There are new things to do each month of your pregnancy and a lot of various prenatal care items. With so much to do it can be hard to know when to do what. Our list covers the practical prenatal care visits with your provider, planning for your financial future, getting the nursery and baby gear ready, and planning your transition back to work again.

Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, the author of The Better Period Food Solution, gives her top five foods for pregnancy to help you stay energized and healthy as you prep for birth. 

Traditionally baby registries are geared toward baby gear, but we don’t think new parents should miss out on some gifts too. There’s lot of practical items that will be life savers in those early weeks with your little one. We’ve picked some items you may want to add to your baby registry… just for you.

Ensuring that your baby will have enough milk while you are at work each day can be a huge comfort. Although rewarding, this task can be daunting! Here are the basics to help you avoid overwhelm and start planning now.

Gina Eichenbaum-Pikser is the founder of Community Midwifery Care, a Brooklyn-based midwifery practice serving families since 2016. She offers prenatal care, fertility and conception counseling, gynecologic care, and attends births at Mount Sinai West Hospital. Her practice is queer and gender nonconforming friendly. 

Gina offers such a special approach to her work, believing that because no two families are the same, neither should their care be. Baby Caravan has loved having her in our community for many years and we would love you to get to know her as well! 

Because there are so many great NYC doulas, you may find it hard to narrow your search. To make things easier for you we have put together a list of questions to ask both potential birth doulas and postpartum. All you have to do is print it off and schedule your interviews.

Good luck!