Project Baby

 [T0] Pre-conception
 Fertility Chart
 Fertility awareness methods of family planning
Parenting Forums (SG): SingaporeMotherhood.comIdobaby.com
Parenting Forums: Kellymom
Inventions and Patents:
 

Books: How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby (Amazon:) | Chasing The Gender Dream (Amazon:)
How Pregnancy Works?

 


 [T1] 1st Trimester

Trimester Wheel (original customisable TIFF format)
Embryo/Fetus Consciousness: Day 1: ref1, ref2, ref3 | 8-10 weeks | 2nd trimester
Prayers for Embryo/Fetus/Baby: Baha'i | Buddhism:Tara | Catholic/Christianity, St. Francis | Hindu:Gayatri
Fetal Development: Week1 to Week40 (videos/images)
good | Week1 to Week41 | Week1 to Week40
Pregnancy Symptoms - Early Signs of Pregnancy
Babycenter.com: Pregnancy Tracker
Morning Sickness (M2++): Wikipedia | APA | Babycenter || Vitamin B6 Food, Chips: Ruffles/Lay (B6+Thiamin)
Collection of Ultrasound Images T1 to T3
(Awesome images) | How Ultrasound works? | 3D: 8 weeks to 12 weeks | FAQ | US Risks? | 4-D Ultrasounds Are Risky Entertainment
Diet & Nutrition: Healthcastle | Eatwell.gov.uk | 4woman.gov | Babycenter | Betterhealth.vic.gov.au
Prenatal Vitamins: WebMD | Babycenter | APA | About.com | myths | Caremark | -Braintumor | Howstuffworks | compositions
Cravings: Medicinenet.com | Babycenter | Special Report | Real or Imagined? | Harmful?
Medicine: FDA | 4woman.gov | Netdoctor | Q&A
Risks: OSU.edu | Down Syndrome Stats | CYH | NIH.gov | Emedicine | Merck | Caffeine
Aromatherapy & Essential Oils: -ve1 -ve4 | +ve1 | +ve2 & -ve2 +ve3 & -ve3 +ve4 & -ve4 +ve5 & -ve5 || Tiger Balm
Round ligament pain
(Week 7 onwards): BabyCenter;readerscomments | eMedicineHealth | APA | HealthSquare | Babyfit | Justmommies
First Trimester Prenatal Screening: Nuchal Translucency:2 | Free β-hCG:2 | PAPP-A | Detailed Forum Discussion
Vaginal spotting or bleeding during pregnancy | Vaginal Pregnancy Spotting | Is spotting brown common in early pregnancy? | Spotting and bleeding: Stories:2 | Bleeding During Pregnancy | Placenta previa
10 Steps to Natural Childbirth | Why
Yoga Pregnancy Exercises (by Trimester): 1st, 2nd, 3rd
etc: Breast | Making Love: 1, 2


 [T2] 2nd Trimester

Fetal Development: W12-16-20-24-28-32-40
Average fetal length and weight table, Chart
Fetal Psychology | Fetal memory | Unravelling our beginnings
Music: Music, Prenatal Education, and Morality | Babycenter
 The Mozart Effect: Online Resources on Music/Brain Research | Mozart to soothe baby in the womb | Critics: 1, 2, 3, 4

 The Importance of Prenatal Sound and Music
 Scientific "Boy or Girl?" Detection Strategies: Ultrasound-W16+, BloodTest, Forgetfulness, BabyGenderMentor-W5
 Non-Scientific "Boy or Girl?" Detection Strategies: OldWivesTales, CNGenderChart-D0
 Second Trimester Prenatal Screening
(W28-42)
20 Birth Plans (including top 3 birthplan templates)
Fibroids & Pregnancy, Wikipedia


 [T3] 3rd Trimester
Third Trimester Prenatal Screening
Keeping Track of Fetal Movements: Cardiff Count
 Interaction with the fetus: Simulations | Language | Manaskakti | Games Baby Play
 US Patent 6,428,004: Pregnancy and Childbirth Educational Board Game
Braxton Hicks contractions
Easing Labor Pain: the complete guide to a more comfortable and rewarding birth
Control of pain in labour: Research evidence 
Labor Breathing Techniques: AmericanPregnancy | Allina | Babycentre | Abodminal | Diagram
Stages of Childbirth: AmericanPregnancy | Healthsquare
Online Surges/Contractions Timer
Detection of ruptured amniotic membranes: Amnicator | Nitrazine
Delivery/Labor pain management: Scientific | Yahoo | Pregnancy-info | Lamaze/Bradley methods | Lamaze 1 2 3 | Bradley 1 2 3 | Marchoftimes | CNN | Drugs | Coyote Circle | Birthworks | Hypnobirthing - FAQ - FAQ2 - Stories - Birth Stories
(from Moms in Singapore and US) | Leclaire Method | Doula | TENS
Methods for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor | Bishop score
Birth ball: about | uses | what-when | endorphin release | Prenancy;Labor;beyond, 2 | 99.6% +ve | ease labour
Birth ball positions (images): 1-page Handout | about | uses-care | optimal fetal positioning
Squatting for birth (2nd stage Labor) | Pushing in Labor | True Labor versus False Labor
Endorphins Increased Strategies (Science): Summary of Techniques | Erogenous zone-Sci | Music | Chilli | Sweet food | Acupuncture | Crying | Laughter-Friends | Alpha-Beta Rhythms | Meditation | Massage | TENS

