Help Us Understand Health Conditions in Pregnancy

Many people need to take medication during pregnancy to appropriately manage a health condition. Yet fewer than 10% of medications have enough information to determine their safety for use in pregnancy — this is where we need you as our partner!

Are you currently pregnant? If you answered “yes”, you may be able to help us advance our knowledge of how certain health conditions and their management can affect a pregnancy and a developing baby.

Will you take the step and become our partner? Make an impact on the health of future families today by joining one of our Pregnancy Studies!

You Can Help Future Moms & Babies

Volunteer for research to improve the health of families everywhere. MotherToBaby is currently enrolling people who are pregnant in observational studies to help provide crucial information about the safety of medications and vaccines during pregnancy.

Participants without medicine or vaccination exposures are needed. All research is done by the phone — no changes to your normal routine or travel required.

“We hope to identify as early as possible the circumstances in which a drug or immunization causes harm.”

— Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, Lead Investigator, MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies

Over 4,000 people have volunteered to participate in one or more of our pregnancy studies. Help us help future families by becoming one of them – find out if you qualify today!

Thank you for your interest, but unfortunately, we are no longer enrolling participants in this study. However, you may be eligible to participate in one of our other ongoing studies. Fill out your information using our Join a Study form, and a member of our team will contact you.

How Our Studies Work

Parent-To-Be Enrolls in Study 

We Gather Info about the Pregnancy 

Discoveries & Insights Gained 

What is MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies?

MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies is a research program seeking to understand how certain medications, vaccines, or health conditions may affect pregnancy. Our research will help people who are pregnant and/or breastfeeding and health providers make informed treatment decisions. All of our studies are observational: we will never ask someone to take or change any aspect of their current health routine.

Who Leads MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies?

Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH is the lead investigator for MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies, which are coordinated by UC San Diego’s Center for Better Beginnings. She is a world‐renowned perinatal epidemiologist and a Professor of Pediatrics and Family and Preventive Medicine at the UC San Diego. Her interests are in the areas of birth defects and other pregnancy outcomes, with a special focus on exposures that can cause birth defects.

“Every person deserves to know if their health conditions or the medication they need to take could affect their baby during pregnancy. We are committed to bringing you better information for healthier outcomes.”

– Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH

Will you take the next step and help us learn more about the use of CIMZIA® during pregnancy?

MotherToBaby has developed fact sheets for a number of different opioids/narcotics. Please visit the fact sheets below for information on the effects of these agents during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

• Buprenorphine: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/buprenorphine/pdf/
• Codeine: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/codeine/pdf/
• Fentanyl: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/fentanyl/pdf/
• Heroin: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/heroin/pdf/
• Hydrocodone: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/hydrocodone/pdf/
• Hydromorphone: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/hydromorphone/pdf/
• Methadone: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/methadone/pdf/
• Morphine: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/morphine/pdf/
• Oxycodone: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/oxycodone/pdf/
• Tramadol: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/tramadol/pdf/

If you have questions about an opioid that is not included in the above list, please contact our experts for free, confidential, up-to-date information.

CALL (toll-free):                                            (866) 626-6847

TEXT (std messaging rates may apply):        (855) 999-3525

EMAIL & LIVE CHAT:                             https://mothertobaby.org/contact-expert/

You Can Help Future Moms & Babies

Volunteer for research to improve the health of families everywhere. MotherToBaby is currently enrolling people who are pregnant in observational studies to help provide crucial information about health during pregnancy. All research is done by the phone — no changes to your normal routine or travel required.

“We hope to unlock the key factors that drive pregnancy complications. What we learn will help lead to improved outcomes for families.”

— Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, Lead Investigator, MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies

Over 4,000 people have volunteered to participate in one or more of our pregnancy studies. Help us help future families by becoming one of them!