Resources for Every Mother

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ACROSS TEXAS

  • The Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas supports family planning clinics throughout Texas that provide confidential reproductive health care, including birth control, pregnancy testing and counseling, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, and preconception health services. Services are on a sliding scale based on income. Find a clinic near you here.

  • Planned Parenthood affiliates around Texas offer prenatal care, birth control, pregnancy tests, postpartum care, and screenings for diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

  • The International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) has chapters in Houston, Austin and College Station. The organization works to promote cesarean awareness and improve outcomes for moms and babies.

  • Planned Parenthood has health centers located throughout Central and North Texas, including Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Paris, Tyler, Waco and surrounding communities. They offer family planning for teens, women and mothers.

  • La Leche League, which operates in more than 70 communities across Texas, provides resources to women who are currently breastfeeding, about to start, or trying to stop. They have local support groups and meetings.

AUSTIN AND SURROUNDING AREA

  • The Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance of Texas has an online, comprehensive list of therapists, psychiatrists, OB/GYNs and midwives in the Austin area. The organization also has programs to help low-income women get access to psychiatric care.

CORPUS CHRISTI AND SURROUNDING AREA

  • Women's and Men's Health Services of the Coastal Bend offers preconception and early prenatal health care; family planning and reproductive life planning; pregnancy tests; screening and treatment for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and women’s annual exams, including screening for breast and cervical cancer.

HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREA

  • The Legacy Community Health Clinic, a United Way-affiliated agency, provides health care including adult primary care, pediatrics, dental care, vision services, behavioral health services, OB/GYN and maternity care, vaccinations and immunizations, health promotion and community outreach and comprehensive HIV/AIDS care to Houston and Harris County residents.

  • AccessHealth offers comprehensive prenatal care, including health education and family planning. It also offers pediatric services, behavioral health services, nutrition counseling and HIV care management. It has locations in several Texas communities, including Richmond, Missouri City, Weimar, El Campo and Prairie View.

SAN ANTONIO AND SURROUNDING AREA

  • San Antonio-based Family Service Organization is a nonprofit offering job training, counseling and early childhood education services for Texas families.