Pregnant women and new mothers can now get health information delivered regularly to their mobile phones by text message at no charge thanks to a public service program launched by mobile phone service providers, health professionals, and Federal, State, and Local agencies.
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The new program, called text4baby, provides timely health information to women from early pregnancy through their babies’ first year.
Women can sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE for Spanish). When you sign up for text4baby you will receive three free text messages each week of your pregnancy and until your baby turns one year old. The text messages focus on different topics, such as diet and nutrition, vaccines for your baby, safety tips for your baby and taking care of yourself during pregnancy. Text4baby messages also connect women to public clinics and support services for prenatal and infant care.
Participating carriers include: Alltel, Assurance Wireless, AT&T, Boost Mobile, Cellular South, Cellcom, Centennial Cellular, Cincinnati Bell, Metro PCS, N-Telos, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless and Virgin Mobile USA.
Text4baby is an educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), made possible through a public-private partnership that includes more than 100 entities.
For more information please contact the Personal Birth Consultant at (217) 744-2229 or email: womencare@st-johns.org.
For more information please contact the Personal Birth Consultant at 744-2229
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