Resources for Moms and Moms-to-be

Texas TIPS | Texas Teratogen Information in Pregnancy

MotherToBaby Texas TIPS is a free and confidential telephone counseling service that provides information about exposures related to pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Texas Tips Website

WIC Breastfeeding Support
During a woman’s pregnancy, the WIC Program teaches her how to breastfeed. Once she’s had her baby, WIC provides peer counseling and support as well as breast pumps and other breastfeeding supplies. Breastfeeding moms on WIC also receive more food and for a longer time period.

Breast Milk Counts Website

Before, Between, and Beyond Pregnancy Website
The Before, Between, and Beyond Pregnancy Website offers guidance and resources for patients and practitioners on integration of preconception care into practice.

Before and Beyond Website

Texas Health Steps
Texas Health Steps provides regular medical and dental checkups and case management services to babies, children, teens, and young adults at no cost to you.

If your child's doctor finds a health problem during a checkup, he or she can make sure your child gets the medical care that is necessary to help prevent problems that could make it hard for your child to learn and grow.

Texas Health Steps Website

March of Dimes
The March of Dimes has valuable resources for mothers- and fathers-to-be. Videos, learning resources and online tools cover every aspect of your reproductive health. They also have supportive resources for parents of newborns being cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit.

March of Dimes Website

Childbirth Connection
ChildbirthConnection.org is a source for trustworthy up-to-date evidence-based information and resources on planning for pregnancy, labor and birth, and the postpartum period. Founded in 1918, Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of maternity care. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective, and satisfying evidence-based maternity care for all women and families.

Childbirth Connection Website

Medicaid Health Insurance
For those women without private insurance who need access to prenatal care, there are options.

• The Texas Medicaid Program is available to those who qualify by virtue of their income, residency, and pregnancy status.
• Medicaid for Pregnant Women & CHIP Perinatal provides prenatal care for those mothers who do are not eligible for Medicaid due to their income or residency status.
• In addition, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission offers the Title V Maternal & Child Health Fee-For-Service so uninsured mothers can receive prenatal care through participating contractors if they meet certain income criteria.
• The Texas Women’s Health Program provides low-income women with family planning exams, related health screenings and contraception through Texas Medicaid.

Case Management for Children & Pregnant Women
Case Management for Children & Pregnant Women provides services to children with a health condition/health risk, birth through 20 years of age and to high-risk pregnant women of all ages, in order to help them gain access to medical, social, educational and other health-related services. 

Case Management for Children & Pregnant Women Website 

Thriving Texas Families

• Counseling and mentoring on pregnancy, education, parenting skills, adoption services, life skills and employment readiness topics.
• Care coordination for prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal services, including connecting participants to health services.
• Educational materials and information about pregnancy, parenting and adoption services.
• Referrals to governmental and social service programs, including child care, transportation, housing, and state and federal benefit programs.
• Classes on life skills, personal finance, parenthood, stress management, job training, job readiness, job placement and educational attainment.
• Provision of supplies for infant care and pregnancy, including car seats, cribs, maternity clothes, infant diapers and formula.
• Housing services.

Thriving Texas Families