Nine months of a healthy pregnancy is the best gift you can give your future baby. To learn more, ask your doctor or nurse these 9 questions.

9 Questions to Help You Get Your 9 Months
Thinking About Pregnancy After Premature Birth

Preterm labor and delivery can happen to any pregnant woman, even if she does everything she can to have a healthy pregnancy.

Signs and Symptoms of Preterm Labor and What to Do
Preterm Labor and Birth: Are You at Risk?
Reduce Your Risk
Why the Last Weeks of Pregnancy Count
Cesarean Birth by Request
Induction by Request
Preterm Labor: What Dad Can Do

Doctors have tried various strategies to help prevent premature delivery, including bedrest, intensive prenatal care for high-risk women, and drug therapy to stop contractions.

Fetal Fibronectin (fFN): A Test for Premature Delivery
Cervical Insufficiency (Incompetent Cervix) and Cerclage
Preventing Premature Birth: Progesterone Treatment (17P)
Treating Preterm Labor
Drugs for Use in Preterm Labor

Catharine Aboulhouda: 2008 National Ambassador
2007 National Ambassador: Zeek Taylor
Preterm Labor Story: A Happy Ending
Alexa Marie Ostolaza: 2006 National Ambassador
Navy Anderson: 2005 National Ambassador
Amanda Reeves: 2004 National Ambassador
Ricky Obst: A Mother's Promise