Links
The Preterm Birth Prevention Clinic offers the following links as resources for patients and clinicians.
- Dr. Manuck’s publications – PubMed
- ACOG Clinician Education Videos on 17P and Short Cervix
- Cervical Length Education and Review (CLEAR) training – free lectures on cervical length assessment
- Progesterone and Preterm Birth: translating clinical trials data into clinical practice (SMFM 2012, reaffirmed 2014)
- March of Dimes www.marchofdimes.org
- Centers for Disease Control – Preterm Birth http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pretermbirth.htm
- American College of Ob/Gyn – Preterm Birth http://www.acog.org/Patients/FAQs/Preterm-Premature-Labor-and-Birth
- Milestones and development for preemies – American Academy of Pediatrics – https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/preemie/Pages/Preemie-Milestones.aspx
- Sidelines – support for moms with high risk pregnancies – https://www.sidelines.org
- UNC has a nationally recognized Perinatal Psychiatry team with experience assisting women with a variety of needs, including grief and depression that may accompany a high risk pregnancy. Please contact us at 984-974-2131 if you are interested in an appointment. https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/wmd/mood-disorders/perinatal
- Hope After Loss – http://www.hopeafterloss.org
- Suggested Books:
- Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse
- A Silent Sorrow Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Support for you and Your Family by Ingrid Kohn, MSW & Perry-Lynn Mofffitt
- Empty Crade, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D
- A Guide for Fathers when a baby dies by Tim Nelson
- Fathers Feel too: a book for men by men on coping with the death of a baby by Andrew Don
- Strong and Tender: A guide for the father whose baby has died by Pat Schwiebert, RN
- Couple Communication after a Baby Dies: Differing Perspectives by Sherokee Ilse & Tim Nelson
- For Siblings: No New Baby by Marilyn Gryte
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