Pregnancy in the Medical Blogosphere

A blog is a website with regular entries commonly organized in a reverse chronological order. Blogs can provide content and express opinion on healthcare that you can never find in a medical paper.



Webicina only shows you blogs from the best quality. We highlight if the blog:

• ...is accredited by HONcode (Health on the Net Foundation) which is a non-profit international organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.




• ...meets the rules of The Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics (HBCE) which aims to give the readers of a medical blogger a clear idea of the standards by which the blog is maintained and to give bloggers a clear set of guidelines they can show employers, patients, or other concerned parties as to the nature of the blogging.




• And all the blogs comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ) rules. This US law defines in 18 identifiers what a medical blogger should never mention when writing about a patient's case.

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A Little Pregnant

• Author: "My name is Julie A Little Pregnant. As of this writing, I'm 35 years old. I'm married to Paul, who's 48, and we live in a small town in New England. We conceived our son after four rounds of IVF."
• Description: "Madcap misadventures in infertility, pregnancy, and parenthood."
• Quality: Clear disclaimer, About me page and she also links to her Twitter account.

His Boys Can Swim

• Author: Jane and Tarzan
• Description: Chronicles of life after the plus sign.
• Quality: It has the biggest pregnancy Twitter community.

Labor Negotiations

• Author: 100 things about the author
• Description: "Infertile for 7+ years. Trying to have a baby (or four...) through a gestational surrogacy IVF cycle with donor eggs and a dual transfer to me at an out-of-state clinic."
• Quality: It has been active since 2007, nicely designed, clear profile page.

My Lovely Lady Bump

• Author: Ma Kat
• Description: "In May of 2007 I became pregnant. Then on January 23, 2008 we entered first-time parenthood. This kick-ass baby blog is our story."
• Quality: It has been active since 2007; clear structure and profile page.

My Pregnancy Symptoms

• Author: Sara
• Description: "Symptoms of pregnancy, getting pregnant, All you need to know about pregnancy symptoms, pregnancy test, early pregnancy symptoms and pregnancy general information."
• Quality: It has been active for 2 years, member of Mommycommunity.com

Pregnancy week by week

• Author: Mary Murry, R.N., C.N.M., Mayo Clinic certified nurse-midwife
• Description: Midwife analyzes pregnancy and birth-related issues.
• Quality: Courtesy of Mayo Clinic that is accredited by HONcode

Pregnancy Weekly

• Author: "Violet"
• Description: The Pregnancy Weekly blog is an online magazine about pregnancy, baby, and parenting. Our blog is an extension of PregnancyWeekly.com - the online pregnancy guide, calendar, and community providing resources that help you monitor your week by week pregnancy."
• Quality: It's been running since 2005, it always links to the resources and has clear categories.

Pregnant Pause

• Author: Michele Henry, one of the Star's crime reporters
• Description: "Michele Henry, one of the Star's crime reporters, is facing her toughest assignment yet: pregnancy. Follow along as she deals with the ups and downs of the next six months - the raging hormones, bulging waistline and all the other prenatal stresses she's likely to encounter along the way."
• Quality: Member of TheStar.com what is the on-line form of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper, with the largest readership in the country.

PregTASTIC

• Author: Click here to read more about the editors.
• Description: Blog of PregTASTIC on-line Radio
• Quality: Contact information, profile page, editorial board, list of contributing experts.

SureBaby

• Author: Unknown
• Description: "An online mom and expectant mom site."
• Quality: Contact information, extended web coverage.

The Laughing Stork

• Author: "Candy Kirby is the founder, publisher and chief waste management technician"
• Description: "The Laughing Stork is an online column and video blog exploring pregnancy, parenting and the fine art of transforming a beer keg into a Diaper Genie."
• Quality: Member of the Parenting Tribe

Untangling Knots

• Author: Karla Cadeau
• Description: "This website chronicles my journey of infant loss and miscarriage and being so swollen and pregnant that my boobs and stomach had to battle it out over who got to go where, and in what direction, to the long awaited birth of my son."
• Quality: Clear About page, contact information, archives and photos.

TheMomBlogs.com provides a comprehensive list of pregnancy-related blogs.