text4baby

WOW. How neat is this?: Free weekly text messages with tips for pregnant and new moms from the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition.

The program includes information about the blues, depression, anxiety, emotions, during pregnancy and postpartum. Postpartum Support International, the organization for which POEM is the Ohio affiliate, is a partner in the emotional health portion.

Text BABY to 511411
Envia BEBE al 511411 para Español

The SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS from the Text4baby website:
Registration is easy and can be done at www.text4baby.org or from your cell phone. Simply text the word BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411. You’ll be asked to enter your baby’s due date or your baby’s birthday and your zip code.

Once you are registered you will start receiving free messages with tips for your pregnancy and caring for your baby. These messages are timed to your due date or your baby’s birth date. If your due date changes, you can text UPDATE to 511411 and enter your new due date.

If you want to stop receiving messages from Text4baby, you can text STOP to 511411. If you want to start the messages again, you will have to re-register by sending BABY to 511411 (BEBE to 511411 for Spanish messages).