Ask the Experts

The March of Dimes has experts available to discuss these topics with the media:

• premature birth
• newborn screening
• genetics and genetic counseling
• prenatal and pre-conception care
• birth defects
• top causes of infant death and disability
• how to have a healthy baby
• environmental hazards to reproductive health (mercury, lead, etc.)
• banking cord blood
• older moms
• miscarriage and stillbirth
• immunization
• folic acid and neural tube defects
• use of dietary and herbal supplements in pregnancy
• drug and alcohol use in pregnancy
• global maternal and infant health issues
• emergency care for babies