Pregnancy Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums

Facebook is a free social networking site where users can join groups. In these groups, members can post messages, interact with others or find relevant content. A few of the numerous Pregnancy groups:

Pregnancy

• Description: "Women who are pregnant or want to become pregnant."
• Content: More than 700 members, several discussion boards, photos, links and >100 wall posts.

Pregnancy

• Description: "Come and talk about anything you want to many diffent woman including myself that is pregnant."
• Content: More than 150 members, several wall posts and links.

Pregnancy & Parenting

• Description: "Come in and discuss children, babies, pregnancy or whatever! Update us on your kids or pregnancy. Or come here for help and support from other mothers and/or fathers."
• Content: More than 150 members, discussions, wall posts, links and also videos.

Pregnancy Support

• Description: "This group is to help women who are struggling to conceive or carry to term or those who have sucessful stories and words of encouragement. Anyone is allowed to join."
• Content: More than 25 members, discussions, wall posts.

Pregnancy Tracker

• Description: "This group is for your own pregnancy or in support of a pregnant friend."
• Content: More than 100 members, discussions, wall posts.

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Lilypie Baby, Pregnancy and Birthday ticker

• Description: "Pregnancy tickers to count to your due date, birthday tickers to display your children's age, memorial tickers, breastfeeding tickers to display how long you have been breastfeeding, TTC tickers to keep track of your cycle when Trying to Conceive and adoption tickers."

Mommyhood

• Description: "Create your own Mommyhood made up of your favorite mom friends."

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23andMe Pregnancy Community

• Description: "23andMe is a web-based service that helps customers read and understand their DNA. Customers submit a small saliva sample that is processed using a custom DNA chip. The resulting data is then presented on a secure website using interactive tools that offer information about ancestry, inherited traits and disease risk."
• Content: Quality blogs and their weekly survey is a valuable tool for recording the progress of the member's pregnancy.
• Quality: 23andMe is one of the most famous companies offering direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

Baby Center

• Description: "BabyCenter, the Web's #1 global interactive parenting network, has nurtured more than 100 million parents since its launch in 1997. Our purpose is to support parents through their journey of parenthood with a blend of expert advice and user-created wisdom. We offer trustworthy, medical advisory board-approved information and real-world, parent-to-parent tips from pre-conception through age eight. Our goal is to increase the enjoyment of parenting and remove some of the guilt and worry by providing a full and balanced picture of raising a child, leaving the decision making to the parents."
• Content: Site Map will help you navigate through content.
• Quality: a href="http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=9135" target="_blank">2007 WEBAWARD winner for outstanding achievement in website development

BabyZone

• Description: "Attracting nearly five million visits each month, BabyZone.com has become the premier online destination for highly personalized and localized parenting content and tools. It seamlessly moves through every parent's journey from preconception to pregnancy and parenting. In fact, it has become - the pregnancy, parenting and family planning community and resource of choice - for millions of people contemplating pregnancy, having babies and nurturing their children through early childhood."
• Content: Quizzes, resources, mom talks and news.
• Quality: It's more than 10 years old and has nearly five million visits each month.

Daily Strength Teen Pregnancy

• Description: "This community is dedicated to the experience of being pregnant, specifically as a teenager."
• Content: Support groups, blogs and chat.
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

ItchyMoms.com

• Description: "An online resource for women who suffer from Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, also known as Obstetric Cholestasis. Often, the only symptom noticed is itching."
• Content: A lot of resourcs and patient stories.
• Quality: Disclaimer and clear, detailed contact information.

Kellymom

• Description: "This website was developed to provide evidence-based information on breastfeeding, sleep and parenting. I hope that my articles are helpful and encouraging."
• Quality: Bio of author, Kelly Bonyata and web awards.

Mommy Community

• Description: "Marie Ynami is a work at home mom of 3 from California. She enjoys blogging, producing content via podcasting and hosting fun online events, crafting and singing karaoke."
• Content: Podcasts, videos, reviews.
• Quality: It was founded in 2003.

Mommy.tv

• Description: A network for moms.
• Content: Videos, events and blogs.
• Quality: More than 250 members.

Mumsnet.com

• Description: "Mumsnet was set up in January 2000 by Justine Roberts, a sports journalist, and Carrie Longton, a TV producer. We met in antenatal classes and soon discovered that we knew nothing the best source of information on everything from sleep problems to choosing first shoes was the other mums from our antenatal group."
• Quality: Clear disclaimer, serous media coverage.

Pregnancy.org

• Description: "We're built by parents for parents. We've banded together to build a website to educate, empower, and connect ourselves, other parents, and people trying to become parents. We're doing this out of our love for children, and our desire to do our best raising them to become good adults. We believe parenting is a sacred responsibility, and that education and communication will help us fulfill this responsibility the best we can."
• Content: Chat, videos, product reviews, calendar and pregnancy information.
• Quality: Click here to see the editorial board.

Revolution Health Pregnany Community

• Description: "Welcome to our community! Have a health question or just need support? Meet others who share your health interests or goals."
• Content: Health issues, blogs, forums, popular groups.
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

SureBaby

• Description: "Tina Yantz, created SureBaby, wanting to create a comfortable environment for all moms and a place to find articles on pregnancy, baby and parenting."
• Content: Photos, videos, music and groups.
• Quality: SureBaby has been around since 1999 providing a wealth of information for expectant and new moms as well as those trying to conceive."

BabyandBump

• Description: "Our community is dedicated to offering a friendly environment in which to chat about all things family related. Whether you are planning for your first or expecting another baby, you will always find like minded members to talk and make friends with. Look though our numerous subject specific forums or feel free post about anything you want to chat about."

he Pregnancy Forum

• Description: A forum focusing on birth and pregnancy-related issues.

JustMommies Message Boards

• Description: "We pride ourselves on having the friendliest and most welcoming forums for moms and moms to be"

Pregnancy Forum UK

• Description: "Friendly Pregnancy Forum, Trying to Conceive, Baby Forum, Parenting Chat, Pregnancy Support and Advice"

The Pregnant Connection

• Description: Discussions about all the trimesters, labor and delivery, among others.