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What happens at a preconceptional health visit?
A visit to your doctor or midwife before you try to get pregnant can help ensure you have the easiest pregnancy and healthiest baby possible.

Planning for Baby: Prepregnancy Checklist
Ready to start trying to get pregnant? Interested in planning your next pregnancy? Here's how to start out on a healthy path.

50 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy
Tips for the babies-to-be and others.

The Well Planned Pregnancy
How preconceptional planning affects you and your future children, from your About.com Guide.

Folate Facts
How Folate Can Help Prevent Birth Defects, from the FDA.

Many Birth Defects that Cause Learning Disabilities are Preventable
Many birth defects that lead to learning disabilities are preventable with appropriate prenatal care and healthy life choices. Learn more about these risk factors and how they can severely affect infant health, development, and learning.

Getting Pregnant
A list of things that you can do to help yourself conceive, from your About.com guide.

Craving Parenthood
How the desire for a child can cause a strain, particularly when there is trouble conceiving or loss of pregnancy.

Gender Preference: The Doctor Debate
Do you have a gender preference in your choice of doctor?

Planning for Pregnancy
NaturalMom.com has some great advice for preparing your body for pregnancy.

Preventing Low Birth Weight
Study cites way to help avoid low birth weight: Prenatal advice may reduce risk.