Baby Basics Moms Club has arrived in your area!  Both new Moms Clubs will host an OPEN HOUSE to meet and greet expectant moms, their families, community partners, and healthcare professionals. Mark your calendar for April 17th for New River Valley, and April 18th for Roanoke. Click on your location in the menu bar above for more details. We can't wait to meet you!

So the pregnancy test comes back positive! Maybe this was a planned pregnancy, or an "accident." Either way now is the time to think about the life growing inside you and make preparation for a healthy pregnancy and birth. Come to our Moms Club meeting Monday @ 5:45 pm to find out what you can do to have a healthy pregnancy, and what you need to have in order to arrive at the hospital on time!

Bristol, TN -- A local hospital is coming up with a more visual way to encourage pregnant mothers to quit smoking.

She is named Smokey Sue. Sue is a doll with a fetus in side. Of course, it’s not real. But Sue is designed to show what happens when a mother smokes a cigarette or inhales smoke in general. The amniotic fluid becomes yellow and cloudy.

Kelly Jo Sexton of Bristol Regional says, "Our other Smoky Sue is a smoker and she's been exposed to 4 cigarettes. So you will see the tar and nicotine that darkens the fluid that her baby has to survive in."

Bristol Regional medical center uses Smokey Sue in pregnancy classes and also shows her to mothers in the hospital who are smokers.

Bristol Regional also suggests a way to help them quit just call 1-800-QUIT-NOW. (reprinted from www.tricities.com)

Would you like to be part of a What to Expect When You're Expecting Premiere? The Moms Club Team is working on the plans now. What I can share is that it will be a family event with food, games, prizes and of course the new What to Expect When You are Expecting Movie. As details progress we will post them on Facebook. Watch for more news to come.

Welcome aboard Norton Community Hospital, the newest Baby Basics Moms Club site!  The Moms Club is up and running. Look for more details to come! We are very excited about our second SW Virginia Baby Basics Moms Club!

We are so excited to be starting our own website and blog! Check in often for updates on what your Baby Basics Moms Club team has planned for you.