Pregnancy and Parenting Resources

Books

Find the information you need about pregnancy and parenting located at the following call numbers.

General Information about Pregnancy....... 618.2
Adoption.............................. 362.734 and 649.145
Baby Names................................................. 929.44
Delivery (including natural childbirth)......... 618.4
Discipline....................................................... 649.64
Exercising during pregnancy...................... 618.24
First aid and health issues......................... 618.92
Infertility......................................................... 616.692
Multiple births......................... 616.25 and 649.144
Nursing........................................................... 649.33
Nutrition during pregnancy.......................... 618.24
Parenting........................................................... 649.1
Postnatal care (for moms)............................. 618.6
Postpartum depression............................... 618.76
Pregnancy after miscarriage..................... 618.392
Pregnancy coaching (including doulas).... 618.45
Premature babies..................................... 618.9201
Sleeping guides.................... 618.9284 and 649.1
Vaccinations................................................... 614.47

Some popular titles:

1-2-3 Magic
By Thomas W. Phelan......................... 649.64 PLE

20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed
By Sherrie Eldridge............................ 649.145 ELD

Baby Sleep Book
By William Sears ................................ 649.122 BAB

Birth Day
By Mark Sloan......................................... 618.4 SLO

Heading Home with Your Newborn
By Laura A. Jana................................ 649.122 JAN

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
By Marc Weissbluth..........................618.9284 WEI

Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood
By Jim Fay ............................................... 649.1 FAY

Pregnancy for Dummies
By Joanne Stone ................................. 618.24 STO

Taking Charge of Your Fertility
By Toni Weschler .......................... 613.9434 WES

Vaccine Book
by Robert W. Sears ................................ 614.4 SEA

What to Expect the First Year
By Heidi Murkoff  ................................ 649.122 MUR

What to Expect When You’re Expecting
By Heidi Murkoff  .................................. 618.24 MUR

Utah County List of Community Resources (pdf)
Includes phone numbers and urls for local organizations; topics include breastfeeding, adoption, medical services, and pregnancy assistance.

Nutrition information from the 2008 For the Love of Food program series at the Provo City Library in connection with the USU Extension center:

• Nutrition during Pregnancy (pdf)
  Information about weight gain during pregnancy and how handle problems such as mornings sickness.

• Feeding Infants (pdf)
  Information and tips for introducing infants to solid foods.

• Feeding Preschool Children (pdf)
  Information about how many calories preschool age children should eat and how to encourage healthy eating and exercise habits in children.

• Family Circle
• Family Fun
• Mothering
• Parents

The library has several pregnancy-related and child-related DVDs and VHS tapes. Most are located at the same call numbers as the books mentioned earlier.  Some examples are:

 Baby & Mom Yoga ..................... DVD 618.24 BAB

First Aid for Kids ......................   J DVD 618.92 FIR

Pregnancy  .............................. VHS 613.7046 PRE

Pregnancy Plus Workout .......... VHS 618.24 DEN

Subscription databases available to Provo City Library cardholders in good standing.

Consumer Health Info
Provides access to a collection of consumer health databases including Alt Health Watch, MEDLINE, and Health Source: Consumer Edition. Contents are intended for the average consumer and include full text articles, health-related pamphlets, and reference books.

 Health and Medicine
Provides access to a collection of medical and consumer health databases including Alt Health Watch, CANCERLIT, MEDLINE, Clinical Pharmacology, and Health Source.  Contents include full text articles, health-related pamphlets, and reference books.

Adoption in Utah
Information and resources about adopting in Utah and parenting adopted children.

 American Pregnancy Association
Information about a variety of pregnancy topics. Includes a week-by-week pregnancy guide and adoption resources.

 Baby Your Baby
Information from the Utah Department of Health about pregnancy and caring for your infant.

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Information about CHIP, Utah’s health insurance plan for children.

Children with Special Needs Health Care
Programs and information for families with special needs children.

Doulas of North America
Information about doulas for the birthing process or postpartum.

Generation Rescue Vaccine Information
Offers a discussion about vaccines and an alternative view of when and how to vaccinate.

Immunization Program
Information about immunization from the Utah Department of Health.

La Leche League
Helping mothers worldwide to breastfeed with mother-to-mother support and information.

Lamaze International
Information about Lamaze childbirth practices for safe and healthy pregnancy and childbearing.

Medline Plus
Information on a variety of health concerns, including pregnancy and children’s health.

Nutrition.gov
Includes information about food and exercise for children and pregnant women.

United Way Welcome Baby
Information about local resources to support new parents, including home visits, scheduling playgroups, links to newsletters, and more.

Utah County WIC Program
Information about the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), which helps protect the health of low-income families.

Try the following as subject terms in the Library catalog:

• adoption
• breast feeding
• child rearing
• childbirth
• CPR (first aid) for infants
• discipline of children
• exercise for pregnant women
• infants, premature
• miscarriage
• multiple pregnancy
• parenting
• pediatric emergencies
• postnatal care
• prenatal care
• pregnancy
• pregnancy—complications
• pregnancy—nutritional aspects
• pregnant women—health and hygiene