Baby Names Analysis  Very entertaining site providing detailed analysis on first names. Highly recommended. 

Baby Names  Provides lists of favorite girl/boy names, Shakespearean names and Opera Star's names. However the meaning section is too brief.

Firstname@Lastname E-mail  Get an e-mail address for your precious one with his/her own name for free!

The Musical Foetus?  Reports on research on musical effects on foetuses and neo-natals. 

Words From The Womb  Cute Cartoons on babies in the womb. 

Recommended Books: The following books can be purchased through Amazon online here.

• The Secret Life of the Unborn Child  by Thomas Verny. Read up on your baby in the womb.
• Mozart Effect  by Don Campbell. An informative look at how music affect us (including babies in womb) in different ways.

Birth Announcement

GrowthSpurts.Com A Free Web Site For Your Baby! 

Hallmark ecards Excellent and Creative e-cards. What's more, they're free!

Bradley Method  The Bradley homepage. Gives an introduction to their course content. 

Lamaze Method  The Lamaze homepage. Provides information on Lamaze International. 

Water Birth  Site on water birth. Stunning pictures.

Birth Calendar

Pregnancy and ConceptionCalendar  You can also write your own prenancy diary online.

Due Date Calculator  A simple calculator which works out your due date only. 

OB Calculator  A computer program for WIN & DOS. It calculates your due date and current gestational age. Also provides a full chart on your 40 weeks of pregnancy. 

How Your Baby Grows  Describes the month by month changes in your baby & your body and provides prenatal care guide. Informative. 

Development of the Baby  Includes fetal development from 7 weeks onwards. The month by month description is rather brief but provides a useful chart on weight gain. 

Stages of Pregnancy  Provides more links on the three trimesters of pregnancy.

Gender Tests

Old Wives Tale  Fun site and worth a visit. Just answer a few questions on old wives' believes and it will work out the chances of you having a boy/girl. 

 Recommended Books:  The following books can be purchased online through Amazon here.

• Boy or Girl?: 50 Fun Ways to Find Out  by Shelly Lavigne
• Boy or Girl?  by Elizabeth, Dr. Whelan

Fit Pregnancy provides information and advice to women about how to exercise properly, eat right, and maintain good health during and after pregnancy. A typical issue of this quarterly publication includes information on new products, maternity fashions, and more.

HealthAnswers.com  It's trusted. It's timely. It's yours! Sign up for HealthAnswers.com's free weekly newsletter and your personalized "My Health Page" to keep you up to date on health, fitness, nutrition, medicine, other health specific  news, and more. 

Diet Tips Get tips on how to lose those extra fats after giving birth!

Free Diet Profile Diets.com offers an online subscription-based weight loss program that uses professional advice and  information unique to each subscriber's needs. We will  help you lose weight safely and naturally with a personalized weight-loss program designed for you by  our team of licensed dietitians. Get your FREE eDiets.com diet profile now! 

Good Nutrition Tip of the Day  Free expert advice on diet and nutrition to help keep your body in shape. 

Herb & Vitamins Tip of the Day  Free tips on the latest news and medical  research on herbs, vitamins and your health. 

Low-Fat Recipes  Keep you and your family healthy with your  free email newsletter! 

Women's Health Tip of the Day  Sign up today for free daily tips on Women's Health. 

Safe @ Home  Very comprehensive on home safety, covering things from carseats to nursery to house plants. An important site for all parents. 

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Baby Blanket Giveaway Enter to win a free personalized baby blanket, embroidered with baby's name and birthdate. This is sure to be a treasured keepsake for both baby and family! 

The BabyCenter Store Get all you need for your newborn here. They have a comprehensive list of products for you to choose from. Check out their Weekly Specials and Clearance Sales for discounted products. 

Baby Trader At this useful sit, you can trade-in your baby items or buy new/used baby items.

Kids Carpet Get your kids' carpet for your nursery here. Many appealing designs.

