new parents

New Parents

A letter from the Executive Director

Things to Think About While You are Pregnant
- Metabolic Disorders
- Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. screen for most treatable metabolic disorders as part of normal newborn screening tests performed on all newborns. For up to date information on newborn screening in all 50 states, go to www.marchofdimes.com
  - Save Babies Through Screening
  - Jill Wood's Testimony
Risk Reduction
- SIDS Facts
- Back to Sleep
- Stop Smoking Stop SIDS Program
- New AAP revised recommendations Click here
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Questions to Ask Child Care Providers
Resources
- March of Dimes
- Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies

New Parents Educational Materials

Helping Baby Sleep Safely

Keep Your Baby Safe A brochure in PDF

Safe Sleep for Your Baby A brochure for Parents of Babies in the NICU in PDF

Safe Sleep for My Grandbaby A brochure in PDF

seven steps to keep your baby safe

post partum depression

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birth defects spanish

SIDS Brochure Parents

SIDS childcare safesleep

SIDS parent safesleep

tummy time stress and pregnancy

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The following three brochures are available in electronic format only on the National SIDS/Infant Death Resource Center Web site at www.sidscenter.org :

These Tests Could Save Your Baby's Life: Newborn Screening Tests
The Health Professional's Guide for Brief Prenatal Discussion with Parents
Parent's Guide for Brief Prenatal Discussion with Health Professionals

These resources were produced by the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center. The National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center (NNSGRC) is a cooperative agreement between the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Genetic Services Branch and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), Department of Pediatrics.

The National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center provides information and resources in the area of newborn screening and genetics to benefit health professionals, the public health community, consumers and government officials.

For more information contact the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center at(512) 454-6419.

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