MHS cares about the health of you and your new baby. The Start Smart for Your Baby program is for women who are pregnant and for moms who have just had a baby. We want to help women take care of themselves and their children through this whole process.

Our Start Smart staff can answer questions and give support if a mom or mom-to-be is having a problem. Home visits can also be arranged if needed. There is even a way for women to earn rewards for going to the doctor.

MHS can help women pick a doctor and a hospital for care and delivery of a baby after he or she is born. We can also:

• Remind women of prenatal visits.
• Assist with transportation to and from doctor visits.
• Provide a list of places in the community that may be able to help women get items they might need during pregnancy and after the baby is born, such as:
• Food
• Cribs
• Housing or clothing
• Provide information about how to eat healthy. We will provide information about WIC (Women’s, Infants and Children’s Program) services to help women get the foods they need while pregnant, and after the baby is born.

How you can join. . .  

If you are a pregnant member of MHS or NHP, call to ask about our special incentives for pregnant women. Call the Start Smart for Your Baby staff at (800) 496-5803.

Or send the form below to: MHS; 10700 W. Research Drive, Suite 300; Milwaukee, WI 53226.

• MHS Notice of Pregnancy Form
• NHP Notice of Pregnancy Form

Text4baby

MHS, to complement its Start Smart for Your Baby program, is an Outreach Partner of Text4baby. Text4baby is an educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. Get FREE messages each week on your cell phone to help you through your pregnancy and your baby’s first year.

It’s simple! To register simply text BABY to 511411 or Envia BEBE al 511411 para Español.

For more information, please click here or visit: www.text4baby.org.