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Keys to Having a Healthy Baby Betty Connal SIDS Mid-Atlantic www.sidsma.org 703-933-9100

Keys to Having a Healthy Baby Betty Connal SIDS Mid-Atlantic www.sidsma.org 703-933-9100. Keys to a Healthy Baby. Before you get pregnant

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Keys to Having a Healthy Baby Betty Connal SIDS Mid-Atlantic www.sidsma.org 703-933-9100

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  1. Keys to Having a Healthy BabyBetty Connal SIDS Mid-Atlanticwww.sidsma.org703-933-9100

  2. Keys to a Healthy Baby • Before you get pregnant • Take a vitamin supplement that has 400 micrograms of folic acid every day, to help reduce the risk of birth defects like neural tube defects, spina bifida, heart defects, and cleft lip and palate • Get a pre-pregnancy check-up • Get your body to a healthy weight • Visit a dentist and make sure your gums and teeth are healthy

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  4. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • March of Dimes 703-824-0111 • www.marchofdimes.com

  5. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Get early and regular prenatal care • Eat a healthy diet • Exercise daily • Limit caffeine • Do not smoke cigarettes • Do not drink alcohol • Do not take illegal drugs • Do not take any medicine without medical advice

  6. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies • www.hmhb.org

  7. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Know the signs of premature labor • Contractions every 10 minutes or more often • Fluid, bloody or clear, leaking from the vagina • Pelvic pressure (bearing down) • Menstrual like cramps • Low dull backache • Abdominal cramps, with or without diarrhea

  8. Twins and MultiplesCaitlyn and Alyssawww.preemiemagazine.com

  9. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Premature Labor • Call your health care provider or go to the hospital • Stop what you are doing and rest on your left side for an hour • Drink 2 or 3 glasses of water or juice • If symptoms get worse, call your health care provider or go to the hospital • Smoking Cessation www.sidsma.org

  10. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • 12 percent of babies are born prematurely • Premature babies face longer hospital stays, long term health problems, and higher infant mortality

  11. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Prenatal Tests • Blood pressure • Blood tests for hepatitis B, syphilis, HIV, rubella, varicella, anemia, Rh factor • Urine tests for sugar, protein, bacteria • Ultrasound • Glucose screening • Triple Screen • Amniocentesis or Chorionic Villus Sampling • Beta Strep

  12. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Newborn Screening Tests • Some tests are done routinely from blood drawn from baby’s heel in the hospital • To have a complete panel of newborn screening tests done, contact Save Babies Through Screening www.savebabies.org

  13. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • A prepared childbirth class and/or a doula can help you with labor. • If you feel unsafe in your relationship, talk to your health care provider or call 1-800-838-8238

  14. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Breastfeeding is Best

  15. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Always place your baby to sleep on his or her back, on a firm mattress covered with only a tight fitting bottom sheet (no padded mattress tops or covers); • Remove all loose and fluffy bedding from your baby’s sleep area. This includes pillows, blankets, quilts, comforters, bumper pads, sheepskins, stuffed toys and other soft products; • Never place your baby to sleep on a sofa, waterbed, pillow, soft mattress, or any other soft surface; • Do not bed share with brothers, sisters or relatives other than the baby’s mother; • When using a crib, make sure it meets current safety standards, and that the mattress fits snuggly in the crib; • When using a portable crib or playpen, be sure to use only the mattress or pad provided by the manufacturer; • Be aware of all of the hidden hazards of adult beds for infants. These include the potential for entrapment between the bed, wall, headboard, bed frame or other object; accidental suffocation in soft bedding; overlaying and falls from the bed.

  16. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Back to Sleep, Tummy to Play • SIDS Mid-Atlantic 703-933-9100 sidsma.org • Talia in a • Halo Sleep Sack

  17. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Make sure to use an approved car seat installed correctly every time you take baby in the car • Ian

  18. Keys to Having a Healthy Baby • Love your baby!

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