The following websites provide places for women and their families to learn more and find support in dealing with specific maternal complications.

Government Websites

www.cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control

www.nih.gov
The National Institutes of Health

www.noah-health.org
New York Online Access to Health provides excellent women’s health information in English and Spanish as well as links to support groups.

Association Websites

www.medem.com
Compilation of articles from various association sources on women’s health

www.acog.org
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

www.facs.org
American College of Surgeons

www.aafp.org
American Academy of Family Physicians

www.childbirth.org
For complicated pregnancies

www.depressionafterdelivery.com
Deals with emotional issues during pregnancy, and postpartum, including posttraumatic stress disorder.

www.desaction.org
For women and men whose mothers took DES (diethylstilbestrol)

www.ectopicpregnancy.com
For information and support about ectopic pregnancy

www.hygeia.org
Poetry, support and referrals to physicians

www.hyperemesis.org
For women with severe morning sickness

www.ican-online.org
Cesarean information and support

www.jiwh.org
Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health

www.junefoundation.org
The June Foundation

www.mayoclinic.com
For detailed information about many pregnancy related conditions

www.preeclampsia.org
For women with pregnancy induced hypertension, HELLP, eclampsia and preeclampsia

www.resolve.org
The main source of information about infertility

www.safemotherhood.org
International safe motherhood initiatives

www.rememberthemothers.org
The Safe Motherhood Quilt Project honors women who have died because of pregnancy and childbirth complications

www.sidelines.org
Support for pregnant women on bed rest

www.whiteribbonalliance.org
Coalition of safe motherhood initiatives around the world

Organizations

http://www.amchp.org/policy/women-safemother.htm
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs