To promote preconception health by providing primary health care providers with the tools, resources, and information necessary to easily incorporate preconception counseling within EVERY health care encounter with women of reproductive age.

With tremendous advances in perinatal medicine and technology, infant mortality rates in South Carolina (and the United States) have dropped considerably over the last several decades. However,

little progress has been made in the prevention of morbidity and mortality related to congenital anomalies and preterm birth.  A new approach to perinatal health is needed; one that incorporates preconception and interconception health promotion into the primary health care of all women of childbearing age. The www.B4Pregnancy.org web site provides readily accessible, up-to-date preconception and reproductive health information for primary health care providers and educators.