Cloth Diapers  Shares some cloth diaper experience with you. Worth reading when deciding between cloth diapers and disposables. My baby used disposables until 4 months old. She is now using cloth diapers and she is perfectly happy about it. 

Baby Supply Checklists   For first time parents who do not have any idea what to get to prepare for that precious little one

Cullens Playpen  Manufacturers' list on baby products 

Recommended Baby Items: BabyCenter Suggestion Click here for best buys and bargain buys! 

Babycenter's Pregnancy & Baby Tip  Sign up to receive a free daily email with tips on pregnancy and baby care.

Mom Shop Maternity patterns of Vogue, McCall and Butterick. Nursing patterns of Elizabeth Lee Designs. Also patterns for babies and premature babies. 

Elizabeth Lee Design Patterns  Nursing patterns for moms including a bathing/exercise suit and a sling pattern that includes a pattern for a diaper fannypack, a tote bag and a kid sized doll sling. Free catalog on request but only within the U.S. continent. 

 Recommended Maternity Items:

• The Pregnancy Survival Kit:  A four piece collection (a dress, slimming skirt, tunic, leggings) of beautiful, comfortable and stylish maternity clothing.
• The Pregnancy Comfort Pillow:  This is a most comfortable sleeping pillow.
• Pregnant Belly Salve:  A completely natural herbal salve used to help reduce stretch marks and soothe the itching of a growing belly.

Room By Room  If you need some inspiration on nursery decoration, this is a great place for you. It includes pictures of completed project and provides checklist on things required and where to get them. I just love their Giraffe Growth Chart. A project sheet is also included so you can make your own! 

Idea Mom's Decorating  It is in the form of Q&A, provides ideas & how-to techniques on decorating 

Ikea Some ideas on nursery decoration

Decorating  Get tips to make your home and its furnishings look their very best. 

I'm Not Martha This fun, interactive newsletter teaches you  how to make your house a home with user-friendly tips and projects! 

Cartoon Themes  Need theme graphics for your nursery? Here you can find links to graphics for Winnie the Pooh, Simpsons, Hanna Barbera, Disney, and much more! 

Prenatal Tests

 Fetal Testing:  Provides information on each of the different types of techniques for prenatal diagnosis.

• Amniocentesis
• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
• Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening
• Ultrasound

Ultrasound Pictures

Fetal Development  Step by step development with ultrasound pictures from 2 weeks to 40 weeks. Also includes a 3 Megs movie showing how the unborn child grows.

Recommended Pregnancy Books 

• What To Expect When You're Expecting  by Arlene Eisenberg, et al. A good month by month reference guide.
• Your Pregnancy: Week-By-Week  Something to read week by week. Comparable to What to Expect When You're Expecting.
• Husband Coached Childbirth  by Robert, Md.Bradley. Very interesting.
• The Birth Book  by Sears & Sears. An informative book.
• The Complete Book of Breastfeeding  by Marvin S., Md. Eiger. Comprehensive guide to breastfeeding.
• Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy  Not clinical but very emotionally helpful & very funny.
• Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way  by McCutcheon.

Other Pregnancy Links

• BabyCenter One of the most comprehensive baby sites on the internet.
• Babies Online  Create a  free baby web page for your precious little one. Now with each new account  a free phone card with 30 minutes of talk time is given. There is also a Baby Photo Contest, Free subscription to American Baby Magazine and Baby Blanket Gieveaway contest.
• Baby Place  A starting point for info on preg, birth and babies.
• Baby Trader At this useful sit, you can trade-in your baby items or buy new/used baby items.
• BabyZone 
• Carolina Baby Connection  A website on pregnancy thru pre-school.
• Childbirth Org.
• Parents Place  Join the expecting mothers board. It provides lots of support for mothers-to-be.
• Positive Pregnancy Site  Other pregnant ladies share their experience with photos so you know you are not alone.