Text 4 Baby

Project leader: Ann Abercrombie, M.L.S.

Each year in the U.S., more than 500,000 babies are born prematurely and an estimated 28,000 children die before their first birthday. In response to this national public health crisis, the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) created text4baby , a free mobile information service that provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. OWH is a partner in this educational service and offers moms additional healthy pregnancy information.

If you are pregnant or a new mom, text4baby can help keep you and your baby healthy.

Sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE in Spanish) to receive free text messages each week, timed to your due date or baby’s date of birth. These messages focus on a variety of topics critical to maternal and child health, including birth defect prevention, immunization, nutrition, seasonal flu, mental health, oral health, and safe sleep. Text4baby messages also connect women to prenatal and infant care services and other resources.

Text4baby is an educational service of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. For more information about text4baby, please contact info@text4baby.org.

Read more from womenshealth.gov

• Pregnancy (Embarazo)
• Breastfeeding (La lactancia materna)
• Depression during and after pregnancy fact sheet (Depresión posparto)
• Folic acid fact sheet (Ácido fólico)
• Pregnancy and medicines fact sheet (El embarazo y los medicamentos)
• Prenatal care fact sheet