Are you a parent or are you thinking about becoming a parent? WAPC has materials that were written just for women and their families who are thinking about becoming pregnant, are pregnant, or have children.

• Babies & Hearing Loss: A Guide for Families about Follow-up Medical Care (English & Spanish)
  This brochure was inspired by anecdotes from parents struggling with their child's initial diagnosis of hearing loss and the overwhelming amount of verbal information from audiologists. The intention of this brochure is to provide parents with a simple guide to the other medical professionals who may become a part of their infant's health care team. The Babies and Hearing Loss brochure offers a simple overview of audiology, ENT, and genetic services.  A list of resources for parents is included on the back cover.
  
  
• Baby Steps / Pasitos de Bebé (English & Spanish)
  Baby Steps, a comprehensive infant care book compiled in a user-friendly three-ring binder, was developed by the Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care (WAPC) for parents and professionals. Pasitos de Bebé, the Spanish version, is also available. Baby Steps evolved because of parents and their expressed need for such a resource. Its purpose is to help parents of babies who have spent time in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) become more competent in knowing, talking about, responding to and getting effective care for their infants. 
  
  
• Becoming a Parent™ Booklet and Preconception Checklist
  The purpose of this booklet is to provide individuals and couples with helpful and practical information to use when making the decision whether to have a child. While the information is particularly useful for those considering a first pregnancy, it is also intended for those who already have one or more children. Each booklet contains one preconception checklist, which is designed for people to complete before their preconceptional consultation with a health care provider.
  
  
• Becoming a Parent™ Preconception Checklist Only
  The preconception checklist is designed for people to complete before their preconceptional consultation with a health care provider. The Preconceptional Checklist can be purchased separately.
  
  
• Becoming a Parent™ Leaflet (English& Spanish)
  This leaflet is intended to stimulate interest in health and healthy practices before pregnancy. It is written at a middle school reading level.
  
  
• Becoming a Parent™ Video
  This 20-minute video is intended to encourage people of childbearing age to think about two things: the decision to become a parent and healthy lifestyles. It includes real-life testimonials from women and men of childbearing age.
  
  
• Building Blocks for Baby Brain Power
  A baby's brain develops very rapidly from the beginning of pregnancy to three years of age. The experiences that babies have in the first few years of life determine how they learn. This little brochure is packed full of practical parenting tips.
  
  
• Early Pregnancy Information: Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy (English & Spanish)
  This brochure was developed for women who have not had preconceptional care or who experience a delay in getting into prenatal care.
  
  
• More than Just the Blues Brochure
  Depression is common after pregnancy and birth, but can also happen during pregnancy.  Women wonder how they could feel sad when they think they should be happy about being a mother.  This can be a confusing time. These brochures are ordered through the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) web site.
  
  
• Nurturing and Comforting Through Skin-to-Skin Care. (8.83 MB) 
  This presentation provides information for parents about how infants can be nurtured and comforted through skin-to-skin care.
  

• Patient Held Maternity Record
  The record is a tool for women to record information throughout the course of their pregnancy and birth.
  
  
•  Resource Bookmark for SIDS, Perinatal Mood Disorders and Smoking Cessation
  This handy bookmark is a reminder of where to find current information about three important topics on the Internet. One side of the card has resources for consumers and the other side has resources for health care providers.

• Simple Things You Can Do tear-off sheets (English & Spanish , New)
  This handy sheet provides suggestions about “simple things” women can do to feel better if they are suffering with depression. The tips address sleep, nutrition, exercise, emotional and physical support, and referral resources. There are also practical tips for dads and others who support women.

• Women with Asthma
  This patient information sheet is intended for women with asthma to help them plan for pregnancy.
  
  
• Women with Depression
  This patient information sheet is intended for women with depression to help them plan for pregnancy.
  
  
• Women with Diabetes
  This patient information sheet is intended for women with diabetes to help them plan for pregnancy.

• Women with Epilepsy
  This patient information sheet is intended for women with epilepsy to help them plan for pregnancy.
  
  
• X-ray Tests and Pregnancy (NEW)
  This patient information sheet is intended to allay fears about the affect of x - ray tests on pregnancy and the affect of pregnancy on x-rays tests.