Pregnancy Safe Medications

• Indigestion/Heartburn - Mylanta, Pepcid, Tums, Tagament, Phazyme

• Constipation Fiber Therapy - Fibercon, Metamucil, Citrucel, Miralax

• Stool Softeners - Colace, Surfax

• Laxatives - Senokot, Percolace, Milk of Magnesia

• Diarrhea - Imodium AD, Kaopectate

• Yeast Infection - Monistat 3, Monistat 7

• Nausea - Emetrol, Dramamine, Vitamin B6 (10-30mg 2x/day), Ginger Capsules (3-4x/day), Ginger Snaps, Sea Bands, Cinnamon, **Eat small, frequent meals (every 2-3 hours)

• Sore Throat - Tylenol, Cepacol Lozenges, Saline Gargles (1/4-1/2 tsp salt in 8oz water)

• Cold/Allergies - Actifed, Conatac, Benadryl, Tylenol Cold/Tylenol Sinus/Tylenol, Robitussin, Drixoral, Dimetapp, Chlortimeton, Zyrtec, Dayquil/Myquil, Theraflu, Vicks, Mucinex, Claritin

• Headaches - Tylenol (Regular/Extra Strength - 2 tabs every 4-6 hours)

• Hemorrhoids - Preparation H, Anusol HC, High Fiber Diet

• Insomnia - Benadryl, Tylenol PM, Unisom, Chamomile Tea

Pregnancy Brewer's Diet

• Dr. Brewer's Pregnancy Diet

• Best Brewer Diet Recipes, from Pinterest

Gestational Diabetes 

Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy, from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

What is gestational diabetes?, from Baby Center

Gestational Diabetes, from American Diabetes Association

Group Beta Strep (GBS)

• What is it and why do we test for it?

• Group B Strep Infection: GBS, from American Pregnancy Association

• Evidence On: Group B Strep in Pregnancy, from Evidence Based Birth

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• Positive and don't want antibiotics?

• Ask a Midwife: Alternative Treatment for GBS, from Holistic Squid

• How to Get Rid of GBS, from Wellness Mama

Rhogam

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Foods High in Iron

• Foods High in Iron for Pregnancy Moms, from Modern Mom

• Treating Iron Deficiency Naturally During Pregnancy, from American Pregnancy

• Iron in Your Pregnancy Diet, from Baby Center

Breech Exercises

• How to Turn a Breech, Posterior, or Transversal Baby, from Fit Mums Channel YouTube

• How to Turn a Breech Baby, from Mama, Birth, and Baby Youtube

• Infant Diagnostic Testing Cites, from North Carolina Newborn Hearing

Water Birth

• Doctors Say Don't Give Birth to Baby in a Tub, but Midwives Disagree, from NPR

• Waterbirth: Benefits and Potential Risks, from American Pregnancy

• Evidence on: Water Birth, from Evidence Based Birth

• Immersion in Water in Labour and Birth, from Cochrane

Essential Oils in Pregnancy

• Benefits of Using Essential Oils in Your Pregnancy, from Mom Tricks

• Using Essential Oils for Labor, from Your Childbirth Guide

• Best Essential Oils for Inducing Labor, from Essential Oil Experts

• Best Essential Oils for Labor and Delivery, from Just Mommies

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Elements of a Birth Plan

• Tips on Writing a Birth Plan, from What to Expect

• A Birth Plan Tool, from the Bump

• Creating Your Birth Plan, from American Pregnancy Associations

Newborn Vaccines

Hep B

• Separating Fact from Fiction in the Newborn Nursery: Hepatitis B Vaccine for Newborns, from Science-Based Medicine

• Should all Babies be Getting the Hepatitis B Vaccines at Birth?, from Today's Parents

Vitamin K

• Evidence On: The Vitamin K Shot in Newborns, from Evidence Based Birth

• Vitamin K in Neonates: Facts and Myths, from NCBI

• Oral Vitamin K Regimen for Newborns, from Evidence Based Birth

Erythromycin

• Evidence On: Erythromycin Eye Ointment for Newborns, from Evidence Based Birth

• Do Newborns Really Need That Eye Ointment?, from ChildrensMD

Vaccination Schedules

• Alternative Schedule, from Children's Health Choices

• Dr. Sear's Delayed Vaccination Schedule, from Children's Health Choices

• Traditional Schedule, from Center of Disease Control Prevention

Breastfeeding

• Breastfeeding:Getting a Good Latch Video, from The Yellow Nursery Youtube

• Free Materials & Information, from Breastfeeding Materials
• How to Breastfed - Deep Latch Technique Video, from Fit Pregnancy Youtube

Circumcision

• The Circumcision Decision, from Birth Without Fear

Mastitis

• Homeopathic Remedies for Mastitis, from Joette Calabrese

Diapers of a Breastfed Baby

• Newborn bowl movements of a breast

fed baby should be as follows.  Please be 

aware that this may vary.