Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
The purpose of this site is to help women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy acquire the tools they need to stay healthy and nourish themselves as best they can. But it’s also important to realize that many of the factors that can lead to pregnancy complications and poor health in babies are largely outside of women’s control. These include genetics, poverty, lack of adequate health care, violence, drug or alcohol addiction, and exposure to environmental toxins and pollutants. In addition to the personal choices we make about our health, social and environmental factors have a great impact on our health and our children’s health. In spite of our singular wealth and resources, the United States ranks twenty-eighth in the world in infant mortality, largely because of our disparities in health care along racial and socioeconomic lines. A site like this can, unfortunately, reach only a subset of women, and it can address only the factors under their control. We also need good support services and outreach programs to give resources, education, and access to good nutrition to all women. Every society has an investment in the health of its citizens. Helping women stay healthy benefits their health as well as the health of our next generation of children.

Category: Healthy Eating During Pregnancy