Hypnobirth's Birth Guide for Mums and Dads to-be.
Calm Birth - 3 scripts

SG Hospitals Comparsion: 8x ParentLink.com (cache ) | 8x Motherhood
SG Hospitals: Thomson MC | M. Alvernia | M.Elizabeth | Gleneagles | Raffles | KK | NUH | SGH
SG Hospitals Delivery charges: Normal | C-section | Normal with severe complications | C-section) with severe complications

Cord Blood Banking, Private vs Public: Royal College of O&B (src) | Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics | Articles: 1, 2, 3 | Discussions: 1, 2, 3 | Probabilities of Self-use | Stemcord & CordBank Media coverage 1980-2007 | Cordlife Corporate Publications
Journal papers (password protected): Benefits of late vs early umbilical cord clamping; The effect of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on plasma cortisol and ß-endorphin concentrations in preterm newborns; Hypnosis for pain relief in labour and childbirth a systematic review; A randomized trial of the effects of coached vs uncoached maternal pushing during the second stage of labor on postpartum pelvic floor structure and function; 4 papers relating to correlation between uterine contractions & labor; 5 papers on natural labor induction; 3 papers on Selective use of Episiotomy; The Friedman Curve: An Obsolete Approach to Labor Assessment

Classes: SingaporeDoula (Dianne) | Fourtrimester (Ginny) | ParentLink.com (Tania) | Lapis Lazuli Light
Waterbirth: @SG
3D Birthing Video
cache (Courtesy of Blackmores)
Vernix caseosa: Wikipedia | PubMed | DrHull | Caput-Lanugo-Milia-Hmolding-Mspots-NBS-SB-StrawberryHMG-Vernix
Vaginal Discharge During Pregnancy | Group B Strep Support


 [Y1] Month 1 to 12

Scientific publications relating to 'Chinese confinement after childbirth' - Old wives tales, myths and facts
Confinement recipes: Momsinmind | Motherhood | Kuali | MakanSG | SG Catering: Natalessentials, NewBaby | Food1, Food2
Confinement Myth Busters: 1, 2, 3 | Comments Nursing China's superstitions (BBC Article)
Breast States (post childbirth, day 0 onwards)
Breast Pumps: 6W1H | Good Resources | Before You Buy A Breast Pump | Comparison of Ameda-Avent-Bailey-Brown-Medela-Playtex-Whisper | Reviews
Newborn Hearing Test (ALGO): Natus, Usage_Instructions | Patent: Multi-mode audiometric device and associated screening method
Baby's Sleep Patterns: Newborn, 3w, 6w, 4m, 6m, 9m, 1y, 1.5y, 2r, 3r, 4-5y.
Sleeping Strategies: Babycenter | The Best Baby Sleep Tips Ever | Sleep "training" | 20m White Noise
Baby Einstein
(wiki): >Birth | >6m | >9m | >1y | 18m || DVDs | CDs | Books-Cards | Toys | Party | Clothes | Giftsets
Strollers: Comparisons C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 | Peg Perego:  Pramette, P3-R, A3 | Qunny Buzz, R1
US Patent 6,496,115: System and Method for Analyzing Baby Cries
Baby Cry Analyzer: Hunger-Boredom-Discomfort-Sleepiness-Stress (claims that clinical test achieved 95% success ratio)
Cry Papers
(password protected): The newborn pain cry- Descriptive acoustic spectrographic analysis (2007) | Classification of Infant Cries Using Descriptive Scales (1982).exe
Sign language: Intro | How-1 | SigningDict, Poster | Top10 | Youtube 1, 2, 3, SmarthandsCA | Paper: Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands
Parent-child Blood Types, Chart
Research: Infant communication
Milestone Chart for Babies (1m to 6m)
Babycenter Y1 Resources
 Infant Stimulation
 How To Clean Your Baby From Top To Toe
Flying With Baby – Minus The Tears 
Importance of a 5-Point Harness Car seat
Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute
etc: Breastmilk Storage Bags (Lansinoh:Amazon, US Pat. 6962439 ) | Baby spitting


Infant swimming floats


General  
Blackmores: Pregnancy Timeline cache |  Developing Baby Gallery cache | A-Z Glossary of Pregnancy Terms
Wikipedia: Baby related Topics | Pregnancy | Obstetrics, list | Childbirth | Gynaecology | Obstetrics and gynaecology | Obstetric ultrasonography
Pregnancy myths: Debunked | Exposed | Ancient Chinese myths | Dummies | First Trimester | MD's comments | Top10 | 12 Myths worth ignoring | An Obstetrician Demystifies Pregnancy from Conception to Birth
(5 stars, 12 reviews) | Common Pregnancy Myths: Fact or Folklore? (5 stars, 1 review) | 10 Great Pregnancy Myths
Chicken Essence: Effects of BRAND'S Essence of Chicken on postnatal lactation | Effect of Taking Chicken Essence on Stress and Cognition | 15 publications
Pre-K Smarties 
 How Pregnancy Tests Work | How Prenatal Testing Works | Gynecological Medical Tests (full)
Documentaries: What Babies Want,trailer (2004) | In the Womb (2005)
 Movies: Look Who's Talking (1989) | Look Who's Talking Too (1990) | Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
 www.BabyBonus.gov.sg
 SG Shops: Momsinmind.com | BabyTown | Maternity Exchange

Created on 14 Apr 2007. Last Revised on October 02, 2008
Dedicated to all little Good Hearts.