By Robert Felix, MotherToBaby Past President I’ll never forget the panic in her voice. “The web said, ‘stay away from cats when you’re pregnant because your baby can be mentally retarded!” It was the first thing this soon-to-be mom could get out the second I picked up the phone. “It is true? I got rid of my cat immediately because I was so worried and I feel terrible about it,” she breathlessly explained. As a teratogen information specialist (someone trained to answer questions about exposures …
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Baby Blog: MS: The Diagnosis That Doesn’t Mean Missing Out On Motherhood
By Neda Ebrahimi , Teratogen Information Specialist, Motherisk As a counselor with Motherisk, the Canadian partner of MotherToBaby and a service of the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), I hear many stories from women about pregnancy. Some of those stories strike cords with me. Their urgency and desire to make the healthiest decisions possible for their future children is both understandable and admirable. In honor of National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, I give …
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Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions. MotherToBaby offers unparalleled resources for health professionals, including evidence-based patient education materials, no-cost teratogen information services, and convenient patient referrals into our observational pregnancy studies. Here are some of the questions health providers most frequently ask about us. …
Ongoing Study: Kesimpta® (ofatumumab) (US PATIENTS ONLY)
How Our Studies Work Parent-To-Be Enrolls in Study We Gather Info about the Pregnancy Discoveries & Insights Gained If you are interested in joining the study, please submit your interest below. Our research team will contact you to see if you qualify. Your information is confidential. If you are a health professional, please fill out the Refer a Patient form and we will contact your patient to see if they qualify. Your information is confidential. …
