Explore this website for resources to be your best before, during, and after your pregnancy journey.
Welcome to the Healthy Choices, Healthy Futures Perinatal Health Toolkit. This Toolkit is designed to provide easy access to reliable, evidence-based tools and resources to support women during the reproductive years. We’re happy to partner with social service providers in ensuring all people in Illinois, regardless of their pregnancy journey, are healthy and thriving.
Find information and materials outlined by perinatal stages in the Toolkit Resources dropdown menu or scroll down to find out more.
Healthy Choices Healthy Futures Toolkit Survey
If you have already been using the toolkit, we’d love to hear your feedback. The purpose of this survey is to better understand who is using the toolkit, what information is most helpful, and how we can improve the toolkit. The survey is anonymous and confidential, and it should take approximately 5-8 minutes to complete.
Preconception & Interconception.
Preconception is the time before someone becomes pregnant, and interconception is the time in between pregnancies.
Discover more about preconception and interconception health topics including expanding your family, family planning and contraception, fertility, genetic screenings, health conditions, nutrition and physical activity, and preparing for pregnancy.
Prenatal.
The prenatal period is the time when a baby develops in the womb. Prenatal care helps keep mothers and babies healthy.
Find out more about the prenatal period including monitoring growth and movement, nutrition and health management, alcohol and substance use, pregnancy complications and loss, preparing for labor and delivery, and safety precautions while pregnant.
Postpartum.
Postpartum is the time after childbirth. Recovering from birth is an essential part of perinatal health and birthing parents must take special care of their bodies after giving birth.
Check out essential postpartum resources including breastfeeding your baby, caring for you and baby, caring for your baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, family planning and contraception, postpartum mental health, pregnancy loss, recovering from birth, and warning signs.