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General Information
- Up-to-Date Online
http://www.patients.uptodate.com - American College of OB/GYN (ACOG)
http://www.acog.org - American Society for Reproductive Medicine
http://www.asrm.org/detail.aspx?id=75 - Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/index.htm - Laleche – resources and information on Breastfeeding Questions and Breastfeeding Problems
http://www.laleche.com - St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
http://www.stjosephshealth.org
OB (Obstetrics)
Information for the newly pregnant mother
- What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm110591.htm - Protect Your Baby and Yourself From Listeriosis (USDA)
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/foodborne-illness-and-disease/protect-your-baby-and-yourself-from-listeriosis/CT_Index - Nutrition During Pregnancy
http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/pregnancynutrition.html - Hair Treatments and Pregnancy (OTIS)
http://otispregnancy.org/pdf/hair_treatments.pdf - Diabetes and Pregnancy (ADA)
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/gestational/ - Later Childbearing
http://www.webmd.com/baby/tc/pregnancy-after-age-35-topic-overview - Morning Sickness
http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/managing-morning-sickness
Labor & Delivery
- How to Tell When Labor Begins
http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp004.cfm - Pain relief During Labor & Delivery
http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/pregnancy-pain-relief - Group B Streptococcus and Pregnancy
http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/groupbstrepinfection.html
Postpartum
- Breastfeeding Your Baby
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/breastfeeding-9/nursing-basics - Newborn Circumcision
http://children.webmd.com/tc/circumcision-topic-overview - Postpartum Depression
http://www.webmd.com/depression/postpartum-depression/postpartum-depression-topic-overview
GYN (Gynecology)
Procedures
- Colposcopy
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/colposcopy-and-cervical-biopsy - LEEP
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes - Hysteroscopy
http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/guide/hysteroscopy-infertility - Endometrial Ablation
http://women.webmd.com/endometrial-ablation-16200 - Hysterectomy
http://women.webmd.com/guide/hysterectomy - Laparoscopy
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/laparoscopy-16156 - Myomectomy
http://women.webmd.com/uterine-fibroids/myomectomy-17717
Screening & Diagnostic Tests
- Abnormal Pap Smear Results(ACOG)
http://women.webmd.com/tc/abnormal-pap-test-topic-overview - Ultrasound
http://www.webmd.com/baby/ultrasound - Saline Infusion Sonohysterography (ASRM)
http://www.asrm.org/ASRM_Content/Resources/Patient_Resources/Fact_Sheets_and_Info_Booklets/SHG.pdf - Mammogram (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org/PED/content/PED_2_3X_Mammography_and_Other_Breast_Imaging_Procedures.asp?sitearea=PED - Bone Densitometry (NOF)
http://www.nof.org/articles/743 - Self Breast Exam
http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/guide/breast-self-exam
GYN Problems
- Endometriosis
http://women.webmd.com/endometriosis/endometriosis - Painful Periods (Dysmenorrhea)
http://women.webmd.com/menstrual-cramps - Ovarian Cysts
http://women.webmd.com/ovarian-cysts-directory - Urinary Incontinence
http://www.webmd.com/urinary-incontinence-oab/ - HPV Vaccine (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/hpv/vaccine.html - Fibroids
http://women.webmd.com/uterine-fibroids/default.htm - Infertility (ASRM)
http://www.asrm.org/Patient_Resources/Fact_Sheets_and_Info_Booklets/infertility_overview.pdf - Herpes (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm - Menopause (NAMS)
http://www.menopause.org/expertadvice.aspx - Osteoporosis (NOF)
http://www.nof.org/learn - Pelvic Support Problems
http://women.webmd.com/guide/vaginal-prolapse
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