Text4Baby
This is a free mobile health service that provides health information through SMS text messages to pregnant women and new mothers during pregnancy and their babies' first year of life through their cell phones.
Sign up is easy!
1. Text the word "BABY" to the number 511411. She can receive her messages in Spanish by texting "BEBE" to 511411.
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2. Sign up online at www.text4baby.org
The KDPH continues to support and promote the text4baby program. Text4baby is a service of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), with the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as partners. |
Public Health Prenatal Program
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Importance of Prenatal Care |
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It is very important for all pregnant women to initiate their prenatal care as soon as they know they are pregnant and continue with appropriate care through delivery and postpartum follow-up visit. Research has shown that women who start prenatal care early in their pregnancy tend to have fewer medical problems and deliver healthier babies.
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Pregnant...Now What? |
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1. Once you find out you are pregnant, make an appointment with an obstetrician or certified nurse-midwife as soon as possible.
2. If you do not have insurance or payment coverage, ask your provider or contact the local health department to apply for Presumptive Eligibility (PE). If you are eligible, you can receive prenatal services at not cost up to 90 days. Do not go to the local DCBS office to apply for PE; apply for PE before applying for Medicaid. You should apply for Medicaid after your start date of PE and before the expiration date.
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Public Health Prenatal Program Eligibility |
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The Public Health Prenatal Program assures access to basic prenatal services through the LHD directly or by referral for those women who meet the following eligibility guidelines:
- Income at or below 185% Federal Poverty Level who are uninsured (no private insurance, no Medicaid, no Medicare).
You may contact your local health department to find out if you are eligible for assistance from the Public Health Prenatal Program and they can also help you find a prenatal health care provider.
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DPH Prenatal Program Contact Information |
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Trina Miller RN, BSN
DPH Perinatal Nurse Consultant/Program Coordinator
(502) 564-2154 ext 4406
fax (502) 564-5766
Department for Public Health
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street HS2WA
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621
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