Home Pregnancy Test hCG Levels & Mini-FAQ - Everything you ever wanted to know about HPTs!

IUI FAQ

IVF Hints

LifeSign1 15-Unit Sensitivity Pregnancy Test - LifeSign1 pregnancy test detects 15 units of hCG.  It is offered with OvuSign, a 7-day ovulation prediction kit. We offer competitive prices without an extra charge for shipping/handling.

Ovulation Calendar - This free ovulation calendar helps you predict your most fertile time of the month (ovulation) so that you can achieve pregnancy.

Ovulation and Pregnancy home tests - Easy to use comprehensive home testing kits.

Pregnancy-info.net - The symptoms and signs of pregnancy can be confusing, and that's why we are here to help you understand everything about pregnancy.

Pregnancy Guide - For all you will ever need to know about pregnancy, from symptoms to complications, nutrition and pregnancy stages.

Sperm Bank Directory - A national directory of sperm cryobanks and what to know before you go.

Sweet Beats - Enjoy a price that's hard to beat!  Rent a Sweetbeats fetal doppler and receive the lowest price guaranteed.  Free shipping.

Pregnancy/Labor/Delivery Support

B*E*S*T Doula Service - Certified, experienced birth doulas and hypnobirthing pracitioners have supported hundreds of families throughout the Greater Los Angeles area through pregnancy, labor, and birth since 1996.

        Earth Mama Angel Baby - Organic and natural  unique products and gifts for pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, baby care and even baby loss.

        Hypnobabies Hypnosis for Childbirth - Information & support for natural childbirth using hypnosis, to eliminate or greatly reduce pain and fear
        from childbirth. Hypnobabies classes, self-study, and Instructor training available.

        

Postpartum Support, Supplies & Parenting Help

Baboosh Baby - Tauts/post-pregnancy belly wraps by Brooke Burke.  Mother's 1st choice after delivery.

GreatDad - GreatDad provides pregnancy tips and advice for new dads. The website also provides parenting information for expectant Dads, single dads, and stay-at-home dads.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS) - A nonprofit organization specializing in infant bereavement photography. All services of NILMDTS are free.

Postpartum Education for Parents - Provides information, articles and support contacts for parents experiencing postpartum distress or depression.

TwinSights - Tips, advice and encouragement for women expecting twins and/or new twin parents.

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Guide

Breastfeeding Guide, Information and Tips

La Leche League - Adoptive Breastfeeding Page.

Mother to Mother - Breastmilk donation program and message board.

Baby Supplies

Earth Mama Angel Baby - Organic and natural  unique products and gifts for pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, baby care and even baby loss. 

Green Baby - UK shopping site providing parents a wide variety of natural eco-friendly and organic products for baby and child.

Surrogacy Books and Gift Ideas

A tiny itsy bitsy gift of life, an egg donor story - By author Carmen Martinez Jover, an easy to follow children's book to help children understand their origins.

A Gay Couple's Journey through Surrogacy, Intended Fathers - is the moving true story of a gay couple's decision to have their child through a surrogate mother.  With humor and emotion, the author Michael Menichiello traces their intense experience from the initial decision to have a child through surrogacy on through the entire pregnancy and birth.

Delivering Hope - Memoir by author Pamela MacPhee about her journey as a surrogate mother and delivering a child to her cousin.

Have Womb; Will Travel -  True life story written by Renee van Oostveen.  Two families from different countries brought together through a complex surrogacy journey; the struggles that brought them together and the wonderful outcome of their journey.

Intended Parents: Miracles Do Happen - A touching account of author Sandra Watson Rapley's struggle with infertility, through the emotional highs and lows and the exciting time when her dream of having a child is finally fulfilled.

The Kangaroo Pouch - A story of gestational surrogacy for young children by author Sarah Phillips Pellet.

Kennebug Boutique Jewelry - Custom boutique jewelry for mothers, grandmothers, and babies.  Specializing in custom designed pieces.

Pathways to Parenthood, The Ultimate Guide to Surrogacy - Read the first 25 pages for free, buy the book direct from Amazon or download the ebook. Written by Stacy Ziegler.

Recipes of How Babies are Made - Children's book by Carmen Martinez Jover which explains in a very simple way all the different methods used to create children nowadays.

Silver Jewelry Club -  Beautiful handcrafted sterling silver jewelry for FREE!  Makes wonderful gifts for yourself or others.  Many SMO members have purchased pieces and rave about them.  For their testimonials, click here.

SonoArt by Jaime -  Portraits made from your ultrasound pictures.  Turning sonograms into art.

Standing in Two Places: A New Landscape of Motherhood -  Author Ashley Dyson's memoir of her journey to parenthood through surrogacy.

Stork's Journey -  A guide for Intended Parents considering gestational surrogacy sans agency. Author (and Intended Parent) M.L. Sejour. (SMO Sponsor)
 
Surrogacy Was The Way: Twenty Intended Mothers Tell Their Story - For the millions of women who have been touched by infertility in some way, or know someone who has, Surrogacy Was the Way will open their eyes to amazing possibilities.  It will show them that they do have options, and with persistence and faith, they can achieve their dreams of motherhood after all.  Written by Zara Griswold.

SurroKids - A coloring book written for the kids of surrogates, to explain gestational surrogacy.  Also has gifts for surrogate's kids, and for the kids to give to the baby.

X, Y, and Me - Offers children's book to help parents explain alternative means of conception.  There are 10 versions to fit different methods including surrogacy and gestational carrier.

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