Pregnancy in the Medical Blogosphere

A blog is a website with regular entries commonly organized in a reverse chronological order.



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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.

About.com - Pregnancy and Childbirth Blog

• Author: Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE
• Description: "The pregnancy guide can help you find information on pregnancy and childbirth, including a week by week pregnancy calendar, signs of pregnancy, baby shower games, baby names, due date calculator, ovulation calculator, am I pregnant quiz, pregnancy symptoms checker and belly gallery filled with baby ultrasounds and pregnancy photos."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

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 II

• Author: Mama K
• Description: "In May of 2007 I became pregnant. Then on January 23, 2008 we entered first-time parenthood. This kick-ass baby/toddler/parenting 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.

Science and Sensibility

• Author: Kimmelin Hull, Amy Romano
• Description: A research blog about healthy pregnancy, birth and beyond.
• Quality: Detailed description and contact addresses are available.

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.

The blogosphere (even the medical one) is so huge it is hard to track all the blogs you are interested in. That is why bloggers organize blog carnivals, special types of blog events. Each edition is a collection of the best blogposts focusing on a particular topic and is published on a regular schedule.

Better-pregnancy-birth-infant

• Organizer: Seanix
• Description: Keywords: Pregnancy Birth Infant Health Cesarean Postpartum Exercise Fitness Sleep

Carnival of pregnancy

• Organizer: NerdMom
• Description: "You can submit any family friendly posts related to pregnancy."

Grand Rounds

• Organizer: It was organized by Nick Genes, but now is managed by Dr. Val.
• Description: Grand Rounds, established in 2004, is a weekly summary of the best medical blog posts on the Internet. Each week a different blogger takes a turn hosting Grand Rounds and summarizing the best medical and health care discussions of the week.
• Quality: The best and most comprehensive carnival about medicine.

It does not only focus on pregnancy, but usually covers pregnancy issues.

Parenting Blog Carnival

• Organizer: Katherine Lewis, About.com
• Description: "The parenting and family channel at About.com regularly hosts a blog carnival on parenting topics. You can learn more about what a blog carnival is and see the blog carnival rules."

Pregnancy and delivery

• Organizer: Hypatia
• Description: "A carnival for the more medical side of parenthood with informational articles on the issues that can occur during pregnancy, delivery, or as a result of and their prevention. Also accepted are support articles for issues such as post-partum depression and miscarriage."