MotherToBaby Utah
Free.
Confidential.
Accurate.
We answer questions in English and Spanish and have interpretation services in more than 150 languages if you need it.
Your questions are confidential. We don't share our conversations with law enforcement or your doctor.
MotherToBaby Utah provides free, confidential, and accurate information for anyone who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or thinking about getting pregnant or having a baby. We also answer questions healthcare providers may have.
Most healthcare providers aren’t experts in teratology (the study of birth defects from exposures to different things). We have experts to answer questions about how different things may cause problems during pregnancy or harm your baby. Call us if you have questions about:
- Alcohol
- Beauty products and cosmetics
- Cannabis or marijuana
- Chemicals and cleaning products
- Deli meats
- Drugs
- Essential oils
- Exercise and recreational sports
- Fillers or Botox
- Health problems or conditions
- Medications
- Painting your nursery
- Pets
- Smoking or vaping
- Supplements, vitamins, and herbals
- Vaccines
- Zika
- And more…
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No amount of alcohol is safe when pregnant.
Who will I talk to when I call or text?
You will talk to medical experts who know how different exposures (medications, chemicals, diseases, vaccines, cosmetics, etc.) may affect your baby during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. We have been helping women, families, and healthcare providers since 1984.
Our staff review research studies and the latest science on teratology on how to help prevent birth defects, developmental delays, and other problems during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
We train healthcare providers about exposures in pregnancy and breastfeeding. Healthcare providers will decide which medications might work best for a certain health condition and MotherToBaby Utah can explain their effects on your baby.
![John C. Carey MD, MPH.](https://mothertobaby.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Carey.jpg)
John C. Carey
MD, MPH
![Alfred Romeo RN, PhD, and Teratogen Information Specialist](https://mothertobaby.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Romereo_.jpg)
Alfred Romeo RN, PhD Teratogen Information Specialist
![Cristina Gonzalez Teratogen Information Specialist](https://mothertobaby.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Gonzalez_.jpg)
Cristina González
Teratogen Information Specialist