There are quite a few new moms here. I am looking for informational websites for pregnant women and new moms. I have found the following:

http://www.babycenter.com
http://www.womenshealthcaretopics.com
http://parenting.ivillage.com
http://www.storknet.com
http://www.befitmom.com

What are some of the better ones that y'all used/know about?

Thanks.

8/31/2008 5:33:13 AM

you get your woman pregnant? i remember you posted your method of not getting her pregnant...had worked for like 33 months or something you said

8/31/2008 5:50:28 AM

We've never gone looking for anything like that. My wife us due with our third any day now

[Edited on August 31, 2008 at 8:08 AM. Reason : not saying those sites wouldn't have been helpful]

8/31/2008 7:59:53 AM

My wife probably spent ~$400 on books, don't buy them new. If you need some, lemme know.

My wife posts on a bunch of forums, but I don't know what they are. Google baby forums, there's probably 100's.

8/31/2008 10:47:20 AM

get that "What To Expect When You Are Expecting" book, that's pretty much all you need.

8/31/2008 11:04:43 AM

You've listed some good ones. I really like babycenter to find out what's going on weekly. I read that one every Thursday morning when I enter a new week to find out what's developing and what kinds of things I need to be thinking about or planning for.

I also go to a message board with other pregnant moms, new moms and people trying to conceive:

http://www.twoweekwait.com

It's the OTHER TWW - two week wait referring to the time between ovulation and testing positive on a pregnancy test. The ladies there are really supportive and helpful with answering questions that first time pregnant moms may have and just being there in general to lament when your spouse just doesn't get it.

As far as books go - the What to Expect books are fantastic.

8/31/2008 11:38:36 AM

get that "What To Expect When You Are Expecting" book, that's pretty much all you need.

the only thing it didn't have in there was the anti-nausea drug - Zofran would be a godsend.

some doctors don't want to prescribe it. if so, find another ob/gyn.

[Edited on August 31, 2008 at 12:29 PM. Reason : it's so comprehensive, we almost didn't need a doctor.]

8/31/2008 12:15:27 PM

http://www.askdrsears.com/
-I own like the entire Sears Library. Their books are amazing. Especially, if you are all about going a more natural and instinctual route with your pregnancy.

I also recommend The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy. It's honest. It's funny. I loved it.

Zofran is extremely expensive. It is a POWERFUL anti-nausea drug used for chemotherapy patients. Insurance will not always pay for it. Doctors try to avoid prescribing it for these reasons. They generally prescribe it for extreme cases. (Like mine, I threw up for 9 months and ended my pregnancy something like 30 pounds lighter than when I started. And even then, insurance wouldn't pay for it.)

8/31/2008 2:06:27 PM

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"Zofran is extremely expensive."

not if you have insurance.

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"Insurance will not always pay for it."

Medicaid, Aetna and BCBS will pay (just depends on your plan).

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"Doctors try to avoid prescribing it for these reasons. They generally prescribe it for extreme cases."

doctors will prescribe it for anyone. it's not prescribed as much overseas, but almost any doc here worth their salt will give it to you if you have horrid morning sickness.

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"And even then, insurance wouldn't pay for it."

you have shitty insurance.

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"It is a POWERFUL anti-nausea drug used for chemotherapy patients."

it also works for bulimics.

8/31/2008 9:50:12 PM

My insurance is wonderful. They have covered my son's experimental transplant costs 100%. However, it is not an approved drug for morning sickness and my insurance would only pay for 13 pills every 34 days. When you are throwing up 24 hours a day, that doesn't really cut it.

My doctors were not unwilling to prescribe it, but they wanted to pursue other routes before prescribing it. And it can also constipate you, which is just god awful already when you are pregnant.

But it was the only thing that stopped the endless vomiting. And I mean ENDLESS. Like weigh losing, dehydrated, dry heaving, endless vomiting.

8/31/2008 10:00:18 PM

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"And it can also constipate you, which is just god awful already when you are pregnant."

Uh yeah, I feel you on that one. I know from secondhand experience.

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"my insurance would only pay for 13 pills every 34 days. "

yeah that's pretty crappy. at the pharmacy, my eyes bugged out until i found out that the sublingual version was covered. $25 copay, ya heard.

i wish they would figure out what causes the crazy nausea and fix that. so no one needed zofran.

8/31/2008 10:14:40 PM

http://www.baby-gaga.com

There's lots of helpful information and a HUGE forum...

8/31/2008 10:28:40 PM

The nest is a really good one according to my wife.

8/31/2008 10:36:43 PM