Friends and family
can log in to see pictures of your new bundle of joy. And, while you're
at it, you can enter your little one into the Cute Baby Contest —
why not? You could win prizes and it's free.
BabyNameCenter.com
Still
not sure what to call your new baby? Search through thousands of choices
at Baby Name Center to find the perfect name. You can even search by definition,
so if you want to bestow "beauty" on your daughter, you can
choose Callista, Belinda or Alana (or about 50 other names).
StorkNet.com
Visit
the online pregnancy community when you want to surround yourself with
pregnant friends. Women share their birthing stories, chat on the message
boards and bond over their unusual food cravings.
For Our GYN Patients
This section
is under contruction. If you have any suggestions for sites or topics
you would like to see listed here, please email us at comments@aawdocs.com.
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