Additional Weblinks

Below are additional weblinks relevant to this chapter's topics:

The Visible Embryo
Stunning photos of the embryo at different points in prenatal development.

• http://visembryo.com

The Trimesters
Explore the trimesters of prenatal development month by month.

• http://www.familyweb.com

Exploring Teratology
Examines teratogens and a number of pregnancy complications.

• http://www.teratology.org/

High Risk Situations
Examines pain, diabetes, low-birthweight, viruses, genetics, preterm labour, and other high risk situations.

• http://www.childbirth.org/articles/pregnancy/pcomp.html

Later Life Pregnancy
Factors involved in becoming pregnant at 30, 35, and 40 years of age.

• http://pregnancy.miningco.com/msubmidlife.htm

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Describes the nature of fetal alcohol syndrome and provides links to sites with information about the syndrome.

• http://www.worldprofit.com/mafas.htm

Smoking and Pregnancy
Examines the negative effects of smoking during pregnancy, secondhand smoke, and strategies for quitting smoking.

• http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/smosmpreg.html

Childbirth Classes
Describes various types of childbirth classes, such as doula, the Bradley method, and Lamaze.

• http://www.childbirth.org/articles/labor/method.html

Labour and Birth Resources
What to expect regarding labour, how to tell if it is the real thing, timing contractions, pain relief in labour, labour complications, and other related ideas.

• http://www.childbirth.org/articles/labor.html

Cesarean Childbirth
Study what cesarean childbirth involves, why cesarean rates have increased, benefits and risks of this approach, and psychological effects.

• http://www.childbirth.org/section/section.html