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    Online curriculum tool for family and consumer sciences teachers

    Prenatal planning (3 months)

    The 12-month pregnancy
    Activity: Pregnancy is now 12 months (PDF, 59kb)
    Worksheet: Pregnancy is now 12 months – student (PDF, 36kb)
    Worksheet: Pregnancy is now 12 months – teacher (PDF, 58kb)

    Selecting medical professionals
    Article: Choosing your prenatal care provider
    Activity: Are you ready for a baby (PDF, 71kb)

    Nutrition and exercise
    Article: Keep moving, for yourself and your baby
    Article and video: Overweight and obesity during pregnancy
    Article: 10 steps for getting a healthy pregnancy
    Article: Folic acid before you’re pregnant
    Activity: Folic acid quiz – student (PDF, 50kb)
    Activity: Folic acid quiz – teacher (PDF, 51kb)
    Article and video: Folic acid for a healthy pregnancy and baby
    Article: Vitamins and minerals during pregnancy

    Financial considerations
    Article: Are you ready financially?

    Medical counseling and testing
    Article: Genetic counseling
    Article: Birth defects: what they are and how they happen
    Activity: Birth defects exercise 1 (PDF, 68kb)
    Activity: Birth defects exercise 2 (PDF, 63kb)
    Article: Sexually transmitted infections

    Health hazards to avoid
    Article: Smoking during pregnancy
    Article: Marijuana
    Article: Ecstasy, methamphetamine and other amphetamines
    Article and video: Drinking alcohol during pregnancy

    Importance of father’s role

    Dad matters
    Article: Becoming a dad
    Article: Helping out during pregnancy

    Pregnancy (9 months)

    Health matters
    Article: The ABCs of a healthy pregnancy
    Activity: Pregnancy (PDF, 55kb)
    Article: Getting pregnant
    Article: How will you know you’re pregnant?
    Article and videos: How your baby grows
    Activity: How your baby grows (PDF, 66kb)

    Health and healthy habits
    Article and video: Eating the right foods for you and your baby
    Activity: Eating healthy (PDF, 57kb)
    Article: Vitamins and minerals during pregnancy
    Article: Weight gain during pregnancy
    Activity: Weight gain during pregnancy (PDF, 59kb)
    Article and video: Overweight and obesity during pregnancy
    Article: Breast changes
    Article: Stress
    Article: Contractions
    Article: Fatigue
    Article: Exercise during pregnancy
    Article: Conditions that make exercise dangerous during pregnancy
    Article: Prenatal care helps keep you and your baby healthy

    Preparing for the baby
    Article: Childbirth education classes
    Article: Baby makes three. Are you ready?

    Childbirth methods
    Article: Home birth
    Article and video: C-section: Medical reasons
    Article: C-section by request
    Article: Inducing labor
    Article: Induction by request
    Article: Why at least 39 weeks is best for your baby

    Labor and delivery

    It’s time
    Article: When baby is really on the way
    Article and video: Signs of labor
    Article and video: Stages of labor
    Article and video: Coping with labor pain

    Delivery
    Article and video: Stages of labor

    Hospital care
    Article and video: At the hospital

    Complications of delivery
    Article: Signs and symptoms of preterm labor and what to do

    Newborn screening
    Article and video: Recommended newborn screening tests

    Bonding with baby
    Article: Newborn care in the delivery room

    Postnatal care for mom and baby

    What you need to know
    Article: How your body changes after birth
    Article and videos: Baby’s home. What now?

    Premature birth

    About premature birth
    Article: The serious problem of premature birth
    Activity: Prematurity statistics (PDF, 56kb)
    Activity: March of Dimes milestones (PDF, 62kb)
    Article: The emotional toll
    Article: Premature birth report card

    Causes
    Article: Premature labor and birth: A serious pregnancy complication

    Care
    Article: Continuing medical care
    Activity: Try breathing like a preemie (PDF, 64kb)
    Article: Getting services for your baby

    Appendix
    FCCLA Star Event: Focus on Children (PDF, 63kb)
    Glossary (PDF, 63kb)

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