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12-Month Pregnancy Program
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An Online Curriculum Tool for Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
Can pregnancy be 12 months long? Yes, if you include planning as a necessary component, sort of a trimester of its own.
That's the point behind this new initiative of the March of Dimes Colorado chapter. The 12-Month Pregnancy Program refers to the idea that to have a healthy mom, a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, forethought is key. Ideally, every pregnancy would include at least three months of preparation followed by nine full months of gestation. If young people learn this today, perhaps in the future we will have more healthy moms and more healthy babies.
The articles, activities, videos and citations offered through the 12-Month Pregnancy are intended to provide Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) teachers with tools that are consistent with national standards and competencies, as well as FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) skill development. These tools provide the most current information about pregnancy in an ever-changing world of trends, discoveries and interventions.
Our curriculum guide pertains to FACS's Understanding Development and refers to the child development section from conception to infancy. It contributes to meeting the educational standards of analyzing physical and emotional factors related to beginning the parenting process, and the principles of human growth and development through adolescence.
The March of Dimes is the champion for moms and babies. We are the leading nonprofit dedicated to their good health. Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. We accomplish our mission through research, services, education and advocacy. Our vision is the day when every mom has a healthy pregnancy and every baby gets the best possible start in life.
Acknowledgement
The March of Dimes is a volunteer-driven organization. The quality of this project is the result of the leadership and dedication of two devoted Colorado volunteers, Peggy Harrison and Haley Henry. We express the deepest appreciation for their invaluable dedication to the design, structure and research of this project; for their excitement regarding excellence in teaching and for their unwavering commitment to the goal that one day every baby will be born healthy.
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The Curriculum
P R E - P R E N A T A L P L A N N I N G
(3 months)
The 12-month pregnancy
Activity: Pregnancy is now 12 months
Worksheet: Pregnancy is now 12 months (student)
Worksheet: Pregnancy is now 12 months (teacher)
Selecting medical professionals
Article: Choosing a prenatal care provider
Activity: Are you ready for a baby?
Nutrition and exercise
Article: Getting fit before pregnancy
Video: Pregnancy and the overweight woman (3:27)
Article: Are you ready physically?
Article: Folic acid
Activity: Folic acid quiz (student)
Activity: Folic acid quiz (teacher)
Video: Folic acid (3:28)
Article: Choosing a multivitamin before pregnancy
Financial considersations
Article: Are you ready financially?
Medical counseling and testing
Article: Genetic disorders - Genetic counseling
Article: Genetic disorders - The genetics revolution
Article: Birth disorders - Birth defects
Activity: Birth defects #1
Activity: Birth defects #2
Article: STDs/STIs - Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy
Health hazards to avoid
Article: Tobacco - Smoking during pregnancy
Article: Drugs - Marijuana
Article: Drugs - Ecstasy and methamphetamine
Article: Alcohol - Drinking during pregnancy
I M P O R T A N C E O F F A T H E R ' S R O L E
Dad matters
Article: Helping out during pregnancy
Article: Once the baby is home
P R E G N A N C Y
(9 months)
Health matters
Article: The ABCs of a healthy pregnancy
Activity: Pregnancy
Article: Conception - Getting pregnant
Article: Signs of pregnancy - How will you know you're pregnant?
Article: Stages of prenatal development - How your baby grows
Activity: How your baby grows
Health and healthy habits
Article: Eating healthy
Activity: Eating healthy
Video: Healthy food choices (5:09)
Article: Vitamins and minerals during pregnancy
Article: Weight gain
Activity: Weight gain during pregnancy
Article: Pregnancy and the overweight woman
Video: Pregnancy and the overweight woman (3:26)
Article: Discomfort or complication? Breast changes
Article: Discomfort or complication? Stress
Article: Discomfort or complication? Contractions
Article: Fatigue
Article: Exercise
Article: Conditions that make exercise during pregnancy dangerous
Article: Prenatal care
Preparing for the baby
Article: Childbirth education classes
Article: Getting ready for baby
Childbirth methods
Article: Home birth
Article: C-section birth for medical reasons
Video: C-section birth for medical reasons (4:01)
Article: Elective C-section birth
Article: Inducing labor
Article: Elective induced birth
Article: Why the last weeks of pregnancy count
L A B O R A N D D E L I V E R Y
It's time
Article: Signs of labor
Video: Signs of labor (4:41)
Ariticle: Stages of labor
Video: Stages of labor (2:55)
Video: Labor pain (3:24)
Delivery
Article: Stages of labor
Video: Stages of labor (2:55)
Hospital care
Article: At the hospital
Video: At the hospital (4:51)
Complications of delivery
Video: Preterm labor (8:39)
Newborn screening
Article: Screening tests
Video: Newborn screening tests (5:10)
Bonding with baby
Article: Newborn care in the delivery room
P R E M A T U R E B I R T H
About prematurity
Article: The March of Dimes Prematurity Campaign
Activity: Prematurity statistics
Activity: March of Dimes milestones
Article: Born too soon in America
Article: U.S. Premature Birth Report Card
Causes
Article: Why do women deliver early?
Care
Article: Continuing medical care
Activity: Try breathing like a preemie
Article: Getting services for your baby
Risks and impacts
Article: Complications in the newborn
P O S T N A T A L C A R E F O R M O M A N D B A B Y
What you need to know
Article: Caring for you
Article: Caring for your baby
A P P E N D I X
More resources to help you
FCCLA Star Event: Focus on Children
Glossary
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